Evidence Based Nursing Practice

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EVIDENCE BASED NURSING PRACTICE
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My position statement: Evidence based practice links research evidence with clinical expertise to
support a patient centered care through the inclusion of preference of the patients.
According to Fleiszer et al., 2016, Evidence based research may be defined as the
explicit, judicious and conscientious use of the current evidences in taking decisions regarding
the care of individual patients. The effect of the evidence based nursing has been felt in all the
aspects of clinical practice. The concept of evidence based practice in nursing has gained
momentum for the past few years. With the increasing demands of heath care over the world, the
nurses now act in frontline with the doctors to give a patient centered care (Mitchell et al., 2015).
In a simplified form it can be said that evidence based practice in nursing requires scientific
reseaches, remaining updated with the current research techniques, efficient learning of the
medical journals, application of the formal rules of the evidence, which can be useful in
extending the conventional limits of the nurses (Hall & Roussel, 2016).
The steps in the evidence based nursing research includes-
Assessing the patient, to determine the questions or the doubts that may arise from the
case study of the patient, construction of a well built clinical question acquired from the case,
conducting extensive research in relation to the case, Appraising the validity of the evidence
found, Linking the evidence with the clinical practice and apply necessary interventions to the
patient, obtained from the evidence based practice (Mitchell et al., 2015). EBP fills the gaps in
patient care and brings about better outcomes in patients by collaborating clinical practice with
research evidences. It supports the values of the patients to promote a better experience in

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patients. EBP assists the nurse to expand their horizon and modify patient care (Williams et al.,
2015).
According to Boltz et al., 2016, EBP involve better outcomes in patients, enhancing patient
safety by providing a culturally safer background to the patient. In today's world patients are
health care consumers and demand safer and skilled healthcare practice. The basis of EBP lies in
research that would help in providing information regarding the treatment of the health care
condition (Stevens, 2013).
With the increasing demands of the health care needs, healthcare organizations are now
involving the nurses in the decision making process, due to which a large portion of nurses are
proceeding their higher education in nursing. Higher education related to nursing, requires lot
researches. It should be noted, that incorporation of evidence based practice by the nurses is also
required for the growth of the organization (Stevens, 2013). As the hospitals are asking the
nurses to become more innovative and improve the operations related to healthcare (Williams et
al., 2015). In addition to that, the nursing students pursuing masters or researches are provided
with opportunities to continue their research based work under the aid of the organization.
Practice of evidence based research work helps the nurses to step into leadership roles. EBP also
helps the nurses to reach the underserved population and implement strategies to reach them.
Nowadays advanced education is required to enhance the skills, incorporate information
technology, and greater care coordination across the care continuum (Stevens, 2013).
Throughout the 21st century the roles of the nurses have evolved drastically. The
profession of nursing has become dynamic. They have to work in a variety of settings, which
includes the hospitals, schools, businesses sector, and health department of the community,