1) Risk management, infection control practitioners, and a benchmark study have revealed that your unit’s utilization of indwelling catheters is above average

1) Risk management, infection control practitioners, and a benchmark study have revealed that your unit’s utilization of indwelling catheters is above average. Brainstorm reasons why this may be occurring. Creating a fishbone (root cause) diagram may help.

2) To participate effectively in the use of EBC, nurses must A. participate in the development, use, and evaluation of practice guidelines. B. read and analyze outcomes of research studies. C. involve themselves in everyday patient care and nursing practice. D. do all of the above.

3) Which of the following describes the benchmarking process? A. Reviewing your own unit’s data for improvement opportunities B. Collecting data on an individual patient C. Reviewing data in the literature D. Comparing your data to that of other organizations to identify improvement opportunities

4) For the next three days, complete an activity log for both your personal time and your work time. On what activities are you spending the majority of time? When is your energy level the highest? Is your energy level related to food intake? What are your biggest time wasters? How can you schedule your time more productively?