Clinical habits die hard: Nursing traditions often trump evidence-based practice
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 15:35
in Health & Medicine
A new article examines the evidence associated with four common clinical practices and encourages nurses to put the current best evidence into practice, rather than providing care based on tradition alone. Current reviews of clinical practice suggest that fewer than 15 percent of clinicians consistently implement evidence-based care and indicate that it can take up to two decades for original research to be put into routine clinical practice, the article notes.