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Evidence-based practice, also referred to as EBP, is the method of collecting, analyzing, and integrating research conclusions into care delivery to better patient outcomes.
With EBP, clinicians at the point of care are in an ideal place to ask and answer clinically relevant questions. Seeing where improvements can be made is the start of the EBP process. This resource includes examples of questions that will help to identify issues or opportunities for improvement in your practice setting.
The PICOT question is a consistent “formula” for developing answerable, searchable questions that result in an effective literature search that yields the best, most relevant information. This resource will help you to write clinically specific, searchable PICO questions.
Journal club programs can enhance the skills of nurses in evaluating literature and translating research findings to clinical practice, education, research, and more.
Level of evidence scales rank evidence by the research methodology that would answer the clinical question with the least amount of error and provide the most reliable findings. The purpose of this additional information is to provide the learner with a guide to prioritize evidence. The higher a methodology ranks, the more confidence clinicians can have that the intervention will produce the same outcomes in similar patients.
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