Key uses of the best practice statement
- a basis for developing and improving care
- an educational tool for students at pre and post registration level and to stimulate learning amongst teams.
- helps promote effective interdisciplinary team working
- helps determine whether a quality service is being provided
- stimulates ideas and priorities for nursing research
- stimulates ideas and priorities for continuous improvement.
Best practice statements address an area of care where there is variation in practice across Scotland since there is a limited amount of robust evidence available. They attempt to incorporate professional consensus in the absence of a rigourous evidence base.