The Nurse Serves on a Committee to Develop a Clinical

question 16

Multiple Choice

The nurse serves on a committee to develop a clinical protocol to guide dressing changes for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) abscesses.Which is the most important type of evidence to consider when formulating this protocol?

• A) Assertions from a panel of infectious disease physicians about existing protocols to treat this organism
• B) A statistical review of experimental studies comparing various dressing change protocols and patient outcomes
• C) A systematic review of all nursing and medical literature about the incidence of MRSA infection and various dressing change protocols
• D) Studies identifying the correlations between variables such as dressing types and subsequent infection rates

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