What is EBP?
Evidence Based Practice. It is a problem-solving approach to clinical practice that combines the conscientious use of best evidence in
... [Show More] combination with a clinician's expertise, patient preferences and values, and available healthcare resources in making decisions about patient care.
Why is EBP important to a nurse?
EBP is a guide for how nurses make accurate, timely, and appropriate clinical decisions.
Who is credited with initiating EBP?
Florence Nightingale.
What are sources of evidence based research?
Textbooks. Scientific journals.
What are sources of non-research based sources of evidence?
Performance improvement date, risk management date, infection control date, Clinician's expertise, etc.
What are the six steps for EBP?
1-Ask a clinical questions
2-Collecte the most relevant and best evidence
3-Critically appraise the evidence you gather
4-Integrate all evidence with your clinical expertise, patient preferences, and values
5-Evaluate the practice decision or change
6-Communicate the results of the change
(Pnuemonic- Always Come Clean In Every Clinical)
What is a problem-focused trigger?
It's one you face while caring for a patient or a trend that you see on a nursing unit.
What is a knowledge-focused trigger?
A question that arises as a result of new information available on a topic.
What is a peer-reviewed article?
An article submitted for publication and reviewed by a panel of experts familiar with the topic or subject matter of the article.
What are MEDLINE and CINAHL?
Among the best-known comprehensive databases that represent the scientific knowledge base of health care.
What are clinical guildelines?
Systematically developed statements about a plan of care for a specific set of clinical circumstances involving a specific patient population.
What is an RCT?
Randomized Controlled Trial. It is the highest level of experimental research.
What is Bias?
Potential problems with how the study is designed that can distort study findings.
What is qualitative research?
It offers answers when trying to understand patients' experiences with health problems and the contexts of their experiences. patients have the chance to tell their stories and share their experiences in qualitative studies.
What is NDNQI?
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators. All Magnet-designated hospitals maintain one. It's a database that includes information on falls, pressure ulcer incidence, and nurse satisfaction.
Why is it so important to critique your research evidence?
To make sure articles are true, reliable, and valid, and to see if you can use the evidence in practice.
What is a hypotheses?
Predictions made about the relationship between study variables.
When reading an evidenced based article, what is a fast way for you to know if the article is relevant to your research?
Read the Abstract (brief artical summary) and the Introduction(purpose and importance of the topic).
What is PICOT?
A formatted question that helps you identify the key words that will then allow you to conduct a successful literature search. (diagram on pg 76) [Show Less]