Assignment

The healthcare organizations are moving to have more bachelor prepared nurses so; they can help make patient care decisions. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends nurses to have a BSN or higher to help with the overall changing healthcare system. By 2020, they want 80% of nurses to have a BSN or higher. Why? Nurses need to have an expanded more knowledge of different areas of nursing and evidence-based practice. As hospital care has become more complex, nurses must make critical decisions associated with care for sicker, frailer patients and work with sophisticated, life-saving technology (Garner, 2011). Evidence-based practice is vital to provide the most effective patient care to improve patient outcomes because patients are becoming more complex.

Two ways that the author will continue to integrate EBP into their practice is continued education on the subject at hand to keep up to date on changes in patient care to help with improvement in patient care. Also, another way is to Engage colleagues and educate them on new EBP practices, studies, or interventions that may benefit their work environment or patients (Chrisman, Jordan, Davis, & Williams, 2014)

Obstacles to the plan for the author would be nurses resisting change and management not helping with the implementation of the plan. Education to the nurses will be the first of why this is helpful for our patient's outcomes versus the old way of doing things. Showing articles and statistics will help bring the point across. Getting management on board to help with implementation as well. Management will be made aware that providing the evidence-based care will improve patient outcomes and decrease healthcare costs.

References

Chrisman, J., Jordan, R., Davis, C., & Williams, W. (2014). Exploring evidence-based practice research.

Garner, C. (2011, January 11). IOM Advocates for Higher Levels of Nursing Education [Blog post].