Recognizing that clinical practice must continually evolve to
keep up with current science, busy bedside clinicians and
advanced practice nurses asked the American Association of
Critical-Care Nurses for help in using available research to
change acute and critical care practice. They asked for studies
to be translated into a format in which findings were demystified
and their strength evaluated. They would use this tool to
advocate for necessary changes in practice because such
changes were based on the latest evidence and because they
carried the weight of the association’s credibility and influence.