title: Clinical application of perioperative evidence-based practice.
abstract: Practitioners today are seeing changes in our health care system, economic pressures related to decreased reimbursement, and the growth of managed care that are producing major adjustments in health professions' education, patient care, and research. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is considered by many to be the way of the future. This article describes factors affecting implementation of EBP in the clinical arena. It also gives some practical applications found when implementing EBP at one hospital.
authors.affiliation: Scott & White Clinic & Hospital, Temple, TX, USA.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Foulks
mesh_terms: D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000639:trends; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000639:trends*