Which strategy is most likely to increase participation in the use of evidence-based practice in nursing?
1. Ensure adequate training and encourage its use by the nursing staff.
2. Elicit employee opinions of its use at least four times per year.
3. Give those nurses willing to use it extra recognition.
4. Ensure adequate training, recognition, and easy access to the Internet.
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Rationale 1: Ensuring adequate training by itself is not enough.
Rationale 2: Asking for opinions will do little to encourage the use of evidence-based practice.
Rationale 3: Recognition for those willing to use evidence-based practice is an insufficient motivator.
Rationale 4: There must be training, easy access, and recognition for using evidence-based practice in nursing.
Global Rationale:
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