Understanding research and evidence-based practice: from knowledge generation to translation.

摘要

Health care today requires an evidence-based environment where nurses deliver increasingly safer, higher-quality care. To obtain this environment, nurses must use the best evidence in their practice. As the largest deliverer of health care in the United States, nurses are vital in the participation of improving safety and quality care. Through research and evidence-based practice, all nurses can be leaders in promoting quality and safe care.