Module 45: Evidence Based Practice

Question 1

Three components of evidence based practice

Answer 1

Best most current evidence and research
Nurses clinical expertise
Patient’s preference

Question 2

Accountability

Answer 2

Best standard of care, responsibility, scope of practice (nurses are responsible for providing the best current care)

Question 3

Clinica decision making

Answer 3

Clinical thinking process, makinf decisions, using clinical judgement

Question 4

Nurses depend on what

Answer 4

Current and best practice to deliver quality care

Question 5

Quality improvement

Answer 5

Improving nursing care is a continuous process that shows effectiveness

Question 6

Improvement of Why? When? What?

Answer 6

Must show the reliablity of results of procedure

Question 7

Step 1 of evidence based practice

Answer 7

Develop clinical question
P- patient population
I- intervention of issue or interest 
C- comparision intervention or issue of interest 
O- out come (very important)
T- time frame (very important)

Question 8

Step 2 of evidence based practice

Answer 8

Retrieve evidence

Question 9

Step 3 of evidence based practice

Answer 9

Evaluate evidence: Is it valid?

Question 10

Step 4 of evidence based practice

Answer 10

Apply evidence