Nursing Process And The Development Of Evidence-Based Practice

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Content page Introduction 4 Relationship between the nursing process and the development of evidence for practice 4 Critiques of two articles 8 Conclusion 16 References 16 Online participation…show more content…
What are the key features which characterize EBP? Are there any surprises? Melnyk and Fineout Overholt (2005) define EBP as an “approach that enables clinicians to provide the highest quality of care in meeting the multifaceted needs of patients and families” Rutledge and Grant (2002) define EBP as “care that integrates best scientific evidence with clinical expertise, knowledge of pathophysiology, knowledge of psychosocial issues, and decision making preferences of patients” Pravikoff and coworkers offer a simplified definition of EBP as “a systematic approach to problem solving for healthcare providers, including RNs, characterized by the use of the best evidence currently available for clinical decision-making in order to provide the most consistent and best possible care to patients” (Pravikoff, Tanner, & Pierce, 2005, p.40). Ingersoll (2000) includes both the patient and the practitioner in her definition, as she defines EBP as “the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of theory driven research-based information in making decisions about care delivery to individuals or groups of patients and considers individual needs and

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