EBP/informatics

Question 1

Explain the sources of nursing knowledge

Answer 1

• traditional knowledge
  -Authoritative knowledge
  -Scientific knowledge
  CATEGORY: IM injection TRADITION: Aspiring before administering IM injection to prevent injecting into blood vessels
  SCIENTIFIC: In the pediatric vaccination setting, the practice of aspirating during the administration of an intramuscular injection is unnecessary and there is no clinical reason to suggest that these principles may not be applied when using the deltoid, ventrogluteal and vastus sites in other settings.

Question 2

Discuss the four common concepts in nursing theories

Answer 2

Person, health, environment, nursing
PERSON: a person in this model is a patient who can accumulate their own powers to recover from the dz.
Example: nightingale did not provide a specific definition of a person in the context of nursing, and she referred to a pt as any individual requiring a nurses care.
HEALTH: nightingale believed that a person

Question 3

Discuss the interdependence of nursing practice, research and theory

Question 4

Compare and contrast quantitative and qualitative research

Question 5

Discuss the parts of a research journal article

Question 6

Explain levels of evidence for intervention questions

Question 7

Describe the steps of the evidence based practice process

Question 8

Develop a PICOT question

Question 9

Define nursing informatics, its scope, and standards

Question 10

Describe the two types of nurse informatics and their responsibilities

Question 11

Describe how the system development lifecycle process can be used to ensure the successful implementation of a new electronic health record

Question 12

Discuss terms basic to informatics

Question 13

Discuss emerging areas in the field of informatics