Develop a 2-4 page scholarly paper in which you describe a quality or safety issue, or a chosen diagnosis, and then identify and analyze credible evidence that could be used as the basis for applying EBP to the issue.
Introduction
The goal of using evidence-based research findings is to enhance safety and quality of patient care and ensure optimal outcomes are achieved. It is not
uncommon to hear a nurse say, “why change it as we’ve always done it this way.” However, this is no longer acceptable in today’s practice environment. The
profession of nursing has evolved, and the expectation is that the professional nurse has a scientific foundation to support the care that is provided. As the
profession of nursing continues to evolve and engage in health care transformation, baccalaureate-prepared nurses are expanding taking on leadership roles
that include incorporating EBPs. To be able to do this, the nurse needs to understand the criteria and makes a resource credible, as this is crucial when
deciding if the research is valid and reliable for implementation into health care settings. The nurse will need to incorporate the use of evidence-based
practice models. EBP models are designed to assist the nurse in developing a plan to gather evidence to answer a practice problem or question. It is a
systematic approach to direct the user to incorporate scholarly findings into current practice. These EBP models lead the nurse through the decision-making
process of evaluating the literature to determine the best practice evidence for the practice issue or question.
It would be an excellent choice to complete the Vila Health Determining the Credibility of Evidence activity prior to developing the report. The activity is a
media simulation that offers an opportunity to review a scenario and work on determining the credibility of presented evidence. These skills will be necessary
to complete Assessment 2 successfully. This media simulation is one potential source of context on which to base your assessment submission. This will
take just a few minutes of your time and is not graded.
Professional Context
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for locating and identifying credible and scholarly resources to incorporate the best available
evidence for the purposes of enhancing clinical reasoning and judgement skills. When reliable and relevant evidence-based findings are utilized, patients,
health care systems, and nursing practice outcomes are positively impacted.
Scenario
For this assessment, you may choose from the following options as the context for the quality or safety issue or chosen diagnosis/health issue for
researching and completing this assessment:
The specific diagnosis/health issue you identified in your previous assessment.
The simulation Vila Health: Determining the Credibility of Evidence.
A personal practice experience in which a sentinel event occurred.
Instructions
The purpose of this analysis is to better understand what constitutes credibility of journal articles as well as websites. The role of the baccalaureateprepared nurse in incorporating evidence-based research continues to growth in clinical practice. As quality improvement (QI) measures to reduce safety
risks continue to be emphasized, the need for evidence-based models and evidence-based templates is growing. This type of systematic approach to
incorporating evidence-based findings allows nurses to make clinical and operational decisions based upon the best available evidence. When the most upto-date evidence-based findings are utilized, patient-centered care improves outcomes and enhances the patient experience.
Below is a quick review table of several well-known Evidence-Based Practice Models used to guide exploration:
Evidence-Based Practice Models
Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice
Stetler Model
Ottawa Model
PARiHS (Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services) Model
ACE (Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice) Star Model
ARCC (Advancing Research and Clinical Practice Through Close Collaboration) Mode
John Hopkins Model
KTA (Knowledge-to-Action) Model