Informatics Quizzes

Which icon in EndNote would you use to insert a citation into a word document while writing (CWYW)?

"" symbol

Fill in the blank: The classic triad of evidence-based practice includes BEST or HIGHEST AVAILABLE evidence, clinical expertise, and patient ___________ (hint: three words, all lower case, and two of the words end in "s")

values and preferences

When you Google "plagiarism," what elements does it include: (Click all that apply) (Note: You do not plagiarize. It is considered academically illegal since you are stealing other people's ideas).

-Paying someone else to write your paper (it is their ideas and you would be taking credit for it) -Not giving credit for or citing sources of information -Paraphrasing or putting quotes in your own words and not giving credit -Changing a word or two, or moving words around in a sentence and giving the impression it is your own thoughts

So if only 20% of what we are doing is based on evidence, what type of practice are we doing with the other 80%?

-Routine-based practice -Experience-based practice -Authority-based practice -Logic-based practice -Any other practice but evidence-based practice -Eminence-based practice

What are the most typical ways that nurses seek information to guide their practice (until now). Click all that apply.

-ask each other -dont ask anyone -do what their teacher tells them to do -confer clinical books

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is the integration of:

-patient values -the best research evidence into the decision making for patient care -clinical expertise

Which characteristics apply to the concept of quoting directly and using their words rather than paraphrasing? (click all that apply)

-should be used rarely and judiciously -A quote more than 40 words needs it's own indented paragraph

Before the EBP movement, how many years lag time was there between new science and its adoption in clinical practice? This strengthens the argument that we must not rely on the "old way" of doing things but rather encourage new research and introduce it into current practice.

17 years

You are designing a presentation and need to choose the font size. What is the minimum size you should choose ? (go bigger if you can)

24 pt font

What is the recommended maximum number of lines of text when constructing slides for presentation?

5

If you have 18 minutes for a talk, what is the recommended number of slides to prepare?

9

The first guy to realize we were not using research findings to guide our health care practice was the father of evidence-based practice. What was his name?

Archie Cochrane

What's the problem with using books to gain current information to guide practice?

Books are 5-10 years out of date where as journals are only 1-2 years out of date at the point of publication

Match the underlined portion of the clinical question with the P, I, C, O, T, SDo regular text message reminders performed on patients recently diagnosed with diabetes lead to a lower occurrence of forgotten insulin doses over the first six months of treatment compared with no reminders? a) regular text message reminders b) patients recently diagnosed with diabetes c) lower occurrence of forgotten insulin doses d) first six months of treatment e) no reminders

I: regular text message reminders P: patients recently diagnosed with diabetes O: lower occurrence of forgotten insulin doses T: first six months of treatment C: no reminders

David Sackett popularized the RCT. Why is the RCT such a good design?

It has a treatment group and a control group and they start out equal

When we talked about NNT, a new type of statistic in EBP, would we want a HIGH NNT or a low NNT? Is it better to have to treat 100 people for one to be affected, or is it better to treat 4 people and one person improves?

It's better to have a low NNT

What is a strategy to keep the attention of the audience when giving a talk?

Make eye contact with the audience instead of the screen

You are writing a paper for a class and need to format the margins. What action should you do to make the margins correct?

One inch top, bottom, left, right

A sixty-year-old patient from the nursing home was admitted to the Med-Surg unit. Upon admission assessment, the nurse finds out that the patient has an open sacral pressure sore measuring 5 CM x 4 CM. The nurse learns that in the nursing home, they were doing Normal Saline wet-to-dry dressings. The hospital just instituted the use of hydrocolloid dressings for pressure sores. The nurse is wondering which therapy would provide faster wound healing. Determine your PICO components.

P: patients with existing pressure sores I: hydrocolloid dressings C: normal wet-to-dry dressings O: faster wound healing

In class you saw several slides with little people on it to show NNT and NNH. What is that type of graph called?

Pictogram

In order sound as professional as possible when presenting formally, what is a presentation principle to follow?

Practice the talk out loud several times before presenting it

To keep the audience engaged towards the end of the talk, what could you do?

Say "We are almost finished, we have one more slide"

When giving a talk, speakers recommend connecting with the audience. How might a presenter do that?

Say "We have all dealt with this problem before"

You are preparing for a formal presentation and want to CATCH the audience's attention right at the beginning. What technique will accomplish this?

Start with a story or fact that is applicable to the audience

Match the following Steps of EBP with the appropriate word

Step 1: Ask Step 2: Acquire Step 3: Appraise Step 0: Culture of Inquiry

When giving a talk using a large screen for visual impact, where should the presenter stand?

To the right of the audience

True or False: It is better to summarize/paraphrase ideas than to use direct quotes.

True

True or False: Terms to be abbreviated must be typed out completely, followed by its abbreviation except those which are accepted as words by Webster's Dictionary.

True

True or False: You may not use ALL of the information in PICO or your well-built question when you conduct your search for data

True

If you wanted to practice the 5 Ps to find how how long it took between EACH slide, which tab would you need to click in PowerPoint to set the clock to begin and end so you could rehearse timings?

Under the SLIDE SHOW tab

Which of the following would be most important design feature in order to add to the presentation rather than detract?

Visual photos/graphics to reinforce conception

In what clinical situation would a practitioner need to use the format "PIO/PICO/PICOT/PICOTS?"

When they need to find evidence on the best therapy to treat a disease

Which clinical questions below could be used with PIRD type of questions? a) In teens with depression, what is the best way to diagnose this condition? b) In elderly suffering from alzheimer's, what effect does dietary aluminium have on the incidence? c) In adults with hyperhidrosis, how prevalent is this condition? d) In infants with VSD, is ultrasound better than MRI for diagnosing it?

a) In teens with depression, what is the best way to diagnose this condition? d) In infants with VSD, is ultrasound better than MRI for diagnosing it?

In 1992, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published an article and estimated that about 4% of practice was based on research results! The rest of the approximately 96% of practice was based on:

a) Tradition b) History c) Authority d) Logic e) Trial & Error

Use EndNote to insert a reference into WORD and look at the full reference at the bottom (not the in-text citation). ANALYZE it and match the left side to the right side to determine which is APA format. (Then you will see how easy it is to get the correct format when EndNote inserts it rather than you typing it out. That is SO yesterday)!!!

doi : 2014.59SER.87223.0000 citation of author in the TEXT: Harwood and Titler (2015) citation of author in reference section Harwood, T., & Titler, J. (2015) Correct APA Style pagination: 89, 1056-1078 Incorrect APA Style pagination: 89, pp. 1056-1078 Correct APA Style website in references section: http:www. alljoylife.org Incorrect APA Style website: Accessed from http://www.alljoylife.org

Which icon would you click to find full text articles for the references you choose to look at?

magnifying glass icon

APA guidelines approved for use at LLU School of Nursing include all of the following EXCEPT: a. title page b. use any font or typeface c. a reference page d. double spacing

use any font or typeface