The cardiac nurse wants to know about the best practices to prevent pneumonia after open-heart surgery. What does the nurse do first?
a. Critically appraise relevant evidence.
b. Implement acceptable recommendations.
c. Ask clinical experts for their opinions.
d. Search for evidence to answer the ques-tion.
D
The process of evidence-based practice (EBP) is systematic and consists of several steps. After asking "burning" clinical questions, the next step is to find the very best evidence to try to an-swer the question.
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