Evidence-Based Practice

A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about using credible databases for research studies. Which of the following sources should the nurse include?

A peer-reviewed journal

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?

A systemic review summarizing findings of studies.

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?

Clinical practice guidelines

A nurse is collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to develop a plan of care for a client. Which of the following tools should the nurse use to guide the delivery of care?

Critical pathway

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?

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?

This process ensures scientific quality and rigor.

A nurse is teaching a class about searching the internet for research articles to use for evidence-based changes. Which of the following information should the nurse include?

Use Quackwatch to verify credible websites.

A nurse is teaching a class about citing references to use for evidence-based changes. Which of the following requires citing a reference to avoid plagiarism? (Select all that apply.)

Direct quotations from a journal article. A photograph depicting equipment. Ideas published in a theoretical paper. Paraphrased sentence from an article.

A nurse is using evidence-based practice to reduce pain during venipunctures for adolescent clients by asking a PICOT question: "Does providing music to adolescent clients during venipunctures decrease their discomfort compared to those clients who do not listen to music?" Which of the following is a component of the "I" in this PICOT question?

Providing music.

A nurse has created a table of evidence to organize findings from a literature search. Which of the following components of the table provides information for implementing a change in practice?

Recommendations

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?

Standard of care

A nurse is using evidence-based practice to develop a PICOT question. Which of the following describes the "O" in PICOT?

The desired result of the intervention to the problem.

A nurse is preparing to perform a procedure on a client. Which of the following resources should the nurse use to meet the standard of care? (Select all that apply.)

The health care organization policy and procedure manual. Info from a government website. Article published by a perr-reviewed journal.

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?

The nurse alters the steps in a procedure established in the clinical practice guidelines.

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.)

The nurse notices another nurse changing a dressing and recognizes that they perform the same procedure differently is the first step. The nurse asks a clinical question about methods to perform a dressing change is the second step. The nurse conducts a literature search to determine the presence of nursing literature on how to perform dressing changes is the third step. The nurse reads, organizes, and compares the results of the scientific literature search is the fourth step. The nurse develops recommendations about dressing changes to present to an interdisciplinary team in order to update the policy and procedure is the fifth step. The nurse implements changes for performing dressing changes and collects data to determine client outcomes is the sixth step.