Disciplines and Occupations

Evidence-Based Nursing

A way of providing nursing care that is guided by the integration of the best available scientific knowledge with nursing expertise. This approach requires nurses to critically assess relevant scientific data or research evidence, and to implement high-quality interventions for their nursing practice.

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Abstract

A way of providing nursing care that is guided by the integration of the best available scientific knowledge with nursing expertise. This approach requires nurses to critically assess relevant scientific data or research evidence, and to implement high-quality interventions for their nursing practice.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Nursing, Evidence-Based
  • Evidence Based Nursing
  • Nursing, Evidence Based

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2009

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Previous Indexing

  • Evidence-Based Medicine (1996-2008)
  • Nursing Care (1996-2008)

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  1. H02w.249w.875w
  2. H02w.478w.197w

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NLM Classification

WY 100.7

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Evidence-Based Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055318. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055318
  2. Evidence-Based Nursing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence-based_nursing
  3. Evidence-Based Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1382364