Johns Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice : model & guidelines by Evidence based practice (EBP) is the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about patient care (Sackett, Straus, Richardson, Rosenberg, & Haynes, 2000).
5 steps to the EBP Process:
ASK a Clinical Guiding Question
ACQUIRE the Best Evidence
APPRAISE the evidence
APPLY the Evidence with One’s Clinical Expertise
ASSESS the Outcomes of the EBP Practice Decision
The levels of evidence pyramid provides a way to visualize both the quality of evidence and the amount of evidence available. For example, systematic reviews are at the top of the pyramid, meaning they are both the highest level of evidence and the least common. As you go down the pyramid, the amount of evidence will increase as the quality of the evidence decreases.
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