This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer
« previous next »

Author Question: A nurse is trying to decrease the rate of falls on the unit. After reviewing the literature, a ... (Read 50 times)

go.lag

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 667
on: Jul 22, 2018
A nurse is trying to decrease the rate of falls on the unit. After reviewing the literature, a strategy is implemented on the unit. After 3 months, the nurse finds that the falls have decreased. Which process did the nurse institute?
 
  a. Performance improvement
  b. Peer-reviewed project
  c. Generalizability study
  d. Qualitative research

Question 2

After reviewing the literature, the evidence-based practice committee institutes a practice change that bedrails should be left in the down position and hourly nursing rounds should be conducted.
 
  The results indicate over a 40 reduction in falls. What is the committee's next step?
  a. Evaluate the changes in 1 month.
  b. Implement the changes as a pilot study.
  c. Wait a month before implementing the changes.
  d. Communicate to staff the results of this project.


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

pratush dev

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 321
Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Performance improvement focuses on performance issues like falls or pressure ulcer incidence. A peer-reviewed article is reviewed for accuracy, validity, and rigor and approved for publication by experts before it is published. Generalizability is not a study/research; it is if the results of a study can be compared to other patients with similar experiences. This is a quantitative study, not a qualitative study.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The last step of evidence-based practice (EBP) is to share the outcomes of EBP changes with others. Changes must be evaluated before the outcomes are shared. Once communicated, changes should be put in place as the committee deems reasonable (i.e., either hospital wide or as a pilot study). Waiting should not be an option unless the results are not to the committee's liking.


go.lag

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 667
Reply #2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


pratush dev

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 321
Reply #3 on: Jul 22, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


« previous next »
 

Did you know?

The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.

Did you know?

As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.

Did you know?

Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness. As of yet, there is no cure. Everyone is at risk, and there may be no warning signs. It is six to eight times more common in African Americans than in whites. The best and most effective way to detect glaucoma is to receive a dilated eye examination.

Did you know?

About 3% of all pregnant women will give birth to twins, which is an increase in rate of nearly 60% since the early 1980s.

Did you know?

In inpatient settings, adverse drug events account for an estimated one in three of all hospital adverse events. They affect approximately 2 million hospital stays every year, and prolong hospital stays by between one and five days.

In the communication technique of collaborating, the nurse sends the message that the nurse and pati In the communication technique of collaborating, the nurse sends the message that the nurse and pati
Searchable Scientific Literature Databases and Sources Searchable Scientific Literature Databases and Sources
Acceptable ranges of respiratory rate Acceptable ranges of respiratory rate
Increasing access to care for teen mothers is important because they have a higher rate of pregnancy ... Increasing access to care for teen mothers is important because they have a higher rate of pregnancy ...
United States, southwestern and southern states are suffer from a significant decrease in rainfall United States, southwestern and southern states are suffer from a significant decrease in rainfall
A Partially Filled 100-Unit Insulin Syringe A Partially Filled 100-Unit Insulin Syringe
Video: Knee Animation

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library