EBP Is a List of Empirically Supported Interventions That Practitioners

question 18

True/False

EBP is a list of empirically supported interventions that practitioners should employ regardless of their practice judgment.

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Definitions:

Specificity

The capacity of an examination to accurately detect individuals who do not have the condition, known as the true negative rate.

Digital Rectal Exam

A manual examination performed by inserting a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum to check for abnormalities of organs or other structures in the pelvis and lower belly.

Specificity

In diagnostic testing, the ability of the test to correctly identify those without the disease.

Positive Predictive Value

The probability that individuals with a positive test result actually have the disease.