Test Bank For Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare 4th Edition by Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk; Ellen Fineout-Overholt, Chapters 1-23, A+ guide.

,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 temperat
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ures be included in every set of patient vital signs, regardless of patient diagnosis
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@or acuity. This 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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B) Practice that lacks evidence to support its application
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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
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x@ a patient chart review after the implementation of a pilot program aimed at pr
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omoting early ambulation following surgery. Which of the following components
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@of EBP is the nurse putting into practice?
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A) Patient preferences x@




B) Research utilization x@




C) Experience
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3. Nurse R. has observed that reorienting demented patients as frequently as possible
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@tends to minimize the patients' level of agitation in the evening. The nurse has s
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hared this observation with a colleague, who is skeptical, stating that, “It's best t
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o stick to evidence-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.”
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D) “My years of experience can be just as valuable as any literature rev
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, iew or randomized trial.”
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4. Which of the following factors provides the most important rationale for the con
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sistent 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.
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