Aims : Evidence-based care is a process by which nurses can make proper clinical decisions through using the evidence coming from existing studies. Today, the evidence-based education is of great attention in nursing education with the aim of serious, clear and logical use of common evidence for decision-making. This study was carried out with the purpose of studying the impact of clinical education with evidence-based method on the quality of patient care.

  Methods: In this quasi-experimental study that was performed on nursing students in 2010, 40 nursing students who were passing the 7^th academic semester were selected through purposive sampling method. Two groups underwent educational intervention based on common and traditional care methods and two groups underwent educational intervention through evidence-based care methods by a single trainer who was a faculty member and each group passed a weak of apprenticeship. Data were analyzed by Chi-square test, independent T-test and paired T-test using SPSS 16 software.

  Results: The mean score of patient care was 80.0 ± 6.0 in the evidence-based group and 73.67 ± 4.5 in the traditional group. The mean of knowledge scores before and after the study was respectively 58.45 ± 15.47 and 71.8 ± 10.91 in the evidence-based group and 59.05 ± 15.8 and 67.8 ± 13.89 in the traditional group.

  Conclusion: Applying the evidence-based education in clinical nursing cares is as effective as traditional education methods and would also improve the knowledge and skills and result in high-quality nursing care.