A.   To present the conclusions of an EBP project

B.   To get free admission to a congress

C.   To present an EBP project in 300 words or less

D.   To present just enough information about an EBP to create dialogue with viewers

A.   Limit the information included to important points

B.   Use complete sentences and correct grammar

C.   Group information into blocks

D.   Use bullets for lists

A.   Serve on an interdisciplinary EBP project work group

B.   Lead an evidence-based practice project

C.   Bring relevant research evidence to unit or agency leadership persons

D.   Appraise a research article for an EBP project work group

A.   Assemble a group of 3-4 other nurses who share your concern to meet with the nurse leader

B.   Show up on time for the appointment and polish your shoes

C.   Be ready to give some recent examples of why you think a change should be considered and come to the meeting with abstracts of several research articles that support your proposal

D.   Write an official proposal with a reference list

A.   Staff nurses can identify gaps and weaknesses in care, help in developing evidence-based protocols, and follow evidence-based protocols

B.   Staff nurses should lead evidence-based nursing projects

C.   Staff nurses’ main contribution to EBN is to follow evidence-based protocols

D.   Staff nurses’ main contribution is scanning the clinical literature for articles about new evidence-based practice related to the unit’s or agency’s area of practice

A.   Have you ever had a face-to-face verbal exchange with the chief nursing officer or her/his direct assistant?

B.   Is there a research committee here?

C.   Is there money available to assist each staff nurse to attend congresses, workshops, and conferences?

D.   Do you know a staff nurse who participated in an evidence-based practice project—and if so what was her involvement?

A.   Database searching

B.   Critical appraisal of evidence

C.   Implementing organizational change

D.   Ability to perform statistical analyses

A.   All of the previous reasons are possible

B.   The population of the studies on which the protocol’s recommendations was different from those the agency serves

C.   The evidence was not interpreted correctly.

D.   The translation of the evidence into the agency protocol was faulty.

A.   Facilitation strategies used to introduce the innovation.

B.   The work dynamics of the setting into which the practice is introduced

C.   The nurse executive getting directly involved in the project

D.   Characteristics of the e-b innovation itself.