Standard 2: Knowledge-Based Practice

1. True or False: Nurses rely solely on the field of science to create health plans.

• True

• False

2. Nurses use knowledge about communication to

• Create a professional learning environment

• Create an environment in which cooperation, professional growth and mutual respect can flourish

• Share practice implications & policy relevance of research in a meaningful way with nurses and others

• Appropriately interact with clients, colleagues, students and others

• All of the above

3. What is NOT one of the key aspects of research as a domain in Knowledge-Based Practice?

• Nurses/nursing students can be involved as researchers or participants

• Ensures safety, competency, and evidence-based practice

• Plans administrative and other strategies to address these problems and strengths-based on priority

• Uses critical thinking to identify credible sources of information for knowledge development

4. Nurses are required to document timely and appropriate reports regarding patients. What would impact how often a nurse must document?

• The nurse is really busy

• How long it takes to come up with a solution for the client

• The client’s acuity, complexity, and variability

• The reliability of the tests the nurse is using

5. Which of the following indicators does NOT fall under knowledge-based practice?

• Sets client-centred priorities when planning and providing care

• Analyzes and interprets qualitative and quantitative data

• Engages learners using appropriate instructional methods, educational technologies and relevant learning theory

• Evaluates process and/or outcomes of strategies and revises as necessary

• None of the above

6. Justin, the RN, noticed that the Orthopaedic Department doesn’t have an efficient process for putting patients in rooms and oftentimes, the doctor forgets who is in which room. Justin decides that he needs to investigate this further so he communicates with other nurses about how to organize their department. Together, they develop a question and submit a proposal to the ethics department to investigate a new organizational procedure. What domain best describes what Justin and his colleagues are doing?

• Clinical Practice

• Research

• Administration

• Education