One of the First Nurse Researchers to Document Evidence-Based Practice

question 7

Multiple Choice

One of the first nurse researchers to document evidence-based practice for nursing was Florence Nightingale. What did Nightingale incorporate into her practice that made her practice different from her colleagues?

• A) Nightingale gathered scientific data.
• B) Nightingale calculated statistics to report her findings.
• C) Nightingale communicated her findings to powerful others.
• D) Nightingale based her nursing practice on her findings.

---

Definitions:

Treatment Conditions

Refers to the specific variables or interventions applied to subjects in an experimental study.

Within-Subjects Design

A research design in which the same group of subjects is exposed to each condition or treatment.

Treatment Conditions

Specific situations or environments created within an experiment in which participants are exposed to a particular variable or intervention being tested.

Dependent Variables

The variables in an experiment that are expected to change as a result of manipulations to the independent variable.