Evidence Based Nursing Practice

Evidence-based nursing practice is the wave of the future and is being identified as a “key to excellence in nursing care” (Shirey, 2006). Consequently, health care leaders are challenged to create a culture in which basic nursing care is evidence-based and appropriately prioritized from the other nursing tasks. Research has shown that incorporating evidence into practice is necessary to deliver scientifically sound patient care. And so, it will require the active efforts of nurse leaders to pursue an aggressive innovation diffusion strategy to increase compliance (Shirey, 2006). In a study conducted by the Florida Organization of Nurse Executives, the findings suggest that to promote optimal evidence-based nursing practice, it has been