Author Question: Jane is a therapist embarking on one of the five steps of evidence-based practice to assist her in ... (Read 23 times)

nautica902 · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

Jane is a therapist embarking on one of the five steps of evidence-based practice to assist her in working with a 54-year-old client. The first step Jane will most likely take is:

a. evaluating the validity and applicability of the research.
b. determining whether the research findings are applicable to her client.
c. developing an answerable question to focus the search for information.
d. evaluating the effectiveness of the practice on the clients case.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is the best definition of evidence-based practice?

a. Evidence-based practice encourages using clients in experiments to determine what works for clinical decisions.
b. Evidence-based practice uses the same practices to treat all problems for all clients.
c. Evidence-based practice uses research findings to inform clinical decisions for the care of individual clients.
d. Evidence-based practice refers to a therapists own way of doing things based on his or her experience in the field.