How does your facility incorporate EBP in a clinical setting to promote patient outcomes? Do you have recommendations on how your facility can improve its use of EBP?
My facility incorporates evidence-based practice in the clinical setting in a resourceful manner in order to promote patient outcomes. The institution integrates clinical expertise, the best research evidence and patient values in the decision making process to foster the implementation of evidence based practice. In this endeavor, the facility also encourages patients to bring their personal preferences, unique concerns, values and expectations in order to ensure that the clinicians have a heighted understanding of their pertinent medical issues and provide patient-centered care that meets the distinct needs of the patients.
According to Polit & Beck (2011), through the practice of EBP, the healthcare facility can be in a better position to ascertain the effects of therapy, the prognosis of diseases, the utility of diagnostic tests as well as the etiology of disorders. It is worth mentioning that my facility follows various steps in implementing the EBP practices. These steps include assessing the patient, asking clinical questions derived from the patient’s case, acquiring the evidence through searching appropriate resources and then appraising the evidence for its applicability and validity. The other steps usually include integrating the evidence with patient preferences, clinical expertise and applying it to practice. The institution also encourages all practitioners to evaluate their performance with the patient as a yardstick for determining the effectiveness of the EBP process.
Although the facility has registered notable success in its EBP initiatives, various recommendations can help it to improve on these processes. One of such proposals is to aim at creating and sustaining strong nurse-client relationships (Majid, Foo, & Luyt, 2011). This can enable the practitioners to have a better understanding of the patient’s unique values and preferences, all of which are fundamental components of EBP practice. The leaders of the facility should also serve as positive role models through advocating, embracing and communicating the benefits of EBP to other employees in the organization. Ultimately, this will help to create a culture that supports the adoption and implementation of evidence-based practice across the entire healthcare establishment (Polit & Beck, 2011).
References
Majid, S., Foo, S., & Luyt, B. (2011). Adopting evidence-based practice in clinical decision making: nurses’ perceptions, knowledge, and barriers. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 99(3), 229–236. Retrieved June 10, 2015, fromhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3133901/
Polit, D., & Beck, C. (2011). Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice (9 ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
