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Informatics Quiz 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Evidence based practice is a process that has developed from a need to improve what two things? | Quality and manage economics of healthcare delivery |
| What does the abbreviation PDSA describe? | Plan-Do-Study-Act |
| What is the purpose of using the PICOT question format? | Helps to ensure that all components of the question are addressed before the literature search begins; helps decrease the time and effort it takes to find evidence specific to he topic being investigated; systematic method of question writing |
| What are the components of the PICOT formatted question? | P=patient or population I=issue or intervention C=what will be compared O=the expected outcome T=time it wil take to achieve & evaluate the outcome |
| What are three components of evidence-based practice? | 1. Systematic and critical evaluation of the current literature 2. Nurse's clinical expertise and available resources 3. Patients' values and preferences |
| What is the first step when the nurse begins a search of the evidence in PubMed, CINAHL, or other search engine regarding a research question? | Select key terms using the PICOT question |
| What are the names of three reference manager software programs used to store and use sources? | Zotero, Mendeley, Endnote |
| What are 4 common sources of rich site summary (RSS) feeds? | National Institute of Health (NIH) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Centers for disease control (CDC) AHRQ |
| What is the cost of access to open access journals? | Free |
| What is a benefit of using Google Scholar for research? | It allows you to identify other papers that have cited a specific article |
| What is a problem of using Google Scholar for research? | It increases the Matthew Effect |
| What are two advantages of using PubMed as a search engine? | 1. It is free to search PubMed 2. Nursing literature is indexed in PubMed |
| Why is the PICOT format used? | To find evidence specific to a topic being investigated |
| What is the first step in the EBP process? | to cultivate a spirit of inquiry |
| What does the "P" in "PICOT" may refer? | Patient or population |
| What are three essential components of clinical decision support software? | 1. Contains instructions that tell computer how to apply rules to real patient data 2. Contains all the relevant knowledge expressed as if-then rules 3. Provides means for patient data to be entered into the system and findings relayed to the user |
| What is an example of a Boolean operator you can use during a PubMed search? | and |
| What is not an example of a free source of clinical practice guidelines offered by the federal government? | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |
| When following the EBP process, textbooks can best be used for? | as resources for information on a particular condition |
| Sortedahl developed an online journal club for school nurses and assessed nurses' satisfaction with the method after three months and found that nurses valued which three key elements? | 1. Having well-informed, knowledgeable moderators 2. Getting research articles in advance 3. Discussing the application of findings to nursing practice |