Definition: Evidence-based practice is the process by which health care providers incorporate the best research or evidence into clinical practice in combination with clinical expertise and within the context of patient desires & values.
"A competent [health practitioner], in making practice decisions, locates, evaluates and uses the best available evidence, coupled with a deep understanding of client experience and preferences, through the understanding that...
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http://www.ocne.org/OCNE_Curriculum_Competencies_Dec%2007.pdf
A clear, concise video explanation of EBP by Victoria Schirm, Director of Nursing at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Follow it up by working through the excellent tutorial provided. The tutorial can be accessed by clicking here.
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Evidence-Based Medicine includes five steps:
Step 1: Converting the need for information into an answerable question
Step 2: Finding the best evidence with which to answer that question
Step 3: Critically appraising the evidence for its validity, impact, and applicability
Step 4: Integrating the evidence with clinical expertise and the patient's unique biology, values and circumstances
Step 5: Evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the process
More resources for steps 1 through 3 are in the tabs above. Steps 4 and 5 are up to you as a health care provider.
Strauss, S. E. (2005). Evidence-based medicine : How to practice and teach EBM (3rd ed.). New York: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone.
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