Fundamentals of Evidence Based Practice

Fundamentals of evidence
based practice
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
P1 Purpose and process of conducting research in evidence based practice...............................3
P2 Skills and qualities required to conduct literature review .....................................................4
P3 Literature review ....................................................................................................................4
P4 Result of Literature Review....................................................................................................6
P5 Benefits of Evidence Based Practices.....................................................................................7
P6 Proposal for Study on Research Topic...................................................................................8
P7 Impact of Literature on Evidence Based Health and social Care...........................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
Evidence based practice is known as the process or approach which is used to solve
various kind of problem that are faced by the health care and nursing care organization. These
practices include of evidence which are found through well designed study, patient values and
preferences to find better solution and take efficient decision for patient (Lockett and et.al.,
2016). This research will be explaining different the purposes of the research these is based on
the evidence based practice. All the skills and qualities that are required to complete literature
review will be provided in the report. Brief literature review will be mentioned in report that can
be used to gather specific information about the research topic. The brief discussion of the
Literature review will be provided in the research report. Report is also explaining benefits of
evidence based practices in clinical processes. A proposal for the aim of research will be
developed that is based on the data gather above. The impact of literature review will be
evaluated for the evidence based practices and social care practices.
P1 Purpose and process of conducting research in evidence based practice
Definition of EPB- it is continuous use of current practices in taking an effective decision related
to patient care.
Purpose of EPB- it helps in improving health care services to attain effective and improved
outcomes.
Stages of EPB –
1 ask for clinical guiding question- in this stage a PICO format question is formed to give answer
for particular question.
2- search for best evidence – here, information is searched from database or other sources to give
answer of that question.
3 appraise evidence – in this stage evidence validity, reliability, strength and weakness is
identified.
4 Integrate evidence in clinical expertise – in this the client question is interlinked. This enable in
gaining new data and info.
5 Evaluate outcomes- the stage evaluate outcomes of EBP practice that whether it has been
attained or not.
6 disseminate outcomes – in this outcomes are shared with organisation or others.
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The purpose of conducting research in health and social care is to identify what
improvements can be done. Also, it enable in evaluating outcome of concept or theory applied in
health care plan.
For every research there is a specific process which is followed. It enables in conducting
study in systematic way. The process gives an insight on nature, scope, aims, of research.
Besides that, purpose of research is defined clearly that why it is been conducted. The process is
as follows ;-
Selecting research topic – In this a research topic is selected on which study is to be done. The
topic (Astroth and Chung, 2018)
Developing aims and objectives- Here, aims and objective is developed based on topic. this
specifies reason behind conducting research. Also, on basis of it research question are formed.
Conducting LR- In this stage secondary data is collected related to topic. it gives an insight on
what other authors or scholars have concluded. The data is gathered to understand topic in more
depth.
Selection of methods- The research methods are selected to get overview about what types of
research method is selected.
Gathering of data- In this the data is gathered based on research method that is chosen. It can be
either primary or secondary data.
Data analysis- Here, the data and information collected is interpreted or analysed to obtain
relevant outcomes. For this techniques and tools are used.
Conclusion – in this conclusion is made of entire research.
P2 Skills and qualities required to conduct literature review
Literature review- it is an in depth review and analysis of articles and journals which provide
insight on current knowledge and findings.
Professional skills
Decision making skill- it is a skill which allow person in selecting sources to write literature
review. The decision is to be taken that whether specific source is authentic or not and data and
information written is reliable. Thus, it makes things easy to evaluate articles, journals, etc.
Critical analysing skills – it is an important skill that is required in doing literature review. The
person should be able to understand the content and find out its relevance. Moreover, individual
must link theory and concept of topic and importance of ideas and arguments done by author.
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