Based Practice in
Community and
Public Health
Assess- ment
, ATI RN Evidence-Based Practice in Community and Public Health Assess-
ment
1. - Organizing an effort to work on improvement
Rationale: The nurse should identify that in the steps of the PDSA framework,
organizing an effort to work on improvement occurs before selecting changes
aimed at performance improvement
- Planning the change
Rationale: The nurse should identify that in the steps of the PDSA framework,
planning the change occurs after selecting changes aimed at performance
improvement
- Clarifying current knowledge of the process
Rationale: The nurse should identify that in steps of the PDSA framework,
clarifying current knowledge of the process occurs before selecting changes
aimed at performance improvement.: A school nurse has identified a need for
improved playground safety. Using a quality improvement process that mirrors the
steps of evidence-based practice, which of the following steps should the nurse take
before selecting changes aimed at improving playground safety? (Select all that
apply.)
2. 1. Systemic reviews of all randomized controlled trials published within
the last 5 years about the effects of homelessness on immunization rates in
children
2. A randomized controlled trial about the effects of homelessness on immu-
nization rates on one stat's population of school=age children
3. Observational cohort studies about immunization rates performed with a
population of homeless school-age children during the last 3 years.
4. An expert opinion presented in a conference in the current year from
a pediatric immunologist.: A school nurse is researching information about the
effects of homelessness on immunization rates in school-age children. In what order
will the nurse examine each item, from most robust type of evidence to least robust?
(Move the steps into the box on the right, placing them in the order of strength of
evidence. Use all the steps.)
3. Objectives
Rationale: The nurse should discuss evidence-based interventions with
Healthy People 2030 objectives.: A nurse at a public health department is present-
ing information about Healthy People 2030 to a group of community health workers.
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