Exam 23: Translating Research Into Practice

The chief nursing officer at a local hospital seeking Magnet status creates staff development classes concerning research utilization.What best describes research utilization?

Stetler's (2001)research utilization model provides direction for an individual and for group members.It has implications for nurses in leadership roles responsible for patient care management.Which description is recognized as the preparatory phase?

To help staff nurses adjust to using research in practice,what strategy would the nurse manager use?

Before implementation of the new policy and procedure on central-line catheter care,the nurse manager uses an appraisal system to evaluate the evidence.What is important in using an appraisal system to evaluate the evidence gathered in preparation for development of a new protocol?

Which of the following is a meta-analysis?

You are excited by evidence supporting the use of personal digital assistants at the patients' bedsides to improve documentation and patient outcomes.You have disseminated the information through discussions and emails and are now ready to begin the process of considering implementation on the unit.To develop positive attitudes toward the use and implementation of the technology,you would discuss your ideas with which of the following people (according to Rogers's [2003] diffusion of innovation theory)?

What is the typical time frame a research discovery to implementation occurs?

What is a strategy that can be used by a small community hospital with limited resources to develop an evidence-based nursing practice program?

The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO,2012)released a comprehensive toolkit to assist nurses in the implementation of evidence-based guidelines.To sustain EBP,which of the following are required? (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding evidence-based practice?

Which of the following has been identified as a significant factor in moving EBP into patient care?

A nurse manager introduces prompted voiding into nursing practice on a unit,which is supported by clinical guidelines derived from evidence-based practice.The nurses on the unit resist implementation,indicating that the bathroom facilities are too far away for efficient implementation of the guidelines and that resources are too few to accomplish the initial voiding observations.For the nurse manager in this situation,it is important to have further discussion with the staff regarding which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

After searching the literature,Tara develops a table that outlines the findings of studies on management of incontinence; it includes an appraisal of such criteria as risk and applicability to her particular population of moderately to severely cognitively impaired patients.This is which phase of Stetler's (2003)research utilization model?

A strategic goal developed by the chief nursing officer is to implement an evidence-based practice program.What is an appropriate strategy that can be used by a nurse manager who is beginning to implement an evidence-based practice program?

The nurse manager decides to change staffing schedules in the intensive care unit.She chooses to use Rogers's (2003)diffusion of innovations theory to implement the change.What are the elements of Rogers's diffusion of innovations theory?

What is a key step in the EBP model?

Which of the following would be considered research?

Once evidence related to the use of prompted voiding in patients with cognitive impairment has been appraised and integrated with practice,it is important to:

The implementation of saline flushes for capped angiocatheters is an example of:

Within a multisite health care system,the most appropriate strategy for translation of research would be: