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Evidence Based Practice

Evidence Based Nursing Practice in Nursing

• "Doing the right things right" (Craig & Smyth, 2002, p.4)
• Used to improve the experiences associated with health care and illness
• Early examples
o Infection control (aseptic technique)
o DVT (deep vein thrombosis) prevention

Development of the EBP Concept
• Began with medicine
o Archie Cochran, a British epidemiologist in 1972 published a book criticizing the medical profession for not reviewing medical research studies
o Believed that the strongest evidence came from RCT (randomized clinical trials). RCT are the most strict kind of research design.
• A RCT has to have three things:
• Control group
• Placebo group
• Experimental group
o Founded the Cochran Foundation in 1992 after his death
• Defined as "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the health care of patients" (Sackett, et al)
• Focused on findings of randomized clinical trials only
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