Efforts to Increase Nurses' Use of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) to Improve

question 13

Multiple Choice

Efforts to increase nurses' use of evidence-based practice (EBP) to improve client care in the hospital have failed. Which answers are nurses likely to give when asked why this is occurring?

• A) "I'm not interested in this program."
• B) "I don't have time to finish everything I already have to do each shift."
• C) "I don't want to practice nursing just like everyone else."
• D) "The library at our hospital doesn't have many journals."
• E) "If administration wanted us to use EBP, they would get us some more nurses to share the work."

---

Definitions:

Synovial

Pertaining to synovial fluid or joints, specifically the type of joint that is encased in a flexible capsule filled with lubricating fluid to enable movement.

Homeostasis

The self-regulating process by which biological systems maintain stability while adjusting to optimal conditions for survival.

Negative Feedback

A regulatory mechanism in which a stimulus causes an opposite output in order to maintain an ideal level of whatever is being regulated.

Urinary System

A group of organs in the body responsible for filtering waste products from the blood and excreting them along with water as urine.