INTERVENTIONS AND CLINICAL
SKILLS 7TH EDITION BY POTTER ALL
CHAPTERS COVERED
Chapteri01:iUsingiEvidenceiiniNursingiPractice
Perryietial.:iNursingiInterventionsi&iClinicaliSkills,i7thiEdition
MULTIPLEiCHOICE
1. Ainursingieducatoriisiexplainingihowitheibesticlinicalipracticesiareidetermined.iW
hichstatementibestiexplainsitheipurposeiofievidence-basedipractice?
a. Itiensuresithatiallipatientsireceiveiholisticicare.
b. Itiprovidesiaidefiniteireasoniforiprovidingicareiiniaispecificimanner.
c. Itipreventsierrorsiwhenicareiisibeingidelivered.
d. Itiguaranteesithaticareideliverediisibasedioniresearch.
ANS:i B
Evidence-
basedipracticeiisitheiuseiofitheicurrentibestievidenceiinimakingipatienticareidecisions.iItia
ppliesitoiallitypesiofihealthicareiprofessionals.iCurrentlyithereiisinoimethodithatcaniensu
reithatiallipatientsireceiveiholisticicare,ithatiallierrorsicanibeiprevented,iorithatiaiguarante
eiexistsithaticareigiveniisibasedioniresearch.
DIF:i CognitiveiLevel:iUnderstanding
OBJ:i NCLEX:iSafeiandiEffectiveiCarei
EnvironmentTOP:i NursingiProcess:iImplementation
2. Whichiquestioniisiaiproblem-focuseditriggeriforiinitiatingitheievidence-
basedipracticeimethodininursingicare?
, a. Whatiisiknowniaboutireductioniofiurinaryitractiinfectionsiinitheiolderiad
ultiwithdiabetes?
b. Howicanichronicipainibestibeidescribediwhenitheipatientiisinonverbal?
c. HowilongicanianiIVicatheteriremainiiniplaceiiniaipatientiwithiobesity?
d. Whatimeasuresicanitheinurseitakeitoireduceitheirisingiincidenceiofiuri
naryitractinfectionsionitheiolderiadulticareiunit?
ANS:i D
Evidence-
basedipracticei(EBP)iquestionsitenditoiariseifromitwoisources:irecurrentiproblemsorine
wiknowledge.iInitheicorrectioption,itheiincreaseiiniurinaryitractiinfectionsiindicatesiaitre
ndiorirecurringiproblemiiniaispecificigroupiofipatients.iTheiotheriquestionsiareigeneraliin
formationiquestions,inotibasedioniwhatiisihappeningiiniaispecificiareaioritoiaigroupiofispe
cificipatientsiinianiareaiorirelatingitoianiobserveditrend.
DIF:i CognitiveiLevel:iApplying
OBJ:i NCLEX:iSafeiandiEffectiveiCareiE
nvironmentTOP:i NursingiProcess:iImplementation
3. Whatidoesithei―I‖iindicateiiniai―PICO‖iquestion?
a. Interventioniofiinterest
b. Incorporationioficoncepts
c. Implementationibyinursing
d. Interestiofipersonnel
ANS:i A
Thei―I‖istandsiforiinterventioniofiinterest,imeaningiwhatitheinurseihopesitoiuseiinipracticei
andibelievesiisiworthwhileiorivaluable.iThisicouldibeiaitreatmentiforiaispecificitypeiofiwoun
dorianiapproachionihowitoiteachifoodipreparationiforiaipatientiwithiimpairedisight.
, DIF:i CognitiveiLevel:iRememberingiOBJ:i NCLEX:iSafeiandiEffectiveiCareiEnvironmentTO
P:i NursingiProcess:iImplementation
4. Whoiwillitheiclinicaliresearchinurseicontactitoisearchirelevantidatabasesiinipr
eparationiforianupcomingistudy?
a. Theiphysicianiwhoseipatientsimayibeiinvolvediinitheistudy
b. Theimedicalilibrarian
c. Theinurseimanageriofitheiunitiwhereitheistudyiwillibeiconducted
d. Theidirectoriofinursingiofitheifacility
ANS:i B
Theimedicalilibrarianiisimostiknowledgeableiregardingidatabasesirelevantitoiaistud
y.iTheotheriindividualsidoinotihaveitheiknowledgeiregardingirelevantidatabases.
DIF:i CognitiveiLevel:iUnderstanding
OBJ:i NCLEX:iSafeiandiEffectiveiCarei
EnvironmentTOP:i NursingiProcess:iImplementation
5. Whichidatabaseicontainsisummariesioficlinicaliguidelinesianditheiridevelopment?
a. MEDLINE
b. CINAHL
c. CochraneiDatabaseiofiSystematiciReviews
d. TheiNationaliGuidelineiClearinghouse
ANS:i D
TheiNationaliGuidelineiClearinghouseiisiaidatabaseisupportedibyitheiAgencyiforiHealth
careiResearchiandiQuality.iIticontainsisummariesioficlinicaliguidelinesiforipractice.iiiME
DLINEiiiisiiaii databaseiiiforiiistudiesiiiiniiimedicN
ine,iiinursing,iiidentistry,ipsychiatry,iveterinar
yimedicine,iand
alliedi health.i CINAHLi (Cumulativei Indexi ofi Nursingi andi Alliedi Healthi Literature)iincl
udes
studiesiininursing,ialliedihealth,iandibiomedicine.iTheiCochraneiDatabaseiFullitexti
ofiregularlyiupdatedisystematicireviewsipreparedibyitheiCochraneiCollaborationiin
cludescompletedireviewsiandiprotocols.
DIF:i CognitiveiLevel:iRememberingiOBJ:i NCLEX:iSafeiandiEffectiveiCare
, EnvironmentTOP:i NursingiProcess:iImplementation
6. Whichidoesitheinurseiresearcheriidentifyiasitheistrongestitypeiofiresearch?
a. Randomizedicontrolleditrials
b. Aiqualitativeistudy
c. Aidescriptiveistudy
d. Aicaseicontrolledistudy
ANS:i A
Individualirandomizedicontrolleditrialsiareicloseitoitheitopiofitheiresearchipyramid
.iOnlyisystematicireviewsiandimeta-
analysesiareihigher.iThisitypeiofistudyitestsianiinterventioniagainstitheiusualistand
ardioficare.iTheiotheritypesiofistudiesiareiusefulibutidoinotigiveithesameitypeiofiinfor
mationiasiairandomizedicontrolleditrialiprovides.
DIF:i CognitiveiLevel:iRememberingiOBJ:i NCLEX:iSafeiandiEffectiveiCareiEnvironmentTO
P:i NursingiProcess:iAssessment