A nurse is developing a set of practice guidelines for a clinical unit and is conducting a literature review to search for examples of criteria that will be relevant to achieving patient-care goals
The search criteria that will be most relevant are those that: a. explain their complexity in detail.
b. include reduced costs as a major criterion for use.
c. document preferred practices among other mental health professionals.
d. provide methods and procedures that ensure safe and effective treatment.
D
Safety and effective care are two important characteristics in the development of practice guidelines. Reduced cost and complexity are not considerations, whereas preferred practice is a criterion but is of lesser relevance.
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a. excessive nighttime sleepiness. b. difficulty eating and swallowing. c. loss of recent and long-term memory. d. fluctuating ability to perform simple tasks.
When doing a literature review, the type of information in which a researcher undertaking a new study is least interested is:
A) How the variables of interest have been operationally defined in prior studies B) Descriptions of an expert's opinions about the phenomenon C) Research findings D) What research approaches have been used to study similar problems
The diencephalon is the part of the brain that consists of two major structures: the thalamus and the hypothalamus
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The nurse is explaining the difference between meiosis and mitosis. Which statements should the nurse include? Select all that apply
1. Mitosis occurs in most of the cells of the body. 2. Meiotic division leads to cells that halve the original genetic material. 3. Meiosis is the division of a cell into two exact copies of the original cell. 4. Meiosis is the process by which gametes, or the sperm and ova, are formed. 5. Mitosis is splitting one cell into two, each with half the chromosomes of the original cell.