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Benchmarking & Best Practice are not always Best Evidence.
Great project but when will hospitals give nurses the time to solve the problems???
Small Troubles, Adaptive Responses [STAR]: Fostering a Quality Culture in Nursing Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on google_plusone_shareShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services A team led by Kathleen Stevens and Robert Ferrer at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio recently completed a project to improve nursing units’ quality and efficiency, using […]
Meaningful use for your nurses
September 14, 2014
http://www.klasresearch.com/blog/ Klas blogs about your EHR EPIC and CERNER seem to be gaining on the others Cerner just bought Siemens IT including its Soarian products
Posted in: Misc
Research made simple?
June 15, 2014
The folks at EBN have created a collection of articles about different aspects of the research process. They are broken into nice easy-to-digest sections that can benefit anyone who wants to critique or use evidence. research_made_simple
Posted in: evidence
Falling behind? Get more productivity from focusing on accomplishements!
June 15, 2014
This is an interesting idea for productivity that combines neuroscienece concepts with appreciative inquiry. Key points: Feeling like you are getting behind leads to anxiety and less productivity. We all get the reports that tell us our deficits. How about more reports that show a running tally of accomplishments? I am helping to build web […]
Posted in: Leadership, positive psychology
Roll it out and forget about it!
September 21, 2013
As you can see from this graphic, even “tested” best practices roll out on a trajectory. There is no such thing as a completed roll out. The environment must be monitored for conditions that might propel a drift back into unsafe or undesired practices. These drifts usually do not occur because staff refuse to adopt […]
Culture is King!
September 7, 2013
6 tips to creating a productive, supportive workplace culture. http://www.ioatwork.com/company-culture-does-your-organization-measure-up/
Posted in: Behavior Change
Using Evidence to Staff Units
September 2, 2013
To organizational psychologists, the decisions hospitals make are often short sighted. When budget cuts are contemplated, nursing is often a target due to its high percentage (around 60%) of operating costs. However, nursing also provides the bulk of patient contact and the mission of any hosptial relates to patient contact. This study is an amazing […]
I guarantee this will work!
August 7, 2013
If you want to make your employee wellness programs more successful….give them GOLD! Forbes article on Dubai weight loss program/
Posted in: Behavior Change
Skill vs Competency
July 3, 2013
http://blog.competencycore.com/2012/05/skill-vs-competency.html
Posted in: Behavior Change, Outcomes
Happy employees = profitability!
June 8, 2013
From Forbes: “Costco’s most recent quarterly earnings report reveals a fairly healthy eight percent rate of growth in year-on-year sales—including a five percent rise in same store sales. What’s more, with membership fees rising from $459 million in the same quarter last year to $528 million this year, it’s pretty clear that a significant number […]
Evidence in Practice
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Nursing Evidence
- Early career nurse researchers: insights, challenges and strategies for success
- Resources page
- What is a process evaluation when used alongside a randomised controlled trial?
- Impact of moral distress on early career nurses: an integrative review
- Scoping review suggests that reasons for choosing unassisted birth ('freebirth) vary depending on income, previous negative health care experiences and personal and cultural beliefs
- Evidence to support targeted investment in breastfeeding education among families of low socioeconomic status
- Infertility and poor reproductive outcomes as potential predictors of early and premature menopause: lets act before it would be too late!
- How healthy dietary patterns have an impact on overall and cause-specific mortality?
- Better cardiovascular health for a longer life without major diseases
- Engaging clinicians in research: barriers, benefits and building a blueprint
Evidence Based Nursing Management 
June 9, 2015
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