NU 303 - Health Assessment Final Exam Study Guide.

NU 303 - Health Assessment Final Exam Study Guide/NU 303 - Health Assessment Final Exam Study Guide. What is evidence-based practice and why do we use it? Current and best clinical practice based on research standards focused on systematic reviews of RCTs EBP used with provider experience = better health outcomes for patients Objective vs Subjective data Subjective: what patient says about themselves during history talking Objective: observed when inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating patient during physical exam Cluster of clues – leads to nursing diagnosis – interpretation of data by identifying clusters of clues so we can make inferences; compare clusters of clues with definitions and finding characteristics