Deck 8: Critical Thinking and Evidence-Based Practice

Question 1

Evidence-based practice (EBP) represents a shift in how healthcare is practiced and taught. Which EBP definition best describes that shift?

A) embracing the idea of moving away from traditions
B) practice decisions based on the best available knowledge
C) raising questions about the best approach
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Who is credited for laying the historical roots of EBP?

A) Archie Cochrane
B) Florence Nightingale
C) The Canadians at McMaster Medical School
D) The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Why is it so important to base health practices on the best evidence?

A) it saves time and costs less
B) it improves patient outcomes and increases employee satisfaction
C) it costs less and improves patient outcomes
D) it uses CT and builds teamwork

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Questioning practice is the essential starting point on the path of EBR. What is the main difference between a background and a foreground question?

A) a background question is asked for general knowledge
B) a background question is specific and direct
C) a background question is posed for EBP
D) a background question is asked in a new situation

Question 5

To develop foreground questions many authors suggest you use the PICO question format. What does the P stand for in PICO?

A) practice prognosis
B) problem with patient
C) patient population of interest
D) patient perception

Question 6

This common phenomenon is not acknowledged as evidence, but it guides nurses through the process of questioning practice.

A) intuition
B) sixth sense
C) vague ideas
D) hunches

Question 7

To gather the best evidence nurses must do this?

A) wait for the information to be distributed to them
B) become an information seeker
C) consult immediate environments for the answers
D) analyze current information for the required evidence

Question 8

This must be reported in order for a systematic review to be considered systematic?

A) how the evidence was collected
B) where the evidence was collected from
C) if the evidence is thorough
D) the strength of the evidence

Question 9

Evidence-based guidelines help clinicians by doing this?

A) offer context for thinking
B) offer tools that augment CT
C) provide cookbook approaches to medicine
D) none of the above

Question 10

These three CT dimensions are used through the entire EBP process?

A) creativity, intuition, and transforming knowledge
B) information seeking, confidence, and intellectual integrity
C) creativity, flexibility, and analyzing
D) transforming knowledge, reflection, and perseverance