PICO And Literature Search Week 9
PICO And Literature Search Week 9
T o fully implement evidence- based practice (EBP), nurses need
to have both
a spirit of inquiry and a culture that supports it. Inour first article in
this series (“Igniting a Spirit of Inquiry:AnEssential Foundation for
Evidence-Based Practice,” November 2009),we defined a spirit of
inquiry as “an ongoing curiosity about the best evidence toguide
clinical decisionmaking.” A spirit of inquiry is the founda- tionof
EBP, andonce nurses pos- sess it, it’s easier to take the next step—
toask the clinical question.1
Formulating a clinical question in a systematicwaymakes it possible to find an answermore quickly and efficiently, leading to
improved processes and patient outcomes. In the last
installment,wegave
an overviewof themultistepEBP process (“The Seven Steps of
Evidence-Based Practice,” Janu- ary). Thismonthwe’ll discuss step
one, asking the clinical question. As a context for this
discussionwe’ll use the same
scenariowe used in the previous articles (see Case Scenario for
EBP: Rapid Response Teams). In this scenario, a staff nurse,
let’s call herRebeccaR., noted that patients on hermedical–
surgical unit had a high acuity level thatmay have led to an in
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Reflection on Nursing Knowledge and Practice: Understanding the Integration of General Education in Clinical Settings. Nursing is a field that requires a solid foundation of knowledge acquired through general education courses as well as clinical experience. The integration of knowledge from subjects such as anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and nutrition is critical for effective nursing practice. […]
