Evidence-Based practice (EBP) is the practice that is supported by current best evidence and professional expertise and merged them into current nursing practice to ensure patient receive best possible care (French, 1999). The value of the Evidence-Based practice is that enhances and builds on clinical expertise, knowledge of disease mechanisms and pathophysiology based on patients’ characteristics, situation and preferences in order to improve practice (Barker, 2013). On contrast, the drawback of Evidence-based practice will misdirect nurses and other professionals’ attention. The similar as nursing process the stages of implementing of Evidence-based practice include identify the problem from practice and turn it into a specific question,
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The mixed methods research is a methodology for conduction the research based on qualitative and quantitative research and it will provide informative, complete, balanced and useful research results (Bergman, 2008). For this article, the mixed methods appraisal tool (MMAT) checklist was selected to use to critical the mixed methods research (PCNE, 2003). McLeod clearly stated the aim of the research is to address this knowledge gas by using mixed methods ethnographic approach involving observation fieldwork, field note, participant narrative, photographs and spaghetti diagram to identify and describe system factors that facilitate successful medication administration in three inpatient wards each from a different English NHS trust. Also, McLeod used it with quantitative data on interruptions and distractions among other established medication safety measures. McLeod et al explained all the departments selected to represent a range of inpatient medication systems in NHS trust and all the participants were chosen by randomly, totally 43 different nurses involved this research and they spend 80 hours on the 56 drug rounds ( 26 qualitative and 30 quantitative). However McLeod told us there was a staff drop out from the research, the sample is still big and effective. And the research was completed in NHS trust. Then it made this research more generalizable in the UK. The author confirmed the NHS research ethic
The mixed methods research is a methodology for conduction the research based on qualitative and quantitative research and it will provide informative, complete, balanced and useful research results (Bergman, 2008). For this article, the mixed methods appraisal tool (MMAT) checklist was selected to use to critical the mixed methods research (PCNE, 2003). McLeod clearly stated the aim of the research is to address this knowledge gas by using mixed methods ethnographic approach involving observation fieldwork, field note, participant narrative, photographs and spaghetti diagram to identify and describe system factors that facilitate successful medication administration in three inpatient wards each from a different English NHS trust. Also, McLeod used it with quantitative data on interruptions and distractions among other established medication safety measures. McLeod et al explained all the departments selected to represent a range of inpatient medication systems in NHS trust and all the participants were chosen by randomly, totally 43 different nurses involved this research and they spend 80 hours on the 56 drug rounds ( 26 qualitative and 30 quantitative). However McLeod told us there was a staff drop out from the research, the sample is still big and effective. And the research was completed in NHS trust. Then it made this research more generalizable in the UK. The author confirmed the NHS research ethic