Integration of Evidence-Based Practice Into Professional Nursing Practice
Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice
JMartinez
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR351
Deborah Sinn
January 24, 2011
Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice
Introduction
Evidence-based practice (EBP) can be seen throughout history dating back to the mid 19th century when Florence Nightingale gathered research to improve the quality of care provided to patients while analyzing hospital data (Miller, Ward & Young, 2010). EBP has been defined as “using current best evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient” (Ervin, NE. 2002. p. 11). Integrating EBP into nursing practice poses its own set of difficulties and barriers. To bridge the gap from literature and the evidence gathered through research into bedside nursing, there must be a clear and thought out strategy for implementation (Pipe, T., Wellik, K., Buchda, V., Hansen, C., & Martyn, D. 2005). There are many strategies to the implementation of EBP into nursing. Due to the varying levels of education and exposure, there is no right or wrong avenue for implementation. While there are barriers to the use of EBP; the outcomes from EBP include, but are not limited to, reaching the goal of better patient outcomes, decreased use of resources, and increasing revenue by decreasing cost. EBP is the culmination of the best research practices to achieve a patient directed goal while minimizing the resources needed and maximizing financial gain (Menez, J. 2007). EBP has produced many necessary changes throughout nursing and has provided safer patient outcomes. With the utilization of the best research modalities, integration and teaching of EBP, and the use of EBP in nursing, many necessary changes throughout nursing have been initiated and safer patient outcomes have been documented (Pipe, T., Wellik, K., Buchda, V., Hansen, C., & Martyn, D. 2005). EBP has been a source of nursing medical change which
JMartinez
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR351
Deborah Sinn
January 24, 2011
Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice
Introduction
Evidence-based practice (EBP) can be seen throughout history dating back to the mid 19th century when Florence Nightingale gathered research to improve the quality of care provided to patients while analyzing hospital data (Miller, Ward & Young, 2010). EBP has been defined as “using current best evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient” (Ervin, NE. 2002. p. 11). Integrating EBP into nursing practice poses its own set of difficulties and barriers. To bridge the gap from literature and the evidence gathered through research into bedside nursing, there must be a clear and thought out strategy for implementation (Pipe, T., Wellik, K., Buchda, V., Hansen, C., & Martyn, D. 2005). There are many strategies to the implementation of EBP into nursing. Due to the varying levels of education and exposure, there is no right or wrong avenue for implementation. While there are barriers to the use of EBP; the outcomes from EBP include, but are not limited to, reaching the goal of better patient outcomes, decreased use of resources, and increasing revenue by decreasing cost. EBP is the culmination of the best research practices to achieve a patient directed goal while minimizing the resources needed and maximizing financial gain (Menez, J. 2007). EBP has produced many necessary changes throughout nursing and has provided safer patient outcomes. With the utilization of the best research modalities, integration and teaching of EBP, and the use of EBP in nursing, many necessary changes throughout nursing have been initiated and safer patient outcomes have been documented (Pipe, T., Wellik, K., Buchda, V., Hansen, C., & Martyn, D. 2005). EBP has been a source of nursing medical change which
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