Which of the following would new BSN graduates do if they wanted to develop an evidence-based practice?
A) Review literature related to the types of patients they see each day.
B) Subscribe to a specialty nursing journal that describes theoretical-based clinical concepts.
C) Submit a grant proposal to try a new method of wound dressing.
D) Write a report in which practices are evidence based on their unit.

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BSN graduates are prepared to become informed consumers of nursing research and evidence-based practice, so reviewing literature related to the types of patients they see each day is a prime method to assist BSN-prepared nurses to develop an evidence-based practice.
Subscribing to journals that describe relevant evidence-based research issues is a prime method to assist BSN-prepared nurses to develop an evidence-based practice.
Submitting grant proposals is the role of nurses with more education and experience.
Writing a report does not in and of itself demonstrate an evidence-based practice.

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