Objectives: To describe knowledge utilization, the models created to apply knowledge and promote evidence-based practice, and outcomes of integrating evidence into practice.
Data sources: Textbooks, research and review articles, and professional experience.
Conclusions: Evidence-based practice is both a process, which requires activities to evaluate evidence, and a product, which is the translation of evidence into a practice change.
Implications for nursing practice: The integration of evidence into nursing practice will strengthen nursing's theoretical base, decrease the variation in processes of care, improve patient outcomes, empower nurses, and help identify areas for research.