Which of the following is most accurate regarding evidence-based practice?
a. Evidence-based practice replaces conti-nuous quality improvement.
b. Evidence-based practice began with med-icine and assists in determining which medical models can be applied in nursing practice.
c. Effective and efficient care can already be demonstrated, which means that EBP will soon become redundant.
d. EBP is generally recognized across dis-ciplines and by policymakers as state-of-the-art clinical practice.
Question 2Community health means meeting the:
a. collective needs of a group by identifying problems and managing interactions.
b. needs of an individual within the commu-nity by identifying problems and manag-ing interactions.
c. needs of the health care system within a population or area.
d. needs of a population by identifying problems and managing interactions.
Question 3Annual influenza immunization is recommended for all middle-aged adults.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 4Two cognitive processes that nurses use in clinical judgments include ____. (Select two answers.)
a. Analysis
b. Brainstorming
c. Fish boning
d. Intuition
Question 5The key advantage of activity-based costing is:
a. workload is determined based on the re-quired hours of nursing care.
b. it reflects what it costs to provide services and identifies why costs were incurred.
c. data can be used in constructing a per-sonnel budget because it is linked to the volume indicator of patient days.
d. the judgment of an expert nurse clinician must override an empirical system and be based on patients' needs in real time.
Question 6As a nurse manager, you want to institute point-of-care devices on your unit. The rationale that you provide to support the point-of-care devices includes (select all that apply):
a. Reduction in incidents of medication er-ror.
b. Immediate documentation of care.
c. Comparison of patient data with previous data.
d. Immediate access to staffing schedules.
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