Registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice nurses (APNs) should implement 24 competencies--or combinations of skill and knowledge--to factor evidence-based care into clinical settings, according to ...

Researchers have come up with an answer for health care systems and professionals struggling with how to most effectively adopt evidence-based practice in their clinical settings. They've developed ...

Nurse leaders can foster acceptance of evidence-based practice by providing RNs with a process to question changes. Change is good. But it can also be hard. This is often the case when nursing ...

A new article examines the evidence associated with four common clinical practices and encourages nurses to put the current best evidence into practice, rather than providing care based on tradition ...

The Sarah Cole Hirsh Institute for Best Nursing Practices Based on Evidence was established by the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in 1998 with a generous endowment from Sarah Cole Hirsh. The ...

More than one-third of hospitals aren't meeting National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators performance metrics, a new Ohio State University study on chief nurse executives finds. At the same time ...

Patient care must be based on the latest evidence-based practice. Student nurses should be introduced to the principles of this as part of pre-registration education Abstract In response to government ...

Background: Leg ulcers usually occur in older patients, a growing population for which increasing health care resources are required. Treatment is mainly provided in patients' homes; however, patients ...