Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter Chapter 1-43 Complete Guide
Table Of Content
Chapter 1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
Chapter 2. Communication and Collaboration
Chapter 3. Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge
Chapter 4. Documentation and Informatics
Chapter 5. Vital Signs
Chapter 6. Health Assessment
Test Bank For Clinical Chapter 7. Specimen Collection
Chapter 8. Diagnostic Procedures
Chapter 9. Medical Asepsis
Chapter 10. Sterile Technique
Nursing Skills and Chapter 11. Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM)
Chapter 12. Exercise and Mobility
Chapter 13. Support Surfaces and Special Beds
Chapter 14. Patient Safety
Techniques Chapter 15. Disaster Preparedness
Chapter 16. Pain Management
Chapter 17. End-of-Life Care
Chapter 18. Personal Hygiene and Bed Making
10th Edition by Anne Chapter 19. Care of the Eye and Ear
Chapter 20. Safe Medication Preparation
Chapter 21. Nonparenteral Medications
Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Chapter 22. Parenteral Medications
Chapter 23. Oxygen Therapy
Chapter 24. Performing Chest Physiotherapy
Chapter 25. Airway Management
Potter Chapter 26. Cardiac Care
Chapter 27. Closed Chest Drainage Systems
Chapter 28. Emergency Measures for Life Support
Chapter 29. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy
Chapter 1-43 Complete Chapter 30. Blood Therapy
Chapter 31. Oral Nutrition
Chapter 32. Enteral Nutrition
Chapter 33. Parenteral Nutrition
Guide Chapter 34. Urinary Elimination
Chapter 35. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation
Chapter 36. Ostomy Care
Chapter 37. Preoperative and Postoperative Care
Chapter 38. Intraoperative Care
Chapter 39. Wound Care and Irrigations
Chapter 40. Impaired Skin Integrity Prevention and Care
Chapter 41. Dressings, Bandages, and Binders
Chapter 42. Home Care Safety
Chapter 43. Home Care Teaching
, c. CHOICE BLANK
Chapter 01: Using Evidence in Nursing Practice d. O.
Perry et al.: Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 10th Edition ANS: C
C = Comparison of interest. What standard of care or current intervention do you usually use
now in practice?
MULTIPLE CHOICE P = Patient population of interest. Identify your patient by age, gender, ethnicity, disease, or
health problem.
1. Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to making decisions about patient care
I = Intervention of interest. What intervention (e.g., treatment, diagnostic test, and prognostic
that is grounded in: factor) do you think is worthwhile to use in practice?
a. the latest information found in textbooks. O = Outcome. What result (e.g., change in patient‘s behavior, physical finding, and change in
b. systematically conducted research studies. patient‘s perception) do you wish to achieve or observe as the result of an intervention?
c. tradition in clinical practice.
d. quality improvement and risk-management data. DIF: CognitiveLevel: Knowledge OBJ: Develop a PICO question.
ANS: B TOP: PICO KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
The best evidence comes from well-designed, systematically conducted research studies MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment (management of care)
described in scientific journals. Portions of a textbook often become outdated by the time it is
4. A well-developed PICOT question helps the nurse:
published. Many health care settings do not have a process to help staff adopt new evidence in
a. search for evidence.
practice, and nurses in practice settings lack easy access to risk-management data, relying
b. include all five elements of the sequence.
instead on tradition or convenience. Some sources of evidence do not originate from research.
c. find as many articles as possible in a literature search.
These include quality improvement and risk-management data; infection control data;
d. accept standard clinical routines.
retrospective or concurrent chart reviews; and clinicians‘ expertise. Although
non–research-based evidence is often very valuable, it is important that you learn to rely more ANS: A
on research-based evidence. The more focused a question that you ask is, the easier it is to search for evidence in the
scientific literature. A well-designed PICOT question does not have to include all five
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Comprehension OBJ: Discuss the benefits of evidence-based practice. elements, nor does it have to follow the PICOT sequence. Do not be satisfied with clinical
TOP: Evidence-Based Practice KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment routines. Always question and use critical thinking to consider better ways to provide patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment (management of care) care.
2. When evidence-based practice is used, patient care will be: DIF: CognitiveLevel: Analysis OBJ: Describe the six steps of evidence-based practice.
a. standardized for all. TOP: Evidence-Based Practice KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
b. unhampered by patient culture. MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment (management of care)
c. variable according to the situation.
d. safe from the hazards of critical thinking. 5. The nurse is not sure that the procedure the patient requires is the best possible for the
situation. Utilizing which of the following resources would be the quickest way to review
ANS: C
research on the topic?
Using your clinical expertise and considering patients‘ cultures, values, and preferences a. CINAHL
ensures that you will apply available evidence in practice ethically and appropriately. Even b. PubMed
when you use the best evidence available, application and outcomes will differ; as a nurse,
c. MEDLINE
you will develop critical thinking skills to determine whether evidence is relevant and
d. The Cochrane Database
appropriate.
ANS: D
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Application OBJ: Discuss the benefits of evidence-based practice. The Cochrane Community Database of Systematic Reviews is a valuable source of
TOP: Evidence-Based Practice KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment synthesized evidence (i.e., pre-appraised evidence). The Cochrane Database includes the full
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment (management of care) text of regularly updated systematic reviews and protocols for reviews currently happening.
MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PubMed are among the most comprehensive databases and
3. When a PICOT question is developed, the letter that corresponds with the usual standard of
represent the scientific knowledge base of health care.
care is:
a. P. DIF: CognitiveLevel: Synthesis OBJ: Describe the six steps of evidence-based practice.
b. I. TOP: Evidence-Based Practice KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
c. MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment (management of care)