The clinical nurse educator on a palliative care unit perceives that many of the staff nurses are in the precontemplative and contemplative stages of readiness to adopt a new, evidence-based approach to pain assessment and management.
Which of the following strategies should the educator adopt?
A) Presenting the findings from the literature that support the change in practice
B) Making connections with staff and fostering their readiness to change
C) Implementing the initial changes in practice that are necessary
D) Identifying and addressing those staff members who are resistant to change
Question 2
Nurses at a county hospital are using the Advancing Research and Clinical practice through close Collaboration (ARCC) model to foster evidence-based practice in their screening for delirium, depression, and dementia among older adult patients.
Which of the following data sources will be prioritized and combined with research evidence in order to guide practice?
A) Input from an interdisciplinary panel
B) The experiences of other institutions that have undertaken similar initiatives
C) The results of a cost analysis around implementing a change in practice
D) Preferences of patients and families
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