QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ The nurses who provide care on an obstetrical unit of a busy, urban
hospital have resolved to amend their practice around the facilitation of
breastfeeding for preterm infants. Which phase of the Stetler model will
the nurses prioritize for the review of relevant studies? Answer:
Validation
⩥ A nurse is in the process of implementing EBP on the unit. Which
process should the nurse prioritize if utilizing the Stetler model? Answer:
Critical thinking
⩥ A nurse manager is evaluating several nurses who have expressed
interest in EBP. Which practitioner best meets the recommended
requirements to lead and implement EBP as per the Stetler model?
Answer: A graduate-level nursing education
⩥ The nurse educator on a gerontological unit has recognized the need to
implement EBP around the prevention of wandering. When questioned
by the administration regarding the need for this process, which response
should the nurse prioritize? Answer: The fact that wandering clients have
recently fallen or gone missing from the unit
⩥ The nursing leadership of a university hospital wishes to implement
EBP around the prevention of Clostridium difficileinfection among
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,inpatients. As the team prepares to follow the Model for EBP Change,
which activity would be considered inappropriate? Answer:
Dissemination of the success or failure of the practice change
⩥ A chart audit suggests the need for EBP in an effort to prevent central
line-associated blood infections. In an effort to bring about this change,
the leadership team has opted to use the ARCC model. Which activity
will the team prioritize to begin the process? Answer: Assessing the
readiness of the workplace culture
⩥ The ARCC model is being implemented as a hospital system seeks to
improve the care of clients' skeletal pin sites. Which individuals will
play the primary role in guiding the process? Answer: EBP mentors
⩥ Nurses at a county hospital are using the ARCC model to foster EBP
in their screening for delirium, depression, and dementia among older
adult clients. Which data sources should be prioritized and combined
with research evidence in order to guide practice? Answer: Preferences
of clients and families
⩥ In preparation for an EBP initiative that will address the spiritual care
that is provided to clients and families, a group of nurses is collecting
information on the evidence related to the clinical question, the context
in which it will be implemented, and the way in which the process will
be facilitated. The nurses are most likely prioritizing which model for
EBP implementation? Answer: PARIHS Framework
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, ⩥ The PARIHS framework is being implemented in an effort to identify
an evidence base for nurses' pain management practices. Which role will
the appointed facilitator primarily prioritize? Answer: Making the
implementation of evidence easier for nurses
⩥ Nurses are applying the PARIHS framework in order to guide their
implementation of evidence-based diabetes education in the hospital.
Which consideration will the team examine under the dimension of
"context"? Answer: The character and quality of leadership that exists in
the hospital
⩥ A group of nurses is attending the Clinical Scholar program as part of
their ongoing professional education. The leader of the program
determines the project is successful after the participants correctly
choose which goals as essential to achieve? Select all that apply.
Answer: Being familiar with the language of research
⩥ Pediatric nurses are using the JHNEBP model to integrate more
evidence into their child abuse screening protocol. Which information
sources would the nurses consider as an external factor of influence?
Answer: Legislation that addresses child abuse
⩥ The nurses on the unit desire to take recent research findings which
demonstrate improved client responses in preventing ventilator-acquired
pneumonia and implement these changes to assist their clients. Before
they can proceed, the research needs to be translated into a usable form.
Which model should the nurses prioritize to meet this goal? Answer:
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