title: Evidence-based practice for the busy nurse practitioner: part one: relevance to clinical practice and clinical inquiry process.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evidence-based practice (EBP) continues to gain momentum within health care. The purpose of this four-part EBP series is to provide an introductory overview of the EBP process, emphasizing EBP steps one through three, in order to assist nurse practitioners (NPs) in building EBP skills that can be integrated into clinical practice. The relevance of EBP to the NP's clinical practice, an introduction to the EBP process steps, and clinical inquiry process begin the series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Scientific literature review, gray literature, and online evidence-based practice databases and resources.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EBP has become increasingly important to NPs, yet there is evidence suggesting it is not being fully implemented in clinical practice. EBP is one way to keep the busy NP's knowledge up to date, enhance clinical judgment, and augment the existing provider-client decision-making process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The principles of EBP have become the cornerstone strategy for NPs to translate research findings into clinical practice. Practicing in an ever-changing healthcare environment, NPs have a responsibility to provide their clients with the best available evidence, while incorporating that evidence into the provider-client decision-making process.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA. facchiano.lynda@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Lynda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Facchiano
authors.forename: Charlene Hoffman
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'