Part 3: Informatics Application Flashcards
“The conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients”
Evidenced Base Practice
“Involves the synthesis of knowledge from research,
retrospective or concurrent chart review, quality
improvement and risk data, international, national, and
local standards, infection control data, pathophysiology, cost effectiveness analysis, benchmarking data, patient preferences, and clinical expertise”
Evidenced Base Practice
published research studies are used in healthcare
quality initiatives as the evidence behind the
development of practice algorithms designed to
decrease practice variability, increase patient safety,
improve patient outcomes, and eliminate unnecessary
costs
Evidenced Base Practice
Use of___promotes the use of _____ and
_____in relation to the patient’s contextual
situation and preferences, with procedures and protocols being linked to ______ rather than based on what is customary practice or opinion
EBP
clinical judgment
knowledge
scientific evidence
Research results are crucial to furthering ____The
concept of using randomized controlled trials and
systematic reviews as the gold standard against which
one should evaluate the validity and effectiveness of a
clinical intervention was introduced in 1972 by Archie
Cochrane, a scientist and a physician
EBP
___ viewed the randomized clinical trial as means
of validating clinical interventions and limiting the
interventions to those that were scientifically based,
effective, and necessary
Cochrane
standards of practice, codes of ethics, philosophies of
nursing, autobiographic stories, esthetic criticism, works of art, qualitative studies, and patient and clinical
knowledge
Evidence
The context change from medicine to nursing requires
nurses to apply other knowledge and nursing theory The
use of research results as the sole basis for clinical
decision making ignores other types of evidence inherent
in nursing practice
Evidence
To use evidence in practice, the weight of the research, also called______ must be determined Evidence hierarchies have been defined to grade and
assign value to the information source For example, an evidential hierarchy developed by Stetler et al 1998
prioritized evidence into six categories
research validity
Evidential hierarchy (6)
Meta analysis Individual experimental studies Quasi experimental studies Nonexperimental studies Program evaluations, such as quality improvement projects Opinions of experts
The
time between research dissemination and clinical
translation may be significant, and this delay may
adversely affect patient outcomes __________
between research and practice requires an understanding
of the key concepts and barriers, access to research
findings, access to clinical mentors for research
understanding, a reinforcing culture, and a desire on the
part of the clinician to implement best practices
Bridging the gap
Lack of EBP knowledge and skills is a barrier to
EBP
Organizational cultures that do not support EBP is a barrier to
EBP
Lack of resources, including clinical decision support tools is a barrier to
EBP
Executive leaders and managers who do not model and/or
support EBP is a barrier to
EBP
Inadequate access to databases by clinicians in order to track
patient and system outcomes is a barrier to
EBP
Negative attitudes toward research is a barrier to
EBP
Strong beliefs about the value of EBP and the ability to implement it facilitates
EBP
EBP knowledge and skills facilitates
EBP
Organizational cultures that support it facilitates
EBP
EBP mentors who have in depth knowledge and skills in
evidence based care as well as individual and organizational
change facilitates
EBP
Administrative support facilitates
EBP
Clinical promotion systems that incorporate EBP competencies facilitates
EBP
EBP tools at the point of care, such as clinical decision support
systems facilitates
EBP