When the nurse receives a telephone order from the healthcare provider’s office, which guidelines should the nurse use to ensure the order is correct? Select all that apply.

The nurse is completing the health history on a patient admitted for cardiac rehabilitation. The health history is conducted in which step of the nursing process?

In collecting the best evidence, the gold standard for research is:

A nurse asks the patient if pain was relieved after receiving medication. What is the purpose of the evaluation phase of the nursing process?

A nurse works in a neurological nursing unit. The nurse reads about a case study involving the potential positive effects of the early stimulation of clients after head injury. Which of the following questions should be the nurse’s priority consideration before using of the research results?

The nurse has identified a research problem. What is the next step for this nurse?

A novice nurse is working with a client who is admitted to a medical-surgical unit. The nurse is establishing a therapeutic relationship with the client by conveying empathy. Which statement by the nurse best exemplifies empathy?

Handoff communication, or the transfer of data during transitions in care, includes an opportunity to ask questions, clarify, and confirm the information being passed between sender and receiver. What is the main objective for ensuring effective communication during a client handoff?

The nurse is caring for a client who is having difficulty understanding the dressing changes that need to be completed in the home as part of postdischarge wound care. The client asks the nurse to demonstrate the procedure again and allow the client’s spouse to perform the procedure while the nurse watches. What is the most likely outcome of this assertive request by the client?

Identify three components that provide the framework for EBP that nurses use to provide optimized individualized clinical care to patients: Select All That Apply