An HCPro Encore Presentation: Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE

presented on January 29, 2008

Learn practical strategies for nurses to apply evidence-based practice (EBP) in their professional environment and ensure your organization is at the forefront of providing high-quality patient care—listen to one of nursing’s foremost experts on EBP, Dr. Marita G. Titler, PhD, RN, FAAN.

EBP is becoming the standard in nursing as nurses can no longer rely on ritual to care for patients—they must use best evidence to support their practice at the bedside. It's a necessary part of achieving ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® status, and also the right thing to do to improve patient care and nurse satisfaction.

If your organization is like most, your nurses have already begun to incorporate evidence into their processes. But how do you ensure that EBP becomes a permanent part of your facility's practice? Without the proper support, momentum for EBP could be here today and gone tomorrow.

Embed evidence throughout your professional practice

Listen to HCPro and Dr. Marita G. Titler, PhD, RN, FAAN, for an encore presentation of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: Practical strategies to embed evidence into your culture —originally broadcast on August 9, 2007. This 90-minute program focuses on ways to incorporate evidence into nursing practice, including practical examples of how to build an infrastructure that supports and includes EBP. In addition to the presentation, you will benefit by listening to your peers’ questions being answered by our experts.

AGENDA

1. Significance of EBP
1. National imperatives and business case for EBP
2. Quality of care
2. Creating a culture to support EBP in nursing
1. Accountability for EBP in your Shared Governance model
2. Embedding EBP in council structures
3. Performance expectations for staff
4. Creating expectations for EBP work and setting priorities
3. Implementing EBP
1. Clinical questions
2. Implementation strategies
3. Evaluating impact
4. Clinical examples
4. Promoting EBP
1. Staff nurse role
2. Roles of advance practice nurses and staff development personnel
3. Nurse manager role
5. Role of nurse executives
1. EBP from the top
2. Creating internal and external partnerships
6. Daily practice examples
1. Mucositis project
2. Delirium project
3. Other EBP projects
7. Questions from your peers answered by the speakers

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Describe the benefits that result from creating a culture of EBP in a professional practice environment
2. List strategies for building an infrastructure to support EBP
3. Explain the role of the advanced practice nurse in encouraging staff nurses to adopt EBP
4. Describe strategies nurse managers can use to embed EBP within the unit's organizational framework
5. Explain the role of the chief nurse officer in building partnerships and fostering an infrastructure that supports EBP

BONUS TOOLS

In addition to the expert advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and this valuable tool:

1. American Journal of Nursing. 105(12): 40-49, December 2005. "Listening to Bowel Sounds: An Evidence-Based Practice Project" article

These materials are provided with PDF links.

FACULTY

Dr. Marita G. Titler, PhD, RN, FAAN, serves as senior assistant director at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC), director of research, quality, and outcomes management in the Department of Nursing Services and Patient Care at UIHC, and a clinical professor at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.  During her 20 year tenure at UIHC, she also served in the role of  a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Critical Care, and senior associate director, clinical outcomes and resource management.

Christine (Tina) Lund, MSN, RN, CNAA, has been the nurse executive for the Minneapolis VA Medical Center since September 2001. She began her VA career in Tampa, where she worked for 18 years, progressing from staff nurse to managerial positions.  Ms. Lund was then accepted in the ACNS training program and received this training at the Houston VA.  She attained a position as ACNS, then Director, Nursing Operations, at the Loma Linda VA, where she worked for nine years prior to her transfer to Minneapolis as the Nurse Executive.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

CNOs, DONs, clinical nurse specialists, VPs of nursing, HR directors, nurse managers, nurse educators, directors of staff development, nursing home administrators

Purchase a CD or audio archive of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

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