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Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills,
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7th Edition
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Authors: @xAnne @xGriffin @xPerry @x& @xPatricia @xA. @xPotter @x&
@xWendy @xOstendorf
Chapter @x1: @xUsing @xEvidence @xin @xNursing
@x Practice @xChapter @x2: @xCommunication @x&
@x Collaboration @xChapter @x3: @xDocumentation
@x and @xInformatics @xChapter @x4: @xPatient @xSafety
& @xQuality @xImprovement @xChapter @x5:
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@x Infection @xControl
Chapter @x6: @xDisaster @xPreparedness
@x Chapter @x7: @xVital @xSigns
Chapter @x8: @xHealth @xAssessment
@x Chapter @x9: @xSpecimen @xCollection
@x Chapter @x10: @xDiagnostic
@x Procedures
Chapter @x11: @xBathing @xand @xPersonal
Hygiene @xChapter @x12: @xCare @xof @xthe
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@x Eye @xand @xEar @xChapter @x13:
@x Promoting @xNutrition
Chapter @x14: @xParenteral @xNutrition
@x Chapter @x15: @xPain @xManagement
@x Chapter @x16: @xPromoting
@x Oxygenation @xChapter @x17: @xSafe
@x Patient @xHandling
Chapter @x18: @xExercise, @xMobility @x& @xImmobilization
Devices @xChapter @x19: @xUrinary @xElimination
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Chapter @x20: @xBowel
Elimination @x21: @xOstomy
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@x Care
Chapter @x22: @xPreparation @xfor @xSafe @xMedication @xAdministration
@x Chapter @x23: @xNonparenteral @xMedications
Chapter @x24: @xParenteral @xMedications
@x Chapter @x25: @xWound @xCare @xand
Irrigation
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Chapter @x26: @xPressure @xInjury @xPrevention @xand
Care @xChapter @x27: @xDressings @xBandages @xand
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@x Binders @xChapter @x28: @xIntravenous @xTherapy
,Chapter @x29: @xPre-Operative @xand @xPost-Operative
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@x Life @xSupport @xChapter @x31: @xEnd-of-Life @xCare
Chapter @x32: @xHome @xCare @xSafety
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CLINICAL SKILLS 7TH EDITION BY POTTER
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nursing educator is explaining how the best clinical practices are
determined. Whichstatement best explains the purpose of evidence-
based practice?
a. It ensures that all patients receive holistic care.
b. It provides a definite reason for providing care in a specific manner.
c. It prevents errors when care is being delivered.
d. It guarantees that care delivered is based on research.
ANS: B
Evidence-based practice is the use of the current best evidence in making
patient care decisions. It applies to all types of health care professionals.
Currently there is no method that can ensure that all patients receive holistic
care, that all errors can be prevented, or that a guarantee exists that care
given is based on research.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
2. Which question is a problem-focused trigger for initiating the evidence-based
practice methodin nursing care?
a. What is known about reduction of urinary tract infections in the
older adult withdiabetes?
b. How can chronic pain best be described when the patient is nonverbal?
c. How long can an IV catheter remain in place in a patient with obesity?
d. What measures can the nurse take to reduce the rising incidence of
urinary tractinfections on the older adult care unit?
ANS: D
Evidence-based practice (EBP) questions tend to arise from two sources:
recurrent problemsor new knowledge. In the correct option, the increase in
urinary tract infections indicates a trend or recurring problem in a specific
group of patients. The other questions are general information questions, not
based on what is happening in a specific area or to a group of specific patients
in an area or relating to an observed trend.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
3. What does the “I” indicate in a “PICO” question?
a. Intervention of interest
b. Incorporation of concepts
Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills,
@x @x @x @x
7th Edition
@x @x
Authors: @xAnne @xGriffin @xPerry @x& @xPatricia @xA. @xPotter @x&
@xWendy @xOstendorf
Chapter @x1: @xUsing @xEvidence @xin @xNursing
@x Practice @xChapter @x2: @xCommunication @x&
@x Collaboration @xChapter @x3: @xDocumentation
@x and @xInformatics @xChapter @x4: @xPatient @xSafety
& @xQuality @xImprovement @xChapter @x5:
@x
@x Infection @xControl
Chapter @x6: @xDisaster @xPreparedness
@x Chapter @x7: @xVital @xSigns
Chapter @x8: @xHealth @xAssessment
@x Chapter @x9: @xSpecimen @xCollection
@x Chapter @x10: @xDiagnostic
@x Procedures
Chapter @x11: @xBathing @xand @xPersonal
Hygiene @xChapter @x12: @xCare @xof @xthe
@x
@x Eye @xand @xEar @xChapter @x13:
@x Promoting @xNutrition
Chapter @x14: @xParenteral @xNutrition
@x Chapter @x15: @xPain @xManagement
@x Chapter @x16: @xPromoting
@x Oxygenation @xChapter @x17: @xSafe
@x Patient @xHandling
Chapter @x18: @xExercise, @xMobility @x& @xImmobilization
Devices @xChapter @x19: @xUrinary @xElimination
@x
Chapter @x20: @xBowel
Elimination @x21: @xOstomy
@x
@x Care
Chapter @x22: @xPreparation @xfor @xSafe @xMedication @xAdministration
@x Chapter @x23: @xNonparenteral @xMedications
Chapter @x24: @xParenteral @xMedications
@x Chapter @x25: @xWound @xCare @xand
Irrigation
@x
Chapter @x26: @xPressure @xInjury @xPrevention @xand
Care @xChapter @x27: @xDressings @xBandages @xand
@x
@x Binders @xChapter @x28: @xIntravenous @xTherapy
,Chapter @x29: @xPre-Operative @xand @xPost-Operative
Care @xChapter @x30: @xEmergency @xMeasures @xfor
@x
@x Life @xSupport @xChapter @x31: @xEnd-of-Life @xCare
Chapter @x32: @xHome @xCare @xSafety
, TEST BANK FOR NURSING INTERVENTIONS AND
CLINICAL SKILLS 7TH EDITION BY POTTER
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nursing educator is explaining how the best clinical practices are
determined. Whichstatement best explains the purpose of evidence-
based practice?
a. It ensures that all patients receive holistic care.
b. It provides a definite reason for providing care in a specific manner.
c. It prevents errors when care is being delivered.
d. It guarantees that care delivered is based on research.
ANS: B
Evidence-based practice is the use of the current best evidence in making
patient care decisions. It applies to all types of health care professionals.
Currently there is no method that can ensure that all patients receive holistic
care, that all errors can be prevented, or that a guarantee exists that care
given is based on research.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
2. Which question is a problem-focused trigger for initiating the evidence-based
practice methodin nursing care?
a. What is known about reduction of urinary tract infections in the
older adult withdiabetes?
b. How can chronic pain best be described when the patient is nonverbal?
c. How long can an IV catheter remain in place in a patient with obesity?
d. What measures can the nurse take to reduce the rising incidence of
urinary tractinfections on the older adult care unit?
ANS: D
Evidence-based practice (EBP) questions tend to arise from two sources:
recurrent problemsor new knowledge. In the correct option, the increase in
urinary tract infections indicates a trend or recurring problem in a specific
group of patients. The other questions are general information questions, not
based on what is happening in a specific area or to a group of specific patients
in an area or relating to an observed trend.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
3. What does the “I” indicate in a “PICO” question?
a. Intervention of interest
b. Incorporation of concepts
