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Evidence-based practice readiness study supported by academy nursing informatics expert panel
Nursing Outlook
Vol. 53Issue 1p49–50Published in issue: January, 2005
- Diane S. Pravikoff
- Susan T. Pierce
- Annelle Tanner
Cited in Scopus: 44
The importance of evidence-based practice (EBP) has been widely discussed in the literature.^1-7 Defined as “the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values,”⁸ its incorporation into healthcare processes has been emphasized by accrediting bodies, government agencies, professional organizations, healthcare systems, and payers, among others. Today's incredible need for current information for practice, the knowledge from research⁹ that nurses practice based on what they learned in nursing school, the inadequacy and/or often outdated nature of usual information resources, time pressures, and the presence of the Internet and World Wide Web are all influencing factors in the pressure to conduct EBP.