Why is research important in nursing?
1. Nurses are expected to adopt evidence-based practice into their decision making.
2. Outcomes are more important than process.
3. The nurses' prime consideration should be cost-effectiveness.
4. It uses the scientific approach.
Correct Answer: 1
Nurses are expected to be knowledgeable about research in the field and to use evidence-based findings in their decision making. Outcomes are never more important than the process in health care; the ends do not justify the means. Although cost-effectiveness is important, patient well-being is the nurse's prime consideration. Although research does use the scientific approach, that alone does not justify it as being important to nursing.
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