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Question

For this discussion, you will be exploring evidence-based practice in nursing. Review the following scenario: You work in a rural health clinic that serves a large geographic area with limited access to healthcare services. The clinic is the only healthcare facility within a 50-mile radius. Many of your patients are elderly with chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and COPD, often facing barriers such as limited transportation, financial challenges, and unreliable internet access for telehealth services. Due to these limitations, patients frequently delay seeking care until their conditions are critical, resulting in more complex healthcare needs and frequent hospitalizations. Your clinic is understaffed and lacks certain diagnostic tools and access to specialists, making it difficult to provide comprehensive care or refer patients for specialized treatments. You are working to implement evidence-based practices (EBP) to improve outcomes for chronic disease management, but the limited resources and barriers to care make it difficult to fully integrate EBP into routine practice. You've identified that certain stakeholders-patients, local health authorities, and clinic staff-are critical to implementing these changes, but many factors such as time, training, and access to resources pose significant challenges.

Questions

What are the key facilitators and barriers to implementing evidence-based.