An Educator's Use of Nursing Models and Best Practice Guidelines to Change Practice

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Saturday, 22 July 2006

This presentation is part of : Collaborative Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Nursing in a Hospital Setting

Mercy Rodriguez, MSN, RN, Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, USA and Kathryn M. Ewers, RN, BA, MEd, Education and Development, Jackson Health Systems, Miami, FL, USA.

This presentation will focus on how the “Hamilton Health Sciences Model for Implementing Evidence-Based Nursing” and the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Best Practice Guideline, “Woman Abuse: Screening Identification and Initial Response” were used to implement practice changes as to how nurses and health care professionals assess patients for domestic abuse.
Specific strategies that will be addressed include:

Adapting the “Hamilton Health Sciences Model for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice” to the Jackson Health System context
Engagement and collaboration with key stakeholders: social workers, nurses from psychiatry, ER, Women’s Hospital, Information Technology

Highlights of this presentation will include:

Benefits and challenges of choosing and using the Hamilton Health Sciences Model for implementing a practice change in the hospital setting
The benefits and challenges of using clinical practice/best practice guidelines to change nursing practice in the hospital setting
Electronic documentation considerations/adaptations for implementing/facilitating practice change

See more of Collaborative Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Nursing in a Hospital Setting
See more of The 17th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice (19-22 July 2006)