APPLYING NURSING RESEARCH TO PRACTICE

Imagine you are on a team at your workplace and have identified a new best practice to implement. In this
assignment, you will describe the steps of implementing this new practice. This will require you to do some
research of your own about how change comes about in your workplace. You will need to check your policies
and procedures and may need to talk with a supervisor with experience in this area. You will need to support
your thoughts on why you think a change needs to occur. This should be done by using the literature.
Objectives
Differentiate among research, research utilization, and evidence-based practice
Identify the steps of evidence-based practice
Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peerreviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a
seminal piece of information)
Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL
applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of
unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations,
insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.