title: Evidence-based practice and nursing: commentary.
abstract: With changes in health care, it has become clear that nurses need data to establish evidence for their decisions and interventions. Evidence-based practice involves the use of the best evidence available for making clinical decisions about patient care. The identification of the knowledge base for nursing practice contributes to achieving patient outcomes and making nursing practice credible.
authors.affiliation: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McPheeters
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Lohr
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*