Evidence-Based Practice: Research Opportunities

A Reflection on Research, Theory, Evidence-based Practice, and Quality Improvement

Evidence-Based Therapies: Translating Research into Practice

A plethora of evidence exists supporting the use of certain clinical practices for children and adolescents over others (e.g., Kazdin et al., 1990; Weiss & Weisz, 1995; Weisz et al., 1995), yet current research shows that practitioners rarely use these interventions in their own practice (e.g., Weersing et al., 2002) and that therapy conducted in community settings is not as effective as therap...

Evidence-based practice and nursing research.

6 Nursing Research and Evidence - Based Practice

I did not understand why I had to take a research class when all I wanted to do was be a staff nurse in a critical care unit. Research? Evidence-based practice? Why are these topics in the nursing program? I have enough to do just learning all the content in my clinical courses. What do research and evidence have to do with developing my nursing abilities? I trust the faculty, the textbooks, an...

Evidence-based practice habits: transforming research into bedside practice.

ctions speak louder than words. If that statement is true clinically, it could be said that nursing practice is more connected to tradition than it is evidence based. Many common practices in critical care nursing continue today despite clear and reliable research that contradicts them. The barriers to research implementation that were identified 3 decades ago—lack of time, insufficient adminis...