- 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.