Abstract

As we approach the end of 2020, the Year of the Nurse and Nurse Midwife, it is a good time to reflect on our evidence-based practice (EBP) competencies through a review of a recent study by Melnyk and colleagues. Before describing these competencies, our progress in achieving EBP competency, and the effect competency status has on health care quality, safety, and patient outcomes, this column reviews the definition of EBP and provides a high-level overview of the steps of EBP as defined in Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt.

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