... (Roseburg and Donald 1995) or the" systematic interconnecting of scientifically generated evidence with the tacit knowledge of the expert practitioner to achieve a change in a particular practice for the benefit of a well defined client/patient group" (French, 1999). Within literature multiple definitions of the term evidence based practise exist as they do for many other nursing terms (Upton, 1999). Evidence based practice originated from evidence based medicine which was defined by Sackett (1996, pg 71) as the " conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients" the term was developed to teach medical students. Evidence based medicine then developed into evidence based heath care, which is an even broader term than evidence based medicine and can be defined as the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients or the delivery of ...

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