Which statement, made by a novice nurse researcher, would be evaluated as indicating good understanding of translational science?
1. "Randomized clinical trials are the basis of all good nursing research."
2. "In order to be useful to nurses, research reports must be written using clear and concise statistical comparisons."
3. "It is essential to understand the context in which interventions are performed."
4. "Hard, scientific facts are not useful in understanding the practice needs of nursing professionals."
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Rationale 1: Translational science does not limit study to information obtained in randomized clinical trials.
Rationale 2: Translational science does not limit study to findings that are described using statistical comparison.
Rationale 3: Translational science studies implementation of interventions and the factors and contextual variables surrounding the implementation.
Rationale 4: Translational science includes scientific facts as well as other types of knowledge.
Global Rationale:
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