Evidenced Base Care Strategy

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Effective strategies for improving healthcare lies between cost and effective care delivery to all patients. Nurses must evaluate the environment in which one practice and advocate for best practice with focus on patient-centered. Nurses should promote care that is culturally competent and aim at eliminating health care disparities.The affordable Care Act for one is working on access of care to the American people. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) came up with National Strategy for Quality Improvement In Health Care and nurses can use some of these set priorities indicated through this system to enhance patient care delivery. Evidenced-base care is one major strategies nurses especially in advanced-practice

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