A leadership team is planning an evidence-based practice (EBP) initiative that will address the policies and protocols around wound care. Which of the following developments in the implementation may be construed as unethical?
A) Evidence-based treatments may be a benefit to some patients' healing but exacerbate others.
B) The implementation of evidence-based wound care may be impractical from a staffing perspective.
C) The clinical practice guidelines that form the basis of the practice change may have been developed at a different site.
D) Clinicians may find that existing routines around wound care are difficult to change.
A
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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