Tara, the unit manager, is telling her colleague about her recent proj

QUESTION

Tara, the unit manager, is telling her colleague about her recent project, which involves seeking the most effective approaches to incontinence care, with the intention of adopting evidence-supported approaches on her dementia care unit.

Her colleague suggests that translation of research into practice is:

a. Less important than knowledge-generating research, which is required to advance the nursing profession.
b. A priority of all healthcare practitioners to improve patient care.
c. Characterized by lack of knowledge about how to use evidence to guide practice.
d. So difficult that it is useless to begin the query in the first place.

ANSWER:

ANS: B
The National Institutes of Health identified translational research, or getting research into the hands of practitioners to improve patient care, as a priority.