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why do we need evidence-based practice? - Answer--improves quality, safety, & patient
outcomes
-increases nurse satisfaction
-reduces costs
steps of evidence-based practice - Answer-1. cultivate inquiry
2. ask clinical ?
3. search for relevant evidence
4. critically appraise evidence
5. integrate all evidence w/ your clinical expertise
6. evaluate outcomes of practice decisions or changes using evidence
7. share outcomes
to collect the best evidence, who should you ask for help? - Answer-experts
who can identify databases that are available to you & identify key words that will
provide the best answer to your PICOT question? - Answer-a medical librarian
What does the P in PICOT stand for? - Answer-Patient population of interest (age,
gender, ethnicity, disease/health issue)
What does the I in PICOT stand for? - Answer-intervention of interest (what does the
patient need? If we do this, will it benefit patient?)
what does the C in PICOT stand for? - Answer-comparison of interest (what do we
usually do for this?)
what does the O in PICOT stand for? - Answer-Outcome (what is the outcome of the
intervention? successful/unsuccessful/what has changed)
What does the T in PICOT stand for? - Answer-Time (how much time is needed for the
change?)
What does RCT stand for? - Answer-Randomized Controlled Trial
what is a RCT (Randomized Control Trial)? - Answer-assures that trial is random
what is an abstract? - Answer-a summary of what study & findings were
a ____ study may be conducted when evidence isn't strong enough to apply in practice
- Answer-pilot