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Adult nursing
Nursing leaders must make a conscientious effort to invest in practices that support evidence-based practice (EBP) among nurses to improve patient outcomes and decrease nursing turnover
  1. Jan Powers
  1. Nursing, Parkview Health System, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jan Powers, Nursing, Parkview Health System, Westfield, Indiana, USA; Jan.powers{at}parkview.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103771

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    Commentary on: Melnyk BM, Hsieh AP, Messinger J, Thomas B, Connor L, Gallagher-Ford L. Budgetary investment in evidence-based practice by chief nurses and stronger EBP cultures are associated with less turnover and better patient outcomes. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2023 Apr;20(2):162-171. doi: 10.1111/wvn.12645. Epub 2023 Apr 12.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Providing evidence-based practice (EBP) resources including time, training and mentorship to nurses will improve patient outcomes and increase nursing engagement and decrease turnover of staff.

    • Future research should be conducted on a larger scale to identify improvements and resulting return on investment (ROI) from evidence-based implementations.

    Context

    It is well known that using evidence-based interventions in practice has positive effects on improving outcomes and safety for patients.1–4 Nursing leaders must support a culture of EBP to impact not only patient outcomes, but also nursing outcomes by increasing decision …

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    Footnotes

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.