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Evidence-Based Practice

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Evidence-Based Practice

The delivery of reliable healthcare services is a significant problem across the healthcare

sector in the modern world, which can be attained through the use of evidence-based practice

(EBP). Besides, evidence-based practice increases the consistency of clinical practice focused on

universal criteria. Nurses are the largest community of health care professionals who play a vital

role in encouraging strengthening patient care. The effect of evidence-based practice (EBP) has

resounded across nursing practice, training, and science. The call for evidence-based quality

improvement and healthcare transformation underscores the requirement for redefining care that is

successful, safe, and efficient (Shayan, Kiwanuka, &Nakaye, 2019). In accordance with different

bearing setting proposals from national specialists, medical caretakers have reacted to dispatch

activities that boost the important commitments that nurses have made, can make, and will make, to

completely deliver EBP.

Barriers to Evidence-Based Practice

Evidence-based practice implementation is always affected by various factors that inhibit

the implementation of healthcare services. The existence of a high level of healthcare data has been

noted to affect the implementation of evidence-based practice (Hidayat & Syahrul, 2019). Time

restrictions that determine the number of patients served in a health center is a significant factor that

deters the implementation of evidence-based practice (Cline et al., 2017). This is because there

exists a high number of patients in queues, and therefore, the nurses require maximizing on time

required to serve the patients. Aside from that, the ability to read several articles in a broader

spectrum of outlets on the vast volume of health care literature is also a key obstacle to evidence-

based practice adoption (Gallagher‐Ford et al., 2020). The healthcare publications tend to be

complicated and, therefore, require ample time to read, which is not possible to all the healthcare
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nurses. It is projected that about 6,000 health practice papers are written per month, and health

specialists are required to devote some 20 hours a day on new research.

Solutions

Notably, to ensure that evidence-based practice is adopted, the administration of the

healthcare organization requires to play a vital role. Administration support ensures that all the

policies laid down are effectively implemented as well as ensuring that the required resources are

provided to nurses (Mohsen et al., 2016). Likewise, the government’s assistance from the outset is a

significant consideration for the effective introduction of evidence-based practice procedures. The

administration also plays a crucial role in developing a culture of the organization, which supports

evidence-based practice. The approach offered by the administration also ensures that the nursing

fraternity can adopt evidence-based practice (Barends et al., 2017). These strategies, if well

adopted, will ensure that the health care services efficiently adopt the evidence-based practice.

Evidence-based practice has a significant role in ensuring that healthcare services are

efficiently provided to the patients. However, the existing number of literature consisting of

evidence-based practice implementation hinders the successful implementation of this practice

among the nurses. Besides, the implementation process also requires a significant amount of time to

implement it, which is also not possible due to the existing number of healthcare patients.

Therefore, to ensure that this service is adopted successfully, there is a significant need to ensure

that the healthcare administration adopts the required measures required to ensure that evidence-

based practice is implemented.

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References

Barends, E., Villanueva, J., Rousseau, D. M., Briner, R. B., Jepsen, D. M., Houghton, E., & Have,

S. T. (2017). Managerial attitudes and perceived barriers regarding evidence-based practice:

An international survey. Plos One, 12(10), 1–15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184594

Cline, G. J., Burger, K. J., Amankwah, E. K., Goldenberg, N. A., & Ghazarian, S. R. (2017).

Promoting the utilization of science in healthcare (PUSH) project. Journal for Nurses in

Professional Development, 33(3), 113–119. doi: 10.1097/nnd.0000000000000345

Gallagher‐Ford, L., Thomas, B. K., Connor, L., Sinnott, L. T., & Melnyk, B. M. (2020). The Effects

of an Intensive Evidence‐Based Practice Educational and Skills Building Program on EBP

Competency and Attributes. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 17(1), 71–81. doi:

10.1111/wvn.12397

Hidayat, W., & Syahrul, S. (2019). A Measuring Instrument To Measure Nurses’ Knowledge And

Skills In Implementing Of Of Evidence-Based Practice: A Literature Review. Indonesian

Contemporary Nursing Journal (ICON Journal), 3(2), 24–35. doi: 10.20956/icon.v3i2.5003

Mohsen, M. M., Safaan, N. A., &Okby, O. M. (2016). Nurses’ perceptions and barriers for adoption

of evidence-based practice in primary care: Bridging the gap. American Journal of Nursing

Research, 4(2), 25-33. doi:10.12691/ajnr-4-2-1

Shayan, S. J., Kiwanuka, F., &Nakaye, Z. (2019). Barriers associated with the evidence‐based

practice among nurses in low‐and middle‐income countries: A systematic

review. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 16(1), 12-20. doi: 10.1111/wvn.12337