Scribd
Upload
5 views

751387379 Integrating and Promoting Evidence Based Practice at the Workplace

The document discusses the importance of integrating and promoting evidence-based practice (EBP) among Registered Nurses to ensure safe and quality patient care. It highlights strategies for RNs to stay updated through professional development and share knowledge with colleagues, while also addressing barriers such as time constraints and resistance to change. Overcoming these challenges requires advocacy for resources and engaging staff in discussions about the benefits of EBP.

Uploaded by

pngaru7
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
5 views

751387379 Integrating and Promoting Evidence Based Practice at the Workplace

The document discusses the importance of integrating and promoting evidence-based practice (EBP) among Registered Nurses to ensure safe and quality patient care. It highlights strategies for RNs to stay updated through professional development and share knowledge with colleagues, while also addressing barriers such as time constraints and resistance to change. Overcoming these challenges requires advocacy for resources and engaging staff in discussions about the benefits of EBP.

Uploaded by

pngaru7
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 4

1

Integrating and Promoting Evidence-Based Practice at the workplace

Student’s First Name, Middle Initial(s), Last Name

Institutional Affiliation

Course Number and Name

Instructor’s Name and Title

Assignment Due Date


2

Integrating and Promoting Evidence-Based Practice at the workplace

Evidence-based practice is essential to Registered Nurses because it allows them to

provide safe and quality care, ensuring positive patient outcomes. EBP also ensures that the care

nurses provide is supported by current research and the best practices in the field. EBP ensures

that RNs make informed decisions concerning the care they provide to their patient, which helps

avoid errors that could cause harm (Camargo et al., 2018). It also allows RNs to handle complex

situations that regular standard practices cannot sufficiently manage. Thus, RNs must strive to

integrate EBP into their practice and promote its application at their workplace.

One way to integrate and promote EBP into my practice is by participating in

professional development opportunities offered by the organization. Taking part in these

educational events allows the RN to stay up to date with the current research and practices,

which allows one to integrate these latest practices and research into the care they deliver.

Another way is by sharing the knowledge acquired from attending professional development

workshops and events with others, which can help promote evidence-based practice in the

workplace (Mathieson et al., 2019). Sharing the knowledge will ensure that others understand the

importance of EBP in delivering safe and quality care and, hence, strive to continue applying it

in their practice.

Integrating and promoting evidence into practice at the workplace can be challenging

because of various obstacles. Barriers that nurses face in trying to incorporate evidence into their

practice include issues such as the lack of sufficient time and resources to facilitate the process

and resistance to proposed change at the workplace (Camargo et al., 2018). Overcoming the

obstacle of insufficient time and resources requires advocating for the provision of enough
3

resources from the management to support the staff in learning how to integrate evidence into

their practice. Addressing the obstacle of resistance to change among the staff will involve

engaging them in discussion. Discussing the benefits they can achieve by integrating evidence

into their practice, not only in their performance but also in the health outcomes of their patients.
4

References

Camargo, F. C., Iwamoto, H. H., Galvão, C. M., Pereira, G. D. A., Andrade, R. B., & Masso, G.

C. (2018). Competences and barriers for the evidence-based practice in nursing: an

integrative review. Revista brasileira de enfermagem, 71, 2030-

2038.https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7f4a/3ed9215d07def3d4c056e6624a8e5f8e9952.pd

Mathieson, A., Grande, G., & Luker, K. (2019). Strategies, facilitators and barriers to

implementation of evidence-based practice in community nursing: a systematic mixed-

studies review and qualitative synthesis. Primary health care research &

development, 20, e6. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423618000488

You might also like