TEST BANK FOR NURSING INTERVENTIONS AND CLINICAL SKILLS 7TH EDITION BY POTTER

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Chapter 01: Using Evidence in Nursing Practice Perry et al.: Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A nursing educator is explaining how the best clinical prac... tices are determined. Which statement best explains the purpose of evidence-based practice? 2. Which question is a problem-focused trigger for initiating the evidence-based practice method in nursing care? 3. What does the “I” indicate in a “PICO” question? 4. Who will the clinical research nurse contact to search relevant databases in preparation for an upcoming study? 5. Which database contains summaries of clinical guidelines and their development? 6. Which does the nurse researcher identify as the strongest type of research? 7. What is the nurse attempting to determine when critiquing the evidence related to a PICOT question? 8. A nurse finds a cohort study comparing one group taking hormone treatment with another group not taking hormone treatment to determine the incidence of changes in bone density of the lower spine. What can the nurse imply from this study? 9. Which question would be the best example of a knowledge-focused trigger for conducting an evidence-based practice project? MULTIPLE RESPONSE 1. When planning to implement an evidence-based practice strategy, what factors are most important for the nurse to consider and include?  2. A new nurse wants to ensure practice is based on the best knowledge available. What actions are best for this nurse to be involved in evidence-based practice? 3. When explaining the value of evidence-based practice, what benefits does the nurse include? 1. The nurse interviews a patient during admission. Which observation by the nurse identifies consistency between the patient’s verbal and nonverbal communication? 2. The nurse is interviewing a newly admitted patient. Which statement by the nurse is most likely to result in effective patient communication? 3. After receiving a diagnosis of a fatal disease, the patient expresses sadness and states “I don’t know what to do next”. Which action by the nurse best facilitates communication at this time? 4. The nurse is preparing to begin the patient hand-off procedure for five patients. Who should the nurse include in this process? 5. The nurse brings the patient’s medications into the room, and the patient shouts, “You don’t care if I take these, so get out of my room!” Which response by the nurse is most appropriate? 6. The patient shouts at the nurse, “No one answered my nurse call system all night!” Which response would the nurse use with this patient to restore therapeutic communication? 7. A patient with a history of violence directed toward others becomes very excited and agitated during the nurse’s interview. Which intervention does the nurse implement to foster therapeutic communication? 8. The nurse admits a patient who is nonverbal and agitated. What can the nurse do to communicate effectively with the patient? 9. A patient’s mother died several days ago. The patient begins to cry and states, “The pain of her death is impossible to bear.” Which statement by the nurse is the most effective response? 10. A patient who says that both parents died of heart disease early in life is waiting for diagnostic testing results. The patient is biting fingernails and pacing around the room. Which statement should the nurse use to clarify patient information? 11. The patient tells the nurse, “I must be very sick because so many tests are being performed.” Which statement does the nurse use to clarify the patient’s message? 12. The patient tells the nurse, “I want to die.” Which is the best response by the nurse to facilitate therapeutic communication? 13. The nurse is explaining a procedure to a 3-year-old patient. Which strategy would the nurse use for patient teaching? 14. The nurse is caring for a patient who states, “I don’t feel well today.” Which is the best response by the nurse? 15. The nurse is caring for a patient who refuses to participate in physical therapy (PT) and states, “I really don’t like to exercise.” Which response by the nurse is most likely to help engage the patient in PT? 16. The nursing staff are using the SBAR communication technique during patient hand-off communication. The circumstances leading up to the current status would be explained by the nurses during which step of the technique? 17. The nursing staff are working with a postoperative patient from another culture who does not understand or speak the English language well. Which approach by the nurse would be best? 18. The nurse is working toward discharging a patient. Which of following demonstrates patient engagement during the discharge process? 19. The registered nurse is orienting a new nurse to the unit. They are completing paperwork on a newly admitted patient. When the experienced nurse asks what the new nurse thinks the patient will need to learn for self-care at home, the new nurse expresses surprise. What statement by the registered nurse is most appropriate? 20. A student is watching a nurse perform a medication reconciliation prior to transferring the patient to a skilled nursing facility. What explanation of this process to the student is best? [Show More]

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