Evidence-based practice: improving patient outcomes

Abstract

This article reviews the principles of evidence-based practice (EBP), the essential components of the EBP process, potential barriers to its implementation and the role of education in supporting EBP. The overall aim is to expand the knowledge base and debate surrounding EBP, and to highlight the significant contribution that nurses can make to improving patient outcomes in practice.

An evaluation of the quality of Emergency Nurse Practitioner services for patients presenting with minor injuries to one rural urgent care centre in the UK: a descriptive study

“…Central to the principles of clinical governance (Department of Health ), National Health Service (NHS) organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care. Patients are considered consumers of health services and expected to receive clinically effective, high‐quality care (Leufer & Cleary‐Holdforth ). A large randomised controlled trial (RCT) ( n = 1453) conducted by Sakr et al .…”

Hemşirelerin Kanıta Dayalı Hemşireliğe Yönelik Tutumlarının İncelenmesi

“…Kanıta dayalı hemşirelik son yirmi yılda sağlık siteminin ana politikalarından birisi olmuş ve birçok ülkede kararların kanıta dayalı olması benimsenmiş, kanıta dayalı uygulama rehberleri geliştiril-miştir (11). Literatürde; hemşirelik bakımının kalitesini artırmak, klinik uygulamalarda ve hasta bakım sonuçlarında fark yaratmak, bakımı standardize etmek ve hasta memnuniyetini arttırmanın ancak kanıt temelli uygulamalar sayesinde mümkün olabileceği bildirilmektedir (10,12,13).…”

Evidence-Based Practice Application: A Goal for Anaesthetic and Recovery Nurses

“…This can certainly be attributed to the relatively brief existence of a global body of high level nursing research. Best practice is accomplished through the deliberate process of identifying a clinical curiosity or problem in the form of question, collecting and ranking pertinent evidence, understanding the needs and preferences of the patient population to be served and then incorporating clinical interventions having the most chance of achieving a successful outcome [Leufer and Cleary-Holdforth, 2009]. For over a decade, our colleagues from the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) have actively pursued generating more scientific evidence and expanding its nurse members' EBP skill set to guide anaesthetic and recovery (i.e.…”