In your own words, explain how evidence-based practice can enhance ethical considerations in patient care. Provide at least two specific ways in which EBP contributes to ethical nursing practice.
Challenges Posed by Evidence-Based Practice
Discuss how evidence-based practice can also pose challenges to ethical considerations in patient care. Describe at least one potential ethical dilemma that may arise when implementing EBP in clinical settings.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a systematic approach to healthcare that integrates the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values to make informed decisions about patient care. In my own words, EBP enhances ethical considerations by providing a robust framework that pushes healthcare providers beyond intuition or tradition, ensuring that care delivered is not only effective but also just, beneficial, and respectful of individual patient needs and autonomy. It serves as a moral compass, guiding decisions towards what is demonstrably most helpful and least harmfulEvidence-based practice (EBP) is a systematic approach to healthcare that integrates the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values to make informed decisions about patient care.@ In my own words, EBP enhances ethical considerations by providing a robust framework that pushes healthcare providers beyond intuition or tradition, ensuring that care delivered is not only effective but also just, beneficial, and respectful of individual patient needs and autonomy. It serves as a moral compass, guiding decisions towards what is demonstrably most helpful and least harmful