EBP
A type of research that uses specific measurements and statistics to reach a summary.
What is quantitative research?
It is best to use medical terminology to facilitate the client's understanding of a procedure... true or false
False. It is best to use layman's terms.
This is when discharge planning begins.
What is on admission?
This tool is useful to determine that teaching has been effective.
What is teach back?
In the beginning stages of a nurse researcher conducting a study, educating the participants about their right to leave the study at any time obtains this mandatory step for the study.
What is informed consent?
A type of research that focuses on investigating a question through narrative data to provide an understanding of a patient's perspective.
What is Qualitative research?
A patient is agitated and uncooperative. This tone/action is most appropriate to use to calm the patient.
What is a soft, calm tone/manner?
A nurse is caring for a patient with fluid overload. The nurse assists that patient to the bathroom. The patient voids 400 milliliters. State the information crucial to document.
What is 400 mls voided?
This is an important aspect of the speak up initiatives.
What is speak up if you have question/if you do not understand, ask again?
This ion determines the acidity or alkalinity of blood serum pH.
What is hydrogen?
Among intensive care unit nurses, does implementing bedside shift reports compared to the traditional shift reports improve job satisfaction in three months? "Improve job satisfaction" is this part of a PICOT question.
What is outcome? Among intensive care unit nurses (P), does implementing bedside shift reports (I) compared to the traditional shift reports (C) improve job satisfaction (O) in three months (T)?
Letting a patient know how long a procedure will last is this part of the AIDET communication tool.
What is duration (D)?
This action from the nurse should take place after receiving telephone orders from the provider.
What is read back?
This is the order of the teaching process?
What is assess what the patient already knows, set mutual goals for knowledge, teach what the patient wants to know, evaluate the outcomes of the patient education?
Hypertonic fluids pull fluid into this space and increase or decrease blood pressure.
What is intravascular space and increase blood pressure?
These are the step in developing EBP.
What are developing a clinical question, retrieving the evidence, evaluating the evidence, and applying the evidence?
This is one group of patients can have challenging communication issues.
What is/are a demanding older adult, a child who is developmentally delayed, and/or a female patient who is outgoing and flirty?
When researching a topic, each source of evidence needs reviewed to determine these aspects of the critical appraisal process. (Name one aspect.)
What is validity/feasibility/usefulness?
When teaching an older adult patient about a new diagnosis, this teaching technique is most appropriate to use.
What is keeping the teaching session short with small amounts of information, facing the patient, use a low tone of voice, and avoid large pamphlets with blue and green colors?
Angiotensin II completes these two actions.
What is vasoconstriction of the vessels and activates aldosterone?
In male adults above 50 years of age, does administering pain relief medication throughout the surgery compared to taking the same medicine post-surgery reduce pain relatively six hours after the surgery? "Does administering pain relieve medication throughout the surgery" is this part of the PICOT question
What is the intervention? In male adults above 50 years of age (P), does administering pain relief medication throughout the surgery (I) compared to taking the same medicine post-surgery (C) reduce pain relatively (O) six hours after the surgery (T)?
These are the phases of a helping relationship.
What are preinteraction phase, orientation phase, working phase, termination phase?
This defines nursing informatics.
What is the science of using computers in nursing practice to improve patient care by making information readily available?
Health literacy helps assess this.
What is the patient's learning needs?
What are/is the record allows trending of client progress, client education can be documented in the system, quality metrics can be observed to reduce admission rates, coordination of care is improved?