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The Institute of Medicine has stated a goal that 90% of practice be evidence-based by 2020. According
to HealthyPeople.gov, the United States is currently at approximately 15%. Discuss two barriers that
might hold nursing practice from achieving this goal and suggest ways in which identified barriers may
be addressed.
Evidence Based Practice (EBP) is defined as making decisions regarding patient care providing evidence
from well-designed studies (Green, 2018). The first step in the process of EBP is to provide a culture to
incorporate EBP. Once the culture is established implementation of EBP can be established which can
lead to higher quality of care and reduction of costs for the organization.
Barriers that hinder the nursing profession in achieving the Institute of Medicine goal of 90% in
evidence-based practice consist of levels of nursing education each nurse possess and the number of
years the nurse has been working in the healthcare field. An Associate Degree Nurse program of study