Exam 10: Putting Research Evidence Into Practice

The nurse has completed an evidence-based practice review to change a patient care intervention.Which avenue would disseminate the outcomes of the review to the most nurses in the organization?

When conducting a body of evidence appraisal for an intervention,what purpose will identifying barriers and facilitators serve?

The nurse is planning to search the literature for help with the clinical problem of infiltrated intravenous sites associated with needleless intravenous systems.What would the nurse identify as a key concept for this problem?

A search for literature to address the clinical problem of bruising after providing a Z-track injection is being planned.Which key words would provide the most applicable results?

The nurse is aware of a number of patients who develop post-operative abdominal wound infections.What can the nurse do first with this information?

The nurse is planning to appraise the evidence for a clinical problem and wants to focus on Level 2 evidence.What will the nurse review for this level of evidence?

A literature search on the impact of using a bedside incentive spirometer after surgery to prevent hospital-acquired pneumonia in the patient recovering from orthopedic surgery resulted in 150 articles.What will the nurse do first after receiving the list?

The nurse is ensuring that research articles for a patient problem are Level 5 evidence.What will the nurse focus on when reviewing these articles? Select all that apply.

The nurse is integrating evidence prior to implementing an intervention for a patient care problem.What will the nurse include when conducting a body of evidence appraisal? Select all that apply.

Why would the nurse be concerned that an intervention for a patient care problem that has been analyzed with a body evidence appraisal has transferability?

The nurse wants to review literature on non-experimental studies to address a patient care problem.On which level of evidence is the nurse going to focus this review?

The nurse is planning to appraise the evidence collected about a patient care problem.Why would the nurse review clinical practice guidelines first?

The impact of changing the type of linens for a patient care area is being analyzed.In which step of the process will this analysis be done?

The nurse wants to analyze the effects of early ambulation instead of 24 hours of bed rest after surgery on the return of bowel sounds in patients recovering from spinal surgery.If using the PICOT format,what is the nurse proposing as the intervention in this statement?

The nurse has written the following problem statement: "In adult patients who experience aphasia after having a stroke,what is the effect of using a flip chart with pictures instead of an erasable white board in the room on the patients' ability to communicate care needs?" When using the PICOT format,what has the nurse identified as the comparison intervention?