Nurse Leader
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 44-49, June 2007

Mainstreaming evidence-based nursing practice

  • Dolora C. Sanares, RN, MPA

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    • Dolora C. Sanares, RN, MPA, is the nursing program manager of evidence-based practice.
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  • Phyllis J. Waters, RN, MS, PhD(c)

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    • Phyllis J. Waters, RN, MS, PhD(c), is the nursing director of nursing practice and professional advancement.
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  • David R. Marshall, RN, MS, CNAA, JD

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    • David Marshall, JD, MSN, RN, CNAA, is the assistant vice president for patient care and chief nursing officer.

In the best of all worlds, nurses would like to identify nursing interventions with the most predictive clinical certainty to achieve the desired patient outcomes. Yet studies suggest that it takes an average of 17 years for research to reach clinical practice.1 Failing to use available science is costly and harmful. It leads to overuse of unhelpful care, underuse of effective care, and errors in execution.2

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 All authors work at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas.

PII: S1541-4612(07)00087-0

doi:10.1016/j.mnl.2007.03.010

Nurse Leader
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 44-49, June 2007

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