The Role of Evidence-Based Practice & Research in Nursing Practice

"The new day brings new power and new ideas" - Eleanor Roosevelt. The traditional medical approach is reviewed through evidence-based practice (EBP) process. This is a multi-step process to study how to collect research data in combination with scientific theory. The purpose of this paper is to explain the role of EBP and the value of EBP in various clinical settings. With EBP, nurses can make clinical decisions using "best available research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences" (Razmus 2008).

Evidence-based nursing practice focuses on ongoing evidence, theory, and research cycle to develop and coordinate ideas for medical practice. As changes in practice promote further research, the theories developed from this study can serve as evidence of further change in practice. Implementation of evidence-based practice in nursing, also known as a systematic review, requires review of such studies aimed at addressing and improving inappropriate practice.

Nursing research is a research that provides evidence to support nursing practice. Nursing is a field of practice based on evidence since the era of Florence nightingale, and now many nurses work as researchers of universities and medical institutions. Qualitative research is based on a paradigm such as phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnographic journalism and the like, and in particular, while paying attention to the importance of individuals, the experience of people receiving and providing nursing care Examine you. The most commonly used research methods are interviews, case studies, focus groups, ethnographic magazines.

Nurses, practicing nurses, and doctors are working hard to practice evidence-based practice. In the 1970s, when a group of doctors at McMaster Medical College in Canada proposed a new learning theory, the term evidence medicine appeared. They believe health care decisions should be based on external evidence. This idea was very innovative at the time and began a practical exercise based on evidence. The campaign began with a book published in the UK Cochran Collaborative Study Group in the early 1970s. This article reveals that nurses and doctors lack reliable evidence to support decision-making. Books simply write a summary of their research and encourage scientists to use them for healthcare providers. Today, Cochrane Collaboration is known worldwide for systematic review publications.