Efforts to Increase Nurses' Use of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) to Improve

question 16

Multiple Choice

Efforts to increase nurses' use of evidence-based practice (EBP) to improve client care in the hospital have failed. Which answers are nurses likely to give when asked why this is occurring? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

• A) "I'm not interested in this program."
• B) "I don't have time to finish everything I already have to do each shift."
• C) "I don't want to practice nursing just like everyone else."
• D) "The library at our hospital doesn't have many journals."
• E) "If administration wanted us to use EBP, they would get us some more nurses to share the work."

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