title: Clinical coaching: a strategy for enhancing evidence-based nursing practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to describe how clinical nurse specialists can promote the development of knowledge and skills in nurses as one step toward making evidence-based nursing practice the norm in all patient care settings.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The need for the use of evidence in nursing practice has been highlighted for several decades. Moving evidence more quickly into practice requires that nursing use many strategies.
  The strategy of clinical coaching is proposed in this article for the development of skills in nurses specifically to promote evidence-based nursing practice. Clinical coaching is a relationship for the purpose of building skills. This strategy is aimed at increasing foundational staff nurse knowledge and skills.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The achievement and maintenance of evidence-based nursing practice take continuous attention from clinical nurse specialists. Clinical coaching is only one part of a comprehensive approach for establishing and sustaining evidence-based nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University, College of Nursing, Family, Community, and Mental Health Nursing Area, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. ak0251@wayne.edu
authors.forename: Naomi E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Ervin
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States