STM publisher Elsevier will collaborate with the Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) and the Ohio State University College of Nursing (OSU CON) to launch a second national survey on evidence-based practice in nursing. The survey will be announced at the opening of the ANPD Annual Convention, July 14-17, in Las Vegas.
The new survey – 'Evidence-based Practice and U.S. Healthcare Outcomes: Findings from a National Survey with Nursing Professional Development Specialists' – will focus on nursing professional development specialists and be coordinated by Michelle Troseth, MSN, RN, DPNAP, FAAN, Chief Professional Practice Officer, Elsevier Clinical Solutions; Lynn Gallagher Ford, PhD, RN, DPFNAP, NE-BC, Director for the Center for Transdisciplinary Evidence-based Practice, OSU CON; and Mary Harper, PhD, RN-BC, Director of Nursing Professional Development for ANPD. The survey finding will be published in an advisory report, and Elsevier Clinical Solutions will join ANPD to share the findings at the ANPD convention in July 2016 in Pittsburgh.
This survey is the second time OSU CON has collaborated with Elsevier Clinical Solutions to provide insights for leaders on how to advance evidence-based practice for healthcare. Findings from the first survey that focused on chief nurse executives indicated that, despite patient safety and quality being top strategic initiatives for their healthcare organisations, the implementation of EBP is relatively low and more than one-third of organisations are not meeting national benchmarks for key performance metrics.
In addition, Elsevier Clinical Solutions, as the Diamond sponsor of the ANPD Annual Convention, will host a breakfast from 7:15 – 8 am, on July 15, offering attendees an opportunity to learn about 'Group Mentoring in the Medical/Surgical Setting: Taking the Gamble Out of New Graduate Transition to Practice.' Presenters include Elizabeth Campbell, MSN, RN, the Nursing Lab and Clinical Placement Coordinator, Lawrence Memorial/Regis College Nursing and Radiography Programs in Medford, Mass., and Thomas Gunning, BSN, RN, the Patient Care Director/Behavioral Health at Hallmark Health, and adjunct faculty Lawrence Memorial/Regis College Nursing and Radiology program, also in Medford.
This special breakfast presentation will share how one organisation successfully implemented a mentoring program for newly licensed RNs transitioning into medical-surgical nursing practice and provide strategies that promote early success in practice during orientation and develop a sense of community among newly licensed RNs within their setting.
Registered attendees can sign up for the breakfast presentation event by logging in to their registration page at http://www.anpd.org.
