Best Practice In Nursing: A Concept Analysis

Extensive studies foster the development and integration of best practice. This paper explores three articles that relate to the issues of the evidence-based practice in nursing. The articles vary in purposes, but all relate to the topic of evidence-based practice integration in nursing. Debates over various professional topics continue, and there is no clear set of expectations for nurses on specific medical procedures and practices. By using evidence from conducted studies, three articles described in this paper examine the issues of evidence-based practice and propose further research on its integration in nursing. The process of assessment of the evidence-based practice competencies was described in the article “The Establishment of Evidence-Based Practice Competencies for …show more content…
The author summarizes the works on the main concepts of best practice done by different theorists for the last twenty years. The aim of the article is to explore the difficulties of best practice development and initiate the recommendations for future progress. The author describes the theories of best practice and concludes that “continued development of best practice concepts is necessary to distinguish the concepts of best and evidence-based practice” (p.9). Through scientific studies and analyses, the authors identify inconsistencies in nursing practices and recommend research development on organizational and individual strategies for evidence-based practice implementation into nursing practice. Recommendations on the evidence-based practice implementation need supporting evidence. For better results in patients’ outcomes, development of evidence-based practice requires deep analysis, clear expectations and formulation of competencies to correspond with the increasing demands of health