A Nurse Working on a Medical Unit Is Committed to Basing

question 6

Multiple Choice

A nurse working on a medical unit is committed to basing practice on evidence. As she reviews guidelines for the basis of a quality improvement initiative on the unit, she identifies recommendations that are based on the highest-level evidence. Which of the following is the highest level of evidence?

• A) Individual quasi-experimental studies
• B) Individual experimental studies
• C) Meta-analysis of controlled studies
• D) A series of nonexperimental studies
• E) Program evaluation

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Definitions:

Backup Withholding

A form of withholding on certain income such as interest and dividends for taxpayers who fail to provide their correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) to payers.

Federal Withholding Tax

Income tax withheld from employees' wages by employers and sent directly to the government as partial payment of income tax.

Biweekly Wages

Compensation paid to employees every two weeks, typically resulting in 26 pay periods per year.

Backup Withholding

A tax method where the payer deducts taxes from an income payment before it is received by the payee, ensuring taxes are collected on certain payments.