Date of Award
Spring 2025
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
Advisor
Dr. Kirk Hummer
First Committee Member
Dr. Joy Shoemaker
Second Committee Member
Dr. Regina Prusinski
Third Committee Member
Dr. Teresa Wood
Keywords
evidence-based, Iowa Model, practice changes, implementation
Subject Categories
Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Implementing evidenced-based practice (EBP) changes at large healthcare organizations is often a lengthy and difficult process, and sustainability is even harder. Many organizations continue to implement changes in EBP without using a standard approach or an evidenced-base practice model. One large healthcare organization in the Midwest is implementing a Professional Development and Advancement Program (also known as clinical ladder) for the direct care nurses across the health system. This is a proposed project and the program will be implemented using the Iowa Model for evidence-based practice change as a framework for guiding the implementation. The implementation team will use the Iowa Model to guide the selection of interventions for use during the implementation of the program. The structured approach using the Iowa Model will increase the applications to the professional development and advancement program during the first enrollment period as measured by the percent of applicants in the eligible pool of nurses. The approach using the Iowa Model has implications for future evidence-based practice changes at the healthcare system. Each use of the model provides that standard approach and will therefore make the adoption of EBP less difficult, more efficient and increase the likelihood that the change will be sustained.
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Recommended Citation
Roberts, Gretchen M. MSN, RN, NE-BC, "Use of an Evidence-Based Practice Model When Implementing an Evidence-Based Practice Change" (2025). Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects. 174.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_doc/174
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