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The nursing theories , caring and evidence based practice all forms the back bone or basic foundation block of an nursing professional, which lead them how to practice health care to provide efficient services to the patients . It helps a nursing professional to grow and develop by providing knowledge and display.
Evidence-based practice is a clinical decision-making process in which clinicians use theory-derived, research-based knowledge to inform their decisions about care delivery.
# Understand how these practices have changed nursing care :-
Ex:- Nurse-driven protocols now guide nursing practice regarding the best time for removing urinary catheters to prevent urinary tract infections.
The goal of evidence-based practice is simple: provide care that is safe, effective, and compassionate.
The ultimate goal of these is to standardize and improve access and quality of care across the healthcare system. Certain patient and nurse benefits include the following:
Improved patient results, early discharge , reduce cost due to short hospital stay , reduce groundless variation in care, which is known to produce uncertain health effects.