The Nurses Have Been Instructed on the Use of an Evidence-Based

question 1

Multiple Choice

The nurses have been instructed on the use of an evidence-based practice (EBP) method to monitor patients; however, several nurses continue to conduct patient monitoring using the previous method. What can the nurse manager do to increase the use of the evidence-based practice method?

• A) Assign the nurses not using the new method to participate in gathering data for a research study.
• B) Review the evidence-based material again with those nurses who are not using the new method.
• C) Remind the nurses that performance evaluations are tied to the use of evidence-based practice.
• D) Determine that either method would be appropriate for the nurses to use.

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Definitions:

Education Level

The highest degree or stage of education that an individual has completed.

Correlations

A measure showing the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate together.

Illusory Correlation

The mistaken perception of a relationship between two events or variables that are actually unrelated.

Positively Correlated

A relationship between two variables where they move in the same direction, meaning as one variable increases, so does the other, and vice versa.