Engaging a Nursing Workforce in Evidence-Based Practice: Introduction of a Nursing Clinical Effectiveness Committee

Stephen McKeever; Bernadette Twomey; Meaghan Hawley; Sally Lima; Sharon Kinney; Fiona Newall

doi:10.1111/wvn.12119

Engaging a Nursing Workforce in Evidence-Based Practice: Introduction of a Nursing Clinical Effectiveness Committee

Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2016 Feb;13(1):85-8. doi: 10.1111/wvn.12119. Epub 2015 Nov 25.

Authors

Stephen McKeever¹, Bernadette Twomey², Meaghan Hawley³, Sally Lima⁴, Sharon Kinney⁴, Fiona Newall⁵

Affiliations

¹ Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing, Department of Children's Nursing, School of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, London, UK.
² Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
³ Administrative Assistant, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Nurse Consultant, Research, Royal Children's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Director, Nursing Research, Royal Children's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, and London South Bank University, London, UK.

PMID: 26606269
DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12119

Abstract

This column shares the best evidence-based strategies and innovative ideas on how to facilitate the learning of EBP principles and processes by clinicians as well as nursing and interprofessional students. Guidelines for submission are available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1741-6787.

MeSH terms

Evidence-Based Practice / education*
Evidence-Based Practice / methods*
Humans
Nursing Process / standards
Nursing Staff / education*
Professional Staff Committees*
Quality Improvement
Treatment Outcome*