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Use this Clinical Inquiry to answer the following question    Clinical Inquiry:  In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), unit nurses have noticed significant others who been involved in the patient’s health care decisions, requesting to be present during resuscitation efforts. The ICU’s unit-based council (ULC) wants to know what are best practices when significant others who are making decisions be present during codes who require Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).   Question: The ICU Unit-Based Council is using an evidence-based practice model to guide their interest in knowing what the literature says about significant others presence during resuscitation efforts. Which type of PICO(T) question format would be effective in identifying literature to support their clinical inquiry? 

During the Critical Appraisal of the evidence, which (3) key questions should be asked about all studies? Select all that apply. 

Use this Clinical Inquiry to answer the following question    Clinical Inquiry:  In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), unit nurses have noticed significant others who been involved in the patient’s health care decisions, requesting to be present during resuscitation efforts. The ICU’s unit-based council (ULC) wants to know what are best practices when significant others who are making decisions be present during codes who require Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).    Question: The ICU Unit-Based Council is developing a name for their evidence-based practice initiative to identify what the literature says about significant others presence during resuscitative efforts. Using the name of the evidence-based initiative is step 1 (asking a clinical burning question) of the evidence-based practice model and is the best way to begin searching the literature in a health sciences library database.  

If a client has poor scapular-humeral rythm they could be at risk for all of the following EXCEPT 

You are observing your client’s scapula in sitting. When comparing the right side to the left side, You notice that the right inferior angle is closer to the spinous process while the spine of the scapula is further away from the spinous process.  This indicates that the right scapula is 

  Which of the following is true regarding this client’s posture 

39). The preference of a pathogen for a specific host is also known as ___________.

The following is true regarding spasticity 

44). A relationship between two organisms in which one partner benefits and the other is harmed is termed:   Hint: Its like having a relationship and the other person is not contributing but enjoys all that you provide.

47). What term best describes the relationship between E. coli (the non-pathogenic strain) in the human gut and the host?