Evidence-based practice: what is it and how is it used in wound care?
Evidence-based practice is an approach to providing clinical care based on research and scientific knowledge. Nurses who work with patients with wounds need to understand and apply evidence-based principles. This article provides guidelines for critical analysis of the literature using the principles of evidence-based practice.
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Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0610, USA. nancy.stotts@nrusing.ucsf.edu
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*