The Iowa Model

The Iowa model is one of the most effective model an administrator may use within an organization when practice change is warranted and supported by the best available evidence. The Iowa Model was developed in the 1990’s by a group of clinicians at the University of Iowa Hospital. The clinicians were members of the nursing’s research committee who were working on an evidenced based project that was within their specialties field. In 1994 the original model was published as a heuristic model. The term heuristic as the name implies mean that the model was developed from a practical problem-solving method rather than an academic theorist approach to evidenced based practice. The model was revised and republished in 2001. In 2015 two authors, White,
The Sustainability of the model over time remains a pragmatic approach to the practice of evidence based. Many changes occurred in the health care systems since 2001 which included different triggers that allowed for the completion of evidence-based practice projects such as; the eruption of systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, and the advancement of implementation science. In 2015, the model was expanded and became known as the Iowa Model Collaborative which was updated and revised to the Iowa Model Revised: Evidence Based Practice in order to advocate for Excellence in Patient Care. The version of this model integrated the cooperative input from users across the United States. In April 2015 the model was rolled out both nationally and internationally. In July, 2015 the model was rolled out to the Sigma Theta Tau congress and was presented to the AORN Surgical Conference & Expo in April, 2016. The Model has served as a logical way for evaluating evidence, and as well as, executing the practice of evidence-based practice changes(Brown, 2014)(Steelman,