Evidence-Based Practice Is Based on Three Things

question 12

Multiple Choice

Evidence-based practice is based on three things. On what would a nurse base practice in a new area of nursing, if there is yet no research evidence?

• A)Nursing theory
• B)The nurse's own clinical expertise
• C)Client values and needs
• D)Evidence in parallel, related fields
• E)Past documentation in the medical record

Understand the distinction between standard deviation and standard error, and their respective uses in statistics.

Comprehend the concepts of null and alternative hypotheses and their role in hypothesis testing.

Identify and formulate correct null and alternative hypotheses.

Distinguish directional from non-directional hypotheses and their implications for statistical tests.

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