Nurse leaders can foster acceptance of evidence-based practice by providing RNs with a process to question changes. Change is good. But it can also be hard. This is often the case when nursing ...

As global populations age, nursing leadership has become essential to managing the complex health and social requirements of older adults. Nurses frequently ...

A recent study examined patients' outcomes after receiving care based on scientific and clinical evidence. The work, which is published in Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, also reviewed the ...

Since the inception of the nurse practitioner (NP) role in the 1960s, NPs have thrived in the delivery of primary healthcare and nurse case management. Despite patient satisfaction with NPs' style of ...

The PICOT framework helps nurses turn broad clinical uncertainties into clear, researchable questions that improve patient care. By structuring questions around Population, Intervention, Comparison, ...

Evidence-based practice is held as the gold standard in patient care, yet research suggests it takes hospitals and clinics about 17 years to adopt a practice or treatment after the first systematic ...

The Legal Pitfalls in Prescribing Opioids Should you worry when prescribing opioids that the drugs might end up on the street? How can you protect yourself? Review the legal nuts and bolts of opioid ...

Intensive care unit nurses who receive specialty certification place greater value on using evidence-based practices, according to a study published in the American Journal of Critical Care.

Medical-surgical nursing is evolving fast, with updated standards, evidence-based protocols, and interdisciplinary teamwork shaping the future of patient care. From preventing surgical site infections ...

Advance your impact in healthcare with the Orvis School of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Designed for nurses ready to lead in clinical practice, healthcare systems, and policy, ...