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Describe the background and history of the issue. Describe the current state.
History of evidence-based practice
History of problem
• Gap between theory (nurses know its beneficial) and practice (implementation of EBP is challenging/ not readily done)
• Lack of knowledge and education of EBP
• “ The two most frequently cited barriers to EBP, however, were a lack of time and an organizational culture that didn’t support it—getting past workplace resistance and the constraining power of the phrase, “That’s the way we’ve always done it here.”( Wallis,
