Barriers to sustaining change in evidence based practice nursing
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Sample Question
Sustaining change can be difficult, as there are many variables that can affect implementation. One critical component of EBP is to ensure that practice change is part of an organization’s culture so it will continue to impact outcomes over time. Name two potential barriers that may prevent your EBP change proposal from continuing to obtain the same desired results 6 months to a year from now, and your strategies for overcoming these barriers
Question Explanation
Long-term adoption of evidence based practice is required to improve and promote sustainable effective quality of health care to enhance patient outcomes (Koehn & Lehman, 2008). In spite of the proven benefits of applying evidence based practice in health system, various barriers hinder its successful implementation of evidence based practice. Some of the barriers include challenges in incorporating medical practice guidelines to enhance quality of care, difficulties in translating research into practice setting and dynamic changes in institutional culture (Pierson & Schuelke, 2009).