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clmills979 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

To help staff nurses adjust to using research in practice, what strategy would the nurse manager use?

a. Attendance at a regional research confe-rence
b. Formal classes in electronic search tech-niques
c. Establishing a journal club
d. Issuing reports on the adverse conse-quences of outdated practices

Question 2

Staff nurses' involvement in budgeting is essential because they:

a. have the final authority on the annual budget.
b. have the ability to contain costs at the unit level.
c. have a unique perspective on the budge-tary process.
d. are the largest user of the budgeted funds for the unit.

Cheesycrackers · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Journal clubs provide opportunities for engagement in reading research and considering how it might be applied to clinical practice problems, which is considered very effective in behavioral change.

Answer to Question 2

B
In many organizations, staff nurses are expected to be aware of their unit's financial performance and the impact their decisions may have on it. Staff nurses' involvement is essential to the ability to contain costs at the unit level, because they make many decisions about supply and resource use.