Nurses utilize _____ through critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills to determine when and how to apply evidence-based knowledge
a. orders
b. data
c. information
d. wisdom
D
Wisdom is the appropriate use of knowledge in managing and solving patient problems, risks, and needs for health enhancement. Wisdom is knowing when and how to apply the evi-dence-based knowledge with client information, which nurses exercise through critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills.
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