EBP Leadership: Shortfall In Healthcare
Kathleen, great point about EBP leadership being a shortfall in healthcare, I agree. There are many things that can be done in an organization to help EBP be embraced more readily. Areas that help with implementation of EBP are having the correct education about EBP, mentorship, an EBP culture, and having effective EBP leadership (Melnyk, & Fineout-Overholt, 2015). The implementation process of EBP is affected my multiple factors some of these are beliefs about EBP, understanding of EBP, and support by the organization for EBP. There are multiple areas in this list where my clinic is failing. Kathleen one of the areas that you mentioned was leadership, I too agree that there is a shortfall in this area in my clinic and in healthcare in general.
Some of the aspects that a EBP leader should enable are being able to form a PICOT appropriately, ability to search for the best evidence, performance of critical appraisal of evidence, deciding how best to implement the evidence, evaluate outcomes, and share the knowledge. Another area that the EBP leader could help is developing a EBP mentor position. Having a mentor for staff to reach out to would be very helpful.
Melnyk, B.M. & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2015). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (3rd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Some of the aspects that a EBP leader should enable are being able to form a PICOT appropriately, ability to search for the best evidence, performance of critical appraisal of evidence, deciding how best to implement the evidence, evaluate outcomes, and share the knowledge. Another area that the EBP leader could help is developing a EBP mentor position. Having a mentor for staff to reach out to would be very helpful.
Melnyk, B.M. & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2015). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (3rd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.