Evidence Based Practice In Research

This chapter focuses on the fundamentals of research and research utilization. The objective of combining Evidence-Based Practice with nursing care is to allow the nurse to become a competent consumer of research. The RN should be able to search the nursing literature and determine the research findings that are available to assist in patient care. Hence, the RN should be able to understand basic research as it relates to the standard of practice. It also talked about how economic factors, variability of care, and the increasing cost of health care have been the driving forces in the call for evidence based practice.