The advance practice nurse is writing clinical practice guidelines. Prior to writing these guidelines which of the following will the nurse need?
1. Current client census
2. Evidence summaries
3. Nursing department budget
4. Staffing ratios
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The ideal base for writing clinical guidelines are evidence summaries because they increase the power and validity of the cause-and-effect relationship between interventions and outcomes. Current client census, nursing department budgets, and staffing ratios are not used to write clinical practice guidelines.
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