The nurse planning care for a client should strive to select valid nursing interventions. The best way
of achieving this outcome is to select relevant interventions
a. suggested by experienced unit nurses.
b. clients have reported to be helpful.
c. that are research derived.
d. that seem logical.
ANS: C
Research-derived interventions are evidence-based interventions. The nurse can rely on their proven
effectiveness. Option A: Interventions suggested by unit nurses may be largely unproven and
subjectively derived. Option B: Client-reported preferences can be skewed. Option D: This criteria is
quite subjective because what one nurse sees as logical might be perceived differently by another.
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