When engaging in evidence-based health care, the nurse understands that it was originally started as a way to:
a. teach medical students the art and science of medicine.
b. promote technological advances in medicine.
c. integrate individual experience with clinical research.
d. incorporate collaboration within all health care disciplines.
C
D. L. Sackett, well known in the EBM movement, encouraged evidenced-based medicine as a way to
integrate individual clinical medical experience with external clinical evidence using a systematic
research approach.
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A) Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) B) Respiratory support with ventilator C) Insertion of laryngoscope for deep suctioning D) Replacement of endotracheal tube via x-ray
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a. It is timely, providing research when we need it most b. Ethical research is not part of leadership research c. Ethics is central to the leadership process d. It does not have strong research support