Evidence based practice in midwifery: concept paper
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ABSTRACT
Midwifery practice should be informed by sound scientific based enquiry which should serve as the foundation for decision making and policy making for improved maternal neonatal outcome.
Objective
The objective of this paper was to describe the concept evidence based practice in order to clarify its meaning among nurse midwives by assigning antecedents and attributes.
Methodology
Walker and Avant (2011) concept analysis model was used to guide this paper. The following search engines were utilized to select 10 articles relevant to the concept of interest, Google Scholar, PubMed, and Medline
Results
Evidence based practice is not clearly understood to what it entails. Midwifery practice at some point lacks reference based on rigorous scientific enquiry thus leading to detrimental neonatal maternal outcome.
Conclusion
There is need to clarify what evidence based practice mean so as to guide midwifery practice.
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