What is most likely to reduce the likelihood of successfully implementing research findings into practice?

Failing to identify appropriate stakeholders

What is 1 of the main functions of evidence-based practice in terms of the NMC standards regarding fitness to practice?

Evidence-based practice ensures practice remains current

The results below show the mean systolic blood pressure for men and women. What is the most accurate conclusion?

The difference between men and women is small but statistically significant

A dependent variable is?

A variable that is contingent on that of another

What is the most likely consequence of implementing evidence-based practice?

The highest quality of care are more likely to be achieved

What type of clinical question would best be answered by interpretative/qualitative research designs?

Questions about meanings/experiences

steps in the evidence-based practice process that require new skills to be developed. What do these skills include?

Constructing clinical questions, evaluating clinical literature

What are the key features of a survey design?

High participation numbers, aims to answer questions on prevalence,

What is the correct order for the hierarchy of evidence from highest to lowest evidence?

Systematic reviews, Randomised Controlled Trials, Case Studies, Opinions

What do tests of reliability demonstrate about a test instrument?

The stability of the instrument

What is one of the main purposes of intention-to-treat analysis?

To maintain original group composition achieved following randomisation

What are the benefits of EIDM

Lessen gap between good research & practice

What does PARiHS mean

Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health services

Where might be a good place to find evidence-based papers

Reviews of primary research (CRD, evidence based abstracting journals

Why might data collected from qualitative research be less important than data from randomised controlled trials?

The findings from qualitative research are not usually generalizable

What is the most important reason for using a framework such as PICOT to formulate clinical questions?

increases the likelihood that the best evidence will be identified quickly

What does the confidence interval represent?

The range which the true value might lie given the size of the difference

What is the main purpose of random allocation?

To promote internal and external validity

How is clinical significance established at the outset of a research study?

By determining the minimum important difference that needs to be observed

Choose the correct 3 different research methodologies within the qualitative paradigm

Phenomenology, ethnography and grounded theory

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1
What is most likely to reduce the likelihood of successfully implementing research findings into practice?
Only including passive stakeholders
Including too few stakeholders
Failing to identify appropriate stakeholders
Only including active stakeholders
2
What is 1 of the main functions of evidence-based practice in terms of the NMC standards regarding fitness to practice?
Evidence-based practice ensures practice remains current
Evidence-based practice ensures patients are not involved decision-making
Evidence-based practice ensures clinical guidelines are followed
Evidence-based practice stops development of nurs researchers of the future
3
The results below show the mean systolic blood pressure for men and women. What is the most accurate conclusion?
The difference between men and women is clinically significant
The difference between men and women is small ,statistically insignificant
The difference between men and women is small but statistically significant
The difference between men and women is not clinically significant
4
A dependent variable is?
A variable that is not dependent on that of another
A variable that determines the cause
A variable that predicts an outcome
A variable that is contingent on that of another
5
Thematic analysis does not include one of the following?
Familiarisation of data
Measurements
Defining them
coding
6
What is the most likely consequence of implementing evidence-based practice?
The highest quality of care are more likely to be achieved
Patients and their families will always be involved with the decisions made
There will be no variation in the care given patients with same condition
decisions will be based on the highest quality of research available
7
What type of clinical question would best be answered by interpretative/qualitative research designs?
Questions about meanings/experiences
Questions about diagnosis
Questions about prognosis
Questions about clinical outcomes
8
steps in the evidence-based practice process that require new skills to be developed. What do these skills include?
Constructing clinical questions, evaluating clinical literature
Constructing research proposals, using research in practice
Constructing clinical questions, evaluating clinical literature
Funding research, consulting with patients, evaluating clinical literature
9
These are used to determine the statistical significance of any observed differences between groups”
Inferential statistics
median
mean
Descriptive statistics
10
What are the key features of a survey design?
High participation numbers, aims to answer questions on prevalence,
High participation numbers, aiming to answer open ended questionnaires
ow participation numbers, aims to answer questions on reflexivity, relation
High participation numbers, aims to not answer question on prevalence
11
What is the correct order for the hierarchy of evidence from highest to lowest evidence?
Systematic reviews, Randomised Controlled Trials, Case Studies, Opinions
Systematic reviews, Randomised Controlled Trials, Case studies, Opinions
Randomised Controlled Trials, Systematic Reviews, Interviews, Case studies
Randomised Controlled Trials, Systematic reviews, Case Studies, Opinions
12
What do tests of reliability demonstrate about a test instrument?
That an instrument measures what it is supposed to measure
The stability of the instrument
That an instrument can be used more than once
That an instrument reflects performance
13
Which research design provides the best evidence of which of two treatments was most effective for patients with ms?
Case study
Longitudinal survey
Randomised controlled trial
Case-control study
14
What is the standard of consent required in law in the UK?
Implied consent
Forced consent
Valid consent
Assumed consent
15
What is one of the main purposes of intention-to-treat analysis?
To maintain original group composition achieved following randomisation
To ensure that results are statistically significant
To ensure the intervention and control groups are balanced
To ensure the data analysis is valid
16
What kind of bias is evident in an RCT when those collecting the outcome data ?
Performance bias
Attrition bias
Selection bias
Measurement bias
17
Which of these tests would be used to demonstrate association between ordinal variables?
Pearson’s correlation
Chi squared
Spearman’s correlation
Frequencies
18
What are the benefits of EIDM
Decrease information for patients
Lessen gap between good research & practice
To not improve overall approach to health
Less effective use of resources
19
What does PARiHS mean
Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Healthy Services
Promoting Acting on Research Implementation in Health Services
Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health services
Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Heat Services
20
Where might be a good place to find evidence-based papers
Newspapers
Reviews of primary research (CRD, evidence based abstracting journals
Wikipedia
Thirdly reviewed research journals
21
Why might data collected from qualitative research be less important than data from randomised controlled trials?
The findings from qualitative research are based on interview data
The findings from qualitative research generally lack rigour
The findings from qualitative research are not methodologically robust
The findings from qualitative research are not usually generalizable
22
Which of these is not a sampling method used in qualitative research?
Snowball
Probability
Convenience
Purposive
23
What is the most important reason for using a framework such as PICOT to formulate clinical questions?
increases the likelihood that the best evidence will be identified quickly
It guarantees that all relevant evidence will be identified
It ensures the right comparison is included within the question
It helps identify the patient population
24
Which statement is correct about inductive research?
Is used in quantitative research
Uses a positivist approach
It tests hypothesis
Generates theory
25
What does the confidence interval represent?
The statistical significance of the range of values obtained from a study
The range which the true value might lie given the size of the difference
The actual magnitude of the results obtained in a study
The level of confidence that can be demonstrated in results of a study
26
What is the main purpose of random allocation?
To promote internal and external validity
To ensure the study is reliable
To ensure the study is double blinded
To ensure the sample size is equal between groups
27
How is clinical significance established at the outset of a research study?
By determining the minimum important difference that needs to be observed
By ensuring a sufficiently large sample can be recruited
By ensuring all patients can be followed up
By agreeing the level of the p-value to be used when analysing the results
28
Choose the correct 3 different research methodologies within the qualitative paradigm
Phenomenology, ethnography, randomised controlled trial
Survey, grounded theory, case study
Phenomenology, ethnography and grounded theory
Mixed methods, case study, randomised controlled Trial
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the response categories were: ‘excellent’ ‘good’ ‘average’ ‘below average’ or ‘poor’
Ordinal
Ratio
Interval
Nominal

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