Ebp Reflection

Dayna, great points. You brought up some of the most common complaints that I have heard about EBP in all of the places that I have worked. Currently I am in the clinic setting and left the hospital setting not too long ago. I too worked nights and actually had just graduated from an ADN program. Our ADN program did do a good job of intruding EBP and the importance of it, but the whole process was kind of foreign and actually has been until now. I was introduced to EBP even more in BSN school, but still ran into many of the same barriers that I did as a new nurse (Porter-O’Grady & Malloch, 2016). There are many hurdles that new nurses must jump through to be able to get EBP embraced and implemented on a floor; with the culture of healthcare being harsh it is even more difficult on a new nurse. On the floor that I worked on in the hospital it was difficult enough being a new nurse even considering trying to tell another nurse that there is a better way to do something was not on my radar, nor did the hospital place importance on this. There were also no extra resources on nights to reach out to or to utilize. Shared governance was not utilized very well in this organization yet. Shared governance would be a great option because it provides clinical providers (no matter the experience) and leadership a chance to meet on the same playing ground and decide what is going to help get the patient to the best possible outcome (Brull, 2015).
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