ATI RN Evidence based practice assessment questions and answers 2024/25

A nurse is using evidence-based research to care for a client who has diabetes mellitus. Which of the following resources should the nurse use to manage the delivery of care? - ANSWER Clinical practice guidelines A charge nurse is supervising a nurse providing care to several clients. For which of the following actions by the nurse should the charge nurse intervene? - ANSWER The nurse alters the steps in a procedure established in the clinical practice guidelines. A nurse is admitting a client who has heart failure. Which of the following tools should the nurse use to implement nursing interventions for the client? - ANSWER Standard of care A nurse is providing an in-service about research methods for a group of nurses. Which of the following methods provides the most credible evidence to support practice changes? - ANSWER A systematic review summarizing findings of studies. A nurse is planning to use evidence-based practice (EBP) to determine the best practice for dressing changes for clients. According to EBP, in what order should the nurse perform the following steps? (Move the steps into the box on the right, placing them in the selected order of performance. Use all the steps.) - ANSWER 1) The nurse notices another nurse changing a dressing and recognizes that they perform the same procedure differently. 2) The nurse asks a clinical question about methods to perform a dressing change. 3) The nurse conducts a literature search to determine the presence of nursing literature on how to perform dressing changes. 4) The nurse reads, organizes, and compares the results of the scientific literature search. 5) The nurse develops recommendations about dressing changes to present to an interdisciplinary team in order to update the policy and procedure. 6) The nurse implements changes for performing dressing changes and collects data to determine client outcomes. A nurse is using evidence-based practice to develop a PICOT question. Which of the following describes the "O" in PICOT? - ANSWER The desired result of the intervention to the problem. A nurse is collecting data from a group of clients regarding their feelings and experiences of living with congestive heart failure. In which of the following types of research studies is the nurse participating? - ANSWER Qualitative A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about the purpose of peer review in scholarly publications. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? - ANSWER "This process ensures scientific quality and rigor."