Test Bank For Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare, 5th Edition by Melnyk, Chapters 1 - 23 Complete - PDF

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,Chapter 1 Making the Case for Evidence-
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Based Practice and Cultivating a Spirit of Inquiry
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, 1. In the hospital where Nurse L. provides care, tradition dictates that oral temperatures be
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included in every set of patient vital signs, regardless of patient diagnosis or acuity. Thi
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s is most likely an example of which of the following phenomena?
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A) The prioritization of internal evidence over external evidence
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C) The integration of personal expertise into nursing care
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2. The clinical nurse educator (CNE) on a postsurgical unit has recently completed a pati
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ent chart review after the implementation of a pilot program aimed at promoting early
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ambulation following surgery. Which of the following components of EBP is the nurs
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e putting into practice?
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C) Experience
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3. Nurse R. has observed that reorienting demented patients as frequently as possible tends
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to minimize the patients' level of agitation in the evening. The nurse has shared this obs
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ervation with a colleague, who is skeptical, stating that, “It's best to stick to evidence-
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based practice.” How can Nurse R. best respond?
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A) “EBP can include clinicians' personal expertise.”
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B) “Personal experience is often more sound than formal evidence-based practice.”
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C) “Traditional practice and EBP are usually shown to be the same.” ui ui ui ui ui ui ui ui ui ui


D) “My years of experience can be just as valuable as any literature review or
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4. Which of the following factors provides the most important rationale for the consistent
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implementation of EBP?
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A) EBP provides for the most cost-effective patient care.
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B) EBP is accessible to all healthcare clinicians.
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C) EBP provides consistency in care across healthcare settings.
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D) EBP improves patient outcomes. ui ui ui




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