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TSNRP Executive Director Brings Evidence-Based Practice Training to INDOPACOM

The TriService Nursing Research Program (TSNRP) hosted Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) trainings for 130 military nurses at 4 military sites in the Indo-Pacific Region this Fall. In addition, introductory sessions for staff and leadership were also conducted.

 

Evidence-Based Practice is a cornerstone of safety culture and the Defense Health Agency commitment to advance high reliability and Ready Reliable Care. Military nurses have the unique opportunity to lead evidence-based safety and quality changes and support operational decision-making that improves the health and survival of forward deployed warriors and their families.

 

“Once trained in Evidence-Based Practice, every military nurse can generate new evidence to close the gaps, reduce errors, revise protocols, and continually improve patient outcomes,” states COL Y. John Yauger, PhD, CRNA, FAANA, AN, USA, TSNRP executive director and creator of the TSNRP EBP INDOPACOM Tour.

The TSNRP EBP INDOPACOM Tour included trainings at these commands:

  • Tripler Army Medical Center

  • Naval Medicine Readiness and Training (NMRTC) Hospital Guam

  • Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan

  • Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital, South Korea

 

COL Yauger connected with local commands to discuss collaborative strategic initiatives along with Dr. Kristen Atterbury, DHSc, MPA, MBA, RN, NEA-B, the new Defense Health Agency chief nursing officer, and Dr. Laura Brosch, PhD, RN, interim vice president, USU Research.


In Guam, to foster collaboration among NMRTC and the civilian health system, the Guam Nursing Association Executive Director Rose Grino, Guam Community College of Nursing faculty, along with hospital nurses attended to assist both facilities with mutually identified patient population issues including prehospital trauma training PHTLS collaborative with island partners, and patient compliance with Tb treatment evidence-based practice projects.

Each site committed to implementing at least one Evidence-Based Practice project developed in the workshop by the active duty attendees, plus a combined partners project between Guam NMRTC and Guam public hospital system. TSNRP EBP Facilitators will provide follow-up mentoring of the identified projects.


Evidence Based Practice Training

TSNRP training breaks down the EBP process step by step, making it easy for every military nurse to elevate their professional nursing practice. Specifically, the TSNRP training empowers nurses, nursing teams, and nursing leaders to take an active role in:


  • identifying problems and solutions to reduce errors

  • questioning practices,

  • seeking research evidence to improve patient care, and

  • form teams of stakeholders and practitioners to implement the research-supported changes in hospitals, clinics, and combat zones.


During the trainings, nurses:

  • discover EBP models to guide projects

  • learn to write research questions in a clinical inquiry format

  • conduct literature searches to inform EBP projects with existing evidence


Nurses and nursing leaders gained the knowledge, skills and practice to create EBP projects that better nursing results in their practice setting. In fact, more than 40 EBP project ideas were generated by attendees.

 

For more information about Evidence-Based Practice, visit www.TriServiceNurse.org/EBP.

To request a consultation with a TSNRP EBP Facilitator or a workshop at your site, complete the online form.




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