Learning from experience: promoting evidence‐based practice

Abstract

The present article describes a project to establish an evidence‐based council in a large acute teaching hospital as a tool for promoting evidence‐based practice. The council aimed to give clinically active nurses ‘ownership’ of research questions and an opportunity to develop confidence in their evidence‐based practice skills. The development and implementation of the project are outlined and recommendations for encouraging capacity and the involvement of nurses with regard to evidence‐based practice are provided. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.

Promoting evidence-based practice: an organizational approach

“…A practitioner‐led Evidence‐Based Council was established with the specific aim to create an integrated approach to evidence‐based practice across the hospital (Palfreyman et al. 2003a).…”

Exploring the contribution of the Clinical Librarian to facilitating evidence‐based nursing

“…Repeated studies have, however, demonstrated that nurses, maybe more than other health professionals, experience barriers in working with an evidence‐based approach (Nolan et al. 1998, Palfreyman et al. 2003a,c).…”