Exam 23: Translating Research Into Practice

The chief nursing officer at a local hospital seeking Magnet status creates staff development classes about incorporating evidence-based nursing.What best describes evidence-based nursing?

The nurse manager wants to use evidence-based recommendations to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia.What type of research would provide the strongest evidence for this clinical issue?

Volunteers in a study are assigned randomly to groups.Some of the volunteers receive an herbal supplement that is reputed to control nausea,and some of the volunteers are assigned to a control group to which a placebo is administered.This is an example of a(n):

Tara,the unit manager,is telling her colleague about her recent project,which involves seeking the most effective approaches to incontinence care,with the intention of adopting evidence-based approaches on her dementia care unit.Her colleague suggests that knowledge translation is:

The nurse manager of an intensive care unit wants to implement the revised policy and procedure on central-line catheter care.What would be the most effective method of getting the staff nurses to incorporate a new evidence-based practice into their care?

The clinical guidelines for management of incontinence developed by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario:

Which of the following would be most effective in implementing the findings of Dobbins,Ciliska,Estabrooks,et al.(2005)on treating problems associated with bowel motility?