Question

While in an interprofessional meeting, the DNP was asked to explain what is meant by clinical inquiry and would be the most appropriate choice of action?

a) Plan the data using a widely defined clinical parameter

b) Implementing data using a widely defined clinical parameter

c) Gathering data using a narrowly defined clinical parameter

d) Evaluate the data using a narrowly defined clinical parameter

Answer 1

Answer is - c) Gathering data using narrowly defind clinical parameter.

Clinical inquiry - A process in which clinicians gather data together using narrowingly defined clinical parameters; it allows for an appraisal of the available choices to treatment for the purpose of finding the most appopriate choice of action.

There are three areas that clinical inquiry can extend into. Quality improvement projects are used to improve patient care. Research is done to generate new knowledge. And evidence-based practice is the practice of the knowledge gleaned by research. Evidence-based practice takes research and is implemented in patient care for the best outcomes.

The PICO framework is used to guide clinical inquiry into further investigation. P is to identify the problem, population, or patient. I is for the intervention in question. C is for a comparative intervention and O is for the outcome that results from the intervention.