An advantage of using research in practice is:
A) it overcomes resistance to change
B) practice is based on knowledge
C) it is easy to find proven answers
D) less time is spent finding answers
B
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a. Other outcome variables, such as quality of life and consumer perceptions b. Structural variables, such as the availability of parking near clinics c. Structural variables, such as the time it actually takes in both areas to transport a patient to an emergency room d. Structural variables, such as the prevalence of ethnically associated health problems e. Process variables, such as physicians' clinical judgment f. Process variables, such as the presence of standard nursing care plans in the hospitals g. Structural variables, such as the number of specialist physicians per 1000 population in each area h. Structural variables, such as the number of primary care physicians per 1000 population in each area
An African-American male is being started on medication for hypertension, and the physician has prescribed a beta blocker as first-line therapy. The most appropriate action by the nurse is to
a. consult with the physician about the choice of drug. b. have the pharmacist review the client's other meds for interactions. c. help the client plan ways to remain compliant with therapy. d. provide appropriate education on the medication and its side effects.
Select all the elements from the list below that were found as assumptions in the ANA Position Paper on Nursing Education
a. Nursing education should meet the in-creasing need for nurses as quickly as possible. b. The professional practitioner is responsible for the nature and quality of all nursing care clients receive. c. Education for those in the health-care professions must increase in depth and breadth as scientific knowledge expands. d. Community colleges are able to prepare nurses just as well as 4-year colleges. e. The demand for the services of nurses will continue to increase.
Receiving the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer is an example of what type of prevention?
1. Secondary 2. Tertiary 3. Palliation 4. Primary