In fact the inabilty of the sociall work profession to adequaelty and discretely define EBP, specifically the main goal of this work, may in part be to blame for scholalry blunders, such as the use of evidence-based practice in a title of a work that is highly qualitative, anecdotal or even based on a single or small set of case studies. Just as Weed lists the various levels of evidence,

Evidence-Based Practice Resource Filtered Unfiltered Clinical Practice Guidelines (1) Authors combined several studies for efficacy Block, S.L. (2) Older data (over 10 years) and used only one research study. Kelley, et.al. (3) Credible and systematic; great review of literature McCracken (4) Older data (over 10 years) and used only one research study. No scholarly or academic research, materials is hearsay and anecdotal. Resource Primary Research Evidence Evidence-Guideline Evidence Summary Clinical Practice Guidelines (1) Inclusion of Primary Research Includes Guidelines for Best Practices Summarization of a number of sources, generalized but academic. Block,

Integration Evidence-Based Practice Professional Nursing Practice The concept of evidence-based practice -- EBP is becoming growingly significant in the sphere of nursing. (Stiffler; Cullen, 2010) Evidence-based practice is not entirely a novel concept; it is the manner in which nurses cater to the norms of care and practice efficiently. (Nysna, 2006) According to Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN, vice president and chief nursing officer in the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in

Third, lack of attention to evidence-based practice can lead to inconsistent delivery of care services. Evidence-based practice relates to almost every aspect of health care at every stage of a client's relationship with the institution. For example, evidence-based practice informs the types of questions asked during the diagnostic procedures and might even impact the diagnosis itself (Bennett & Bennett, 2000). Evidence-based practice impacts the methods by which infections are prevented

USING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH TO INFORM EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICEDiscussion: Using Qualitative Research to Inform Evidence-Based PracticeThe issue of interest that I will focus on for this discussion happens to be domestic violence in marital relationships. My qualitative research question would dwell on: what are the physical and mental health impacts of domestic violence on women as survivors of domestic violence? A qualitative research design would be imperative on this front. This is

Introduction Evidence-based practice replaces the ambiguities and unfounded assumptions of practices based on anecdotal evidence or intuition. Moreover, evidence-based practices can mitigate the problems associated with cognitive biases. Especially important in the public health sector, evidence-based practices best inform public policy and institutional procedures. However, it is important to operationalize evidence-based practice so that its implementation is standardized across multiple departments and teams. The greatest challenges to evidence-based practices include the