The clinical nurse educator (CNE) on a postsurgical unit has recently completed a patient chart review after the implementation of a pilot program aimed at promoting early ambulation following surgery.
Which of the following components of EBP is the nurse putting into practice?
A) Patient preferences
B) Research utilization
C) Experience
D) Internal evidence
Question 2
In the hospital where Nurse L. provides care, tradition dictates that oral temperatures be included in every set of patient vital signs, regardless of patient diagnosis or acuity. This is most likely an example of which of the following phenomena?
A) The prioritization of internal evidence over external evidence
B) Practice that lacks evidence to support its application
C) The integration of personal expertise into nursing care
D) Evidence-based practice
The nurse cares for the postop client in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).
Plant Identification Chart
Patient teaching: nail assessment
To check pupillary reflexes the nurse first holds the penlight
A patient with exophthalmos.
Preoperative and Postoperative Patient Instructions