There is an increasing body of evidence to suggest that multimodal, experiential learning using technology is the best way to teach new nurses. This presentation will walk through a course designed using these techniques and is helping nurses walk into practice feeling more confident and able to handle the complex healthcare system of today. These teaching techniques and strategies use a new approach to learning the skills needed to implement and integrate evidence based practice (EBP) allowing for a deeper understanding of their practice as new nurses. Using these strategies help to shift excitement, enthusiasm, and ownership of evidence based practice to the new nurse.
These multimodal, experiential learning strategies will go over development and implementation of a course designed to imbed evidence based practice into new nurses by reviewing: 1) what evidence based practice is, is not, and how to know the difference between, evidence based practice, research, and quality improvement; 2) review the skills of evidence based practice, including: clinical inquiry, development of a PICOT question, searching the databases, rapid critical appraisal, synthesis, and outcomes, integration of practices, and bringing new knowledge into practice; 3) importance of combination of best evidence, best clinical judgement, and patient preference; 4) research overview (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods; and 5) bringing it all together (culture, leadership, organizational readiness, challenges, etc.). This presentation will discuss the various learning assignments, strategies, and techniques available to bring new nurses into practice with the skill set and confidence to be evidence based practitioners in our complex healthcare environment.
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