Evidence-based practice is an approach to health care where health care professionals use the best evidence possible or the most appropriate information available to make their clinical decisions. Research studies are gathered from the literature and assessed so that decisions about application can be done so with as much insight as possible. Not all research is able to be taken into the clinical practice that is why assessing the literature and determining if it is possible to carry out in a safe and effective manner is important. The steps that make up the evidence-based practice is first to ask a question which pertains to your clinical practice, then search for research and literature that will help solve your question. Third step is to evaluate the evidence and determine if it can be used safely and effectively in your clinical practice, then you must apply the information to your clinical experience and with your patient’s values. Finally, you must evaluate the outcome and determine if the desired effect is being reached. (LoBiondo-Wood, 2014) The nursing process is drilled into our education as nurses and with good reason. The nursing process is used countless times throughout our practice. I was taught the acronym ADPIE which stands for assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. When assessing it is important to gather as much information on the patient whether it be subjective or objective findings. After we make a nursing diagnosis based on our assessment and then we plan on how to best care for our patient, and what our goals and their goals are for their care. Once the plan is made and the patient consents to the care plan then we can implement the plan. After we implement, we evaluate whether our goals and the patient’s goals are being reached. If not, we begin the nursing process all over again. (LoBiondo-Wood, 2014) In my own practice I use the nursing practice on every patient and even do it multiple times. When a patient enters the emergency room they are immediately being assessed and then once the physical and interview assessments are done the nurse creates a nursing diagnosis. The nurse creates a care plan that is based on evidence-based practice and goes over it with patient to gain consent. The difference between these two processes is how they begin. The nursing process begins by gathering as much information as possible to then give a nursing diagnosis. While evidence-based practice begins by posing a question first and then gathering as much information as possible. They do have similarities especially when it comes to the end of the processes. Evaluating whether the care plan is working in the nursing process or whether the research and literature brought out a successful new take on the clinical practice. They both need to make the outcomes are as expected and if they are not it is back to the beginning of the process. References LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Harber, J. (2014). Nursing Research. St.

1. Evidence-based practice is an approach to health care where
health care professionals use the best evidence possible or the
most appropriate information available to make their clinical
decisions. Research studies are gathered from the literature and
assessed so that decisions about application can be done so with
as much insight as possible. Not all research is able to be taken
into the clinical practice that is why assessing the literature and
determining if it is possible to carry out in a safe and effective
manner is important. The steps that make up the evidence-based
practice is first to ask a question which pertains to your clinical
practice, then search for research and literature that will help
solve your question. Third step is to evaluate the evidence and
determine if it can be used safely and effectively in your
clinical practice, then you must apply the information to your
clinical experience and with your patient’s values. Finally, you
must evaluate the outcome and determine if the desired effect is
being reached. (LoBiondo-Wood, 2014)
The nursing process is drilled into our education as nurses and
with good reason. The nursing process is used countless times
throughout our practice. I was taught the acronym ADPIE which
stands for assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and
evaluation. When assessing it is important to gather as much
information on the patient whether it be subjective or objective
findings. After we make a nursing diagnosis based on our
assessment and then we plan on how to best care for our patient,
and what our goals and their goals are for their care. Once the
plan is made and the patient consents to the care plan then we
can implement the plan. After we implement, we evaluate
whether our goals and the patient’s goals are being reached. If
not, we begin the nursing process all over again. (LoBiondo-
Wood, 2014) In my own practice I use the nursing practice on
every patient and even do it multiple times. When a patient
enters the emergency room they are immediately being assessed
and then once the physical and interview assessments are done

2. the nurse creates a nursing diagnosis. The nurse creates a care
plan that is based on evidence-based practice and goes over it
with patient to gain consent.
The difference between these two processes is how they begin.
The nursing process begins by gathering as much information as
possible to then give a nursing diagnosis. While evidence-based
practice begins by posing a question first and then gathering as
much information as possible. They do have similarities
especially when it comes to the end of the processes. Evaluating
whether the care plan is working in the nursing process or
whether the research and literature brought out a successful new
take on the clinical practice. They both need to make the
outcomes are as expected and if they are not it is back to the
beginning of the process.
References
LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Harber, J. (2014). Nursing Research. St.
Louis: Elsevier.
REPLY 2
Similarities and Differences between Essential Processes in
Nursing
Introduction
Nurses are responsible for searching for new information and
approaches to ensure improved and quality care for their
patients (Haber & LoBiondo, 2014). The search for new
information and implementation of approaches rely on research
processes, nursing processes, and evidence-based practices to

