Clinician adoption patterns and patient outcome results in use of evidence-based nursing plans of care.
Delivery of safe, effective and appropriate health care is an imperative facing health care organizations globally. While many initiatives have been launched in a number of countries to address this need from a medical perspective, a similar focus for generating evidence-based nursing knowledge has been missing. This paper reports on a collaborative evidence-based practice (EBP) research initiative that adds nursing knowledge into computerized care protocols. Here, a brief overview of the study's aims, purpose and methodology is presented as well as results of data analysis and lessons learned. The research team examined nurses' adoption patterns of EBP recommendations with respect to activity tolerance using four-month patient data collected from a pilot hospital. Study findings indicate a need for more focus on the system design and implementation process with the next rollout phase to promote evidence-based nursing practice.
Kim
Tae Youn
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Lang
Norma M
NM
Berg
Karen
K
Weaver
Charlotte
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Murphy
Judy
J
Ela
Sue
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D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D015399:Nursing Research; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010865:Pilot Projects