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Identify "triggers"
Clinical applications
Organizational priorities
Forming a team
Piloting a practice change
Evaluating the pilot
Evaluate change and share results
First, identify "triggers", which can be either problem focused or knowledge focused. These can be the important questions that arise from current practices. With knowledge focus, nurses can question a current practice due to shared scientific knowledge. This knowledge can be in the form of research or national guidelines for example. With problem focus, nurses can find room for improvement from already existing facts.
Second, clinical application is how nurses figure out the importance of the question identified and the relevance by using the EBP process.
Third, organizational priorities is ranking the question by the priorities of the organization. High priority given to areas that focus on high-volume/risk/cost, organization's plan, or motivated by other forces. Knowing where a question lies in priorities can be a determination factor of getting the necessities needed to do an EBP projection for that organization.
Fourth, forming a team is possible once agreeance occurs. The team is assembled to create, do, and evaluate the change. It is a multi-disciplinary functioning team with various skill sets and networks.
Fifth, the piloting of a practice change is the essential step to this process. Having a selected area of the organization to pilot the practice change can help identify any issues that arise from implementation of the change before the change is spread throughout the organization. This is a multiple step process.
Sixth, the evaluation of the pilot is the decision-making process that evaluates if the pilot is accomplishing the goals of implementation, which is the quality of care provided improving, due to this pilot or not. It can involve either problem solving of the issues being had, dropping the implementation completely/postponing, or going ahead and implementing.
Lastly, the EBP changes continued to be monitored with reports of quality and performance improvements being noted. Sharing the results with the rest of the organization is key for learning. It also promotes the EBP culture.

== See also ==
Evidence-based practices
https://www.varhealthcare.com/

== References ==

== External links ==
Indiana Center for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, a collaborating center of The Joanna Briggs Institute, located at Purdue University Calumet's School of Nursing
Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare, an Evidence Based Practice teaching center within the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University
University of Minnesota Libraries, a tutorial on evidence-based nursing
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University Health Network
Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice", The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
"What Is Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing?" from the University of Saint Mary
Medscape Today, online nursing resource and a source of CEU credit articles
Evidence Based Medicine Toolkit
Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence
Construct Well-Built Clinical Questions using PICO