Evidence-Based Practice Nursing Assignment
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Evidence-Based Practice Nursing Assignment
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Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENTNursing assignmentName of the student:Name of the University:Author’s note
1NURSING ASSIGNMENTIntroduction: Evidence based practice (EBP) is the critical use of best practice based evidence toinfluence decision making and plan patient care. The integration of EBP in clinical practice isdone by systematic search and critical appraisal of relevant evidence according the clinicalquestion or issues. It involves integrating clinical expertise and patient’s preference and values inthe decision making process (DiCenso, Guyatt, & Ciliska, 2014).According to the standard 1 ofthe Registered nurse standards for nursing practice, registered have the responsibility to usecritical thinking skill and use best available evidences in decision making and providing safe,quality nursing care (Registered nurse standards for practice, 2016). Although nurses face severalchallenges in integrating and implementing EBP in nursing practice, my individual positionstatement is that ‘nurses must be actively involved in implementing EBP during decision makingand care delivery process’. The report provides a proper rational and discussion for taking thisstand on the topic and also defends the individual position statement by refuting argument tofinally make it clear why nurses should remain at the forefront of EBP implementation.Discussion on the final position statementHealth and medical care is a dynamic discipline where new medicines, medicalequipments and clinical procedures are regularly invented. The main motive for new andadvanced health care procedures and equipment is to support clinicians and nurses to provide thebest standards of care to patients. Due to this perspective, there is great emphasis on using EBPin clinical decision making (Majid et al., 2013). Apart from clinicians, nurses are also expectedto implemented research findings into their practice. This is a professional obligation for nursestoo as the Standard 1.1 of the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice states that nurses must
2NURSING ASSIGNMENTaccess, analyze and apply the best available evidence for providing safe and quality practice(Registered nurse standards for practice, 2016). The importance of EBP in nursing practice isalso seen due to its positive impact on clinical outcome of patient. Stevens (2013) has shown thatEBP has great promise in achieving intended health outcome and nurse must employ EBP todeliver optimal care. The main rational for favoring EBP for nurses in daily practice is that it isthe most appropriate method to cover gaps in patient care and achieve best outcome for patientby combining clinical experience and best evidence. It also has the advantage of enhancingpatient’s experience in care as EBP considers patient values in care too (Steven, 2013). Hence,considering positive clinical outcome and patient’s experience associated with EBP, it isnecessary that nurse use this opportunity to expand their skills in clinical practice and transformthe delivery of care. In the current health care environment, special emphasis has been placed on EBP topromote excellence in health care. However, the use of EBP as a routine patient care is veryinconsistent among nurses because of the several barriers in integrating EBP in daily practice(Adamu & Naidoo, 2015). This points out to opposing arguments against the individual positionstatement. For instance, a study done to investigate the readiness of nurses in implementing EBPhas revealed that although nurses had a positive perception about EBP, however they did use it indaily in clinical practice due to poor skills in using EBP. The common barrier expressed bynurses in implementing EBP was the challenges in finding and reviewing the research related toany clinical question. The research also showed that positive attitudes and required skills inidentifying the best research was higher in experienced nurses compared to newly placed nurse(Ammouri et al., 2014). Based on the relevant barriers experienced by nurse in implementingEBP, it can be a relevant opposition argument to disapprove the individual position statement.
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