3. make critical decisions. This paper evaluates the similarities
and differences between these processes.
Similarities
All the processes require expertise and knowledge of processes
.
According to Haber & LoBiondo (2014), nurses [professionals]
have a duty of improving the quality of care offered to patients;
therefore, through research and evidence-based practice, which
similarly requires expert knowledge, nurses improve patient
care.
Their ultimate goal is to bring quality care
.
According to Haber & LoBiondo (2014), nursing research
generates knowledge, which develops evidence-based practice.
Evidence-based practice brings about implementation through
data analysis, which is relevant through the nursing process that
ensures patient care.
Each of these processes opens with a question
.
According to St Augustine University (2020), the first step in
evidence practice is question generation on the problem at hand,
intervention, or outcome. Similarly, the first crucial step for any
research is establishing a problem that requires answers, hence
the research (Haber & LoBiondo, 2014). The nursing process is
not different either. The patients' assessment starts with
inquiring about the patient's physical/psychological status,
personal health history, and family-related issues. According to
Schlette et al. (2021), the evaluation requires active patient

4. engagement, including a question and answers session.
They all add to the body of knowledge in nursing
Haber & LoBiondo (2014), in their definition, state that the
essence of research is to provide answers to phenomena in the
nursing field. Evidence-based practice (EBP) similarly does that
for according to the University of St Augustine (2020), the data
analysis's main agenda in EBP is to provide knowledge to make
informed nursing decisions. However, EBP depends on
knowledge from clinical practice and patient care, which
nursing processes provide. Schlette et al. (2021) affirm that the
nursing process is essential; it provides the nursing practice
framework, thus providing knowledge of the clinical practice.
In the long run, therefore, they all add to the body of
knowledge.
Differences
They all use a separate process to attain their goal
.
According to Haber & LoBiondo (2014), the primary research
process involves research problem formulation, literature
review, hypothesis formulation, choosing a research design,
defining the study's scope, determining sample design, and
administering data collection tools, and lastly, analysis of the
findings. Evidence-based practice, though it follows an almost
similar procedure as the nursing process, still differs. According
to Haber & LoBiondo (2014), EBP utilizes meta-analysis and
systematic reviews. However, meta-analysis is the best method
because it provides Level I evidence (highest Level) since it
integrates and statistically analyzes several studies. It starts
with the question at hand. According to St Augustine
University, the next step in EBP is acquiring
relevant material

5. to answer the question. The next crucial steps involve appraisal
of evidence, application, and assessment of outcome after
application. The Nursing process also is distinct. The first step
is
patient
assessment, then the diagnosis follows. Planning based on
diagnosis is the third step; the implementation follows and then
outcome evaluation.
Unlike research and evidence-based practice, the nursing
process only is utilized when the patient gets administered, thus
individual-based (Haber & LoBiondo, pp. 164). Research,
though, aims to answer the question; the aim is to provide
universal knowledge. The same is true for an evidence-based
practice whose outcome will determine its universal
applicability. Nevertheless, the nursing process only applies to
individual patients, and knowledge sourced is only relevant in
solving the patient's need.
Conclusion.
In conclusion, the research process, evidence-based practice,
and nursing processes are relevant in nursing. Even though they
have some similarities, their application and purpose also differ.
Nevertheless, they are imperative in nursing practice.
References
LoBiondo-Wood, G. & Haber, J. (2018). Nursing research:
Methods and critical appraisal for evidence-based practice (9th
ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby
Schlette, J., Faubion, D., Monroe, J., Jividen, S., Goodwin, C.,
Jacobson, L., (2021). "The Nursing Process." Nursing Process
Organization. Retrieved from
https://www.nursingprocess.org/Nursing-Process-

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University of St Augustine (2020). "The Role of Evidence-
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https://www.usa.edu/blog/evidence-based-practice/