Clinical Evidence-Based Nursing Research and Improving Patient Care

Transparency, efficiency, and effectiveness in health care delivery are essential to
ensuring that research evidence is translated into clinical practice and meets the needs of
patients, families, and society. Although it is necessary, research is challenging to
translate into clinical practice. This paper highlights the importance of clinically relevant
nursing research and considerations that nurses must consider to interpret studies
successfully in clinical practice. Research by nurse-led teams is increasingly recognized
as a critical pathway to a practical and effective way of improving patient outcomes. It
leads to promotes critical thinking and reflective practice. Effective research utilization
can enhance policy decisions, resource allocation for programs, and decisions about how
to deliver those services. However, the obstacles to conducting and translating research
evidence are well established.