Nurse Managers Play Key Role in Adoption of Evidence-Based Practice
Aurora, CO (PRWEB) September 13, 2011
Nursing has a strong tradition of focusing on the best ways to provide excellent patient care, yet one of the greatest challenges facing nurses today is incorporating evidence-based research into an organization?s policies and procedures to improve patient outcomes.
?Much of nursing lags incorporating evidence-based practice (EBP) because many nurses lack the time and the knowledge of how to obtain EBP research, and often they lack education on how to fully understand research articles,? says Joy Green Hadden, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, assistant dean, nursing at American Sentinel University.
EBP is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values. EBP involves identifying solidly researched findings and implementing them in daily practices in order to increase the quality of patient care and deliver the most cost-effective nursing care possible.
Green-Hadden says that nurse managers must address these areas so that nurses become comfortable with evidence and support the usage of EBP in both clinical and non-clinical issues. She notes that EBP plays a major role in achieving Magnet Recognition Program
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