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STUDY GUIDE
Davis Advantage for Understanding
Medical-Surgical Nursing 7th Edition
By Hopper, Williams, All Chapter's 1 - 57




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me.wAlsowinvolveswreflection,wproblem- 5. Turnwthewpatientwtowthewsidewtowpreventwaspiration.
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2. (4)wiswcorrect.wThewnursewwhowcanwadmitwtownotwknowingw hewpatient’swbloodwpressure.
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wthinkingwbutwarewexampleswofwgoodwthinking. arewallwpositivewbutwdownotwshowwintentwtowtakewaction.
5. (4)wiswcorrect.wEvaluationwdetermineswwhetherwgoalswarewach 11. (4)wiswthewnurse’swanalysiswofwthewsituation.w(1,w2)warew
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6. (1)wiswcorrect.wThewlicensedwpracticalwnurse/licensedwvoca- ietitianwiswnotwnecessary.
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, Answers
CHAPTER 2 w EVIDENCE-BASEDw PRACTICE
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE w 1. proof
2. context
AUDIOw CASEw STUDY 3. quality
4. care
Mariew andw Evidence-Basedw Practice 5. randomized
1. Thirdhandwsmokewiswthewdangerouswtoxinswofwsmokewthatwli 6. outcomes
ngerwonwhair,wclothing,wfurniture,wandwotherwsurfaceswinwan 7. gold
wareawafterwawcigarettewiswputwout.wMariewlearnedwthatwexp 8. nursing
osurewtowthesewtoxinswcanwbewneurotoxicwtowchildrenwandwc 9. patient’s
anwtriggerwasthmawattackswinwsensitivewpeople. 10. information
2. Evidence-
basedwpracticewiswconsideredwthewgoldwstandardwofwhealthwca CLINICALw JUDGMENT
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3. Stepw1:wAskwthewburningwquestion.wStepw2:wSearchwandwc 1. Bywquestioningwthewexistingwwaywofwdoingwthingswtowens
ollectwthewmostwrelevantwandwbestwevidencewavailable.wSte urewthatwthewpatientwreceiveswthewbestwcarewpossible
pw3:wThinkwcritically.wAppraisewthewevidencewforwvalidity, 2. Awthoroughwsearchwofwthewliterature,wwithwthewassistancewofwt
wrelevancewtowthewsituation,wandwapplicability.
hewmedicalwlibrarian,winwthewareawofwtheirwburningwques-
wtionwregardingwmusicwreducingwpreoperativewanxiety.
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hewchange.wStepw5:wMakewitwhappen.wStepw6:wEvaluatewthewpr 3. CumulativewIndexwtowNursingwandwAlliedwHealthwLiterature
acticewdecisionworwchange. w(CINAHL)wDatabase,wJoannawBriggswInstitutewevidence-

4. Combinationwtherapywwithwawnicotinewpatchwandwnicotinewloz basedwresources,wCochranewReviews,wMedline/wPubMed
engeswworkedwbest,walthoughwbupropionw(Zyban)worwvarenicl 4. Measurewpatientwoutcomeswbeforewinstitutingwthewevidence
inew(Chantix)wandwnicotinewlozengeswworkedwwell,wtoo.wAwC -
ochranewReviewwfoundwthatwadvicewandwsupportwfromwnursin basedwchangewinwpracticewsowcomparisonswcanwbewmadewafte
gwstaffwcanwincreasewpatients’wsuccesswinwquit- rwimplementationwtowdeterminewifwthewinter-
wtingwsmoking,wespeciallywinwawhospitalwsetting. wventionwworked

5. Evaluatewthewresultswtowdeterminewwhetherwthewchangewm
VOCABULARY adewawsignificantwdifferencewandwifwitwwaswvaluablewinwter
mswofwcostwandwtime
SamplewsentenceswwillwvarywforwthewVocabularywproblems.
1. Evidence- REVIEWw QUESTIONS
basedwpractice:wAwsystematicwprocesswthatwuseswcurrentwevid Thewcorrectwanswerswarewinwboldface.
encewinwmakingwdecisionswaboutwpatientwcare.
2. Evidence- 1. (3)wiswcorrect.wProvidingwanwexplanationwofwwhywsome-
informedwpractice:wConsiderationwofwpatientwfactorswalongwwi wthingwiswdonewpromoteswthewunderstandingwforwwhywitwisw

thwthewusewofwevidencewforwsharedwdecisionwmakingwbetweenwt importantwtowbewdonewandwthereforewwillwmorewlikelywbew
hewhealth-carewproviderwandwthewpatient. done.w(1,w2,w4)wonlywcommunicatewthewneedwtowperformwa
wtask.wTheywdownotwprovidewrationalewforwthewtaskwtowpro-
3. Randomizedwcontrolledwtrials:wTruewexperimentalwstudieswin
wmotewunderstandingwofwthewimportancewofwthewtask.
wwhichwaswmanywfactorswaswpossiblewthatwcouldwfalselywchang
ewthewresultswarewcontrolled. 2. (3)wiswcorrect.wEvidence-
4. Research:wScientificwstudy,winvestigation,worwexperimenta- basedwnursingwcarewthatwhaswbeenwevaluatedwaswappropriatewf
wtionwtowestablishwfactswandwanalyzewtheirwsignificance.
orwanwagencywprovideswthewbestwandwsafestwpatientwcare.w(1)w
5. Systematicwreview:wAwreviewwofwrelevantwresearchwusingwgu Opinionswmaywnotwbewbasedwon
idelines.

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