Effects of implementation strategies on nursing practice and patient outcomes: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementation strategies targeting individual healthcare professionals and teams, such as audit and feedback, educational meetings, opinion leaders, and reminders, have demonstrated potential in promoting evidence-based nursing practice. This systematic review examined the effects of the 19 Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization Care (EPOC) healthcare professional-level implementation strategies on nursing practice and patient outcomes.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted following the Cochrane Handbook, with six databases searched up to February 2023 for randomized studies and non-randomized controlled studies evaluating the effects of EPOC implementation strategies on nursing practice. Study selection and data extraction were performed in Covidence.

SUBMITTER: Fontaine G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11443951 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature