Evidence Based Nursing Flashcards
1
Q
what is evidence based nursing?
A
An approach to making quality decisions and providing nursing care based upon personal clinical expertise in combination with the most current, relevant research available
2
Q
why do we need EBN?
A
- professional accountability
- development of a specific knowledge base
- need to challenge
3
Q
barriers to EBN?
A
- time
- insufficient evidence to support change
- research language
- research findings
4
Q
what are the 5 steps to evidence based veterinary medicine?
A
- ask
- acquire
- appraise
- apply
- assess
5
Q
What is clinical governance?
A
a continuing process of reflection, analysis and improvement in professional practice for the benefit of the animal patient and the client owner
6
Q
what is a clinical audit?
A
Seeks to identify areas for service improvement, develop and carry out action plans to rectify or improve service provision and then to re-audit to ensure changes have an effect
7
Q
why do we use clinical audits?
A
- to reduce incidents
- better use of resources
- promotes good practice
8
Q
what are some types of clinical nursing audits?
A
- standards based audit
- critical incident monitoring
- peer review
- owner survey
