EBP Collaboration

I believe the most important aspect to successful implement evidence-based practice is a common understanding and stress of the importance of EBP among health care professionals. Everyone need to be on the same page and understand that practice methods that are not backed by evidence are no longer acceptable. I believe the facility needs to have a mandatory meeting with all the health care professionals and discuss how EBP will be implemented into their facility. I also believe that there should be repercussions if EBP is not put into place.

The facility my change project has potential impact upon is a teaching hospital which is known for promoting, supporting, and encouraging clinical research and implementing latest evidence-based practice. Erlanger serves as the region's only academic teaching hospital and strives to employ healthcare professionals who are knowledgeable in the latest skill, technique, and evidence based practice (EBP) (Erlanger Health System, 2017). This serves as both a strength and opportunity for the facility. A major strength for the hospital is the support that is has for research and implementation of all change processes. In 2013 the Institute for Clinical Research (EICR), was developed to solidify unity of two objectives, providing patients’ access

Researchers investigate the nurses’ clinical practices about utilization of EBP to direct their practices. But despite the enriched source of literature, nurses’ knowledge of Evidence Based Practice

The John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model is a powerful problem-solving approach to clinical decision making and is used in research. The model is designed to meet the needs of the practicing bedside nurses and used a three step process called a PET, facilitating nurses in translating evidence to clinical, administrative and education based on evidence. According to Melnyk and Overholt (2015), there are three steps to the JHNEBP model. The first phrase is practice questions: Identification of an EBP question and defines its scope. The second phrase is evidence of internal and external evidence team determine if its feasibility to implement. The final phase is a translation which includes recommended practice for changes and dissemination of findings.

further diabetes education. The EBP change project was able to increase diabetes knowledge among African Americans with prediabetes by discussing risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes, proper nutrition and promoting health promotion behaviors. Currently, there is no diabetes education program or policy that’s in place targeting patients with prediabetes at the EBP change project site. Therefore, it is the project manager goal that the EBP change project site will begin to implement a diabetes education program focusing on the prediabetic patient population.

The introduction of EBP onto healthcare improvement scene constituted a major paradigm shift. This shift was apparent in the ways nurses began to think about research results, the way nurses framed the context for improvement and the way nurses employed change to transform.

Implementing a change project is a challenging step of the Capstone Change Project. This paper focuses on steps that must be taken to implement a change, strategies to ensure the success, involved stakeholders and their roles, educational requirements, safety issues, ethical considerations, and external or internal regulations’ effects on the process. It also include the change theory, nursing theory, and evidence based practice influences on the implementation process.

Experience with EBP: Evidence-based practice plays a crucial role in the quality of patient care. When care is performed based upon evidence opposed to outdated textbooks, instinct, tradition, or colleagues influence (Beyea & Slattery, 2006). The average nurse is currently more than forty years of age, without the frequent education upon new topics, many nurses’ knowledge has become outdated. As new textbooks are not published yearly or often times not kept up to date within facilities, they do not serve as reliable sources of

To start my plan for implementation, I will first talk to my director of nursing, manager, and nurse educator for approval. I plan to implement increase evidence based practice use in my department (cardiac unit). I will obtain information from our quality assurance nurse to evaluate how our core measures like AMI, chf, and stroke bundle is being consistently followed by the nurses in my department. I plan to empower staff nurses to use EBP. I will schedule workshops for nurses interested in learning more about research and EBP, increase access to library resources and EBP information, interactive EBP skills and rounds, development of EBP mentors and champions. The change should be an ongoing support from the leaders and organization to

Research, quality improvement (QI), and evidence-based practice (EBP) all play an important role in the field of healthcare and are essential for the delivery of quality patient care. While each involves teamwork, critical thinking, and creativity there are distinct differences between them.

A positive force for change centers on the nurse’s strong desire to change current practices. The combination of the turnover rate, low morale, and higher percentage of new nurses, is the driving

Evidence - Based Nursing, An introduction (2008, p. 285 ) “ The rapidity of change and the reorganization of nursing services within the health care sector presents challenges for the advancement of EBP. Managers and administrators should facilitate the uptake of practice based on current, high-quality research by formalizing the expectation that nurses care be Evidence Based”.

Nurses are cheered to integrate and apply EBP as part of their daily practice. EBP is “knowing that what we do is the best practice” (AMSN, 2014). EBP is very important in health care system and can dramatically change quality care and clinical outcomes. According from the Iowa/Titler Model from AMSN (2014), the EBP process have five steps:

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Evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing means making decisions about patient care on the basis of best, current, standardized practice and guidelines. According to an article, written by Dr. Kathleen Stevens, the development of evidence-based practice (EBP) is fueled by the increasing public and professional demand for accountability in safety and quality improvement in health care (Stevens, 2013). The author also mentioned in her article that the intended effect of EBP is to standardize healthcare practices to science and best evidence and to reduce illogical variation in care,