Question

Define evidence-based practice.

Explore why evidence-based practice is used to guide patient care.

Describe how you would address a colleague if you witnessed them practicing a non-evidence-based duty. This could be another nurse, physician, advanced care provider, nurses aid, housekeeping or patient transportation.

please provide citations if you used any

Answer 1

Evidence based practice

             * It is the process of application of best evidence from researches of nursing into practice

              to improve the quality of clinical nursing practice.

Use of evidence based practice in patient care

            * It helps to increase professionalism in nursing practice.

            * Good quality care as a result of evidence based practice enhance growth health care

              agency.

            * It enhance patient satisfaction and positive outcomes through application of scientific

              knowledge.

            * It fullfill patient right to get effective health care.

            * It is useful in critical decision making situvations in hospital regarding patient care.

            * It help to provide cost effective care to patients admitted in hospitals.

            * It eliminate or avoid errors occur during patient care in the hospital settings.

            * In evidence based practice use new technologies and equipments which promote

               better results in patient with various health problems.

* If I saw a health care provider practicing non evidence based duty orpractice I will make them

   awaire about the importance of evidence based practice for better patient outcomes and problems

   and errors occur due to non evidence based practice.