Discussion Post: Developing a Culture of Evidence-Based Practice
As your EBP skills grow, you may be called upon to share your expertise with others. While EBP practice is often conducted with unique outcomes in mind, EBP practitioners who share their results can both add to the general body of knowledge and serve as an advocate for the application of EBP.
In this Discussion, you will explore strategies for disseminating EBP within your organization, community, or industry.
To Prepare:
1. Review the Resources and reflect on the various strategies presented throughout the course that may be helpful in disseminating effective and widely cited EBP.
• This may include: unit-level or organizational-level presentations, poster presentations, and podium presentations at organizational, local, regional, state, and national levels, as well as publication in peer-reviewed journals.
2. Reflect on which type of dissemination strategy you might use to communicate EBP.
The response should include a reference list. Using double-space, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.
Reference:
• Melnyk, B. M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2018). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
o Chapter 10, "The Role of Outcomes on Evidence-based Quality Improvement and enhancing and Evaluating Practice Changes" (pp. 293-312)
o Chapter 12, "Leadership Strategies for Creating and Sustaining Evidence-based Practice Organizations" (pp. 328-343)
o Chapter 14, "Models to Guide Implementation and Sustainability of Evidence-based Practice" (pp. 378-427)
• Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step: Implementing an Evide... : AJN The American Journal of Nursing.