Making evidence-based practice a reality in your institution.
There are many barriers to ensuring that nursing practice is based on research evidence. This article provides several resources to help the practicing nurse identify what evidence is available upon which to make practice changes. Additionally, strategies for supporting change are discussed and a case study of one particular evidenced-based change--1:1 support by nurses for women in labor--is examined.
Gennaro
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University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA. gennaro@nursing.upenn.edu
Hodnett
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Kearney
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D019992:Databases as Topic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D009936:Organizational Innovation