Answer to Question 1
C
Using your clinical expertise and considering patients' cultures, values, and preferences ensure that you will apply both ethically and appropriately the evidence available in practice. Even when you use the best evidence available, application and outcomes will differ; as a nurse, you will develop critical thinking skills to determine whether evidence is relevant and appropriate.
Answer to Question 2
B
The best evidence comes from well-designed, systematically conducted research studies found in scientific journals. Portions of a textbook often become outdated by the time it is published. Many health care settings do not have a process to help staff adopt new evidence in practice. And nurses in practice settings lack easy access to risk management data, relying instead on tradition or convenience.
Some sources of evidence do not originate from research. These include quality improvement and risk management data; infection control data, retrospective or concurrent chart reviews; and clinicians' expertise. Although nonresearch-based evidence is often very valuable, it is important that you learn to rely more on research-based evidence.
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