Evidence-based (EB) practice entails using the best available evidence for making health decisions and offering efficient and effective care to patients. The EB models are essential for advanced nursing as they provide guidelines for policymaking in healthcare organizations (Loversidge & Zurmehly, 2019). Moreover, the EB models help enhance safety while improving the patients’ outcomes. As an advanced practice nurse, the EBP models are essential to my practice. For example, when I am unsure about the safety routine for bedridden patients, I can consult evidence from quality research on the topic. The findings from such studies will have information on strategies that prevent hospital-acquired diseases and enhance the quality of life while at the hospital.
Practice theories give the framework for nursing interventions and activities and provide suggestions for outcomes and consequences of nursing. For instance, Watson’s theory of human caring is essential in offering guidance to acute hospitals (Smith, 2019). Similarly, the specific situation theories focus on nursing phenomena with consideration of the social, political, and historical context. In these categories of frameworks, my interest is in the theory of barriers and facilitators, which can be implemented for patients with heart failure or other clinical issues. The reason for my interest in the theory is that nurses sometimes fail to adhere to the practice guidelines. Results of such ignorance can cause fatal errors to the patient, which could easily be avoided. Therefore, I am interested in knowing the barriers and facilitators of nurses adhering to the set standards so that I can reinforce the latter while mitigating the former. I hope that applying the theory effectively eliminates errors and enhances high levels of care.
References
Loversidge, J. M., & Zurmehly, J. (2019). Evidence-informed health policy. Sigma Theta Tau.
Smith, M. C. (2019). Nursing theories and nursing practice. F.A. Davis.