Encouraging the Use of Research to Guide Practice and Policy

We're living in an era in which the credibility of scientific evidence is sometimes challenged —think climate change1—and important research findings don't always impact practice and policy. Regarding the latter point, it remains common to hear nurses who work in long-term care presume the presence of a urinary tract infection when a resident's urine has an offensive odor (despite guideli nes to the contrary)2, and to use antipsychotics for residents with dementia (despite Food and Drug Administration black-box warnings to the contrary).

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - August 25, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, Barbara Resnick Tags: Editorial Source Type: research