Exam 1: Using Evidence in Nursing Practice

When evidence-based practice is used,patient care will be:

_________________is a guide for making accurate,timely,and appropriate clinical decisions.

The nurse is getting ready to develop a plan of care for a patient who has a specific need.The best source for developing this plan of care would probably be:

The nurse has done a literature search and has found 25 possible articles on the topic that she is studying.To determine which of those 25 best fit her inquiry,the nurse should first look at:

The nurse is not sure that the procedure the patient requires is the best possible for the situation.Perhaps the quickest way for her to review the research on the topic would be to utilize:

__________________ are the gold standard for research.

While caring for patients,the professional nurse must question ________________.

To use evidence-based practice appropriately,you need to collect the most relevant and best evidence and critically appraise the evidence you gather.This process also includes: (Select all that apply.)

____________________ is the extent to which a study's findings are valid,reliable,and relevant to your patient population of interest.

Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to making decisions about patient care that is grounded in:

When a "PICO" question is developed,the letter that corresponds with the usual standard of care is:

The researcher explains how to apply findings in a practice setting for the type of subjects studied in the _________________ section of a research article.

A well-developed PICO question helps the nurse:

Evidence-based practice has the ability to:

Evidence-based practice requires good ______________.

The nurse wants to determine the effects of cardiac rehabilitation program attendance on the level of postmyocardial depression for individuals who have had a myocardial infarction.The type of study that would best capture this information would be:

A systematic review explains if the evidence that you are searching for exists,and whether there is good cause to change practice.In _____________,all entries include information on systematic reviews.Individual randomized controlled trials (RCTs)are the gold standard for research.