title: Proposing an evidence-based policy process.
abstract: Nurses' involvement with policy development may appear more feasible if the policy process is viewed as another example of an evidence-based decision-making process. Evidence-based practice is widely accepted in medicine and across health care as a sound principle or approach when attempting to establish "best" practice. The process of searching for and synthesizing the evidence is applied to the policy design process with the use of policy examples that are relevant to nurse administrators.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Nursing Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: DePalma
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States