TESTED QUESTIONS
◉ What promotes quality, safe, and cost-effective outcomes for
patients, families, healthcare providers, and the healthcare system?
Answer: -EBP
◉ What are some guidelines that apply to research evidence?
Answer: -description
-explanation
-prediction
-control
◉ What involves identifying and understanding the nature of
nursing phenomena and, sometimes, the relationships among them?
Answer: -description
◉ What is the nurse able to do during description? Answer: 1.
identification of the incidence and spread of infection in healthcare
agencies
2. identification of the cluster of symptoms for a particular disease
3. description of the responses of individuals to a variety of health
conditions and aging
,4. description of the health promotion and illness prevention
strategies used by a variety of populations
5. determination of the incidence of a disease locally, nationally, and
internationally
◉ What clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies
possible reasons why certain events occur? Answer: -explanation
◉ What is included in explanation? Answer: 1. determination of
assessment data that need to be gathered to address a patient's
health need
2. the link of assessment data to a diagnosis
3. the link of causative risk factors or causes to illness, morbidity,
and mortality
4. determination of the relationships among health risks, health
behaviors, and health status
5. determination of links among demographic characteristics,
disease status, psychosocial factors, and patients' responses to
treatment
◉ What can estimate the probability of a specific outcome in a given
situation? Answer: -prediction
◉ What is included during prediction? Answer: 1. prediction of the
risk for a disease or injury in different populations
, 2. prediction of behaviors that promote health and prevent illness
3. prediction of the health care required based on a patient's needs
and values
◉ What is to manipulate the situation to produce the desired
outcome? Answer: -control
◉ What is included during control? Answer: 1. testing interventions
to improve the health status of individuals, families, and
communities
2. testing interventions to improve healthcare delivery
3. synthesis of research for development into EBP guidelines
4. testing the effectiveness of EBP guideline in clinical agencies
◉ What happened in the late 60s to 70s? Answer: -nurses were
involved in the development of models, conceptual frameworks, and
theories to guide nursing practice
◉ What was the purpose in the late 60 to 70s about the
development of nursing practice? Answer: -to provide direction for
future nursing research