Tara,the Unit Manager,is Telling Her Colleague About Her Recent Project,which

question 9

Multiple Choice

Tara,the unit manager,is telling her colleague about her recent project,which involves seeking the most effective approaches to incontinence care,with the intention of adopting evidence-supported approaches on her dementia care unit.Her colleague suggests that translation of research into practice is:

• A) Less critical than knowledge generating research, which is required to advance the nursing profession.
• B) A priority of all healthcare practitioners to better patient care.
• C) Plagued by lack of knowledge related to how to use research to guide practice.
• D) So difficult that it is useless to begin the query in the first place.

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Definitions:

Neural Impulses

Electrical signals that travel along the neurons, allowing for communication between different parts of the body and the brain.

Peripheral Nervous System

Part of the nervous system that consists of the nerves and ganglia outside of the brain and spinal cord, responsible for connecting the central nervous system (CNS) to limbs and organs.

Axons

Long, slender projections of a neuron that transmit electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands.

Nerve

A bundle of nerve fibers (axons and sometimes dendrites) in the peripheral nervous system.