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✔ Engaging staff members in the process of implementing evidence-based practice (EBP) promotes buy-in, shared decision-making, and ownership, which are critical for successful and sustainable change.

✔ The nurse manager’s role includes facilitating collaboration and team participation, making frontline staff feel valued and empowered, which increases EBP adoption and compliance.

✔ Soliciting staff input helps identify relevant clinical questions, barriers to implementation, and practical insights that improve the quality and feasibility of the EBP program on the unit.

Incorrect Options:

• "A. Identifying patients with extended lengths of stay."
• This may be part of a quality improvement effort, but it’s not directly related to initial EBP program development.
• "B. Reviewing specialty organization guidelines."
• Important for selecting best practices, but this comes after establishing unit-specific needs through staff input.
• "C. Conducting a review of adverse events and incident reports."
• Useful for risk management, but not a primary strategy for initiating evidence-based change.