Which of the following data are most important for the nurse to ...

[jace]

Which of the following data are most important for the nurse to consider when providing care to patients?
 
  a. Best practice standards of care
  b. The nurse's personal beliefs and practices
  c. Physician specific standing orders
  d. Outcomes from previous similar patients

Question 2

The nurse manager is trying to plan the shifts in the most effective manner. The manager knows that one characteristic of effective shift planning includes which of the following?
 
  a. Getting the job done in the least amount of time
  b. Nobody died
  c. Everybody showed up for work
  d. Evaluation of optimal and reasonable outcomes

[Tonyam972]

Answer to Question 1

A

Feedback
A Best practice standards of care are evidence-based and the most reliable for de-cision making.
B This does not provide the evidence necessary for decision making.
C This does not provide data to support clinical practice.
D This does not provide data to support clinical practice.

Answer to Question 2

D
Effective shift planning involves deciding what goals or outcomes they want to achieve. Identifying
optimal outcomes (best possible objectives), as well as reasonable outcomes (realistic objectives given
the resources at hand), and evaluating progress made toward these outcomes during and at the end of
the shift are qualities that lead to effective planning during one's shift. Often enough, nurses do not
allow themselves permission to do less-than-optimal work, but sometimes, due to circumstances
beyond their control (short staffed), achieving reasonable goals is the best that can be expected.