The nurse educator on a psychiatric unit is leading an initiative to increase the awareness and application of evidence-based practice on the unit
The nurses on the unit would recognize that such practice integrates which of the following components? (Select all that apply.)
A) Patient preferences
B) Best research evidence
C) Nurses' expertise
D) Insurers' priorities
E) Quality-assurance indicators
Ans: A, B, C
Evidence-based nursing practice is a term used to describe the process by which nurses make clinical decisions (eg, choose nursing interventions) using the best available research evidence, their clinical expertise, and client preferences.
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