Exam 2: Informatics and Evidence-Based Practice in Medical-Surgical Nursing

The manager is concerned that a staff nurse is not appropriately implementing evidence-based practice with patient care. What did the manager observe to come to this conclusion?

The nurse needs to locate external evidence to support evidence-based practice interventions for a patient's care. What action indicates that the nurse maximized the use of technology to locate this evidence?

The nurse is evaluating the success of using evidence-based interventions for patient care. What should the nurse do to determine if these interventions were successful?

The computerized clinical documentation system installed in a healthcare organization has a feature that alerts staff to potential safety hazards. Which computer message should the nurse interpret as a safety warning when providing patient care?

The nurse is evaluating outcomes from evidence-based interventions provided to a patient with chronic obstructive lung disease. Which outcome indicates that a positive change occurred in this patient?

The manager is evaluating a beginning nurse's ability to use the computerized documentation system. Which observations indicate that the beginning nurse needs additional training on the computer?

The nurse manager determines that a staff nurse planned quality care for an assigned patient. What did the manager observe to come to this conclusion?

The nurse is designing a quantitative research project where the data will be collected at one point in time. Which type of data collection process is the nurse planning to use?

The nurse is designing a study to determine why some patients with diabetes develop foot ulcers while others do not. When reviewing this research question, what should the nurse highlight as the sample population?

The manager is designing a presentation to introduce the nursing staff to the implementation of evidence-based practice. In which order should the manager explain the steps of this process? Standard Text: Click and drag the options below to move them up or down. A) Evaluate the outcomes B) Search the literature efficiently C) Appraise the literature critically D) Formulate a searchable question E) Apply the result to clinical practice or patient F) none of the above

The nurse reviews quality improvement results and outcomes evaluations before selecting evidence-based practice interventions for a patient's care. What information is the nurse using?

The nurse is determining the best internal evidence to use when planning evidence-based interventions for a patient's care. What should the nurse take into consideration when making this determination?

The nurse needs to access the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). Where should the nurse go to access this database?

The staff development trainer is preparing a seminar for experienced nurses on the computerized clinical documentation system. What should the trainer include in this presentation?

The nurse is completing the evaluation phase of the nursing process. What actions should the nurse perform that would be comparable to using the research process?

The nurse is writing a paper on a research project as part of a class assignment. What should the nurse do to obtain the most current information about the research topic?

Prior to implementing evidence-based interventions when providing patient care, the nurse reviews the actions for scientific value. What is the purpose of this nurse's action?

The nurse is reviewing content from the PICOT question format to identify terms to search when accessing information from a database. Which content should the nurse use as keyword(s) for this search?

The nurse is a member of the quality improvement committee within a healthcare organization. What action indicates that the information from this committee is being used to support evidence-based practice?

What should a nurse who is reviewing interventions for a patient's health problem keep in mind when selecting applicable interventions?