Ch 21: Developing An Evidence-based Practice

Question 1

Knowledge-focused triggers

Answer 1

Research ideas generated when staff members read research or encounter EIP guidelines

Question 2

Knowledge translation

Answer 2

The process by which knowledge moves from where it was first created to where it has to get to in order to make an impact on clinical practice

Question 3

Opinion leaders

Answer 3

A person in the organization that other workers look go, and whose opinion people listen to

Question 4

Problem-focused triggers

Answer 4

Research ideas identified by staff through quality improvement, risk surveillance, or recurrent clinical problems

Question 5

Translation science

Answer 5

Research that studies how evidence-based interventions are translated to real-world clinical settings

Question 6

Conceptual use of knowledge

Answer 6

Influences the thinking of the clinician but not necessarily the action

Question 7

Decision-driven use of research

Answer 7

Application as a part of new practice

Question 8

Barriers to implementing evidence into practice

Answer 8

Time, lack of EIP skills/mentors, too focused on research itself vs implementation, lack of support in organizations, resistance from colleagues

Question 9

Knowledge translation steps

Answer 9

1. Research question
2. Research planning and design
3. Data collection and analysis
4. Tailoring and telling others about results
5. Changing practice
6. Re-evaluate and sustain knowledge