Which types of activities would you carry out to aid in the selection of this topic?

1.       As a BSN staff nurse, you are excited that your hospital wants you to participate in an evidence-based project. You have been chosen to chair a task force. How would you approach this task?

2.       You are an ADN-prepared staff nurse at an acute care facility who has enrolled in an RN-BSN program. One of the key messages presented by the RN-BSN program is the importance of evidence-based nursing practice. In your first course in the program, you are asked to identify an evidence-based topic for development. The faculty members instruct you to select a topic that will be functional in your workplace. Which types of activities would you carry out to aid in the selection of this topic?