A nurse uses evidence-based practice (EBP) to plan and implement nursing care. What action by the nurse best demonstrates this process?
A.
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions
B.
Incorporates specific research findings into the nursing care plan
C.
Predicts and assesses for potential problems based on research
D.
Uses a concept map for nursing care instead of a nursing care plan
ANS: C
The nurse who has incorporated EBP into nursing care is able to predict, and assess for, potential problems and complications because of knowledge of relevant research. Assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluating are steps in the traditional nursing process. Specific research findings do not need to be specifically incorporated into a nursing care plan and, in fact, without including clinical expertise and patient preferences, scientific findings are incomplete. A concept map is an alternative to the traditional nursing care plan.
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