Evidence-Based Practice Network

Translating Research into Professional Practice

Professional practice based on evidence improves healthcare practice, improves patient outcomes, and lowers healthcare costs. An environment which supports evidence-based practice is essential to your professional development. Whether you are in a position of leadership making decisions about implementing evidence-based practice or a clinician looking for employment in an institution that supports evidence-based practice, be aware of the following measures which support evidence-based practice:
  • Proper tools and resources, including evidence-based journals and databases
  • Adequate numbers of computers throughout the institution with intranet and internet capability
  • Clinical systems that incorporate EBP information
  • Clinical practice policies and procedures based on evidence
  • Journal clubs
  • EBP rounds.
Take some time to read the articles in this collection, Translating Research into Professional Practice, to help you gain a better understanding of evidence-based practice and continue on your professional journey.

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General practitioners' adherence to evidence-based guidelines: A multilevel analysis
Health Care Management Review
 March 2012

Hourly Rounding: Challenges With Implementation of an Evidence-Based Process
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
 March 2012

Evidence-Based Practice Briefs: The Art of Effective Handoffs: What Is the Evidence?
Advances in Neonatal Care
February 2012

 Family Presence on Rounds: A Systematic Review of Literature
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
 February 2012

Evidence-Based Practice Councils: Potential Path to Staff Nurse Empowerment and Leadership Growth
JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration
 January 2012
Evidence-Based Nursing: Taking care of business with TCAB
Nursing Management
 December 2011
Evidence-Based Practice
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development
 December 2011

 A Practical Communication Strategy to Improve Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice
JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration
 November 2011

 Evidence-Based Nursing Leadership: Evaluation of a Joint Academic-Service Journal Club
JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration
 October 2011
 Evidence-Based Practice and a Nursing Journal Club: An Equation for Positive Patient Outcomes and Nursing Empowerment
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development
September/October 2011
 Clinical Expert Facilitators of Evidence-Based Practice: A Community Hospital Program
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development
September/October 2011

 Evidence-Based Nursing: Developing a nursing model of care? Try focus groups
Nursing Management
 August 2011

 Evidence-Based Nursing: Evidentialism: A borrowed approach to EBP
Nursing Management
July 2011
 The Effect of a Journal Club on Perceived Barriers to the Utilization of Nursing Research in a Practice Setting
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development
July/August 2011
 Nursing Handoffs: A Systematic Review of the Literature
AJN, American Journal of Nursing
April 2010

 Assessing Environmental Readiness: First Steps in Developing an Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Culture
Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
January/March 2010

 Keeping It Real: Evidence-Based Practice in Home Healthcare
Home Healthcare Nurse
October 2009

 Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: A Mantra for Clinical Change Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
July/September 2009

 Translating Research into Practice
AJN, American Journal of Nursing
June 2007





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