An Evidence Base for Ophthalmic Nursing Practice (2007) by Janet Marsden PDF

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The evidence base for ophthalmic care is often scanty. Practice differs, with different rationales in different areas and, often, we do not really know why we do what we do. This book was born out of the recognition by the Royal College of Nursing’s Ophthal- mic Nursing Forum Steering Committee that best practice in ophthalmic care across the UK should be synthesised along with the evidence to support it, to enable practitioners to develop guidelines and to identify and use the best evidence possible in the care of patients with ophthalmic problems. This book aims to address some of these issues. Where there is robust evidence, it is identifi ed, practitioner experience is incorporated and, when there is no obvious ‘scientifi c’ evidence, consensus expert opinion is included. In many ways, this is ‘work in progress’. Practice will continue to evolve; we will get more effective at both synthesising evi- dence and actually researching our own practice. Evidence will be found to support, and refute, our work and we must be open minded enough to debate issues around practice and to change when we need to. More topics will need to be considered as new techniques and therapies are developed. We hope that this book is useful and if there is any progress or evidence that you want to let us know about, do please contact me.

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