Evidence-based practice steps and basic research study design vocabulary tested on NCLEX-RN.
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- What does EBP stand for in nursing?
- Evidence-based practice.
- What three components make up evidence-based practice?
- Best available evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values and preferences.
- In a PICO question, what does the 'P' represent?
- Patient or population.
- In a PICO question, what does the 'I' represent?
- Intervention.
- In a PICO question, what does the 'C' represent?
- Comparison.
- In a PICO question, what does the 'O' represent?
- Outcome.
- In a PICOT question, what does the added 'T' represent?
- Time frame.
- What is the first step of the evidence-based practice process?
- Ask a clinical question, usually formatted as a PICO question.
- In the EBP process, what does critically appraising the evidence mean?
- Evaluating the evidence's validity, reliability, and applicability to practice.
- What sits at the top of the traditional evidence hierarchy (pyramid)?
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.
- What type of study design is considered the gold standard for testing cause and effect between an intervention and an outcome?
- The randomized controlled trial (RCT).
- What is a systematic review?
- A rigorous synthesis of all relevant studies on a specific research question using a defined, reproducible methodology.
- What is a meta-analysis?
- A statistical technique that combines results from multiple studies to produce a single overall estimate of effect.
- What is a case-control study?
- An observational study that compares people with a condition (cases) to people without it (controls) to identify related exposures.
- What is a cross-sectional study?
- A study that measures exposure and outcome in a population at a single point in time.