Question

. Find a topic you have an interest in that directly relates to clinical activities. Examples may include health promotion activities, hygiene practices, safety issues, or caring practices. You may not choose handwashing as your topic.

2. Select a nursing research study from a peer reviewed nursing journal that discusses your particular topic. The study must be no more than 5 years old (written in 2012 or later).

3. In 1-2 pages, address the following using APA format (in-text citations, reference list, etc.):

What is the purpose of the study?

Summarize the study findings or results of the study

Do you believe the study findings should or should not be implemented into nursing practice? Support your decision with rationale.

Answer 1

My topic is how to process evidence based practice in nurses which is a very essential practice in nursing to provide quality care.

I chose the topic from American journal of nursing.

Original Research Staff Nurses’ Use of Research to Facilitate Evidence-Based Practice(2014)

Yoder, Linda H. PhD, MBA, RN, AOCN, FAAN; Kirkley, Debra PhD, RN; McFall, D. Curk MSN, RN; Kirksey, Kenn M. PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN; StalBaum, Angela L. MSN, RN; Sellers, Diana MSN, RN

Linda H. Yoder is the director of the Graduate Program in Nursing Administration and Healthcare Systems Management at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. Debra Kirkley is the program manager of Nursing Practice and Research at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, WA. D. Curk McFall is an ED RN at the University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin. Kenn M. Kirksey is the director of the Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital in Houston. Angela L. StalBaum is the chief nursing officer and Diana Sellers is project coordinator and lead RN at Seton Medical Center Austin.

The study's objectives were to determine to what extent RNs in an acute care multihospital system used research findings in their practice; what types of knowledge they used in their practice; and what personal, professional, and organizational factors enhanced or hindered their research utilization.

A cross-sectional, descriptive, online survey design has been used. The survey had questions based about use of research findings in practice and evidence-based practice (EBP) participation, was placed on the hospital system intranet. Of the 2,900 RNs invited to participate, 1,112 nurses completed usable surveys, for a response rate of 38%. This article reports findings for 794 of the staff nurses who responded to the survey.(1)

The results were that the nurses were dependent on the physicians, other nurses , their own personal experiences , conferences and the policies & procedures of the concerned hospitals. They didnot use the resources to study about evidenced based practice or implement it in their nursing practice.The reason of them for not practicising or studying EBP is lack of time ,lack of resources and lack of knowledge. Although their attitudes about research utilization and EBP were positive overall, respondents expected unit-based educators and clinical nurse specialists to collect and synthesize the research for them.(1)

The Evidence‐based practice has been defined as a problem‐solving approach to the delivery of healthcare that incorporates the best available evidence, clinician's expertise and patient values and preferences (Melnyk, Gallagher‐Ford, Long, & Fineout‐Overholt, 2014). Lack of time is identified one of the most crucial barriers to implementing evidence-based practice in the workplace (Bradshaw, 2010)

Implementing Evidenced based nursing is essential but

• limited or lack of time;
• heavy patient workloads;
• inadequate staffing;
• limited access to resources;
• lack of support from nurse managers (3)

may also be a hindrance in practising EBP in hospitals.

1.Original Research Staff Nurses’ Use of Research to Facilitate Evidence-Based Practice,2014

Yoder, Linda H. PhD, MBA, RN, AOCN, FAAN; Kirkley, Debra PhD, RN; McFall, D. Curk MSN, RN; Kirksey, Kenn M. PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN; StalBaum, Angela L. MSN, RN; Sellers, Diana MSN, RN

2.Melnyk, B. M., Gallagher‐Ford, L., Long, L. E., & Fineout‐Overholt, E. (2014). The establishment of evidence‐based practice competencies for practicing registered nurses and advanced practice nurses in real‐world clinical settings: Proficiencies to improve healthcare quality, reliability, patient outcomes, and costs. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing

3.Importance of Nursing Leadership in Advancing Evidence-Based Nursing Practice.Bradshaw, Wanda,(2010)