You hold the power
Bedside nurses can lead in implementing evidence-based practice
By Meaghan O'Keeffe, BSN, RN
Are you a bedside nurse that feels powerless to effect change within your institution? Making an evidence-based practice change isn’t necessarily easy. Barriers such as a lack of time and or institutional support can get in the way of your efforts. But you do have the power to make significant changes in your workplace. Here’s how.
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Get to the root of it
Master the basics of EBP and learn how to start your own project.
Research seeds practice
Turn a patient care idea into evidence-based practice by starting with solid research.
Fuel career satisfaction
Rejuvenate your career with new evidence that transforms old practices.
EBP blasts make an impact
A nurse who manages six clinics successfully expands healthcare access and relieve congestion.
CE Catalog
Boost your knowledge of evidence-based practice processes in various settings with these education offerings.
Self-care is a safety issue
Nurses who work nights or rotating shifts can suffer from sleep deprivation, which negatively impact their health and puts patients at risk.
Create a dream team
Interprofessional collaboration and care has the potential improve outcomes and processes.
Follow the evidence
You know EBP is important; now grasp the strategies and thought processes behind it by taking this CE module.
Pregame practice for students
Nursing students are being taught the importance of providing high-quality care that’s supported by evidence.
TeamSTEPPS improves communication
TeamSTEPPS was created as a nursing strategy to improve patient safety. Learn how the model took shape.
Elevate your care
Learn why evidence-based practice is a must when it comes to quality patient care.
Hold the power for change
Bedside nurses have the ability to make significant practice changes in the workplace.
Making the grade
Use your critical thinking skills to continue to reevaluate evidence and adjust EBP, if necessary.
Protect them from pain
Age-appropriate EBP helped nurses reduce pain levels in their young patients.
The journey continues
Nurse leaders have the difficult task of increasing participationin EBP, but they know it’s worth the effort.
An unacceptable risk
Perioperative nurses are striving to decrease the risk of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers.
Training days
Managing the healthcare of specific patient populations using EBP to drive clinical decision making has become a necessity.
Patient care gets revamped
Cancer center uses evidence-based studies and patient input to make changes to bedside reporting, elevate patient safety and improve care.
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