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2021

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Introduction Of A Nursing Evidenced-Based Practice Model To Improve Heart Failure At A Rural Community Hospital, Brandi Fields Jul 2021

Introduction Of A Nursing Evidenced-Based Practice Model To Improve Heart Failure At A Rural Community Hospital, Brandi Fields

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This project took place at a community-based rural hospital in eastern Kentucky. During completion of a needs assessment, adoption of an evidence-based nursing practice model and improvement of clinical outcomes of the community’s heart failure patient population were revealed as opportunities.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this project was to introduce the organization’s key stakeholders to the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model (JHNEBP), encourage implementation of an evidence-based practice (EBP) committee, and to use heart failure as an exemplar to facilitate discussions and stakeholder education.

METHODS: The goal of this project was to develop a supportive EBP culture …