Evidence Based Practice In The Nursing

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According to the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (2016), what is the role of evidence
based practice in the nursing profession?
Evidence based nursing is implemented by registered nurses to promote the use of evidence in clinical
decision makings, strategy adoptions, and facilitating safe and patient-centred nursing care. With the
help of evidence based nursing guidelines an framework, the nurses can utilise sound scientific
information which is uptodate in their nursing practise to achieve the best possible health outcomes.
This is performed by analysing available research findings critically to identify the crucial areas
which could be useful in the nursing practice. With the incorporation of the relevant evidence in
healthcare decisions and processes, nurses can stay alert on latest innovations and apply the strategies
which are ethically considerable and complies with the legislation (Nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au
2016).
How can the Evidence Based Practice Model enhance nurses’ clinical decision-making?
The judicious use of available evidence is particularly helpful in the decision-making process
of nursing, which aids the nurses with support of scientific data and guides them to make
informed decisions which would deliver a significant patient outcome. With the application
of justifiable evidence based nursing plans, it is possible to achieve and enhance the quality
of healthcare provide toa targeted population. Nurses can also effectively maximise the
benefits of evidence based decision making in establishing nursing interventions tailored to
cater to specific complications in the clinical setting that usually face challenges or barriers,
therefore, increasing patient satisfaction and maintaining positive implications (Mackey and
Bassendowski 2017).
One of the components of Evidence Based Practice is the consideration of the patient’s
values and preferences. What does this mean? Using an example, explain the
importance of this component.

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Essential components of care delivery are the patient’s values and preferences which must be
acknowledged during clinical decision making, especially in the nursing practice, to
accomplish the desired patient outcomes. Evidence based nursing is driven by actively
combining the interventions developed from relevant research, clinical expertise, and the
values and preferences of the patient with the help of shared decision-making models, which
identifies the importance of considering the patient as an integral part of the care process, and
the need for engaging them while developing the nursing interventions. For example, for an
older patient living with dementia, at any point of care who might require to be shifted to an
acute care facility, the nurse along with other healthcare personnel must involve the patient as
a primary character in devising the care plan (Friesen-Storms et al. 2015).
Reflecting on your last clinical placement or clinical work experience, explain four
barriers and four enablers to the implementation of evidence-based practice in the
clinical settings?
My recent experience is of providing nursing care to a 75 years old man who has been living
with progressive dementia from the last ten years. In the care delivery, I came across certain
obstacles which reduced the efficiency of the evidence based nursing care. Likewise, there
were few supporting factors which ultimately aided in resolving the concerning issues. Four
significant barriers were lack of cooperation from the patient’s family, a deficit in patient’s
knowledge, unavailability of resources, and absence of a support framework in the care
setting. The enablers that facilitated the implementation of evidence based practice were
patient counselling, behavioural training for the patient, education and awareness training for
the family of the patient, and establishment of a donation fund for increasing the resources.
Why are randomised controlled trials considered to be ‘higher level evidence’?