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ashley · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The clinical educator of a hospital medical unit has the mandate of establishing evidence-based practice guidelines for the nursing care on the unit. Which of the following statements most accurately captures a guiding principle of the nurse's task?

A)
Evidence-based practice guidelines will be rooted in research rather than nurses' subjective practice preferences and experiences.
B)
Guidelines are synonymous with systematic research reviews.
C)
The need for continuity and standardization of guidelines will mean that they will be fixed rather than changeable.
D)
The guidelines will combine individual expertise with external systematic evidence.

Question 2

A caregiver is working with a client who is having poorly controlled pain due to shingles. The associate pain travels to the client's nervous system via

A)
synapses.
B)
axons.
C)
afferent neurons.
D)
efferent neurons.

meow1234 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans:
D

Feedback:

Evidence-based guidelines are a result of the combination of empirical, published evidence and the expertise of accomplished practitioners. They are not the same as systematic reviews of the literature, and they are fluid and modifiable in the face of new evidence.

Answer to Question 2

Ans:
C

Feedback:

Afferent or sensory neurons carry information toward the CNS; they are involved in the reception of sensory information from the external environment and from within the body. Efferent or motor neurons carry information away from the CNS; they are needed for control of muscle fibers and endocrine and exocrine glands.