Study: CCRN-certified nurses play a big role in EBP

It’s no secret that certification can speed up your nursing profession and improve patient outcomes. Now, latest study data shows that CCRN-certified nurses play a big role in translating evidence-based practice into on a regular basis clinical practice.

Results of the survey conducted by Kristin Hittle Gigli, PhD, RN, and her colleagues on the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center were published Jan. 1 within the American Journal of Critical-Care. The survey included 268 nurses working in intensive care units at six UPMC hospitals. According to the University of Pittsburgh, survey results showed an association between CCRN-certified nurses and their knowledge and perceived value in specific, evidence-based practice utilized in the care of patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Press Release.

What EBP are they talking about?

The study found that CCRN-certified nurses demonstrated greater knowledge of spontaneous respiration tests and lung-protective ventilation. The study found that registered nurses also reported significantly higher self-efficacy.

“Many evidence-based practices remain underutilized, in part because of the disconnect between providers’ approach to practice and the delivery of care at the bedside,” co-author Kristin Hittle Gigli, Ph.D., RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, postdoctoral researcher on the CRISMA Center, stated within the press release. “Our findings support the value of specialty-certified nurses, especially among institutions seeking to improve outcomes and increase the use of evidence-based practices.”

According to American Association of Critical Care Nurses. The CCRN certification helps nurses keep their knowledge of critical and demanding care nursing current. AACN also points to research linking higher levels of clinical knowledge, skills and experience to CCRN certification. Healthcare is becoming increasingly complex, association states on its website, and today’s critically sick patients require closer monitoring and more advanced care than before. Additionally, employers who support their nurses in obtaining certifications are more likely to cut back worker retention while still succeeding within the competitive healthcare market. According to AACN, Americans also prefer hospitals staffed by nurses with specialty certifications. Research from the University of Pittsburgh indicates that health care systems must proceed to extend the variety of baccalaureate-preparatory and AACN-certified nurses. The excellent news, based on the study, is that hospitals are already working to extend the variety of BSN-certified nurses on their staff and supply nurses with incentives to earn certifications. Hospitals are also continuing to implement evidence-based practices to enhance health care. “Nursing specialty certification was associated with nurses’ individual psychosocial beliefs and their perceptions of evidence-based practices in the intensive care unit, whereas educational level was not,” the UPMC study authors concluded. “Supporting nurses to obtain specialty certification could support the adoption of evidence-based practices as a way to improve the quality of care in the intensive care unit.”

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The purpose of this presentation is to review the cultural and infrastructure elements that support evidence-based nursing practice. Once you understand the importance of EBP and methods to distinguish EBP from research, you possibly can now begin to influence the event of an EBP culture. This continuing education module reviews the evidence underlying three practices: respiratory testing in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation, CLABSI prevention, and early feeding of critically sick patients. The purpose of this presentation is to supply an summary of the evidence-based practice process. What are the stages of an EBP project? What’s the most effective method to encourage adoption of change? Are you ready to vary your practice? Join us to learn the way relevance, compatibility, and planning can allow you to translate research into practice!