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HED-2306 Understanding Health Disparities: Evidence-Based Nursing

This research guide has been designed to assist learners with finding research content for their research projects.

Evidence-Based Nursing Process

The 5-Step Process: Introduction

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is a thoughtful integration of  the best available evidence, coupled with clinical expertise. As such it  enables health practitioners of all varieties to address healthcare questions  with an evaluative and qualitative approach. EBP allows the practitioner to  assess current and past research, clinical guidelines, and other information  resources in order to identify relevant literature while differentiating  between high-quality and low-quality findings. The practice of Evidence-Based  Practice includes five fundamental steps.

Step 1: Formulating a well-built question.

Step 2: Identifying articles and other evidence-based  resources that answer the question.

Step 3: Critically appraising the evidence to assess its  validity.

Step 4: Applying the evidence.

Step 5: Re-evaluating the application of evidence and areas  for improvement.

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