Evidence Based Practice Flashcards
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What is evidence based practice?
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Evidence Based Practice addresses a clinical problem by looking for the very best scientific and clinical evidence available for treating or managing the problem
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Discuss the benefits of evidence based practice?
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EBP guides nurses and other health care providers in making effective, timely, and appropriate clinical decisions and uses the best research
3
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Identify the role of the nurse in evidence based practice
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The role of the nurse is to use evidence based practice to help guide patient care decision making.
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What are the seven steps of EBP?
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- Cultivate a spirit of inquiry within an EBP culture and environment
- Ask a clinical question in PICOT format
- Search for the most relevant and best evidence
- Critically appraise the evidence you gather
- Integrate the best evidence with your clinical expertise and patient preferences and values to make the best clinical decision
- Evaluate the outcomes of EBP decision or changes
