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    Evidence based practice [EBP] is an essential component of the health care system. Combined with both the practice of the APHRA codes of professional conduct and continual support of clinical education there can be little excuse for nurses regardless of practice setting to not uphold a superior level of medical care. Evidence based practice is defined by the Monash University (2017) as the ‘process of making clinical decisions based upon evidence, combined with the clinical experience and patient

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    The importance of evidence based practice ( EBP ) is to enable nurses to provide high quality care, improve outcomes for patient and families and to run a more efficient health service. Therefore other agencies within the health service will benefit when interventions and care is based on research (Burns & Grove 2007). According to the (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2004)(NMC) nurses are accountable to society to provide a high quality of care so therefore it is important that nurses reflect, evaluate

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    The application of Evidence Based Practice (EBP) requires doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff to be proficient in conducting quality research of peer reviewed academic literature (Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice, 2016). This process enables them to obtain appropriate and relevant evidence to support medical decisions. For example, to support the medical management of preterm births within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community (“Health of Australia 's Aboriginal Peoples”

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    you? There are many different definitions of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). According to EBP book, most EBP definitions contain three components “research-based information, clinical expertise, and patient preferences” (In Schmidt & In Brown, 2019, p. 4). These three words explain what is EBP in a simple way for me to understand. It means EBP research includes collecting information, reviewing, evaluating, and implementing evidence into the practice to improve patient outcomes. EBP is unique concept

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    According to the QSEN Institute (2014), evidence-based practice is knowing how to identify gaps in existing evidence-based guidelines and finding ways to fix these disparities. Because the prison facility does not currently educate directly on the importance of proper and frequent hand washing, a lack in this evidence-based practice of hand washing education was identified and selected for implementation. 2. Showing knowledge of up-to-date health practices is simply not enough. A nurse must have

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    The use of evidence based practice is extremely important so that nurses can provide the best possible, and safest care to our patients. Evidence based practice can be defined as the practice of nursing in which interventions are based on data from research that demonstrates that they are appropriate and successful (Catalano pg. 6). It is required in order to achieve the highest quality and most cost –effective care for our patients. The use of evidence-based practice has had a beneficial impact

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    Evidence based practice is “the key to delivering the highest quality of healthcare and ensuring the best patient outcomes at the lowest costs” (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2011). Healthcare providers integrating evidence based practice into patient care are relentlessly seeking answers to clinical questions. Evidence based clinical decision making includes external evidence from research, internal evidence from clinical experience, and patient values (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2011). External

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    Evidence-based practice is defined as the best and recent available scientific research that has been clinically tested. Most healthcare providers use practice that is supported by evidence to provide their patients with high-quality services to improve patients’ outcome. Balanced Diet and Long-term Weight Management The main purpose of the first paper “Changes in diet and lifestyle and Long-term Weight Gain in women and men.” is to evaluate the causes of diet has on long-term weight gain among

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    possible practice, which “involves implementing available evidence into practice” (Dogherty, et al., 2013, p. 129). Dogherty, et al. (2013) researched the facilitation of evidence based practice by selecting 20 nurses “to attend an interactive knowledge translation symposium to examine what has worked and what has not in implementing evidence in practice.” Results from the study showed both many positive and negative facilitation experiences. “Successful implementation (of evidence based practice) is

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    Overview of Evidence-based practice The significant impact of evidence-based practice has been seen across all fields of nursing- including in practice, education, and science. Healthcare is being transformed by the use of evidence-based practice in nursing. Evidence-based practice closes the gap between what we know, and what we do when providing care for patients. When you practice nursing, based on research findings you are then more likely to have desired patient outcomes. “For EBP to be successfully

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