Searching for evidence
Often described as the component that initiates the EBP Process
What is inquiry or spirit of inquiry?
p. 44
The initials P-E-T respresent this
What is practice question, Evidence, and Translation? p. 54
This term describes a team of individuals representing different areas of practice
What is an interprofessional team?
p.49
This EBP model is being used by NUR 410
What is the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence Based Practice model
This type of question is utilized when the team knows little about the area of concern
What is a background question?
p.57
Inquiry will often cause a nurse to raise questions and do this
What is challenge tradition?
p. 19
This is often described as a culture of inquiry that inspires staff to increase knowledge and skills
What is a learning culture? p. 48
This process provides a systematic approach to solving practice questions
What is the PET Process?
p.54
These are usually established by professional nursing organizations
What are nursing standards?
p. 46
This type of question is posed by experienced teams that have specialized knowledge in order to compare interventions
What is a foreground question?
p. 57
Organizations that foster a culture of inquiry will likely have nurses who do this
What is participate in EBP activities?
p. 44
To locate "clinical trials" these two biomedical databases are used most often.
What are the MEDLINE & EMBASE databases?
The JHNEBP Model utilizes factors what are internal and ________ to the organization
What is external?
p.54
All healthcare providers (HCPs) have a core set of competencies that include the ability to use EBP and work in interprofessional teams
What are HCP competencies?
p. 46
The P in PICOT respresents patient, problem, or this
What is population?
p. 57
This is described as the basic component of nursing activity
What is practice or nursing practice?
p. 46
These search techniques are used to increase the sensitivity of papers found in MEDLINE & EMBASE.
What are:
- Grey literature searches
- Reference harvesting; citation indexes
- Contacting experts
- Handsearching
This is defined as the first phase of the PET process
What is developing an answerable EBP question?
p. 55
The IOM envisions that 90% of clinical decisions will be based on this by 2020
What is evidence?
This defines a group, person, or department who has a vested interest in the topic or project being considered
What is stakeholder?
p.59
Constructing an effective search involves breaking a question into concepts & keywords. P-I-C-O helps to structure searches & stands for.... what?
What is (patient, population, or problem), Intervention, Comparison and Outcome?
Name two popular point of care (POC) tools (often used as background information)
What is DynaMed, Clinical Evidence, UpToDate, eMedicine....others?
This step involves accurate determination of a problem
What is step 4...defining the problem?
p. 56
State boards of nursing (SBN) regulate nursing practice through this
What is the nurse practice act?
p. 53
This term is used to describe the activities which determine the strength and quality of the evidence
What is synthesis?
p.59