A nurse seeking the definition of evidence-based practice as it ...

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A nurse seeking the definition of evidence-based practice as it applies to nursing would review which literature?
 
  1. The original work of Archie Cochrane
  2. Foundational work by the group headed by Sackett
  3. The website of Sigma Theta Tau International
  4. The website of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Question 2

The nursing faculty would evaluate which statement, made by a research student, as providing evidence that the student understands the mission of the ACE Center?
 
  1. The ACE Center exists solely to distribute evidence to educators for use in developing clinical teaching models.
  2. The ACE Center promotes the efforts of evidence-based nursing practice through education, research, and development.
  3. The ACE Center derives clinical actions from research-based findings. .
  4. The ACE Center is a source of funding for the novice researcher of evidence-based nursing practice.

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Archie Cochrane is credited with beginning the movement toward evidence-based practice, but his work did not focus on nursing.
Rationale 2: Sackett, et al. defined evidence-based medicine but did not focus on nursing.
Rationale 3: STTI defined EBP in a way that is specific to nursing.
Rationale 4: AHRQ is not specific to nursing.
Global Rationale:

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: The ACE Center's focus is larger than education alone.
Rationale 2: The ACE Center does not develop research.
Rationale 3: The ACE Center's ultimate goal is to translate research-based findings into clinical actions that will improve healthcare through the evaluation of the impact that an evidence-based practice has on patient health outcome, satisfaction, efficacy and efficiency of care, and health policy.
Rationale 4: ACE is not a source of funding for novice nursing researchers.
Global Rationale: