Which action can the nurse expect in the preutilization step in nursing research utilization?
a. Recognition that some aspect of nursing care could be done in a different way
b. Recognizing that nurses need shortcuts in order to manage their workload
c. Critical evaluation of published research
d. Using electronic databases to search cur-rent literature
A
The action that the nurse can expect in the preutilization step is the recognition that some aspect of nursing care could be done in a different way. This step is not meant to create shortcuts for nurses to manage their workload. Critical evaluation of published research and using electronic databases to search current literature occurs in the second step, assessing.
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