Considering Evidence-based Practice

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Barbara Ritter, CNS,FNP,MS,EdD(c) is a graduate nursing instructor, University of San Francisco, Calif. "The definitive source for professional information" This article originally appeared in the California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Connection Newsletter 1998;10. NP News Editor-in-Chief: Linda Pearson, RN, FNP, MSN Department Editor: Marilyn Edmunds, NP, PhD Editorial Director: Kimberly Callan Associate Editor: Lorna Sapp Murray Copy Editors: Nadia Blahut, Thomas Mitchell Art Director: Lisa A. Witter Readers wishing to report news or story ideas should contact Lorna Sapp Murray, NP News, 1111 Bethlehem Pike, P.O. Box 908, Springhouse, PA 19477; phone, 215-646-8700, ext. 1291; fax, 215-654-1365; E-mail, [email protected].