An ADN nurse is learning about the importance of EBP within all areas of nursing. Which factor provides motivation for implementing EBP?
A) Helps control health care costs
B) Stabilizes litigation
C) Improves the best practice approach
D) Required to maintain licensure
A
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A client diagnosed with a peptic ulcer has been advised to make lifestyle alterations. The client voices questions as to why some of the recommendations have been made. What explanations should be offered to the client?
A) Alcohol acts to suppress gastric immunity. B) Alcohol stimulates gastric acid secretion. C) Tobacco is linked to reduced effectiveness of gastric ulcer medications. D) Caffeine is associated with abdominal pain.
The principal disadvantages of administering open-ended questions are which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. They are difficult to construct. b. They are time-consuming to analyze. c. They are impractical for use with large samples. d. They cannot produce exhaustive, exclusive answers. e. They force answers. f. They can be difficult to interpret.
A nurse working with postpoliomyelitis patients knows that most of the patients:
1. had the initial infection in the 1940s and 1950s. 2. have muscle involvement only in muscle groups that were affected initially. 3. have few symptoms other than mild muscle and joint weakness and pain. 4. had a recurrence due to receiving an oral polio vaccine booster.
A nurse is preparing to clean up a blood spill on the client's bedside table that occurred when a blood tube containing a specimen from the client broke. What steps should the nurse take to clean up the blood spill?
A. Using tongs to collect any broken glass B. Wearing gloves for the cleanup procedure C. Placing the pieces of broken glass in a plastic bag D. Blotting up the spill with a face cloth or cloth towel E. Disinfecting the area of the blood spill with a dilute bleach solution