A nurse has resolved to apply the evidence-based practice (EBP) ...

[justinmsk]

A nurse has resolved to apply the evidence-based practice (EBP) process to the way that admission assessments are conducted and documented on a unit. How should the nurse begin the process of establishing EBP?
 
  A) Gather evidence showing the shortcomings of current practices
  B) Formulate a clear and concise question to be addressed
  C) Elicit support from the nurses who are most often responsible for admissions
  D) Search the literature for evidence that is potentially relevant to the practice need

Question 2

Which of the following questions best exemplifies the PICOT format for asking evidencebased questions?
 
  A) What affect does parents' alcohol use have on the alcohol use of their teenage children?
  B) Among postsurgical patients, what role does meditation rather than benzodiazepines have
  on anxiety levels during the 48 hours following surgery?
  C) Among high school students, what is the effectiveness of a sexual health campaign
  undertaken during the first 4 weeks of the fall semester as measured by incidence of new
  sexually transmitted infections?
  D) In children aged 68, is the effectiveness of a descriptive pain scale superior to a numeric
  rating scale in the emergency room context?

[livaneabi]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
The first step in applying EBP is to ask a clear, focused question. This should
precede a search of the literature or the recruitment of participants. An assessment of the
shortcomings of the current system is not an explicit component of the EBP process.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
The correct answer includes a population (postsurgical patients), intervention
(meditation), comparison (benzodiazepines), outcome (anxiety levels), and a time frame (48
hours). No other option contains each of the five elements of a PICOT question.

[justinmsk]

Excellent

[helenmarkerine]

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