Evidence Based Practice In Nursing Care

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Walker and Forbes’ debate on how evidence-based practice (EBP) is applied in our healthcare sector is an interesting read, and raises significant concerns on its eventual wide-ranging systemic effects. They approach the subject from irreconcilable ideological perspectives, and are truly engaged in un dialogue de sourd (dialogue of the deaf). Walker’s humanistic, leftist postcolonial views are reassuring, but grounded in quasi-Bolivarian idealistic musings. He contends that EBP is the perfect, if perverse vessel to actively consolidate the current neoliberal political, and economical dominance in the Western world; EBP should thus be approached as potentially subversive, and handled with the utmost caution, as it is not representative of diversity (Walker, 2003, p. 146). Forbes, on the other hand, is an entertaining, if perplexing read. He espouses an admittedly individualistic, and exclusionary approach to health care delivery (Forbes, 2003, p. 156). This is in keeping with key neoliberal dogmas that are his influence. …show more content…
157)” is a good example of this – but he does make a very good point when stating that, regardless of political motivation or potential hidden agendas, EBP can be important adjunct to the provision of safe health care (p.