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Developing organisational systems and culture to support evidence-based practice: the experience of the Evidence-Based Ward Project

Mark Newman, RGN, MA, PGCHE¹, Irena Papadopoulos, RN, RM, MA(Ed), PhD², Rita Melifonwu, RGN, MSc³

¹ Research Centre for Transcultural Studies in Healthcare Middlesex University and Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
² Research Centre for Transcultural Studies in Healthcare Middlesex University, UK
³ Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

The advancement of research based practice has been a goal in nursing for many years. Evidence-based practice (EBP) provides a framework and process for the systematic incorporation of research evidence and patient preference into clinical decision making at the level of the individual practitioner and the healthcare organisation. Few well designed studies have tested the effectiveness of organisational strategies for encouraging the systematic use of research in nursing practice,¹ and more research is needed into the reality and consequences of adopting EBP.²

In 1996, an acute National Health Service (NHS) hospital trust and a university department in London, UK began a joint project to increase the systematic use of research by nurses in clinical practice. EBP was selected as the approach, and the hospital-wide project began in late 1996. The project was facilitated by a senior lecturer appointed jointly by the 2 organisations, with half of his time allocated for . . . [Full text of this article]

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