Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to making decisions about patient care that is grounded in:
A)the latest information found in textbooks.
B)systematically conducted research studies.
C)tradition in clinical practice.
D)quality improvement and risk-management data.

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The best evidence comes from well-designed,systematically conducted research studies described in scientific journals.Portions of a textbook often become outdated by the time it is published.Many health care settings do not have a process to help staff adopt new evidence in practice,and nurses in practice settings lack easy access to risk-management data,relying instead on tradition or convenience.Some sources of evidence do not originate from research.These include quality improvement and risk-management data;infection control data;retrospective or concurrent chart reviews;and clinicians' expertise.Although non-research-based evidence is often very valuable,it is important that you learn to rely more on research-based evidence.

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