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Quick quiz: Evidence-based practice

Stressed Out Nurses Weekly, January 7, 2008

Nurses demonstrate the application of evidence-based practice every day. Decision-making and critical thought are essential. Based on what you know, answer "yes" or "no" to the following activities nurses perform for drug administration. Which ones exemplify evidence-based practice?

  1. Giving a client water.
  2. Calling the pharmacist and asking about a drug.
  3. Looking up coumadin 5 mg PO q PM for drug interactions in a nursing drug reference book.

Answers:

  1. Giving the client water with medication is not based on evidence practice in this statement. If, prior to administration, the nurse researched the drug reference regarding whether to administer the drug with water or food, then this would be an example of evidence-based practice.
  2. Calling the pharmacist may be warranted and a good decision, but the information is just the pharmacist's opinion until the nurse verifies the reference from which the answer came.
  3. Researching medications in drug references is practicing evidence-based interventions.

Source: Stressed Out About Drug Interactions, HCPro Inc., 2007. For more information on this book, click here.

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1 comments on “Quick quiz: Evidence-based practice ”

Melissa C. Fernandez (2/10/2012 at 9:21 AM)
The quick quiz was very helpful in clarification of evidence based practice.

 

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