Fundamental problems remain with evidence-based management. We argue that, rather than being addressed, these problems are treated as digressions. One explanation for this is an ongoing incoherence: the evidence-based approach relegates narrative to a ghetto category of knowledge, but it is itself a narrative. Moreover, while this narrative is becoming more polished through repetition and selec...

This paper reports on a qualitative study of beginner acupuncture clinicians’ experiences of clinical practice. An analysis of the 42 interview transcripts revealed that these practitioners relied primarily upon traditional, experiential and reflexive knowledge in clinical decisionmaking. None of the practitioners interviewed used evidence arising from formal research in clinical practice decis...

The availability of Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) online to institutions that currently subscribe to the print version is good news for nurse educators. EBN online offers educators an innovative way to use the journal’s resources and the internet to teach students about evidence-based practice (EBP). Each issue of EBN online contains the full text (downloadable and printable) of all abstracts of...

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Evidence-based policy making in health is of great importance when addressing issues of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequalities. I explore the role of evidence in influencing the decisions of policy makers, and question the relevance and accuracy of current evidence to the life experiences, social and cultural environments, and aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islan...

As the largest sector of the health professions in the United States with more than three million registered nurses, the world needs to hear our voices in forging a new vision in nursing education and nursing practice. Nursing education and practice is constantly evolving and Nursing 2013 is at the cutting edge of nursing. The purpose of this paper is to integrate Ethics, Legal and Sociocultura...

Introduction. This research is the first to investigate the experiences of teacherlibrarians as evidence-based practice. An empirically derived model is presented in this paper. Method.This qualitative study utilised the expanded critical incident approach, and investigated the real-life experiences of fifteen Australian teacher-librarians, through semi-structured interviews and inductive data ...

Background: Scrubbing with toothbrush and gargling chlorhexidine has been shown to be effective in reducing bacteria preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) patients the intensive care unit (ICU). However, we still lack established evidencebased practice for oral specific ICUs.Objective: To evaluate effect of two practices different ICUs as measured by previously developed Intensive Ca...