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bclement10

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The cardiac care unit is putting together a clinical practice committee. To develop expertise in evidence-based practice processes, the members of the committee should have skills that include the ability to (select all that apply):
 
  a. report results.
  b. perform research.
  c. critique and synthesize evidence.
  d. statistically analyze quality improvement.
  e. develop an implementation and evaluation plan.

Question 2

Several nurses on an adolescent psychiatric unit complain that the teens are becoming unmana-geable on the 0700-1900 shift. To resolve this problem, the nurse manager decides that the staff should have a brainstorming session.
 
  The goal of brainstorming is to: a. Evaluate problem solutions.
  b. Critique the ideas of others.
  c. Generate as many solutions as possible.
  d. Identify only practical and realistic ideas.



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Answer to Question 1

A, C, D, E
In many organizations, clinical experts who make up the clinical practice committee may have the right membership for further developing expertise in evidence-based practice processes. Critical skills include critique and synthesis of the evidence, development of an implementation and evaluation plan, statistical analysis for quality improvement, and reporting of results.

Answer to Question 2

C
Brainstorming encourages creativity when one is beginning to problem-solve and avoids prema-ture shutting down of ideas through early evaluation. The goal is to generate ideas, no matter how seemingly unrealistic or absurd.



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