What is the best explanation for the way evidence-based practice (EBP) has changed the way nursing care is delivered?
A) Nurses now spend time looking up the best way to give nursing care.
B) Nurses now have to take part in research.
C) Nursing care now uses EBP as a means of ensuring quality care.
D) Nursing care now incorporates research studies into patient care.
Ans: C
Feedback: The facilitation of EBP involves identifying and evaluating current literature and research, as well as incorporating the findings into patient care as a means of ensuring quality care. The other answers are incorrect because they are things that nursing has been doing even before EBP became a major force in the delivery of nursing care.
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