Which statements are true about the Iowa model of EBP? (Select ...

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Which statements are true about the Iowa model of EBP? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. It addresses utilization of research findings at an individual level.
  b. It prioritizes pressing items of interest related to quality of care.
  c. Individual nurses enact an Iowa decision tree when they examine risk management data.
  d. It identifies triggers capable of posing hazard or benefit.
  e. It reiterates that innovators embrace change far earlier than laggards.

Question 2

The nurse in the psychiatric unit is involved in a research study for a depression medication. In the study, patients are randomly assigned to one depression medication and the other group is receiving no medication to treat the depression.
 
  What method of research are the patients involved with?
  a. Descriptive
  b. Correlational
  c. Quasi-experimental
  d. Experimental

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B, D
The Iowa model of EBP provides direction for the development of EBP in a clinical agency. This EBP model was initially developed in 1994 and revised in 2001. In a health care agency, there are triggers that initiate the need for change, and the focus should always be to make changes based on best evidence. These triggers can be problem focused and evolve from risk management data, process improvement data, benchmarking data, financial data, and clinical problems. The triggers can also be knowledge focused, such as new research findings, change in a national agency's or an organization's standards and guidelines, expanded philosophy of care, or questions from an institutional standards committee.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Experimental tests an intervention and includes both a control group and random assignment. This research study tests an intervention and includes both a control group and random assignment. Descriptive defines the magnitude of a concept and its characteristics. Correlational determines association between or among variables. Quasi-experimental tests an intervention and lacks either a control group or random assignment.