PICO & Search Tools
Peer-Reviewed Articles & Quality Initiatives
Levels of Prevention
Levels of Evidence and Clinical Practice Guidelines
Evidence based nursing practice/evidence-based practice
100
Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Time
What does the PICO/T acronym stand for?
100
The Joint Commission
What is a required quality initiative to monitor healthcare facilities?
100
Primary, secondary, and tertiary
What are the three levels of prevention or health promotion?
100
More than one randomized controlled trial (RCT)
What is Level One research evidence (the strongest level)?
100
Clinical expertise, external evidence, patient's preference, costs
What are components of evidence-based practice?
200
The Magnet Recognition program
What is offered by the ANCC and supports evidence-based practice in nursing?
200
Cardiac rehabilitation
What is an example of tertiary prevention/promotion?
200
Visual guide for determining the strength of the evidence
What is the Level of evidence pyramid?
200
Improved patient outcomes
What is the desired result from using evidence-based practice in the clinical setting?
300
CINAHL
What is a database with resources for nursing and allied health?
300
Peer-reviewed journal article
What is an article which has been reviewed by experts in the field of the writer?
300
Flu shot
What is an example of secondary prevention/promotion?
300
Hand washing
What is best method to prevent the transfer of germs between patients?
300
Ask the question, locate the evidence, analyze the resources, apply the information, evaluate the outcome
What is five steps of evidence-based practice?
400
And, or, not
What are the most common Boolean operators?
400
Critical appraisal
What is the best way to evaluate a study for its worth?
400
Nutrition classes
What is an example of primary prevention/promotion?
400
Right patient, dose, preparation, route, time, medication, and documentation
What are the seven rights of medication administration?
400
Possibly harmful
What is the category of nursing interventions which is never used with patients?
500
A web application which allows modification by users without out control
What is Wikipedia?
500
Developed to increase the use of evidence-based practice in healthcare
What is a clinical practice guideline?
500
Healthy People 2020
What is a health initiative based on evidence, developed in 1979, and working toward health promotion in the general public?
500
Apical site
What is another site for checking the heart rate?
500
Clinical practice guidelines
What is based on the strongest evidence and developed to guide practice for healthcare professionals?
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