NURS 6052 Module 5 Week 9 Discussion; Developing a Culture of Evidence-Based Practice

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. Initial Post In the healthcare system of today, evidence-based practice (EBP) is vital in delivering quality and efficient care to patients. Nurses have significant responsibilities in promoting EBP for factual research findings to be reflected. The utilization of EBP affects nurses’ performances, thus making their performance crucial in healthcare (Gallagher-Ford, Buck, & Melnyk, 2018). The spreading of evidence allows nurses and other healthcare professionals to share and advocate for the execution and application of EBP. Thus, making it essential for nurses to use many strategies to disseminate findings from EBP research. Dissemination Strategies Podium Presentations Since the dissemination of evidence enables nurses to share and support in the execution and use of EBP for it to use in the clinical practice, the first strategy that is mostly used is the podium presentations. Podium presentation allows for EBP findings to be disseminated across the world (Betz, Smith, Melnyk, & Tassa, 2018) because of how widely it is used at communities, local, and national levels. It also provides for a range of data to be presented to audiences, which is crucial in getting them engaged in the research findings. The viewers who are involved in the presentation retain the pieces of information that are presented to them. Data that are retained allows for feedback from the presenter about the research findings (Williams & Cullen, 2016). An example of using a podium presentation is in the EBP presentation done in the Graduate Nurse Residency Program (Graduate NRP). The Graduate NRP is set-up for newly hired nurse graduates during their first year of practice as nurses. The program is done to allow for a collective learning environment that guides graduate nurses to transition successfully into registered nurses. The learning environment gives graduate nurses the advantages of building, enhancing, and refining their nursing skills for a year. At the end of the year, which is usually their graduation ceremony, the graduate nurses are obliged to give podium presentations in front of their nurse leaders and other graduates. The podium presentation allows for graduate nurses’ weeks before to prepare a researchable PICOT question from finalized evidence-based research projects of chosen healthcare issues within the nursing units. After the presentation, depending on the engagement and feedback received from the audience, pre- and post-implementation data are collected for the pieces of evidence to be implemented on the various nursing units. Poster Presentations Posters are set-up in the forms of monitors screens and papers on door hangers and billboards in various places to allow for data to be reached out to broader audience. Posters are