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 critical than knowledge generating research, which is required to advance the nursing profession.
B) A priority of all healthcare practitioners to better patient care.
C) Plagued by lack of knowledge related to how to use research to guide practice.
D) So difficult that it is useless to begin the query in the first place.

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The National Institutes of Health identified translational research or getting research into the hands of practitioners to better patient care as a priority.Several research utilization projects such as NCAST have been funded to assist with research utilization.

Tara,the Unit Manager,is Telling Her Colleague About Her Recent Project,which