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Essay / Evidence Based Nursing - 1446
Although, often the biggest barrier to providing the best treatments is experienced healthcare professionals and nursing leaders who do not consider the implementation of planned interventions based on evidence obtained from research studies (Eizenberg, 2011). Indeed, most leaders were trained when evidence-based research practices did not exist or were not well integrated into educational programs and are therefore strict adherents of ritual or opinion-based practices (Newton and McKenna, 2009). Thus, when the new generation of nursing professionals who have learned to use evidence-based research practices enter the nursing world, they find themselves faced with challenges: following their elders or following what they believe is ethical (Newton and McKenna, 2009). . Even political and organizational cultures that resist change pose the greatest obstacle. Such barriers are a huge problem in achieving the best patient outcomes (Melynk,