Wednesday, July 13, 2005: 3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Priming the Pump for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: Systematic Critique of the Literature and Data Searching Strategies
Learning Objective #1: Discuss strategies for teaching EBP to nurses as they relate to specific principles of adult learning theory
Learning Objective #2: Summarize the facilitators and inhibitors of implementing evidence-based practice education of nurses within acute care facilities
Nurse clinicians are experts in assessing patient needs, devising individualized patient care plans, evaluating patient outcomes and functioning in a variety of leadership roles within their units. However, before nurses can engage in Evidence Based Nursing Practice, they will need to acquire or relearn: 1.) the skills necessary to systematically critique a broad spectrum of research manuscripts, review articles, published guidelines, and clinical, theoretical, or expert opinion articles; 2.) assign the appropriate level of evidence to these materials; and 3.) develop strategies that allow them to successfully search a variety of data-bases such as PubMed and the AHRQ Clinical Guidelines. Using the principles of adult learning theory as delineated by Knowles we developed a workshop that provides the nurses with an overview of the critique process, a variety of critique forms, and the immediate application of this information to a research article in an interactive group process with the instructor. This is followed by individual critiques by small groups and the use of a table for synthesizing data. Lastly, the computer lab is used to learn and practice search strategies. This small group, hands on approach, has been well received by the nurses because it enables them not only to learn from their peers as well as the instructors, but to relate their past clinical experiences to the examples of clinical research used in the workshop.
Organizer:	Barbara Rickabaugh, RN, MS
Author:	Mary Jane Sauvè, RN, DNSc

Third International Evidence-Based Nursing Preconference
Promoting Evidence-Based Nursing: Innovation for Nursing Practice
Sigma Theta Tau International
13 July 2005
Hawaii’s Big Island