Implementation: The Linchpin of Evidence-based Practice Changes

Overview

You're unlikely to find a practicing nurse who hasn’t heard of evidence-based practice (EBP). Nurses are keenly aware of the expectation that they promote patient safety and quality care with the best available evidence. Aligned with these expectations, nursing education programs prepare new graduates with a foundation in EBP as a decision-making approach to patient care. Despite these expectations, reports continue of challenges and barriers to initiating and sustaining an EBP change.

Many evidence-based models have emerged to guide implementation through the stages of change. This article will review EBP implementation models, summarize key resources for selecting implementation strategies, and present a case study using an implementation model that promotes successful uptake of evidence into practice.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Describe three models, frameworks, and theories used to implement evidence-based practice (EBP).
• Discuss strategies for successful implementation of EBP.

Presented By

Sharon Tucker, PhD, RN, FAAN
Sharon Tucker is the Grayce Sills endowed professor in psychiatric–mental health nursing in the college of nursing, the translational/implementation research core director, and the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare nurse scientist at the Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University in Columbus.

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