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Evidence-Based Practice In Perioperative Nursing: Barriers And Facilitators To Compliance, Benita Ramage, Paula Foran
Evidence-Based Practice In Perioperative Nursing: Barriers And Facilitators To Compliance, Benita Ramage, Paula Foran
Journal of Perioperative Nursing
Evidence-based practice (EBP), in combination with clinical expertise and patient values and wishes, enables delivery of exceptional patient-centred care. Providing our perioperative patients care that is informed by best evidence has been proven to provide a safer and higher standard of care.
Best evidence forms the basis for standards and guidelines for nursing practice published by organisations such as Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN), Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). While perioperative nurses strive to provide the best possible care for their patients there is sometimes …