The increase in health-care-related knowledge has shifted education of health-care providers from a focus on ____________________ to a focus on ____________________
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
ANS:
memorization, accessing and analyzing information.
Rationale:
Advances in communication and technologies allow nurses to draw on and select from global knowledge. The nurse must be able to search for evidence on the effectiveness of various forms of care or interventions and analyze it to identify what best alleviates a problem.
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