The clinical educator of a hospital medical unit has the mandate of establishing evidence-based practice guidelines for the nursing care on the unit. Which of the following statements most accurately captures a guiding principle of the nurse’s task?
Answers:
A. Evidence-based practice guidelines will be rooted in research rather than nurses’ subjective practice preferences and experiences.
B. Guidelines are synonymous with systematic research reviews.
C. The need for continuity and standardization of guidelines will mean that they will be fixed rather than changeable.
D. The guidelines will combine individual expertise with external systematic evidence.

Which of the following teaching points would be most appropriate for a group of older adults who are concerned about their cardiac health?
Answers:
A. “The plaque that builds up in your heart vessels obstructs the normal flow of blood and can even break loose and lodge itself in a vessel.”
B. “Infections of any sort are often a signal that plaque disruption is in danger of occurring.”
C. “The impaired function of the lungs that accompanies pneumonia or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a precursor to plaque disruption.”
D. “People with plaque in their arteries experience attacks of blood flow disruption at seemingly random times.”