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What Is Evidence-Based Practice?

Evidence Based Practice in Nursing

According to Johns Hopkins University, EBP is "a three-phase approach referred to as the PET process: practice question, evidence, and translation. In the first phase, the team develops a practice question by identifying the patient population, interventions, and outcomes (PICO). In the second phase, a literature search is performed, and the evidence is appraised for strength and quality. In the third phase, the findings are synthesized to develop recommendations for practice."

This graphic shows this process in visual form: 

visual depiction of evidence based practice. Starts with inquiry, then practice and learning, which can either lead to more inquiry or establishing best practices, then practice improvements through clinical, learning and operational, then back to inquiry

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