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viki · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

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?

1. The nurse focused the search on appropriate and applicable nursing diagnoses.
2. The nurse identified specific data points when searching a clinical guidelines website.
3. The nurse input medical subject heading terms when searching through a database.
4. The nurse emphasized the expected patient outcomes when searching through a database.

Question 2

The nurse is conducting a qualitative research study. In which order should the nurse complete the steps of the research process?

1. Develop overall approach
2. Identify problem of interest
3. Confirm and close the study
4. Develop emergent research design
5. Interpret data throughout the study

LVPMS · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 3

Effective literature searching is a necessary foundation to locating appropriate external evidence. Selection of an appropriate database is central to efficient literature searching. Use of medical subject heading (MeSH) terms expedites the searching process. Focusing on nursing diagnoses, data points, or patient outcomes may or may not provide the nurse with the needed information.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2, 1, 4, 3, 5

When conducting a qualitative research study the nurse should identify the problem of interest, develop the overall approach, develop the emergent research design, confirm and close the study, and interpret the data throughout the study.