Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
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In your practice as a nurse you may use procedures and methods that did not necessarily originate in evidence but instead were derived from informal and unwritten
conventions traditions and observations. While these techniques may have merit practices are constantly being updated and contradicted by information from scholarly
research studies and professional guidelines. This new information serves as ?evidence? for revising practices to improve outcomes across health care.
Based on this evidence you can formulate a question. In this Discussion you consider the use of evidence-based practice in your own organization and formulate a
question that you will need to answer for your portfolio project. This is called a PICOT question. You will also investigate strategies for overcoming barriers to
implementing evidence-based practice (EBP).
To prepare:
Consider a recent clinical experience in which you were providing care for a patient.
Determine the extent to which the care that you provided was based on evidence and research findings or supported only by your organization?s standard procedures. How
do you know if the tasks were based on research?
What questions have you thought about in a particular area of care such as a procedure or policy?
Review Chapter 2 pages 36?39 on ?Asking Well worded Clinical Questions? in Polit & Beck and consult the resource from the Walden Student Center for Success: Clinical
Question Anatomy & examples of PICOT questions (found in this week?s Learning Resources). Formulate your background questions and PICOT question.
Reflect on the barriers that might inhibit the implementation of evidence-based practice in your clinical environment.
Review the article ?Adopting Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Decision Making? in this week?s Learning Resources. Select one of the barriers described that is
evident in your organization and formulate a plan for overcoming this barrier.
Post on or before Day 3 an evaluation of the use or lack thereof of EBP in a recent clinical experience. Identify which aspects of the care delivered if any were
based on evidence and provide your rationale. List your background questions and PICOT question about this nursing topic. Critique how the policies procedures and
culture in your organization may hinder or support the adoption of evidence-based practices. Identify the barrier you selected from the article and explain how this
barrier could be overcome within your organization.
Read a selection of your colleagues? responses.