Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a problem solving approach to clinical practice and decision making within healthcare. EBP integrates a systematic search for and critical appraisal of the most relevant evidence to answer a clinical question, personal clinical expertise, and patient preferences and values (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2014). The EBP process allows the practitioner to assess research, clinical guidelines, and other information resources based on high quality findings and apply the results to practice.
Source: AMSN, Evidence-Based Practice
The following are the basic key concepts of evidence-based practice:
Duke Health has created an Evidence-Based Practice Series for health care practitioners and students to provide a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Practice. The tutorial consists of six modules.
A text-based version of the tutorial is also available.
"The Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice (JHNEBP) model is a powerful problem-solving approach to clinical decision-making, and is accompanied by user-friendly tools to guide individual or group use. It is designed specifically to meet the needs of the practicing nurse and uses a three-step process called PET: practice question, evidence, and translation. The goal of the model is to ensure that the latest research findings and best practices are quickly and appropriately incorporated into patient care."
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine
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Source: Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice, 2017