Identify the underlying premise for evidence-based practice
a. Practice based on research produces better client outcomes.
b. Nurses need to provide strong rationales for all their interventions.
c. Nurses who use research to guide practice make fewer errors.
d. Evidence for practice is accumulated over the years when nurses perform the same skills repeatedly.
A
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