Observe a healthcare organization with which you work currently (or if that is not possible, an organization with which you worked previously) to identify examples of EBP that have been successful.

BLOG: OBSERVATION OF EBP

As a DNP-prepared nurse, you will have a significant voice in your healthcare setting to advocate for evidence-based practice (EBP). Understanding how evidence can inform better nursing care and improve patient outcomes is fundamental to successful advocacy.

For this Blog entry, you will observe a healthcare organization with which you work currently (or if that is not possible, an organization with which you worked previously) to identify examples of EBP, as well as examples for which EBP is needed.

Review the Learning Resources for this week related to EBP.
Consider the conditions that support EBP within healthcare organizations.
Observe a healthcare organization with which you work currently (or if that is not possible, an organization with which you worked previously) to identify examples of EBP that have been successful.
Observe a healthcare organization with which you work currently (or if that is not possible, an organization with which you worked previously) to identify examples of nursing
practices that lack an evidence base and have been less than successful.
Note: Be sure to review the grading rubric for this Blog so you fully understand what is expected of you. To access the rubric, click on the three dots that appear at the upper right of the Blog Assignment page. Choose Show Rubric.
Address the following in your Blog entry:

Describe one example you observed in which evidence-based practice (EBP) has been utilized. Explain why it has been successful.
Describe one example you observed in which EBP has not been utilized. Explain why it has not been successful. Then, explain how utilizing evidence could help make the nursing practice more successful.
use the following reference:
Dang, D., Dearholt, S. L., Bissett, K., Ascenzi, J., & Whalen, M. (2021). Johns Hopkins evidence-based practice for nurses and healthcare professionals: Model and guidelines (4th ed.). Sigma Theta Tau International.

Chapter 5, “Searching for Evidence” (pp. 99–128)

Note: You previously purchased this text for NURS 8002.

McEwen, M., & Wills, E. M. (2022). Theoretical basis for nursing (6th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.

Chapter 12, “Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Theory” (pp. 261–281)

White, K. M., Dudley-Brown, S., & Terhaar, M. F. (Eds.). (2024). Translation of evidence into nursing and healthcare (4th ed.). Springer.

Chapter 1, “Evidence-Based Practice” (pp. 1–25)
Note: Pay special attention to information about the PET model on pages 9–11.

Chapter 2, “The Science of Translation and Major Frameworks” (pp. 25–53)

Chapter 8, “Methods for Translation”

“Quality Improvement and Rapid Cycle Performance Improvement” (pp. 174–176)

Chapter 9, “Project Management for Translation” (pp. 191–220)

Jones-Schenk, J., & Bleich, M. R. (2019). Implementation science as a leadership and doctor of nursing practice competencyLinks to an external site.. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 50(11), 491–492.

Rew, L., Cauvin, S., Cengiz, A., Pretorius, K., & Johnson, K. (2020). Application of project management tools and techniques to support nursing intervention research links to an external site.. Nursing Outlook, 68(4), 396–405.

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