Impact of a Hospital Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC) on Nursing Policy and Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2006, our healthcare system created a hospital Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) to support the local delivery of high-quality, safe and high value patient care. Since then, the importance of healthcare staff work life has also been highlighted, and together these four elements form the Quadruple Aim framework. Synergistic to this Aim, the Magnet^® program promotes and recognizes organizational nursing excellence.

Objective

To examine the EPC's work to inform nursing policy and practice in support of the goals of the Quadruple Aim framework and Magnet^® designation.

Methods

Methods used included the following: (1) descriptive analysis of the hospital EPC's database of rapid reviews; and (2) administration of a 40-item electronic qu

SUBMITTER: Lavenberg JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6413326 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature