Yearly Archives: 2022

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 […]

Patient Preferences and Decision Making   Changes in culture and technology have resulted in patient populations that are often well informed and educated, even before consulting or considering a healthcare need delivered by a health professional. Fueled by this, health professionals are increasingly involving patients in treatment decisions. However, this often comes with challenges, as […]

When you decide to purchase a new car, you first decide what is important to you. If mileage and dependability are the important factors, you will search for data focused more on these factors and less on color options and sound systems.   The same holds true when searching for research evidence to guide your […]

Where in the World Is Evidence-Based Practice?   March 21, 2010, was not EBP’s date of birth, but it may be the date the approach “grew up” and left home to take on the world.   When the Affordable Care Act was passed, it came with a requirement of empirical evidence. Research on EBP increased […]

In the modern era, there are few professions that do not to some extent rely on data. Stockbrokers rely on market data to advise clients on financial matters. Meteorologists rely on weather data to forecast weather conditions, while realtors rely on data to advise on the purchase and sale of property. In these and other […]

The term “knowledge worker” was first coined by management consultant and author Peter Drucker in his book, The Landmarks of Tomorrow (1959). Drucker defined knowledge workers as high-level workers who apply theoretical and analytical knowledge, acquired through formal training, to develop products and services. Does this sound familiar?   Nurses are very much knowledge workers. […]

As a professional nurse, you are expected to apply your expertise to patient care. On occasion, you will also be expected to share that expertise.   With evolving technology and continuous changes to regulations designed to keep up these changes, there is usually a need to share information and expertise to inform colleagues, leadership, patients, […]

The Role of the Nurse Informaticist in Systems Development and Implementation   Assume you are a nurse manager on a unit where a new nursing documentation system is to be implemented. You want to ensure that the system will be usable and acceptable for the nurses impacted. You realize a nurse leader must be on […]

The Use of Clinical Systems to Improve Outcomes and Efficiencies   New technology—and the application of existing technology—only appears in healthcare settings after careful and significant research. The stakes are high, and new clinical systems need to offer evidence of positive impact on outcomes or efficiencies.   Nurse informaticists and healthcare leaders formulate clinical system […]