Question

1. Define the 7 Levels of Evidence described in the Sewell textbook. 2. Define the term ‘research practice gap’ and name two causes. 3. Provide a brief definition of a ‘Just Culture’. 4. How can informatics be used to monitor errors and support a Just Culture? 5. What is BCMA and how does it contribute to patient safety? 6. Define telenursing and describe how it occurs. 7. Describe at least 2 examples of patient assessments that may be accomplished using telenursing. 8. What is the Leapfrog Group and how can a healthcare organization meet the CPOE criteria to be recognized by this group? 9. How can CPOE contribute to patient safety? 10. Define bioinformatics. 11. Name two examples of nursing or medical decision support. 12. Name 4 ways a nurse can follow HIPAA guidelines for securing patient data. 13. What are 4 basic guidelines for quality documentation and reporting? 14. Define an eMAR and describe the information it contains. 15. Define the terms ‘cyberchondriac’ and ‘online diagnoser’. Describe the difference between them. 16. Define the terms ‘health literacy’ and ‘health numeracy’. Name several examples

Answer 1

1.The 7 levels of evidences are:

Level1: evidence from a systematic review/ meta analysis of all relevant randomised controlled trials of evidence based clinical practice guideline based on systematic review of RCTS

Level 2; evidence obtained from atleast one well designed RCT

Level 3: evidence obtained from well desingned controlled trials with out randomiation

Level 4: evidence obtained from well designed case control and cohort studies

Level 5: evidence from systematic reviews of descriptive and qualitative studies

Level 6: evidence from single descriptive or qualitative study

Level 7; evidence fromthe openion of authorities / report of expert committies

2. Research practice gap ;Research practice gap is defined as a gap between the knowledge aquired from researches and what we practice in bed side.it is the gap formed with the practice and researched interventions.it is a problem between education and education practice.

3. Justculture : it is a culture in which the front line operators are not punished for actions ,ommissions,or decisions taken by them which are commensurate with their experience in experience and training but where gross negligence ,willfull violations and destructive acts are not tollerated

5.BCMA: Bar code medication administration.it is a bar code system designed to prevent medication errors in health care setting.

6.Tele nursing: tele nursing refers to the use of telecommunication and information technology in the provision of nursing services. when ever a large physical distance exists between patient and nurse or between any number of nurses.