Evidence-Based Practice in Health Care: Reinforcing Safe Practice
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This essay presents a critical examination of how evidence-based practice reinforces safe practice in health care and differentiates between different types of evidence used in nursing practice. The research topic focuses on the benefits of specialist nurses for people diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and their impact on reducing hospital admissions. The essay provides evidence for the association between specialist nurses and health outcomes of COPD patients through a range of literature. The research question formulated using the PICO framework explores the effect of specialist nursing care on the rate of hospital admission among COPD patients. The methodology includes a literature search strategy and data extraction using specific frameworks.