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Psychiatric Mental Health Evidence-Based Practice

Psychiatric Mental Health Specialties, College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, Michael.Rice@ asu.edu

This article is the first in a new column focusing on evidence-based practice (EBP) in psychiatric mental health nursing. The EBP movement was strongly influenced by a British epidemiologist, Dr. Cochrane, who advocated care based on randomized clinical controlled trials in the late 1900s. Although the majority of the EBP movement is directed toward developing clinical guidelines, the critical element focuses on the therapeutic relationship and clinical judgment associated with providing care. This column will address a clinical problem, define PICO questions, report knowledge base searches, and present existing evidence. Recommendations will be offered for potential interventions and suggestions for evaluating clinical outcomes. Nurses can no longer view clinical studies as academic exercises discarded on graduation and not applied to the clinical setting. Conscientiously applying what is known about treatments and interventions of ethical, if not legal, value is consistent with the professional definition of care. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc, 2008; 14(2), 107-111. DOI: 10.1177/1078390308315798

Key Words: psychiatric evidence-based practice • mental health care evidence-based practice • interventions • evidence • psychiatric nursing • intervention evaluation

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Vol. 14, No. 2, 107-111 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1078390308315798


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