For your Competency Discussion, identify and review an evidence-based practice or decision in a healthcare facility with which you are familiar.

For your Competency Discussion, identify and review an evidence-based practice or decision in a healthcare facility with which you are familiar. One example of an evidence-based practice would be the management guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic in a hospital setting which recommends the use of high-filtration masks including N95, goggles, and gowns by healthcare professionals when having direct contact (within 3 6 feet) with infected patients. Reflect on your findings regarding the evidence-based data and how the data influenced the decision or practice you identified. Then, think about the advantages and disadvantages to finding the data to support the decision or practice. What are the barriers to finding and using data?

To begin this Competency and meet your required engagement, post in the Discussion area a brief description of the evidence-based practice or decision you identified. Next, explain your findings regarding the evidence-based data and how the data influenced the decision or practice you identified. Then, describe the advantages and disadvantages of finding the data to support the decision or practice including any barriers to finding and using the data. Finally, explain what the advantages, disadvantages, and barriers are to using data in decision making for healthcare leaders. Be sure to cite the appropriate sources in your response.