Chapter objectives:

1. Discuss the historical roots of evidence-based practice.
2. Define key assumptions of evidence-based practice in nursing.
3. Explore evidence-based practice models applicable to advance practice nursing.
4. Develop a searchable question to answer a clinical problem using the PICOT format.
5. Use common bibliographic databases to search for best current practice.
6. Identify critical appraisal tools for different sources of evidence.