Table 1

Terms of reference for Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) Committee

Mission
To foster evidence-based practice among HHS nurses

Responsibilities
To advance knowledge about evidence-based practice
To make recommendations about processes that promote evidence-based practice to appropriate decision making bodies
To facilitate the appropriate application of best practice guidelines and other evidence-based findings to practice
To develop communication mechanisms that inform nurses about evidence-based practices
To collaborate with others to evaluate evidence-based trends in practice
To provide nursing students with an opportunity to learn about the EBN Committee and the implementation of evidence-based practice in nursing