Virtual Poster 1: Librarian Involvement in Evidence-Based Practice among Clinical Nurses
Posted on March 2, 2012 by Amy Chatfield | 3 Comments
Mary A. Wickline, MLIS, M.Ed., MAWickline@library.ucsd.edu
Instruction and Outreach Librarian, UC San Diego Biomedical Library
INTRODUCTION
Librarian activities with nurses are based on a research-based needs assessment of nurses’ barriers to evidence-based practice. The poster will describe a few interventions that followed including the librarian’s outreach to the Education, Development, and Research (EDR) department; active participation in the nursing, shared-governance Research Council from its inception; and the use of journal clubs to facilitate reading and understanding the evidence.
INTERVENTIONS (Structures & Process)
Among the interventions have been:
- Using the language of Magnet to insinuate yourself into nurses’ EBP work
- Searching the Nursing Literature Effectively workshops to address converting a clinical question into a research format and in that context, using the tools of databases to improve results retrieved
- Supporting journal clubs to assist with reading research critically
- Providing writing support to assist nurses in getting their research published.
OUTCOMES
Our medical center was recently awarded Magnet accreditation on December 12, 2011, and in that initial accreditation, our medical center was named an exemplar (a model for other Magnet Hospitals) in the “NK4” New Knowledge category.
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March 2nd, 2012 @ 10:09 am
I am here and available to respond to comments online. If you prefer a private response, you can email me at mawickline@library.ucsd.edu
March 7th, 2012 @ 1:27 pm
This is a great example of how to really get involved with nursing research. I still have much to learn about the research process but I’d like to try and incorporate some of the things described in this poster. Thanks Mary for sharing you experience.
March 7th, 2012 @ 2:16 pm
Thanks Lisa. I’m a believer in finding my way and plunging into practice (I learn by doing). 🙂