Test Bank For Nursing Interventions & Clinical
Skills 7th Edition ( Patricia A. Potter, 2019) All
Chapters 1-32 Covered| A+ Graded Latest Version
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
2. Communication & Collaboration
3. Documentation and Informatics
4. Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
5. Infection Control
6. Disaster Preparedness
7. Vital Signs
8. Health Assessment
9. Specimen Collection
10. Diagnostic Procedures
11. B athing and Personal Hygiene
12. Care of the Eye and Ear
13. Promoting Nutrition
14. Parenteral Nutrition
15. Pain Management
16. Promoting Oxygenation
17. Safe Patient Handling
18. Exercise, Mobility & Immobilization Devices
19. Urinary Elimination
20. Bowel Elimination
21. Ostomy Care
22. Preparation for Safe Medication Administration
23. Nonparenteral Medications
24. Parenteral Medications
25. Wound Care and Irrigation
26. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care
27. Dressings Bandages and Binders
28. Intravenous Therapy
29. Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care
30. Emergency Measures for Life Support
31. End-of-Life Care
32. Home Care Safety
, Chapter 01: Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
Perry et al.: Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition
MULTIPLECHOICE
1. A nursing educator is explaining how the best clinical practices are determined.
Whichstatement best explains the purpose of evidence-based practice?
a. It ensures that all patients receive holistic care.
b. It provides a definite reason for providing care in a specific manner.
c. It prevents errors when care is being delivered.
d. It guarantees that care delivered is based on research.
ANS: B
Evidence-based practice is the use of the current best evidence in making patient care
decisions. It applies to all types of health care professionals. Currently there is no method
thatcan ensure that all patients receive holistic care, that all errors can be prevented, or
that a guarantee exists that care given is based on research.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Un derstanding OBJ: NCLEX: Safe an d Effective
Care EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
2. Which question is a problem-focused trigger for initiating the evi dence-based practice
methodin nursing care?
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, a. What is known about reduction of urinary tract infections in the older
adult withdiabetes?
b. How can chronic pain best be described when the patient is nonverbal?
c. How long can an IV catheter remain in place in a patient with obesity?
d. What measures can the nurse take to reduce the rising incidence of
urinary tractinfections on the older adult care unit?
ANS: D
Evidence-based practice (EBP) questions ten d to arise from two sources: recurrent
problemsor new knowledge. In the correct option, the increase in urinary tract infections
indicates a trend or recurring problem in a specific group of patients. The other questions
are general information questions, not based on what is ha ppening in a specific area or to
a group of specific patients in an area or relating to an observed trend.
DIF: Cognitive Level: A pplying OBJ: NCLEX: Safe an d Effective
Care EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
3. What does the “I” indicate in a “PICO” question?
a. Intervention of interest
b. Incorporation of concepts
c. Implementation by nursing
d. Interest of personnel
ANS: A
The “I” stan ds for intervention of interest, meaning what the nu rse hopes to use in practice
and believes is worthwhile or valuable. This could be a treatment for a specific type of
woundor an approach on how to tea ch food preparation for a patient with impaired sight.
Skills 7th Edition ( Patricia A. Potter, 2019) All
Chapters 1-32 Covered| A+ Graded Latest Version
1|Page
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
2. Communication & Collaboration
3. Documentation and Informatics
4. Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
5. Infection Control
6. Disaster Preparedness
7. Vital Signs
8. Health Assessment
9. Specimen Collection
10. Diagnostic Procedures
11. B athing and Personal Hygiene
12. Care of the Eye and Ear
13. Promoting Nutrition
14. Parenteral Nutrition
15. Pain Management
16. Promoting Oxygenation
17. Safe Patient Handling
18. Exercise, Mobility & Immobilization Devices
19. Urinary Elimination
20. Bowel Elimination
21. Ostomy Care
22. Preparation for Safe Medication Administration
23. Nonparenteral Medications
24. Parenteral Medications
25. Wound Care and Irrigation
26. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care
27. Dressings Bandages and Binders
28. Intravenous Therapy
29. Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care
30. Emergency Measures for Life Support
31. End-of-Life Care
32. Home Care Safety
, Chapter 01: Using Evidence in Nursing Practice
Perry et al.: Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition
MULTIPLECHOICE
1. A nursing educator is explaining how the best clinical practices are determined.
Whichstatement best explains the purpose of evidence-based practice?
a. It ensures that all patients receive holistic care.
b. It provides a definite reason for providing care in a specific manner.
c. It prevents errors when care is being delivered.
d. It guarantees that care delivered is based on research.
ANS: B
Evidence-based practice is the use of the current best evidence in making patient care
decisions. It applies to all types of health care professionals. Currently there is no method
thatcan ensure that all patients receive holistic care, that all errors can be prevented, or
that a guarantee exists that care given is based on research.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Un derstanding OBJ: NCLEX: Safe an d Effective
Care EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
2. Which question is a problem-focused trigger for initiating the evi dence-based practice
methodin nursing care?
3|Page
, a. What is known about reduction of urinary tract infections in the older
adult withdiabetes?
b. How can chronic pain best be described when the patient is nonverbal?
c. How long can an IV catheter remain in place in a patient with obesity?
d. What measures can the nurse take to reduce the rising incidence of
urinary tractinfections on the older adult care unit?
ANS: D
Evidence-based practice (EBP) questions ten d to arise from two sources: recurrent
problemsor new knowledge. In the correct option, the increase in urinary tract infections
indicates a trend or recurring problem in a specific group of patients. The other questions
are general information questions, not based on what is ha ppening in a specific area or to
a group of specific patients in an area or relating to an observed trend.
DIF: Cognitive Level: A pplying OBJ: NCLEX: Safe an d Effective
Care EnvironmentTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
3. What does the “I” indicate in a “PICO” question?
a. Intervention of interest
b. Incorporation of concepts
c. Implementation by nursing
d. Interest of personnel
ANS: A
The “I” stan ds for intervention of interest, meaning what the nu rse hopes to use in practice
and believes is worthwhile or valuable. This could be a treatment for a specific type of
woundor an approach on how to tea ch food preparation for a patient with impaired sight.
