Evidence Based Practice

task and the appendix heading should be deleted if there is no appendix in the assignment) Introduction
This report aims to use the principles of Evidence Based Practice (EBP) to evaluate the case study of Emily. EBP is the process by which nurses use research to aid decision making and provide evidence to support practice (McCutcheon, 2009, p. 5). The aim of this report is to build on the analysis produced in assignment one and employ the remaining steps in the EBP model. In Assignment one it was identified that Emily had not used EBP in her nursing process. This is important because providing EBP is a core philosophy in the ANMC competency standards for the registered nurse (The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, 2016). This report

In clarification of comments offered in assignment one, the problems is that Emily did use EBP. This is a problem because Emily had no valid evidence that her method was best practice. Her decision had the potential to put her clients at risk as it was based on opinion not valid evidence gained through the EBP process. The answerable question was can mentoring between graduate nurses and senior nurses improve the use of EBP in graduate nurses? This needs to be amended as this is a topic that could be difficult to find a definitive answer to. The amended the questions is can evidence based practice be used by nurses to improve patient

The articles found during the search four were chosen for use in this report. The articles chosen were critically appraised to establish the validity and relevancy of the reports. The articles were selected based on the outline given in Richardson-Tench, Taylor, Kermode & Roberts (2014, pg 53-54) which aims to assess the question and the topic, the abstract, the methodology, the findings or conclusions and an overall evaluation. It was essential that all articles chosen were peer reviewed. This is a process maintains high standards in research and involves the review of articles by subject matter expert’s (Richardson-Tench, Taylor, Kermode & Roberts 2014, pg 53). The authors of the papers were also assessed for credibility. All articles were found to be of authority in the field, authors included nurses with Phd and fellowships, and associations to institutions in high regard. Each abstract of each article was evaluated Richardson-Tench, Taylor, Kermode & Roberts (2014, pg 67) state the abstract should be a clear and brief overview of the report and should include information on the “problems, methods, design, results, conclusions and implications” Richardson-Tench, Taylor, Kermode & Roberts (2014, pg 67). All chosen reports provide an acceptable abstract, for example Mathers