title: Successful implementation of evidence-based nursing practice: the indispensable role of staff development.
abstract: The professional development department members are instrumental in leading nursing research and quality improvement projects. Rarely do academic nurse researchers know the staff, culture, and capabilities of an organization like the members of the staff development department. Developing a collaborative program using the talents of the professional development department members and the nurse researcher is a win-win situation and, in this article, describes how it successfully assisted the healthcare organization to be awarded the Magnet Recognition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina 29506, USA. rwittmannprice@fmarion.edu
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wittmann-Price
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Celia
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004521:Educational Measurement; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015399:Nursing Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D015279:Organizational Culture; D013192:Staff Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires