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, Nursing Interventions And Clinical Skills x x x x x
7th Edition By Potter x
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Test Bank x
Chapter 01: Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
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Perry et al.: Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE x
1. A nursing educator is explaining how the best clinical practices are determined.
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x Whichstatement best explains the purpose of evidence-based practice? x x x x x x x
a. It ensures that all patients receive holistic care.
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b. It provides a definite reason for providing care in a specific manner.
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c. It prevents errors when care is being delivered.
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d. It guarantees that care delivered is based on research.
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ANS: B x
Evidence-based practice is the use of the current best evidence in making patient care
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x decisions. It applies to all types of health care professionals. Currently there is no
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x method thatcan ensure that all patients receive holistic care, that all errors can be
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x prevented, or that a guarantee exists that care given is based on research.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding
x x x OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
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x EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation x x x
2. Which question is a problem-focused trigger for initiating the evidence-based practice
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x methodin nursing care? x x
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, a. What is known about reduction of urinary tract infections in the older
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x adult withdiabetes? x
b. How can chronic pain best be described when the patient is nonverbal?
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c. How long can an IV catheter remain in place in a patient with obesity?
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d. What measures can the nurse take to reduce the rising incidence of
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x urinary tractinfections on the older adult care unit?
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ANS: D x
Evidence-based practice (EBP) questions tend to arise from two sources: recurrent
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x problemsor new knowledge. In the correct option, the increase in urinary tract
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x infections indicates a trend or recurring problem in a specific group of patients. The
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x other questions are general information questions, not based on what is happening in
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x a specific area or to a group of specific patients in an area or relating to an observed
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x trend.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying
x x x OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
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x EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation x x x
3. What does the “I” indicate in a “PICO” question?
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a. Intervention of interest x x
b. Incorporation of concepts x x
c. Implementation by nursing x x
d. Interest of personnel x x
ANS: A x
The “I” stands for intervention of interest, meaning what the nurse hopes to use in
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x practice and believes is worthwhile or valuable. This could be a treatment for a specific
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x type of woundor an approach on how to teach food preparation for a patient with
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x impaired sight. x
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, Nursing Interventions And Clinical Skills x x x x x
7th Edition By Potter x
x x x
Test Bank x
Chapter 01: Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
x x x x x x
Perry et al.: Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition
x x x x x x x x x
MULTIPLE CHOICE x
1. A nursing educator is explaining how the best clinical practices are determined.
x x x x x x x x x x x
x Whichstatement best explains the purpose of evidence-based practice? x x x x x x x
a. It ensures that all patients receive holistic care.
x x x x x x x
b. It provides a definite reason for providing care in a specific manner.
x x x x x x x x x x x
c. It prevents errors when care is being delivered.
x x x x x x x
d. It guarantees that care delivered is based on research.
x x x x x x x x
ANS: B x
Evidence-based practice is the use of the current best evidence in making patient care
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x decisions. It applies to all types of health care professionals. Currently there is no
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x method thatcan ensure that all patients receive holistic care, that all errors can be
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x prevented, or that a guarantee exists that care given is based on research.
x x x x x x x x x x x x
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding
x x x OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
x x x x x
x EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation x x x
2. Which question is a problem-focused trigger for initiating the evidence-based practice
x x x x x x x x x x
x methodin nursing care? x x
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, a. What is known about reduction of urinary tract infections in the older
x x x x x x x x x x x
x adult withdiabetes? x
b. How can chronic pain best be described when the patient is nonverbal?
x x x x x x x x x x x
c. How long can an IV catheter remain in place in a patient with obesity?
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
d. What measures can the nurse take to reduce the rising incidence of
x x x x x x x x x x x
x urinary tractinfections on the older adult care unit?
x x x x x x x
ANS: D x
Evidence-based practice (EBP) questions tend to arise from two sources: recurrent
x x x x x x x x x x
x problemsor new knowledge. In the correct option, the increase in urinary tract
x x x x x x x x x x x
x infections indicates a trend or recurring problem in a specific group of patients. The
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x other questions are general information questions, not based on what is happening in
x x x x x x x x x x x x
x a specific area or to a group of specific patients in an area or relating to an observed
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x trend.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying
x x x OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
x x x x x
x EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation x x x
3. What does the “I” indicate in a “PICO” question?
x x x x x x x x
a. Intervention of interest x x
b. Incorporation of concepts x x
c. Implementation by nursing x x
d. Interest of personnel x x
ANS: A x
The “I” stands for intervention of interest, meaning what the nurse hopes to use in
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x practice and believes is worthwhile or valuable. This could be a treatment for a specific
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x type of woundor an approach on how to teach food preparation for a patient with
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x impaired sight. x
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