Evidence-based practice in psychiatric nursing

Abstract

Evidence-based nursing and medicine have existed in health sciences literature for the last 15-20 years, and remain areas of high interest and popularity in the field. Despite being widely discussed in nursing conferences and developed with evidence-based centers of excellence, Evidence-based nursing is reported to have little impact on nursing care. The need for high-quality nursing care based on the best available evidence is not being met adequately in the actual practice of the profession. This article is a review of the rhetoric, reality and recommendations in the practice of evidence-based psychiatric nursing.