Evidenced Based Practice Flashcards

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1
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What are the six steps to EBP?

A

ask, gather, appraise, act, evaluate, and disseminate

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PICOT stands for ?

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Patient/Population, intervention, comparison, outcome, and time frame

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Identify which step of EBP: a nurse is interpreting and synthesizing evidence, and drawing conclusions about the usefulness of the information for the current situation.

A

appraise

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Identify which step of EBP: the nurse compares the QI project or nursing research study results with the outcome identified in the PICO question to determine if the work helped address the original question and met the desired.
outcome.

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evaluate

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5
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What are some of the barriers to EBP?

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  • lack of knowledge and awareness
  • negative views of EBP (extra work) or fears of research
  • large amounts of information in professional journals
  • lack of time and resources to search for and appraise evidence
  • pressure to continue with practices steeped in tradition
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6
Q

What should organizations do to achieve Magnet status?

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It must demonstrate that nurses are innovators and contribute to quality patient outcomes through EBP.

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7
Q

_____ evidence is information
acquired by observation or
experimentation.

A

Empirical

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Q

______ evidence is based on
nurses’ knowledge of, and respect
for, patients’ unique values and
preferences,

A

Ethical

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_____ evidence evolves from nurses’ individual experiences while caring for particular patients.

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Personal

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______ evidence is based on the nurse’s intuition, interpretation, understanding, and values.

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Aesthetic

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11
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Which type of nursing evidence is considered the art and practice of nursing?

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Aesthetic

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12
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Which type of nursing evidence is based on the interpersonal relationships of nursing

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Personal

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13
Q

_____ nurse-patient relationships are
health-focused, patient-centered,
and have boundaries that distinguish
them from social relationships.

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Therapeutic

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14
Q

Which nursing evidence is the practiced as

ethics of nursing?

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Ethical

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15
Q

Which type of nursing evolves from scientific research and comprises the science of nursing component
of professional nursing practice?

A

Empirical

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16
Q

What are the sources of empirical evidence of nursing?

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published documents that provide background information, methods used to conduct the study, study findings, and a discussion of how the results may be used in practice

17
Q

How do nurses disseminate EBP?

A

Through clinical inquiry

18
Q

Clinical inquiry is used in which steps of EBP?

A

ask, gather, appraise

19
Q

Research or quality improvement (QI) methodologies are used in which steps of EBP?

A

act

20
Q

In clinical inquiry, “Among pediatric critical care patients, what are best practice recommendations for safe and accurate nasoduodenal tube insertion to promote patient safety and comfort?” which part is comparison?

A

The assumption is that current practice will be compared with the evidence gathered and appraised,
so comparison doesn’t need to be stated in the PICO question.

21
Q

What are some of the sources of evidence in EBP?

A
scientific databases (PubMed, CINAHL-Cumulative
Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), The Cochrane Library (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), National Guideline Clearinghouse, professional nursing practice standards, and organizational policies and procedures
22
Q

In which step of EBP is the nurse is interpreting and synthesizing evidence, and drawing conclusions about the usefulness of the information for the current
situation?

A

appraise

23
Q

Why are Cochrane reviews considered to have the strongest level of evidence for intervention questions?

A

Because they have the best study designs and are generally the most rigorous.

24
Q

What are the hierarchy of intervention studies?

A
I - Systematic review or meta-analysis
II - Randomized, controlled trial
III - Controlled trial without randomization
IV - Case-control or cohort study
V - Systematic review of qualitative or descriptive 
studies
VI - Qualitative or descriptive study
VII - Opinion or consensus