Centre of Research & Education in General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark Region Zealand, Primary Health Care Research Unit Center for Medicine and the Media, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA Centre for EvidenceBased Medicine, Nuf...

In this department, Dr Newhouse highlights hot topics in nursing outcomes, research, and evidencebased practice relevant to the nurse administrator. The goal is to discuss the practical implications for nurse leaders in diverse healthcare settings. Content includes evidence-based projects and decision making, locating measurement tools for quality improvement and safety projects, using outcome ...

This article reconsiders the fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing in light of the challenge of narrow empirics in the form of evidence-based practice. Objections to the dominance of evidence-based practice are reviewed, and the reasons for it are examined. It is argued that it is partially the result of weaknesses in the alternative patterns of ethical, personal, and esthetic knowing, the...

Studies have shown that introducing additional information without context leads to worse decision-making. Informed leadership is the purposeful integration of information into decision management. This paper reframes information literacy as decision management using elements of evidencebased management. It highlights strategies such as decision awareness, process creation, and decision practic...

These recommendations have been developed by an expert panel following an evidencebased search of the literature assessing the role of primary antifungal prophylaxis in patients with acute leukaemia or stem cell transplantation. We present results from a questionnaire on the current practice among experts in Europe, show results of the literature search and provide the panel’s recommendations. ...

Searching PubMed and other citation resources is an essential component of evidencebased practice. The inability to create effective searches can impact the ability of clinicians to incorporate evidence into their decision-making processes. This paper describes four strategies to help clinicians find evidence efficiently through targeted, well-designed literature searches. Int J Evid Based Prac...

profession. However, the main focus of evidence-based practice has been in the clinical and research realms; with clinicians and researchers often bearing the brunt of criticism concerning the lack of evidence supporting physiotherapy management practices. In the move towards global evidencebased practice, very little attention has been given to the practices of physiotherapy education programs...

This article comes out of many discussions I have had lately with Kansans as well as other colleagues around the country about the applicability of implementing the evidence-based practice of supported employment in rural and frontier areas. There are special challenges in rural areas, but so are there special challenges in urban areas. However, there appears to be some misconceptions regarding...

Stephanie Viau, MS, OTR, is Staff Occupational Therapist, Pinecrest Medical Care Facility, Powers, MI. In recent years, the health professions have seen an increasing call for evidencebased practice. Evidence-based practice is the “conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients” (Sackett, Rosenberg, Gray, Haynes, & R...

Critical Appraisal of ‘‘EvidenceBased Labor and Delivery Management’’ The ability to critically appraise research reports is an essential skill for contemporary health professional practice. This applies equally to reports of single studies and reviews described as ‘‘evidencebased’’. Review articles compile all relevant research ¢ndings into one place and help resolve varied or con£icting resul...