Abstract
Background: There is a pressing need to change the way evidence-based practice is conceived, applied, and maintained in community health nursing. To succeed, community-centered models that incorporate various types of evidence, support autonomous practice with strong standing orders, and establish supportive infrastructures that acknowledge the particular difficulties of community-based care must replace conventional hospital-focused approaches.
Community health nurses hold a unique position at the intersection of population wellness and individual healthcare, requiring both in-depth knowledge of the community and clinical skill. Despite the fact that chronic illness epidemics, aging populations, and enduring health disparities are putting increasing strain on healthcare systems around the world, community health nursing's potential to effect significant change is still largely unrealized [1]. The culprit? a recurring discrepancy between the evidence that is currently accessible and actual practice that has shown remarkable resistance to standard implementation techniques [2].
This divergence is more than just an intellectual issue; it is a major obstacle to attaining the much-needed changes in population health in our communities. Health inequities are unintentionally maintained, preventative opportunities are lost, and resources are misallocated when community health nurses work without systematic access to the most recent research [3]. However, the intricate realities of community health practice have shown that conventional methods of implementing evidence-based practice, which were largely created for acute care settings, are insufficient.
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