What Is the Overall Value of Developing Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

question 18

Multiple Choice

What is the overall value of developing evidence-based nursing practice?

• A) Implementation of the most cost-effective nursing practice patterns
• B) Allowing the nurse to use the best available evidence, individual clinical expertise, and the patient's values and preferences in making clinical decisions
• C) Separation of nursing research from the research of other disciplines
• D) Development of new nursing theories

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