Nursing interventions that have the greatest validity are those that:
a. are used by nurse clinicians.
b. are prescribed by physicians.
c. have been investigated by nurse researchers.
d. are based on evidence of the efficacy of the intended treatment.
D
Nursing interventions that have proven successful by research methods (evidence-based psychiatric nursing) should be the ones chosen for use by clinicians.
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