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Chapter 01: Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
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Perry et al.: Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition
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1. A nursing educator is explaining how the best clinical practices are
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determined.Whichstatement best explains the purpose of evidence-based
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cc practice?
a. It ensures that all patients receive holistic care.
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b. It provides a definite reason for providing care in a specific manner.
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c. It prevents errors when care is being delivered.
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d. It guarantees that care delivered is based on research.
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ANS: B cc
Evidence-based practice is the use of the current best evidence in making patient cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
cc caredecisions. It applies to all types of health care professionals. Currently there is
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cc no method thatcan ensure that all patients receive holistic care, that all errors can
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cc be prevented, or that a guarantee exists that care given is based on research.
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DIF: c c Cognitive Level: Understanding OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
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2. Which question is a problem-focused trigger for initiating the evidence-based
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a. What is known about reduction of urinary tract infections in the
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b. How can chronic pain best be described when the patient is nonverbal?
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c. How long can an IV catheter remain in place in a patient with obesity?
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d. What measures can the nurse take to reduce the rising incidence
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cc ofurinary tractinfections on the older adult care unit?
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ANS: D cc
Evidence-based practice (EBP) questions tend to arise from two sources: recurrent cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
cc problemsor new knowledge. In the correct option, the increase in urinary tract
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cc infections indicates a trend or recurring problem in a specific group of patients. The
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cc other questions are general information questions, not based on what is happening
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ina specific area or to a group of specific patients in an area or relating to an
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DIF: c c Cognitive Level: Applying cc cc OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective cc cc cc cc
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3. What does the ―I‖ indicate in a ―PICO‖ question?
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a. Intervention of interest cc cc
b. Incorporation of concepts cc cc
c. Implementation by nursing cc cc
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ANS: A cc
The ―I‖ stands for intervention of interest, meaning what the nurse hopes to use in
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cc practice and believes is worthwhile or valuable. This could be a treatment for a
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specifictype of woundor an approach on how to teach food preparation for a patient
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cc with impaired sight.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: RememberingOBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
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4. Who will the clinical research nurse contact to search relevant databases
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cc inpreparation for anupcoming study?
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a. The physician whose patients may be involved in the study
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b. The medical librarian cc cc
c. The nurse manager of the unit where the study will be conducted
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d. The director of nursing of the facility cc cc cc cc cc cc
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The medical librarian is most knowledgeable regarding databases relevant to
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cc astudy. Theother individuals do not have the knowledge regarding relevant
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cc databases.
DIF: c c Cognitive Level: Understanding OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective cc cc cc cc cc cc
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5. Which database contains summaries of clinical guidelines and their development?
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a. MEDLINE
b. CINAHL
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d. The National Guideline Clearinghouse cc cc cc
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The National Guideline Clearinghouse is a database supported by the Agency for
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cc Healthcare Research and Quality. It contains summaries of clinical guidelines for
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cc practice. cc cc cc MEDLINE cc cc c is a cc cc cc c c database cc cc cc for cc cc c studies cc cc cc in cc cc cc medicN
ine, nursing,
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dentistry, psychiatry, veterinary medicine, and
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allied health. CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health
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studies in nursing, allied health, and biomedicine. The Cochrane Database
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cc Fulltext of regularly updated systematic reviews prepared by the Cochrane
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cc Collaboration includescompleted reviews and protocols. cc cc cc cc
DIF: Cognitive Level: RememberingOBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
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6. Which does the nurse researcher identify as the strongest type of research?
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a. Randomized controlled trials cc cc
b. A qualitative study
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c. A descriptive study
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d. A case controlled study
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ANS: A cc
Individual randomized controlled trials are close to the top of the research
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cc pyramid. Only systematic reviews and meta-analyses are higher. This type of
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cc study tests an intervention against the usual standard of care. The other types
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cc ofstudies are useful but do not give thesame type of information as a
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cc randomized controlled trial provides. cc cc cc
DIF: Cognitive Level: RememberingOBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
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