Use of research findings in clinical areas is slow because:
a. institutions prohibit use of nursing research.
b. little clinically relevant research is being done.
c. nurses are not usually rewarded for using research findings in practice.
d. there is no nursing research to guide clinical practice.
ANS: C
Some organizations do not encourage nurses to be actively involved in research use because change is costly and time consuming.
Institutions do not prohibit nursing research; they just do not tend to encourage it.
Clinically relevant research is conducted all the time.
Nursing research is primarily conducted to establish good clinical practices.
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