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 ...

To significantly impact the improvement of quality in healthcare, one needs to apply evidence-based practice (EBP). Without EBP, healthcare providers are at risk for variances in care that could ...

Nurse scientists are becoming a more popular staple of the hospital workforce. Many of the top 100 systems in the U.S. have at least one clinically based nurse scientist on staff. They work closely ...

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice that improves outcomes for people with severe mental illness who are most at-risk of psychiatric crisis and hospitalization and ...

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an approach that influences healthcare worldwide. Systematic research in the relevant biomedical literature was conducted using the Medline—Pubmed interface until ...

The Iowa Model of EBP was developed by Marita G. Titler, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director Nursing Research, Quality and Outcomes Management, Department of Nursing Services and Patient Care, University of Iowa ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines evidence-based practice (EBP) as an interdisciplinary approach to clinical decision-making that includes the best available evidence, care context and ...

The authors compare advanced practice providers’ education, training, scope of practice, and quality of care with that of physicians. A framework is essential to promote team-based primary care. Nurse ...

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 ...

Author weighs evidence-based medicine vs experience and common sense when treating a patient with Alzheimer disease and cold symptoms. A 90-year-old friend of mine (Mr W) is the primary caregiver for ...

A scientific statement regarding evidence-based interventions for community CVD prevention has been published by the AHA.