Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing: Communication and Care

This report discusses the application of evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing, emphasizing the importance of research and its impact on patient care. The author plans to improve communication methods to build trust between patients and healthcare professionals, and to encourage colleagues to adopt EBP. The report also acknowledges potential challenges, such as resistance to change, while highlighting the commitment to improving care through persistent implementation of EBP. The provided reference supports the integration of EBP in nursing education and practice.

Evidence-based practice in nursing
Evidence based practice (EBP) is an essential component of the BSN-RN as it helps
in demonstrating the importance of research and how it can help student nurses to practice
through proper investigation while providing care to a patient. It is possible to take references
into account while implementing evidence based practice into the clinical settings. The
references then can be combined with the knowledge of the healthcare professionals and thus
the healthcare becomes more effective (Horntvedt, Nordsteien, Fermann & Severinsson,
2018). Therefore, an evidence based practice always helps in facilitating a positive healthcare
outcome. While working as a professional nurse into the clinical settings I will also
implement EBP into my working procedures. In this purpose, I will acquire two different
ways. At first, I will try to research on how to improve the method of communication while
providing care as effective communication always helps in building a trustful relationship
between the patients and the healthcare professionals. In this regard, I will implement
evidence based practice and thus the quality of care will be improved. The second way I will
acquire is, I will try to encourage my fellow colleagues to implement evidence-based practice
and hence I will also educate other nurses regarding the necessity of EBP in clinical settings.
While planning this, various obstacles might challenge the procedure and one of them is
reluctance of the nurses to acquire a new change which might be time consuming. However, I
will continue to push the issue and it might take a long time to convince them but if I stay
persistent then changing the settings for betterment will be possible.

References
Horntvedt, M. E. T., Nordsteien, A., Fermann, T., & Severinsson, E. (2018). Strategies for
teaching evidence-based practice in nursing education: a thematic literature
review. BMC medical education, 18(1), 172.