A nurse uses clinical experience and client preference to guide clinical decision making when using:
a. Evidence-based practice
b. Internal evidence
c. Research utilization
d. External evidence
B
Internal evidence refers to the use of the nurse's clinical experiences and the client's preferences.
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A. "Insurance reimbursement dictates the timing of the surgeries." B. "The eye with the poorer vision is at greatest risk for permanent damage if surgery is delayed." C. "If the eye with the best vision has surgery first, the intraocular pressure in the poorer eye could increase to the extent that permanent damage results." D. "The eye with the poorer vision undergoes surgery first so that if a complication arises in that eye, you will still have some vision in the better eye."
Each facility will have a list of abbreviations that may be used, as well as a list of abbreviations that cannot be used
Indicate whether the statement is true or false