Nursing Concepts Ch. 6 & 7

Question 1

Evidence-based practice

Answer 1

a problem-solving approach to clinical practice that combines the use of the best evidence & clinician’s expertise, patient preferences and values, and available healthcare resources in making decisions about patient care.

Question 2

PICO

Answer 2

format to state questions

Question 3

P

Answer 3

patient population of interest

Question 4

I

Answer 4

intervention of interest

Question 5

C

Answer 5

Comparison of interest

Question 6

O

Answer 6

outcome

Question 7

T

Answer 7

type of study

Question 8

Peer reviewed article

Answer 8

is an article submitted for publication and reviewed by panel of experts familiar with the topic or subject matter of the article.

Question 9

Clinical guidelines

Answer 9

systematically developed statements about a plan of care for a specific set of clinical circumstances involving a specific patient population.

Question 10

Bias

Answer 10

distort study findings.

Question 11

A Nursing-sensitive outcome

Answer 11

focuses on how nursing interventions affect patients and offers a measure of nursing contribution to patient care.

Question 12

Intuition

Answer 12

is the inner sensing “gut” feeling that something is so.

Question 13

Clinical inference

Answer 13

is a critical thinking skill in which you make tentative conclusions based on observed data or cues existing in patient situations

Question 14

Clinical decision making

Answer 14

requires careful reasoning so that you choose the options for the best patient outcomes on the basis of the patients condition and priority of the problem.

Question 15

PDSA

Answer 15

Plan do study act