BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING:

HEALTH EDUCATION
COURSE MODULE COURSE UNIT WEEK

11 3 11

Evidenced Based Practice Related to Health Education

 Read course and unit objectives

 Read study guide prior to class attendance
 Read required learning resources; refer to unit
terminologies for jargons
 Proactively participate in classroom discussions
 Participate in weekly discussion board (Canvas)
 Answer and submit course unit tasks

At the end of this unit, the students are expected to:

Cognitive
1. Define Evidence-Based Practice
2. Discuss the advantage of EBP to Healthcare Organizations
3. Differentiate evidence-based practice, research, and quality improvement in Nursing

Affective
1. Listen attentively to the discussions and opinions in the class
 2. Initiate asking questions that challenge class thinking
3. Express freely the personal opinion with respect to others opinion
Psychomotor:
1. Participate actively during class discussions
2. Express opinion and thoughts in front of the class
2. Follow Class rule and Apply Netiquettes

Nurse as Educator “Principles of Teaching & Learning for Nursing Students” 5th Edition
Susan Bastable, 2019.

Evidenced-based practice (EBP) is the conscientious use of current best practice

evidence in making decision about patient care. It is a lifelong problem-solving approach
to clinical practice that integrates the most relevant and best research, one’s own clinical
expertise and patient preferences and values.
Evidence-based medicine, evidence-generated form systemic reviews of clinically
randomized trial has been acknowledged as the strongest evidence upon which practice
decisions.
EBP helps nurses determine an effective course of action for care delivery. EBP involves
the following five steps:
• Form a clinical question to identify a problem.
• Gather the best evidence.
• Analyze the evidence.
• Apply the evidence to clinical practice.
• Assess the result.
With the application of EBP comes better patient outcomes, which can decrease the
demand for healthcare resources. Thus, healthcare organizations can reduce expenses.
For example, outdated practices may have included supplies, equipment or products that
are no longer necessary for certain procedures or techniques.
EBP is an essential component of safe, quality patient care. Nurses must be aware of
current practices in order to provide care to patients with complicated and debilitating
conditions.
Benefit Nurses and Patients in EBP

The inclusion of EBP in nursing provides nurses with the scientific research to make well-
founded decisions. Through EBP, nurses can stay updated about new medical protocols
for patient care. By searching for documented interventions that fit the profiles of their
patients, nurses can increase their patients' chances for recovery
EBP enables nurses to evaluate research so they understand the risks or effectiveness
of a diagnostic test or treatments. The application of EBP enables nurses to include
patients in their care plan. This allows patients to have a proactive role in their own
healthcare since they can voice concerns, share their values and preferences, and make
suggestions on how they want to proceed.
Advantage of EBP For Healthcare Organizations With the application of EBP comes
better patient outcomes, which can decrease the demand for healthcare resources. Thus,
healthcare organizations can reduce expenses. For example, outdated practices may
have included supplies, equipment or products that are no longer necessary for certain
procedures or techniques
What can a quality improvement learn from evidenced base practice?
• Evidence-based medicine and quality improvement are among the most
commonly-used terms in healthcare and health systems.
• Evidence-based medicine is credited as one of the greatest medical advances of
the 20th century and has influenced spheres far beyond health, from ‘evidence-
based policy’ to ‘evidence-based conservation’
• The incorporation of quality improvement into daily clinical practice, comparison of
quality improvement with evidence-based medicine may provide insights to inform
the future progress of the quality improvement movement.
Barriers to Implementing EBP
By understanding barriers to creating EBP. are better ale to anticipate potential
problems when initiating research activities in clinical practice. Barriers to applying
research practice and have found organizational cultures, nurses belief systems,
related to practice and research barriers as some of the reason why integration of
research findings is difficult for practicing nurses at the point of care(Fink et al.; 2005;
Retsas,2000)
 There's a resistance that staff nurses are getting from nurse managers and nurse
leaders
 Behavior change is tough
 Education is a big factor
 Lack of time
 organizational culture that didn't support it

Exploring evidence-based practice research

https://journals.lww.com/nursingmadeincrediblyeasy/fulltext/2014/07000/exploring_evid
ence_based_practice_research.3.aspx#:~:text=Evidence%2Dbased%20practice%20(E
BP),work%20environment%2C%20or%20patient%20outcomes.&text=Utilizing%20the%
20EBP%20approach%20to,cost%2Defficient%20patient%20care%20possible.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC3284300
Melnyk BM, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2012;42(9):410–72012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

Conscientious – (of a person) wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work

or duty well and thoroughly.
Evidence – the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or
proposition is true or valid.
Lifelong – lasting or remaining in a particular state throughout a person's life.
Quality Improvement - is a systematic, formal approach to the analysis of practice
performance and efforts to improve performance

Submit on line using word format in no less than 500 words each question

One of the key principles in medicine today is evidence-based practice in nursing

(EBP). This is the practice of medicine based on solid research, and it adheres to
standards for high quality and safety, all while focusing on patients’ needs.

Apply Evidenced Practice on the following scenario

1. Infection Control

2. IV catheter size and Blood transfusion

Bastable, Susan (2019), Nurse as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for

Nursing Practice, 5th edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC

Schmidt, Nola A; Brown Janet M.; Evidence – Based Practice for Nurses, Appraisal and
Application of Research , Jones and Bartlett, Copyright 2012