EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE

Evidence Based practice and Innovative Changes

Table of Contents

The Process of Change in Relation to Evidence-Based Practice1

Evidence Based Practice1

The Benefits of Evidence-Based Practice2

Strategies for Building an Evidence-Based Practice Culture in Organisation3

Creating Supportive Environment3

Provision of Resources4

Enhancing Acceptance for EBP4

Role as a leader to Promote Evidence-Based Practice4

Effective Strategies to Implement an Evidence-Based Change into Organisation5

Timeline5

Motivational Intervention and Skill Building6

Steps to Implement the New Changes in Ward6

Knowledge Discovery6

Evidence Summary6

Integration7

Evaluation7

Resistance to Change and Strategies for Meeting Resistance7

How does a leader balance the need for change and the need for stability in an organisation?7

How much change can employees manage?8

Definition and Discussion on Resistance to Change8

Should resistance to change be tolerated?9

Is resistance to change Useful?9

Strategies to ensure a smooth transition10

How does the organizational culture influence the change process?10

Quality Improvement and Assessment11

Structure12

Process13

Outcome13

The Balanced Scorecard Model and its Benefits for Quality of Care14

Benefits for Quality of Care14

Conclusion15

References16

Evidence Based practice and Innovative Changes

The Process of Change in Relation to Evidence-Based Practice

Evidence Based Practice

Evidence based training flourished and bloomed greatly during the 1990s particularly in the field of health and nursing. It first emerged as “Evidence based medicine” in 1980s but in early 1990s it transformed into the interdisciplinary term of Evidence based practise (Clark, 2008, pp.36). It is basically a pragmatic and research oriented approach towards health care and nursing. It's most appropriate and widely used definition is given by the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of the current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients” (Sackett et al ,1996, pp.71). The most comprehensive definition of evidence based practise amalgamating all the other definitions under one umbrella is given by Scott & McSherry as “an ongoing process by which evidence, nursing theory and the practitioners' clinical expertise are critically evaluated and considered, in conjunction with patient involvement, to provide delivery of optimum nursing care for the individual (Clark, 2008, pp.39). In a nutshell, Evidence-based practice is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values to facilitate clinical decision-making.

The evidence based practise lies at the base of every change and innovation in the structural and operational patters of any institution. In order to introduce effective changes in the health care strategies and practices, sufficient research in scientific arena is mandatory. The relation of evidence based practice with innovation and change is embedded in the continuum of enhanced patient intervention and prevention in the light of plethora of evidences. According to Barkern (2010), there are certain strategies that are immensely required for building an evidence based practice in organization ranging from sound provision of resources to enhance its acceptance by the clinical personnel (pp.25). As Deiss (2004) depicts that the information about the areas where innovation is required can only be yield through research and critical analysis of public's information seeking behaviours (pp.22).The leader's role in incorporating evidence based practice in his organization is inevitable because he can set a innovative dimension for his personnel. The transition from traditional practices to advanced ones will never be very smooth as it ...