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Evidence-based practice in perioperative nursing: a literature review and suggestions for change. 1997

S K Smith

University of Alberta.

Evidence-based practice (nursing practice that relies on information generated from the results of scientific research) is widely recommended as the method of nursing practice of the future. This is particularly the method of choice in perioperative nursing. In this article the literature on evidence-based practice is reviewed with particular emphasis on the role of the perioperative nurse, research utilization, and barriers to evidence-based practice. Suggestions for change to promote evidence-based practice are also outlined.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013527	Perioperative Nursing	Nursing care of the surgical patient before, during, and after surgery.	Surgical Nursing,Nursing, Perioperative,Perianesthesia Nursing,Nursing, Perianesthesia
D015399	Nursing Research	Research carried out by nurses, generally in clinical settings, in the areas of clinical practice, evaluation, nursing education, nursing administration, and methodology.	Research, Nursing
D019317	Evidence-Based Medicine	An approach of practicing medicine with the goal to improve and evaluate patient care. It requires the judicious integration of best research evidence with the patient's values to make decisions about medical care. This method is to help physicians make proper diagnosis, devise best testing plan, choose best treatment and methods of disease prevention, as well as develop guidelines for large groups of patients with the same disease. (from JAMA 296 (9), 2006)	Medicine, Evidence-Based,Evidence Based Medicine,Medicine, Evidence Based