1 Running head: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND RESEACH FORUM 2 EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND RESEARCH FORUM Evidence-Based Practice and Research The healthcare systems continue to make strives to improve the way patient care is being delivered. The healthcare systems goal is to provide effective high-quality healthcare at a reduced cost. The healthcare must work as a multidisciplinary team in order to accomplish its goals with providing efficient high-quality healthcare. Additionally, this includes advocating for evidence-based practice (EBP), research, and quality improvement (QI) in the hospitals. The purpose of this discussion is to elucidate to the readers the different between (EBP), (QI), and research in relation to his/her practices. Advanced Practice Nurse’s Role …show more content…
However, there are addition ARPNs that are not required to take a national certification but are qualified licensed registered nurses, which included nurse administers, nurse executives, and nurse informatics (APRN Consensus Model, 2008). The author’s selected role is nurse practitioner with a specialty in adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AG-ACNP). As an AG-ACNP, the role would be to function independently and collaboratively with an intensivist physician. Furthermore, the AG-ACNP would be proficiently in the diagnosis and management of the critically adult patient populace in the critical care setting (Hamric,