The nurse manager's expected outcome is to increase evidence-based practice on the nursing unit. To meet this outcome, the manager encourages nurses to base their practice on which technique?
1. Intuition
2. Personal clinical experience
3. Knowledge from nursing school
4. Current research
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Rationale 1: Intuition is not based in research and is not evidence based.
Rationale 2: Clinical experience is useful when integrated with evidence-based practice but is not considered evidence based when used alone.
Rationale 3: Knowledge from nursing school is very useful in client care but can become outdated if the nurse does not continually update that knowledge.
Rationale 4: Current research is a good source of evidence-based practice strategies.
Global Rationale:
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