How can a novice nurse researcher recognize the difference in the research process and the evidence-based practice process?
A) As scientifically based processes, they are fundamentally the same and should result in congruent outcomes.
B) Both processes result in testing a question with an appropriate design and specific
Methodology.
C) In a research study, the question is tested with an appropriate design and specific
Methodology, whereas the evidence-based practice process uses the question to search the literature for completed studies that can answer the clinical question.
D) Both processes use a question to spearhead a search for completed studies that can be critically appraised in an attempt to answer the posed clinical question.

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Correct C: This is the fundamental difference between the research process and the evidence-based practice process.
Incorrect A: The research process and the evidence-based practice process,though similar,have fundamental differences as well.
Incorrect B: This definition applies to the research process,not the evidence-based practice process.
Incorrect D: This definition applies to the evidence-based practice process.

How Can a Novice Nurse Researcher Recognize the Difference in the Research