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Nurses as part of the healthcare team should invest themselves in evidence based practice. EBP provides nurses with the first stop knowledge to improve their patient care. By providing bedside care to patients, nurses are able to visualize what strategies of care works and which doesn’t. This allows nurses the opportunity to collaborate with other team members to find a solution to a clinical problem. Nurses can help obtain, guide, and implement the information found. The information found is then translated into guidelines that can be utilize into patient care. Nurses as the leader of patient care should be knowledgeable in the appraisal of guidelines before applying them into their practice.The purpose of developing and implementing guidelines is to lower healthcare cost and improve the quality of care patients are receiving.

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Managers as the leaders of the healthcare team and implementation of guidelines should educate nurses on evidence based practice and the impact it has on patient care

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What nurses should ask themselves when appraising a clinical guideline

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Attributes to a good guideline

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What makes clinical practice guidelines?

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Why are clinical practice guidelines important?

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What are CPGs: This video provides an introduction to CPGs: what they are, who can benefit from their use, and why patients and health care providers should take an interest in them. The Health Council of Canada has developed a series of videos to provide an overview of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in Canada through the eyes of those who design, disseminate, and use them.