At Hershey Medical Center, our goals and objectives include creating innovation through research. Our Nursing Strategic Plan supports these goals by providing guidance for the structure and process of nursing research and evidence-based practice.
探索护理研究：宾夕法尼亚州立学生科学研究库
我们的护理研究得到了我们与宾州州立医学院的协会大大提高了，这增加了研究价值，并让我们获得支持和推进护理研究的资源。我们一起制定护士使用和产生新知识的能力，并将研究结果和最佳可用证据整合到护理的临床和行政实践中。
基于证据的实践
基于证据的实践（EBP）护理正在使用并根据最佳信息提供护理干预措施和实践。基于证据的做法是一个三合会，将护士的临床专业知识与最佳的外部研究证据整合，并考虑到患者偏好以提供优质的护理。在EBP中，临床专业知识和专家意见是知识的来源，是护士练习的方式;但在今天的医疗保健领域这种传统的，权威的决策是不够的。
循证实践是护士穰的方式mine traditional nursing practices, analyze alternative and contradictory data, and make sound nursing care decisions supported by the best available research evidence. This competent practice of nursing based on verified standards is required also by accrediting bodies and professional organizations. Third party payers too are increasingly looking at paying for only health care interventions that have known effectiveness supported by scientific evidence. Even patients and families are using the Internet to seek information about the best treatments that have been tested in clinical trials.