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Kthamas · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

To provide patient care of the highest quality, nurses utilize an evidence-based practice approach because evidence-based practice is

a. A guide for nurses in making clinical decisions.
b. Based on the latest textbook information.
c. Easily attained at the bedside.
d. Always right for all situations.

Question 2

The nursing process is

a. The generation of nursing knowledge for use in practice.
b. A systematic view of a phenomenon specific to inquiry.
c. A method used to inform a system about how it functions.
d. A systematic process for the delivery of nursing care.

izzat · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a guide for nurses to structure how to make accurate, timely, and appropriate clinical decisions. A textbook relies on the scientific literature, which is often outdated by the time the book is published and is not the most reliable source for EBP. Unfortunately, most of the best information in evidence never reaches the bedside. EBP is not to be blindly applied without using good judgment and critical thinking skills. It is not appropriate for all settings.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Although the nursing process is central to nursing, it is not a theory. It provides a systematic process for the delivery of nursing care. Theory generates nursing knowledge for use in practice. An interdisciplinary theory explains a systematic view of a phenomenon specific to the discipline of inquiry. Feedback serves to inform a system about how it functions.