A nurse manager wishes to develop evidence-based policy for the clinical agency. Which model is the nurse's best choice?
1. Stetler Model
2. Iowa Model
3. Cochrane Model
4. Translational Model
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Rationale 1: The Stetler Model provides a framework to facilitate the use of research evidence in practice for individual nurses or healthcare institutions. It is not this nurse's best choice.
Rationale 2: The Iowa Model provides direction for the development of an evidence-based policy in a clinical agency. This is the nurse's best choice for this activity.
Rationale 3: Cochrane is not a specific model but the person for whom the Cochrane Collaboration was named.
Rationale 4: Translational is not the name of a specific model for this work.
Global Rationale:
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