"Evidence based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients." -- Evidence-Based Medicine: What it Is and What it Isn't
What role does the research literature play?
To practice evidence-based nursing, the practitioner assesses “current and past research, clinical guidelines, and other information resources in order to identify relevant literature while differentiating between high-quality and low-quality findings.” – University of Minnesota Libraries
