HIMSSCast: How evidence-based nursing affects patient care
The training is crucial for newly licensed nurses who are handling higher and more complex caseloads, says Megan Milbourne of AdventHealth.
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Evidence-based nursing is the process by which nurses and other clinical experts determine best practices in healthcare.
Using the electronic platform Ovid Synthesis, AdventHealth has broadened the ability for nursing residents not only to research evidence-based care, but carry that into practice, says Megan Milbourne, learning operations manager for Clinical Excellence for AdventHealth's West Florida Division.
"They're excited," she said. "Residents working on a topic are able to carry that into implementation."
Because of a divisionalized nursing program within the large AdventHealth system, nurses across hospitals are receiving the same information. Training begins their first week on understanding how using evidence-based practices affects outcomes.
For more on this practice, listen to Milbourne's conversation with Susan Morse, executive editor of Healthcare Finance News.
Talking Points:
Ovid Synthesis, developed by Wolters Kluwer Health, is an evidence-based workflow platform that allows newly licensed nurses to work individually or in a group on a topic they are curious about.
Nurses are able to ask a question, collect evidence, access full journal articles and appraise those articles.
AdventHealth's West Florida Division has 13 campuses – soon to grow to 14 – ranging in size from a 77-bed community and long-term care hospital to a large Tampa facility of over 600 licensed beds.
Evidence-based nursing plays a role in not just recruiting the workforce, but in retention.
Evidence-based best practices include something as simple as handwashing.
Training new nurses on evidence-based practices can help bridge the 17-year gap it takes for medical research to reach patient care.
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Email the writer: SMorse@himss.org
