Practicum: Practicum Experience
As your practicum experience proceeds, talk with individuals in your practicum setting about social, political, technological, and/or financial considerations related to the implementation of an evidence-based practice project. For instance, you may opt to meet with a nurse manager or executive involved in financial matters to do a cost-benefit analysis or a return-on-investment analysis, or to develop a pro forma statement about how much it would cost to implement one practice versus another. Consider these insights as you evaluate the strengths and limitations of the evidence-based project, or as you analyze potential barriers to sustaining practice changes.
Readings
• Oermann, M. H., & Hays, J. C. (2011). Writing for publication in nursing (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
o Chapter 6, “Review and Evidence-Based Practice Articles”
Chapter 6 explains types of reviews and EBP articles that are useful to nurses when exploring the literature on clinical issues. This chapter also provides recommendations for preparing articles for disseminating EBP research findings.
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Brown, C. E., Ecoff, L., Kim, S. C., Wickline, M. A., Rose, B., Klimpel, K., & Glaser, D. (2010). Multi-institutional study of barriers to research utilisation and evidence-based practice among hospital nurses.Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19(13-14), 1944–1951.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article details a study that explored the relationship between perceived barriers to research use and the implementation of evidence-based practice among hospital nurses.
Chang, H. C, Russell, C., & Jones, M. K. (2010). Implementing evidence-based practice in Taiwanese nursing homes: Attitudes and perceived barriers and facilitators. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 36(1), 41–48.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
The authors of this article describe a study that investigated attitudes and perceived barriers and facilitators toward research utilization among registered nurses.
Doran, D., Haynes, R., Kushniruk, A., Straus, S., Grimshaw, J., Hall, L., …Jedras, D. (2010). Supporting evidence-based practice for nurses through information technologies. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 7(1), 4–15.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases
