The cardiac care unit is putting together a clinical practice committee. To develop expertise in evidence-based practice processes, the members of the committee should have skills that include the ability to (select all that apply):
a. report results.
b. perform research.
c. critique and synthesize evidence.
d. statistically analyze quality improvement.
e. develop an implementation and evaluation plan.
A, C, D, E
In many organizations, clinical experts who make up the clinical practice committee may have the right membership for further developing expertise in evidence-based practice processes. Critical skills include critique and synthesis of the evidence, development of an implementation and evaluation plan, statistical analysis for quality improvement, and reporting of results.
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a. Qualitative research b. Outcomes research c. Intervention research d. Quantitative research
Which statements best describes the differences between Heideggerian and Husserlian phenomenology? (Select all that apply.)
a. Husserl proposed that the researcher could identify and set aside his or her own private attitudes and opinions before data analysis. b. Heidegger postulated that a person interacted with the world only through his or her physical body. c. Heideggerians believe that the past has no influence on present thought. d. Heideggerian phenomenologists posit that the person is situated in a specific context and time that shape his or her experiences, paradoxically freeing and constraining the person's ability to establish meanings through language, culture, history, purposes, and values. e. Husserl developed his ideas as a method for understanding and avoiding conflict between psychology and the basic sciences.
What would be the expected response in an Rh-positive infant who was accidentally injected with RhoGAM?
a. The infant would rapidly develop antibodies to Rh-positive red blood cells. b. The infant would rapidly develop antibodies to Rh-negative red blood cells. c. Some of the infant's Rh-positive red blood cells would be destroyed. d. The infant's blood type would change from Rh-positive to Rh-negative.
Monitoring for a pregnant woman who has had a urinary tract infection is:
1. Symptom resolution in 48 hours 2. Follow-up urine culture at completion of therapy 3. "Test of cure" urinary analysis at completion of therapy 4. Follow-up urine culture every 2 weeks until delivery