There can be no doubt about the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on the profession of nursing. A study recently released by The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) points to factors including burnout and stress that have made lasting impacts on the profession.

This month’s Transformative Solutions in Healthcare piece features the full text of an interview with Arlene Bierman, MD, MS, director of the Center for Evidence of Practice Improvement and the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The interview was conducted on March 28, 2022 by Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, vice president for health promotion, university chief wellness officer and dean of the College of Nursing. 

The organization Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) tonight honored Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, vice president for health promotion, chief wellness officer and College of Nursing dean at The Ohio State University, with its prestigious Ada Sue Hinshaw Award to commemorate Melnyk’s lifetime of cutting-edge

Tool aims to address gaps and help incorporate research to improve patient care

A study published this week in the Western Journal of Nursing Research highlights preliminary data for validity of a new tool that helps measure the confidence of nurses in implementation strategies to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based practice in the name of improved patient care and safety.

H.R. 4174 addresses several recommendations from the final report issued by the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking.

In the United States there are up to 400,000 unintended patient deaths every year. Additionally, receiving healthcare is the third leading cause of death in the country. The Institute of Medicine established a goal that by 2020, 90 percent of all healthcare decisions would be evidence based. Today, only 30 percent of decisions are evidence based, which has led to patients receiving roughly 55 percent of the care that they require when entering the current healthcare system.

The Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare has awarded its inaugural round of grants. The grants are intended to provide an opportunity to stimulate and advance evidence-based practice (EBP) and implementation science in nursing and healthcare across the United States. 

A new survey of United States nurses by The Ohio State University College of Nursing indicates marked deficits in evidence-based practice (EBP) competency. The study’s authors find that these deficits threaten the ability to provide high-quality, safe and cost-effective care.

A statement from the directors of the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare at the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University: 

Leaders, academicians, researchers and expert clinicians will convene in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 18-20, to share the latest research and recommendations for improving healthcare quality, safety and costs through evidence-based practice (EBP) and launch the recently-funded Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP in Nursing and Healthcare.