Nursing, evidence-based methods, impacts, quality of care, Florence Nightingale, environmental theory, Canadian Nurses Association, International Council of Nurses, patient safety, skills improvement, healthcare
In the field of nursing, evidence-based practices have been frequently utilized as a way of improving the practice and the quality of care that nurses provide to their patients. This approach is founded on the independence of research and patient experiences where nurses are supposed to utilize the most recent and valuable research in the field to determine the nursing approaches that they apply to the patients (Lehane et al., 2018). The role of research is based on the fact that the nursing profession needs to improve and increase the quality of life of the patients by ensuring that the nursing approaches that are implemented are backed by evidence that proves they offer the best circumstances (Stevens, 2013). This transition has changed the field of nursing since it has led to the incorporation of evidence-based practices in the nursing curriculum so that nursing students are empowered with appropriate skills on how to use evidence-based methods. This paper presents the impact of using evidence-based methods in nursing by looking at benefits, challenges, impacts, and implications and recommending the best way to deal with the issues that arise with the implementation of the approach.
[...] The presence of evidence means that the field of nursing is supposed to keep on improving through the use of evidence-based knowledge leading to improved nursing outcomes. Conclusion Evidence-based practices play an important role in achieving safe and clinical care within healthcare settings since they allow the nurse to practice in an environment that fosters the quality of life of the patient. This discussion acknowledges the benefits of applying evidence-based approaches since they lead to increased clinical outcomes, improved quality of life and patient satisfaction through the use of current evidence. [...]
[...] This leads to difficulties in dealing with evidence-based related nursing problems. There has also been an argument on the lack of support from professionals within the healthcare environment which hinders the use of these methods. For example, healthcare professionals have criticized the use of this approach on the notion that it is time-consuming and cannot be applied in the nursing shortage environments that exist. An example is the nursing shortage in Canada which exerts pressure on nurses due to the increased burden that they have thus hindering the application of evidence-based methods. [...]
[...] The ICN is a federation of over 130 countries and national nurse associations which defines the scope of nurses and how evidence-based methods are supposed to be applied in nursing situations. In the use of evidence-based practice, nurses are supposed to consult with the best available evidence in the choice and implementation of the nursing care approaches that they apply to their practice (Hoffman, Bennett and Mar 2013). This means that nurses are supposed to keep on looking for new evidence that is made in their field to guide the way they deal with the nursing situations that they work in. [...]
[...] Without proper knowledge and limited access to these resources, it becomes difficult for the nurses to apply this approach since they are forced to rely on their knowledge or source for the evidence which becomes expensive to the practice. This is due to the lack of resources that are specifically designed for evidence-based practice support within the nursing environment. Another challenge in the implementation of evidence-based practices is the limited ability of some nurses to critically appraise research and use it in practice. This approach requires the nurse to have research evaluation skills which will allow an analysis and review of the evidence to come up with the best approach. [...]
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