Evidence-Based Practice

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

Nurses’ perceptions of evidence-based practice: a quantitative study at a teaching hospital in Iran

  Background :Evidence-based practice (EBP) provides nurses a method to use critically appraised and scientifically proven evidence for delivering quality health care and the best decision that leads to quality outcomes. The purpose of this study was to measure the practice, attitude and knowledge/skill of evidence-based practice of nurses in a teaching hospital in Iran.   Methods : This cross-...

System Factors Influencing the Australian Nurses' Evidence-based Clinical Decision Making: A Systematic Review of Recent Studies

Background: There is growing attention to evidence-based practice in Australian clinical contexts and nursing literature. Recent research explores the dimensions of evidence-based practice; however, the implementation of evidence-based clinical decision making has been identified as a cumbersome process. Aim: This study aimed to review the literature syst...

Evidence based medicine in nuclear medicine practice; Part II: Appraising and applying the evidence

  As described in the first part of this article, Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is a growing part of medical practice which emphasizes on the best evidence. Finding this evidence by formulating an answerable question and searching strategies were described in the first part of this review. In this part, appraising the retrieved article (with the main focus on the diag...

Evidence based medicine in nuclear medicine practice; Part I: Introduction, asking answerable questions and searching for the best evidence

  Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is a new approach to patient management which incorporates best evidence with the clinical expertise of the health care providers. Although this approach has had a rapid growth in many clinical disciplines, its applications in radiology and nuclear medicine has not been addressed sufficiently. In this review EBM is briefly explained...

مراقبت مبتنی بر شواهد در ایران: مطالعه مروری نظام‌مند

Background and Aim: Evidence-based care is defined as combining research findings with caring skills. The current study aimed at a systematic review of obstructions, facilitators, awareness, knowledge, function, perception, and results of interventions in evidence-based care in Iran. Materials and Methods: In the present survey different data base searching methods and manual search were applie...