Leadership Case: Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement

The new graduate nurse recalls that when looking at a model for evidence-based practice, what is the final step of the process? Including the practice change in all the unit policies Evaluation of the new practice change Implementation of the new practice Submitting a description of the new practice change for publication

Evaluation of the new practice change

The nurse is planning care with the family of an older adult who is recuperating on a rehab unit for injuries sustained in a fall due to postural hypotension. As part of a quality improvement (QI) project to reduce the number of the falls on this rehab unit, what will be most effective in preventing falls in this client? Complete a fall diary with the family to determine if there were any falls before the CVA. Encourage a family member to stay with the client. Instruct the client to sit, obtain balance, dangle legs, and rise slowly. Attach a sensor to the client's bed, so that the bed alarm will sound when the client attempts to get out of bed.

Instruct the client to sit, obtain balance, dangle legs, and rise slowly.

The new nurse recalls that which strategies promote evidence-based practice? (Select all that apply.) Interact with other disciplines to bring nursing evidence to the table. Use sources that are only authored by nurses to stay true to nursing practice. Collaborate with other nurses locally and globally. Use and encourage use of multiple sources of evidence. Continue to use older and outdated practices if requested by the patient and family.

Interact with other disciplines to bring nursing evidence to the table. Collaborate with other nurses locally and globally. Use and encourage use of multiple sources of evidence.

A nurse manager was reviewing patient care data to determine opportunities to improve the quality of patient care. The nurse manager identified that many clients were being admitted to the unit without a required allergy arm band. The nurse manager, working with a unit-based committee of nurses and nursing assistants, developed a plan including goals, objectives, and a timeline to address this problem. This is an example of which approach? Risk management project Patient and family-centered care initiative Performance improvement project Six-Sigma approach

Performance improvement project