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NURS 641 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
Terms in this set (37)
EBCPG are offered guidelines for care in a variety of agency
as settings
Ultimate goal of improve patient outcomes
EBP
EBCPGs are most guide agencies in developing protocols
often used to specific to the setting
An EBCPG should the amount, level, and quality of evidence
indicate supporting each recommendation
agency endorsed standards
Clinical protocols -serve as guides for clinicians
regarding the care they should give
to patients in their care
Advantages of Saves time
working w/ an Usually brings greater expertise to the
EBCPG rather formulation of recommendations
than a SR
-reduce undesirable variation
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-increase effective clinical actions
EBCPGs have the -reduce use of actions of minimal values
potential to -target actions to the population most
likely to benefit from them
CPG= a set of GENERIC recommendations
Clinical protocol= standards of care endorsed by a
healthcare-providing agency
Findings from individual studies-->SR--
EBCPG production >CPG-->clinical protocol
process
(SRs serve as a basis for the
recommendations included in the EBCPG)
-Identify topic
-Convene panel
-Decide on sub-issues and sub-panel
-Conduct systematic review for each sub-
topic
Steps in creating an
-Derive recommendations for each sub-
EBCPG
issue
-Specify level of evidence for each
recommendation
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-Write guideline document
-Sent to clinicians for validation
-Publish!
Set of judgments using an objective
Apraising research set of criteria regarding credibility,
clinical significance, link between
recommendations and the evidence
supporting it, and applicability of
recommendations of CPG,
conclusions of SRs, or study findings
address methodological soundness of the
study.
Credibility -Is it clear that the authors attempted to
conduct a systemic review for each
important issue the guideline addresses
and provided the evidence to formulate
recommendation?
-Expertise of the panel members
-Are the studies of the best design type for
the issue being considered?
-The quality (bias) of the studies &/or SRs
-The consistency of the findings across
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NURS 641 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
Terms in this set (37)
EBCPG are offered guidelines for care in a variety of agency
as settings
Ultimate goal of improve patient outcomes
EBP
EBCPGs are most guide agencies in developing protocols
often used to specific to the setting
An EBCPG should the amount, level, and quality of evidence
indicate supporting each recommendation
agency endorsed standards
Clinical protocols -serve as guides for clinicians
regarding the care they should give
to patients in their care
Advantages of Saves time
working w/ an Usually brings greater expertise to the
EBCPG rather formulation of recommendations
than a SR
-reduce undesirable variation
1/
21
,7/13/25, 11:23
AM
-increase effective clinical actions
EBCPGs have the -reduce use of actions of minimal values
potential to -target actions to the population most
likely to benefit from them
CPG= a set of GENERIC recommendations
Clinical protocol= standards of care endorsed by a
healthcare-providing agency
Findings from individual studies-->SR--
EBCPG production >CPG-->clinical protocol
process
(SRs serve as a basis for the
recommendations included in the EBCPG)
-Identify topic
-Convene panel
-Decide on sub-issues and sub-panel
-Conduct systematic review for each sub-
topic
Steps in creating an
-Derive recommendations for each sub-
EBCPG
issue
-Specify level of evidence for each
recommendation
2/
21
, 7/13/25, 11:23
AM
-Write guideline document
-Sent to clinicians for validation
-Publish!
Set of judgments using an objective
Apraising research set of criteria regarding credibility,
clinical significance, link between
recommendations and the evidence
supporting it, and applicability of
recommendations of CPG,
conclusions of SRs, or study findings
address methodological soundness of the
study.
Credibility -Is it clear that the authors attempted to
conduct a systemic review for each
important issue the guideline addresses
and provided the evidence to formulate
recommendation?
-Expertise of the panel members
-Are the studies of the best design type for
the issue being considered?
-The quality (bias) of the studies &/or SRs
-The consistency of the findings across
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