The Importance Of Evidence Based Nursing

Evidence based nursing is the shared partnership between the patient and clinician that involves the best evidence and clinical outcomes and values when making health care decision’s (Huber, 2014). There are thousands of ways to implement evidence based practice into the end of life arena. I recall many years ago when all hospice did was sit at the bed side and give morphine. Look where hospice care has gone today. They have surpassed the days of morphine to all and through evidence based nursing improved the quality of end of life for those individuals. I just had a meeting with a hospice company, whom stood out to me and I asked my team to attend. Why? Simply put, their organization felt so strongly about quality care and their mission statement