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, 3 components of EBP best available evidence, clinical expertise, patient values
Best available evidence research, guidelines, clinician experience, patient records
clinical expertise clinician's ability to assess health, weigh risks/benefits, and consider patients
limitations/resources
patient values patient's preferences concerns, and expectations. societal influences: cultural,
social, political, and economic.
what is the goal of the 3 components of EBP to integrate all to make the best clinical decisions foreach individual
Why does EBP matter? what does it reduce? reduces practice variation, medical errors, and harm from outdated treatments
Why does EBP matter? what does it support? ongoing competence, and evidence- based reimbursement policies
Barriers to EBP HCP, profession, system
barriers to EBP: HCP lack of knowledge, skill, or confidence
Barriers to EBP: profession adherence to tradition, and lack of research evidence
Barriers to EBP: system time constraints, limited access, reimbursement, political factors
How do you overcome the barriers to EBP? question assumptions, focus on the individual, and use current evidence
what are the 4 levels of measurement? nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio
nominal measurement names/categories, no order
Ordinal measurement ordered, uneven intervals (MMT grades 0-5; pain scale)
interval measurement Equal intervals, no true zero (e.g., temperature).