Describe a clinical or practicum situation in which EBP was used or made visible among the interprofessional team. Did it make a difference? Explain.

You likely experience clinical or practice questions on a daily basis in your work. You certainly will as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or Nurse Educator (NE). Evidence-based practice Practice (EBP) Integration Models help us through the process of answering those questions and finding the best solution to them.

Read and Ponder
Skim the following readings and integrate what you’ve already learned in order to address the questions in this discussion.

McEwen, M., & Wills, E. M. (2017) Theoretical basis for nursing (5th Ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
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Hogan, D., & Logan, J. (2004). The Ottawa model of research use: A guide to clinical innovation in the NICULinks to an external site.. Clinical Nurse Specialist CNS, 18(5), 255–261.
Buckwalter, K. C., Cullen, L., Hanrahan, K., Kleiber, C., Mccarthy, A. M., Rakel, B., Steelman, V., Tripp-Reimer, T., & Tucker, S. (2017). Iowa model of evidence-based practice: Revisions and validationLinks to an external site.. Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing, 14(3), 175–182.
Stevens, K. (2013). The impact of evidence-based practice in nursing and the next big ideasLinks to an external site.. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 18(2), 4.
Stetler, C. (2001). Updating the Stetler model of research utilization to facilitate evidence-based practice.Links to an external site. Nursing Outlook, 49(6), 272–279.
Rosswurm, M., & Larrabee, J. (1999). A model for change to evidence‐based practiceLinks to an external site.. The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 31(4), 317–322.
UT Health Science Center San Antonio Star ModelLinks to an external site.
Week 6, Sunday
As you read…
How does EBP fit in this schema?
What are the benefits and controversies of implementing EBP?
What is the APRN role or the Nurse Educator role in integrating EBP into daily practice?
Interprofessional collaboration is an essential component of advanced practice nursing, no matter what your role is (Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwifes, Nurse Executives, and Nurse Educators). Working as part of a team with other healthcare professionals is essential to any role in nursing.

As part of your reading for this week, you covered evidence-based practice. You can reference the provided PowerPoint slides, readings, and consideration of the importance of interprofessional collaboration to guide your answers in the following questions.

Describe a clinical or practicum situation in which EBP was used or made visible among the interprofessional team. Did it make a difference? Explain.
Think about an experience in which the competency would have been useful in interprofessional collaborative efforts. If you were in that situation, how could you have used this competency to enhance the outcome?
What do we do when there are more questions than answers?

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