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Table of Contents
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Unit 1: Quality and Safety in Nursing Practice
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1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
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2. Communication & Collaboration b b
3. Documentation and Informatics b b
4. Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
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5. Infection Control b
6. Disaster Preparedness b
Unit 2: Patient Assessment Skills
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7. Vital Signs
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8. Health Assessment b
9. Specimen Collection b
10. Diagnostic Procedures b
Unit 3: Basic Human Needs
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11. Bathing and Personal Hygiene b b b
12. Care of the Eye and Ear
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13. Promoting Nutrition b
14. Parenteral Nutrition b
15. Pain Management
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16. Promoting Oxygenation b
Unit 4: Activity and Mobility
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17. Safe Patient Handling
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,18. Exercise, Mobility & Immobilization Devices
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Unit 5: Promoting Elimination
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19. Urinary Elimination
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20. Bowel Elimination
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21. Ostomy Care b
Unit 6: Medication Administration
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22. Preparation for Safe Medication Administration
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23. Nonparenteral Medications b
24. Parenteral Medications b
Unit 7: Dressings and Wound Care
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25. Wound Care and Irrigation
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26. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care
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27. Dressings Bandages and Binders
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Unit 8: Complex Nursing Interventions
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28. Intravenous Therapy b
29. Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care b b b
30. Emergency Measures for Life Support
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Unit 9: Supportive Nursing Interventions
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31. End-of-Life Care b
32. Home Care Safety
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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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MULTIPLE CHOICE b
1. A nursing educator is explaining how the best clinical practices are determined. Which
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statement best explains the purpose of evidence-based practice?
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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 b
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decisions. It applies to all types of health care professionals. Currently there is no method that
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can ensure that all patients receive holistic care, that all errors can be prevented, or that a
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guarantee exists that care given is based on research.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care b b b b b b b
Environment TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
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2. Which question is a problem-focused trigger for initiating the evidence-based practice method
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in nursing care?
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a. What is known about reduction of urinary tract infections in the older adult with
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diabetes? b
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 of urinary tract
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infections on the older adult care unit?
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ANS: D b
Evidence-based practice (EBP) questions tend to arise from two sources: recurrent problems
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or new knowledge. In the correct option, the increase in urinary tract infections indicates a
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trend or recurring problem in a specific group of patients. The other questions are general
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information questions, not based on what is happening in a specific area or to a group of
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specific patients in an area or relating to an observed trend.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying OBJ: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care b b b b b b b
Environment TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
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3. What does the ―I‖ indicate in a ―PICO‖ question?
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a. Intervention of interest b b
b. Incorporation of concepts b b
c. Implementation by nursing b b
d. Interest of personnel b b
ANS: A b
The ―I‖ stands for intervention of interest, meaning what the nurse hopes to use in practice
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and believes is worthwhile or valuable. This could be a treatment for a specific type of wound
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or an approach on how to teach food preparation for a patient with impaired sight.
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