The Evidence Based Practice

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Introduction
Scientific literature suggests that improvement in evidence-based treatment has
strengthened care systems and improved health quality for patients. Experts agree that care
professionals worldwide can play an essential part in establishing evidence and cooperating in
the acceleration of its implementation with interdisciplinary healthcare teams and systems
(Correa-de-Araujo 2016). Evidence-based care is targeted at standardising the current and best
available clinical practices to reduce service disparities and eliminate adverse health outcomes
(Black et al. 2014). In addition to these, the procedure in which the findings of evidence-based
research are transposed into relevant nursing practices and also the policies by which a
significant impact on the health outcome is established while improving the health care system
and the performance of the individual and groups (Black et al. 2014). Evidence shows that
patient outcomes increase under evidence-based care procedures. It has been proven that
Description as an approach to solving challenges of clinical care that involves the conscience
incorporating best practice from well-designed trials, the expertise of a clinician, and patient
beliefs and desires, Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) helps in increasing the safety of the patient.
Research shows that funding for use and execution of evidence by their working organisations is
the most crucial factor in EBP. External facilitators include the participation of qualified
professional nurses, study advisors and research mentors in the clinical setting, internships of
nursing science and designated caregivers (Mafwiri et al. 2017).
Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is characterised as careful, precise and judicious use of
proven best evidence to determine the care of a patient. This is the process of integrating the best

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research evidence with patient values and clinical expertise. The term clinical expertise means
that clinician has accumulated experience, education and clinical skills. Five steps are followed
for the finding of best evidence for an underpinning research study. Then the best available
evidence are found, appraise the evidence, implement the collected evidence, evaluate the
outcome after the research is performed. The best evidence are unusually found in clinically
relevant research studies, which are conducted using the same methodology. This requires
combining human scientific experience in systemic studies with the latest known scientifically
available evidence. While this concept was established for evidence-based treatment, it was
created to describe the general movement toward evidence-based treatment throughout all
professional contexts, including nursing (Battat et al. 2010). The healthcare professionals in the
hospital are provided with necessary recommendations following the significant reduction in the
spreading of infection to the areas where surgery is conducted. All the suggestions are classified
based on the existing evidence and scientific data, applicability and theoretical rationale. EBP is
a strategy that advocates on clinical decision-making to be focused on the best evidence, up to
date, accurate and appropriate. Therefore, evidence-based actions should be made in light of the
available resources by caregivers, who are guided by an implicit and explicit awareness of
caregivers. EBP covers research issues, the search for and selection of most appropriate best
evidence, the critical evaluation of proof, the incorporation of information in the professional
experience, patient needs and beliefs and the review of realistic judgment findings or evidence
adjustment. The application of the EBP entails the use of EBP measures and methods to facilitate
the incorporation of the best evidence with experience and other solutions (Müller et al. 2015).
Several international directives are available for chronic wounds such as venous, arterial,
pressure, and diabetic foot ulcers. There are fewer recommendations on incidents in severe

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aetiology. Nonetheless, the large number of wound dressing required, the large number of
clinicians concerned and the many opinions on appropriate management indicate an
unacceptable disparity in the application of wound dressing. It needs more proof-based and
standardized care to prevent unintended medical discrepancies (Ubbink et al 2015).
Procedural (Practical) knowledge-
Procedural knowledge is attained from an instruction manual by the system of
questioning an expert about the ways f completion of a task. It is based on practical knowledge
and is achieved over time. Procedural knowledge contains detailed information that will be
useful for gaining a deeper insight of the study. In procedural knowledge, the fact or the
information is coded in procedural forms and are concerned with skills and a high level of
knowledge. Procedural knowledge contains a set of implicit information or clear instructions for
performing a set of operations. Therefore, nurses and other healthcare professionals must use the
procedural knowledge that will guide them with the treatment process and help them achieve an
improved outcome (Star 2005).
Propositional (Empirical) Knowledge-
Empirical knowledge comes through the senses. Scientific knowledge is a type of
Empirical knowledge and science is the best common method for determining the accuracy of
those knowledge. Every healthcare professionals including nurses must use empirical evidences
that are attained through experimentation or observation. This is done by recording and analysing
the data. Prior to collection of the empirical data, researchers carefully design the methods of the
research for ensuring the accuracy, integrity or quality of the data. Empirical method are based
on lab experiments and examinations repeatedly resulting into quantitative data in the form of