The purpose of research is to provide new information and contribute to the existing evidence, while the purpose of evidence-based practice is to analyze available data to solve a therapeutic problem (Fitzpatrick, 2016). Evidence-based practice involves making clinical decisions based on relevant research findings and critical thinking. The purpose of conducting research is to gain a new understanding of the origin, nature, or etiology of a problem. “Nursing research is defined as the systematic and objective process designed to generate evidence about issues of importance to the nursing profession, including nursing practice, education, administration, and informatics� (Kawar et al., 2023).
The evidence-based practice emphasizes providing high-quality patient care while simultaneously lowering overall healthcare expenditures and minimizing differences in the results experienced by individual patients. Evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing focuses on integrating clinical competence, which includes the information, critical thinking, and judgment skills obtained via nursing training and professional experiences (Faubion, 2023). The idea behind evidence-based practice in nursing is that the best possible nursing outcomes, such as improving healthcare quality and patient outcomes, may be attained by implementing nursing interventions that are supported by evidence (Chien, 2019). Evidence-based practice includes the process of implementation to incorporate EBP into practice at an organization and includes “asking a PICOT, searching for the best evidence, critically appraising evidence, integrating evidence to make the best clinical decision, and evaluate the outcomes of the EBP practice change, and ends in disseminating outcomes� (Kawar et al., 2023).
Research is one approach for medical professionals to give improved patient care; however, this does not always indicate that the study has been used and peer-reviewed and utilized to enhance their practice and potentially save lives, unlike evidence based-practice where there the project ends in the implementation of best practice based on research. Nursing research aims to confirm current nursing knowledge based on theory and develop new information to encourage improved nursing practices and patient outcomes. Although most of the finest evidence utilized in nursing practice is derived from nursing research, EBP in nursing goes further to interpret and apply research findings to practical nursing practices (Faubion, 2023).
References
Chien, L.-Y. (2019). Evidence-based practice and nursing research. Journal of Nursing Research, 27(4), e29. Retrieved February 21, 2023, from https://doi.org/10.1097/jnr.0000000000000346
Faubion, D. (2023). Understanding evidence-based practice in nursing + 10 examples. Nursing Process. Retrieved February 21, 2023, from https://www.nursingprocess.org/evidence-based-practice-in-nursing-examples.html
Fitzpatrick, J. J. (2016). Distinctions between research, evidence based practice, and quality improvement. Applied Nursing Research, 29, 261. Retrieved February 21, 2023, from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2015.12.002
Kawar, L., Aquino-Maneja, E. M., Failla, K., Flores, S. L., & Squier, V. (2023). Research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement simplified. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 54(1), 40–48. Retrieved February 21, 2023, from https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20221207-09
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