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Article: Evidence-based practice: by reading this article and writing a practice profile, you can gain ten continuing education points (CEPs). You have up to a year to send in your practice profile. Guidelines on how to write and submit a profile are featured at the end of this article. (Continuing professional development: clinical development).
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- Nursing Standard
- Article date:
- December 18, 2002
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NS171 Hewitt-Taylor J (2002) Evidence-based practice. Nursing Standard. 17, 14-15, 47-52. Date of acceptance: November 12, 2002.
Aims and intended learning outcomes
This article aims to identify the issues involved in obtaining and evaluating evidence land some of the factors that should be considered when implementing evidence in practice. Evidence-based practice has become a widely used term, but not always a well understood concept. Evil. e-based practice involves:
* Selecting an area of practice that requires an evidence base.
* Making decisions about what constitutes evidence.
* Conducting a systematic search for evidence. ...