NURS-1056EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Randomized Controlled Trial, Nursing Care Plan, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill
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Ebp reflects nursing current mandate to society for delivering effective client care and is related to knowledge transfer into practice. Florence nightingale is credited as a pioneer using this approach (e. g. wound healing) Nurses routinely gather evidence to support conclusions. Previous practice initiatives were based primarily on tradition and past practice. Care delivery based on tradition and past practice. Care decisions based on research findings and the best available evidence. Four components of ebp: evidence from pt assessment and availability of health care resources, clinical expertise *****, evidence from research, information about pt preferences and values ***** Ebp challenges nurses to justify their clinical decisions and actions. I= intervention of interest (how effective is depo=provera) Strongest level of evidence on which to base practice decisions. Provides the best support for epb initiatives. A set of studies on a set of related hypotheses. 1 or more intervention groups are compared to one or more control groups.
