Research Has Many Applications Toward Professional Practice Decisions, and Professionals

question 11

Multiple Choice

Research has many applications toward professional practice decisions, and professionals have a responsibility to engage in it through various roles. Which of the following reasons would not be a reason to participate with a research role?

• A) To help deal with interprofessional competition, budget cuts, insurance denials, and other challenges that can emanate from limited resources
• B) To negotiate the uncertainty that comes with practice, with transparent evidence sources
• C) To fulfill an ethical responsibility
• D) To eliminate the need to use autonomous clinical expertise and instead rely solely on evidence from research

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Definitions:

Prior Period Adjustments

Corrections of errors in previously issued financial statements for periods that have already been reported.

Retained Earnings

The portion of a company's net income that is kept within the company rather than distributed to shareholders as dividends.

Net Income

After-tax and expense deductions from total revenue, the remaining profits of a company.

Cash Dividends

Cash distributions given by a company to its stockholders out of its earnings.