Question

How does evidence -based practice impact your clinical practice? Give examples.

Answer 1

• Evidence based practice is defined as a problem solving approach to the delivery of health care that incorporates the best available evidence, clinicians expertise and patient values and preferences.
• It is an integral part of enhancing the clinical practice which is essential for providing quality care to the patient.
• Accepting EBP to our culture improves patient outcomes and patient, family and health care providers a satisfaction.
• It also decrease the cost and risk of harm by decreasing unnecessary test and procedures.
• It helps organisation to obtain high reliability.
• Example: measuring the blood pressure noninvasively among children.

Nurses measure blood pressure according to evidence based practice because accurate measurement is an important part of effective treatment. Measuring BP in children is an entirely different procedure than in adults. It involves the auscultatory method then comparing the measurement from the data which was gathered with oscillometric method.