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nmorano1 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The nursing administration of a health care facility would like to encourage the use of evidence-based practice among the nurses working in the facility.

The nurses have asked for Best Practice Information sheets specific to the care of patients in their units. Which source would be the best for the chief nurse to recommend to these nurses? 1. The Joanna Briggs Institute.
2. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
3. Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.
4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Question 2

The aggregate of those to whom a researcher wishes to generalize study results is the:

A) Gatekeepers
B) Population
C) Sample
D) Sampling plan

zoeyesther · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1
Rationale 1: This institute publishes Best Practice Information sheets useful in direct nursing practice.
Rationale 2: This is the health services research branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its focus is more on funding research than on providing best practice sheets.
Rationale 3: This is one of the six databases of the Cochrane Library and would not be a good source of Best Practice Information sheets.
Rationale 4: Provision of best practice sheets is not the primary work of the HHS.

Answer to Question 2

B