Processes and outcomes of evidence-based practice.
OBJECTIVE
To describe knowledge utilization, the models created to apply knowledge and promote evidence-based practice, and outcomes of integrating evidence into practice.


METHODS
Textbooks, research and review articles, and professional experience.


CONCLUSIONS
Evidence-based practice is both a process, which requires activities to evaluate evidence, and a product, which is the translation of evidence into a practice change.


CONCLUSIONS
The integration of evidence into nursing practice will strengthen nursing's theoretical base, decrease the variation in processes of care, improve patient outcomes, empower nurses, and help identify areas for research.
Rutledge
Dana N
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Department of Nursing and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Bookbinder
Marilyn
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D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*