Carilion Nurses participate in EBP Immersion

Desiree Beasley, Kim Carter, Chris Monk, and Laura Reiter participated in an EBP Immersion at the Ohio State University Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare from March 2-6, 2020. This workshop provides a “deep dive” immersion into evidence-based practice (EBP), which is a “problem-solving approach that integrates the conscientious use of best evidence, clinician expertise and patient preferences to make decisions”. Participants learn the step-by-step EBP process as well as effective strategies for implementing EBP in clinical or academic organization of any size or level of complexity. Working with internationally renowned EBP experts and mentors, our team worked in small groups, receiving individualized attention to successfully identify practice challenges and PICO(T) questions, apply literature search and analysis techniques, and develop an action plan for implementing and sustaining EBP changes.