Which Statement Could a Nurse Use in an Argument to Support

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which statement could a nurse use in an argument to support evidence-based psychiatric nursing practice?

• A) "Licensing helps ensure effective clinicians."
• B) "Clinical supervision results in more effective clinicians."
• C) "It is unreliable to make generalized assumptions of patients based on only a small sample."
• D) "Information gathered by clinical means tends to be in the form of systematic observations."

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