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A second barrier is generational nursing. Evidence based practice was introduced to the medical field around 1995 and finally started being accepted and used around 2005. So nurses who paved the way for the newer nurses in our profession, were never introduced or taught this evolution in nursing practice. So, how can you practice something you don't know? The way to overcome this barrier is for healthcare facilties to have mentor program of newer nurses to more experienced nurses. Just as these experienced nurses have passed the torch and taught us newer nurses so many things, why not return the favor and teach them? I feel it is because of these experienced nurses that our profession has evolved into using evidence based practice. To me, educating them is saying thank you for paving the way to becoming more patient-focused and that we have become better patient advocates.

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