Teaching strategies to support evidence-based practice.
Evidence-based practice is an expected core competency of all health care clinicians regardless of discipline. Use of evidence-based practice means integrating the best research with clinical expertise and patient values to achieve optimal health outcomes. Evidence-based practice requires nurses to access and appraise evidence rapidly before integrating it into clinical practice. Role modeling and integrating the skills necessary to develop evidence-based practice into clinical and nonclinical courses is an important part in developing positive attitudes toward evidence-based practice, an essential first step to using evidence to guide practice decisions. The step-by-step approach to evidence-based practice proposed by Melnyk and colleagues provides an excellent organizing framework for teaching strategies specifically designed to facilitate nurses' knowledge and skill development in evidence-based practice.
Montana State University, College of Nursing, Missoula Campus, 32 Campus Dr, #7416, Missoula, MT 59812-7416, USA. winters@montana.edu
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D057240:Patient Preference; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*