Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing: What is Evidence-based Practice?

 Evidence-based practice is the use of current, best evidence in making clinical decisions regarding individual patient care. Evidence-based practice integrates:

• The best evidence from well-designed studies.
• A patient’s preferences or values.
• A clinician’s expertise from evidence gathered from the patient’s data

Evidence-based practice helps you make informed and personalized treatment decisions and deliver high quality health care to your patients.

Watch this video introducing evidence-based practice from the Iowa State University Library.