In practice, the use of evidence:
a. disciplines intuitive responses.
b. replaces intuitive responses.
c. makes intuitive responses inconsequential.
d. affirms intuitive responses.
A
Your best intuitive responses are valuable in making clinical judgments; however, they must be modified in light of evidence from research and best practices that have undergone critical re-view prior to publication.
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