Practice Question
According to the ANA Code of Ethics Provision 7, how should nurses engage with research to advance the profession? (Select all that apply.)
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Correct Answer:
Apply research findings to improve practice
Rationale:
Apply research findings to improve practice
🟣 Provision 7 states that nurses must contribute to advancing the profession through research and scholarly inquiry, which includes using research to guide practice.
🟣 Applying evidence improves outcomes, patient safety, and quality of care, aligning with professional responsibility.
🟣 This option reflects the ethical obligation to translate research into evidence-based practice (EBP).
🟣 Nurses must integrate research evidence into interventions, assessment, and clinical standards.
🟣 Because it supports evidence-based improvement, this choice fully aligns with Provision 7.
Participate in knowledge development
🟣 Provision 7 states that nurses should engage in knowledge generation, whether through research activities, practice-based inquiry, or contributing to scholarly work.
🟣 Nurses play a role in studying issues, identifying gaps, and participating in the creation of new evidence.
🟣 Contributing to research elevates the profession's scientific foundation.
🟣 This includes involvement in research teams, data collection, or inquiry-based practice.
🟣 This option directly reflects professional ethical responsibility in advancing nursing science.
Disseminate findings to the professional community
🟣 Provision 7 emphasizes sharing knowledge gained from research to promote growth of the nursing profession.
🟣 Dissemination includes presentations, publications, conferences, or sharing within clinical settings.
🟣 Sharing findings supports collective learning and improves clinical practice standards.
🟣 Research that is not disseminated cannot contribute to evidence-based improvement.
🟣 Therefore, dissemination is a core ethical obligation under Provision 7.
Avoid critiquing research to maintain neutrality
🟣 Critiquing research is essential to ensure quality, safety, and validity, and it is part of professional scholarly activity.
🟣 Provision 7 encourages critical appraisal, not avoidance; neutrality is not an ethical requirement.
🟣 Without critique, flawed research may be improperly integrated into practice.
🟣 Nurses must actively evaluate research to determine credibility and relevance.
🟣 Therefore, avoiding critique contradicts the ANA Code of Ethics.
Rely solely on expert opinion for clinical decisions
🟣 Provision 7 promotes evidence-based practice, which requires combining research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values—not expert opinion alone.
🟣 Expert opinion is considered the lowest level of evidence, and relying solely on it undermines patient safety.
🟣 Nurses are ethically required to use current, valid research, not anecdotal or opinion-based guidance.
🟣 Using only expert opinion prevents advancement of scientifically grounded practice.
🟣 This option directly opposes the ANA Code of Ethics requirement for evidence-based care.
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