title: Balancing innovation and evidence.
abstract: Nurse educators are encouraged to use evidence to guide their teaching strategies. However, evidence is not always available. How can educators make decisions regarding strategies when data are limited or absent? Where do innovation and creativity fit? How can innovation be balanced with evidence? This article provides a discussion regarding other sources of evidence, such as extrapolations, theories and principles, and collective expertise. Readers are encouraged to review the options and then analyze how they might be applied to innovation in education.
authors: Jobeth W. Pilcher, EdD, RN-BC, is NPD Specialist, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas.
authors: Jobeth W
authors: JW
authors: Pilcher
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004506:Education, Nursing; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D017145:Models, Educational; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013192:Staff Development; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*