Fourth Annual Evidence-Based Practice Conference: December 6th and 7th, 2002;Final rept. 30 Sep 02-29 Sep 03

摘要

Although research has indicated that patient outcomes are substantially improved when professional practice is based on evidence from well-designed studies, only a small percentage of healthcare providers are implementing evidence-based care. Narrowing the knowledge-practice gap is a tremendous challenge for the nursing and medical professionals as well as a priority goal for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Intensified efforts must be taken in order to decrease the time lag between the discovery of research findings and implementation into practice in the form of evidence-based care. This national conference was conducted to assist nurses and other interdisciplinary healthcare providers in learning the skills to (a) search for the latest practice evidence, (b) critically appraise the strength of evidence that is relevant to their practice, (c) plan practice changes in response to critically appraised evidence, (d) overcome barriers in implementing evidence-based care, (e) plan strategies for evaluating the outcomes of evidence-based care, and (f) become knowledgeable of the most current evidence that is influencing the care of high-risk children and youth, older adults, and the acute-critically ill.