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abern

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In deciding how to apply evidence to practice, _____________ is a concern for nurses because individual patients may not have the same characteristics as the study subjects.
 
  a. reliability
  b. generalizability
  c. validity
  d. duplicity

Question 2

A nurse is using a practice guideline in caring for older adults and is concerned about possible bias. What can this nurse do?
 
  a. Ask the hospital administration what to do
  b. Ask the physician what to do
  c. Use an appraisal instrument to evaluate the guideline
  d. Use the Johanna Briggs Institute to evaluate the guideline



dawsa925

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Answer to Question 1

b. generalizability

Answer to Question 2

c. Use an appraisal instrument to evaluate the guideline



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