Question

We know evidence-based practice uses current, best evidence including patient values and preferences in making health care decisions. What "burning clinical question" do you have? Think of a clinical practice problem at your workplace (or former work place, volunteer site, clinical site, etc). How would you approach initiating an EBP project?

Answer 1

Evidence-based Practice (EBP)
EBP is defined as basing nursing care decisions
on the best available evidence and formatting your question using PICO is convenient-

Patient Population.
Intervention or area of interest.
Comparison intervention or comparison group.
Outcome.
Factors considered in a clinical nursing problem fall into three general categories: personal, social, and scientific.

Clinical nursing problem deals with modalities of patient care such as support, comfort, prevention of trauma, promotion of recovery, health screening, appraisal and/or assessment, health education, and coordination of health care and the psychosocial dimensions of health care are an essential aspect of clinical nursing research.

Implementing evidence-based safety practices are difficult and need strategies that address the complexity of systems of care, individual practitioners, senior leadership, and ultimately changing health care cultures to be evidence-based safety practice environments.

Approach initiating an EBP project aretowards asthma, heart failure, and diabetes, etc. However, these practices are not always implemented in care delivery and variation in practices abound.

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the conscientious and judicious use of current best evidence in conjunction with clinical expertise and patient values are there to guide health care decisions.