Joanne R Duffy1, Stacey Culp, Kari Sand-Jecklin, Lya Stroupe, Noelle Lucke-Wold. 1. Author Affiliations: Professor (Dr Duffy), Clinical Associate Professor (Dr Culp), Associate Professor (Dr Sand-Jecklin), and Research Assistant (Ms Lucke-Wold), School of Nursing, West Virginia University; and Manager of Nursing Research and Professional Development (Dr Stroupe), West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare baseline and year 1 findings from a research-focused academic-service partnership (ASP) designed to increase research capacity, evidence-based practice (EBP) use, and research productivity. BACKGROUND: Few combined individual and organizational best practices could be found that successfully sustain EBP. An ASP model, using structural and enabling processes, was evaluated. METHODS: Using a nonexperimental pretest-posttest design, 67 acute care nurses who participated at baseline were resurveyed, and year 1 focus groups were conducted. RESULTS: Knowledge increased from baseline to year 1, and nurses who participated on a committee with an embedded scientist were more knowledgeable at year 1 than those who did not. While EBP confidence and self-reported EBP use did not improve, research productivity increased 33%. Year 1 focus groups identified facilitators and barriers. CONCLUSION: Findings support some EBP benefits related to a research-focused ASP including research productivity; however, implementation barriers and contextual factors may have limited potential outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare baseline and year 1 findings from a research-focused academic-service partnership (ASP) designed to increase research capacity, evidence-based practice (EBP) use, and research productivity. BACKGROUND: Few combined individual and organizational best practices could be found that successfully sustain EBP. An ASP model, using structural and enabling processes, was evaluated. METHODS: Using a nonexperimental pretest-posttest design, 67 acute care nurses who participated at baseline were resurveyed, and year 1 focus groups were conducted. RESULTS: Knowledge increased from baseline to year 1, and nurses who participated on a committee with an embedded scientist were more knowledgeable at year 1 than those who did not. While EBP confidence and self-reported EBP use did not improve, research productivity increased 33%. Year 1 focus groups identified facilitators and barriers. CONCLUSION: Findings support some EBP benefits related to a research-focused ASP including research productivity; however, implementation barriers and contextual factors may have limited potential outcomes.
Authors: Julia G Lavenberg; Pamela Z Cacchione; Kishore L Jayakumar; Brian F Leas; Matthew D Mitchell; Nikhil K Mull; Craig A Umscheid Journal: Worldviews Evid Based Nurs Date: 2019-02-03 Impact factor: 2.931