Supporting Care for Heroes: The Partnership of the VA and the Fuld Institute for Evidence-based Practice by Dr. Penelope Gorsuch, Dr. Lynn Gallagher-Ford, Dr. Sheila Cox-Sullivan and Dr. Colleen Walsh-Irwin Original article published November 10, 2021 on at https://nursing.osu.edu/news/2021/11/10/supporting-care-heroes-partnership-va-and-fuld-institute-evidence-based-practice
In 2017, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Nursing Services (ONS) recognized the need to increase the cadence of disseminating standardized implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP). Fortunately, the ONS Director of Research and EBP was invited to the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice’s ( the Fuld ) inaugural National Summit at The Ohio State University. Subsequently, members of the national nursing leadership team attended an immersion at the Dayton, Ohio Veterans Affairs Medical Center. This exposure and experience ignited a leadership commitment to fund a strategic initiative to develop EBP mentors at each VA medical center site in collaboration with the Fuld.
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Organization of Nurse Leaders – MA, RI, NH, CT, VT has opened their session of the Fuld Institute for EBP's Leading Evidenced-Based Practice training program up for external registrations. Join Lynn Galagher-Ford PhD, RN, NE-BC, DPFNAP, FAAN and Penelope F. Gorsuch DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, USAF Col (ret) as they host a 2 day session on how to lead evidence-based practice changes at your organization.
Dates : December 1-2, 2021, 8am- 5pm EST Registration fee : $999 per person Attendees are eligible for 16.5 contact hours
Register: https://onl.memberclicks.net/evidence-based-practice-2021?servId=8451#/
For more information, questions, or to register a group, email info@oonl.org or call 781-272-3500.
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Program Highlights Learn how a leader creates a vision, builds team engagement, and develops practices to improve quality through the evolution and importance of EBP. Explore personal leadership strengths and discern how key attributes of leadership styles can be leveraged to drive EBP on units and in organizations. Assess key elements of your organization, including the...
Join us for EBP with Me ft. Lynn Gallagher-Ford and Penny Gorsuch, an evidence-based forum on October 20, 2021 from 1 to 2 pm EST. This is a great opportunity to discuss evidence-based topics with Fuld EBP experts. We look forward to seeing you there!
https://fuld.nursing.osu.edu/ebp-me-forum
The Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice (EBP) in Nursing and Healthcare at The Ohio State University College of Nursing recognized Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York Thursday with its first-ever designation recognizing outstanding EBP processes and healthcare outcomes, essential elements for reaching the Quadruple Aim in healthcare.
During the first full day of the Fuld Institute for EBP’s virtual national summit with more than 300 participants, MSK received the Excellence in Evidence-based Practice and Outcomes in Healthcare designation at the Gold level. That means that MSK met or exceeded 90% of the established criteria. Criteria are judged in four areas:
Organization profile: environment, mission/vision/strategic plan, EBP model and framework Organizational leadership: EBP competence in clinicians, leadership role models for evidence-based decision making, integration of EBP, empowerment and recognition of EBP-related work Infrastructures and processes: educated EBP mentors, inter-professional support, alignment and integration of EBP in process/quality improvement and research, ensuring implementation and sustainability of EBP initiatives Outcomes: enhanced patient experience, improved population health, reduced costs,...National cohort of eight selected for inaugural Doctor of Nursing Practice Postdoctoral Fellowship
COLUMBUS, OH – The Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice (EBP) in Nursing and Healthcare in The Ohio State University College of Nursing is proud to announce the launch of its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Postdoctoral Fellowship.
After a highly competitive application and review process, eight individuals were chosen to comprise the inaugural cohort, representing nursing leadership, clinical practice and academia.
"We couldn’t be more excited about launching this fellowship and our inaugural cohort. These outstanding nurses sit in positions where they have extensive reach across the entire healthcare spectrum. They come from across the United States (east coast to Hawaii) and work in acute, ambulatory and community settings in adult and pediatric care,” said Cindy Zellefrow, DNP, MSEd, RN, LSN, PHNA-BC, academic core and DNP fellowship director. “They hold leadership positions in large healthcare systems, work in national-level organizations that inform and drive nursing professional development and teach in higher education. We’re looking forward to an exciting year of personal and professional growth as, together, we...
The PRO-RES Project: PROmoting Ethics and Integrity in all Non-Medical RESearch - from Ideas to Outcomes WHEN: Wednesday, July 28 1-2 p.m. WHERE: Zoom The Fuld Institute for EBP is excited to invite you to register for a webinar event explaining the Guidance Framework produced by PRO-RES, a European Commission funded project. This framework will be of benefit to the full range of stakeholders who have an interest in producing evidence that can influence policymakers in their decision making. Thus, for example, researchers and healthcare professionals can see how best to marshal their evidence-gathering to ensure evidence is ethically generated and shared. At the same time, researchers can be better placed to assess the kinds of evidence used by policymakers - gaining assurance that the evidence has been sourced with integrity and holding policymakers accountable if not.
This webinar will be led by Dr. Ron Iphofen, FAcSS. He is an Independent Research Consultant, a Fellow of the United Kingdom's Academy of Social Sciences, the Higher Education Academy and the Royal Society of Medicine....
Fuld Institute for EBP awards 2021 funding
The Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice (EBP) in Nursing and Healthcare funded six awards in 2021.
The funding was awarded to James Dilleshaw, BSN, RN, DNP candidate, of the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing; Jiale Hu, PhD, RN, of Virginia Commonwealth University; Letha M. Joseph, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, of the Community Living Center Durham, VA Healthcare System; Kerry King, MSN, RN, OCN®, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Tiffany Messerall, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, of OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital and Lindsey Patton, MSN, APRN, PCNS-BC 1, of Texas Christian University and Children’s Health System of Texas for EBP initiatives and research projects.
Dilleshaw was awarded approximately $1,000 for his EBP initiative titled, “A Shared Decision-making (SDM) Program for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes at a Free Medical Clinic.” A SDM program will help patients in selecting medication for their type II diabetes or assist in initiating statin therapy as recommended. Dilleshaw and his team hope to successfully implement and sustain use of a SDM program and...
Study: Nurses' Physical, Mental Health Connected To Preventable Medical Errors
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A study led by The Ohio State University College of Nursing finds that critical care nurses in poor physical and mental health reported significantly more medical errors than nurses in better health. The study, which was conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic, also found that “nurses who perceived that their worksite was very supportive of their well-being were twice as likely to have better physical health.” Study findings published today in the American Journal of Critical Care. “It’s critically important that we understand some of the root causes that lead to those errors and do everything we can to prevent them,” lead author Bernadette Melnyk said. She serves as vice president for health promotion, chief wellness officer and dean of the College of Nursing at Ohio State. The authors quoted research on the prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression and burnout symptoms among critical care nurses as a basis for examining the potential correlation between well-being and medical errors. The study surveyed nearly 800 members of the...EBP Implementation and Sustainability Toolkit Released to EBP HQ Members
Fuld Institute for EBP HQ members can now access our new EBP Implementation and Sustainability Toolkit Interactive PDF. The Toolkit is an evidence-based resource that is informed from decades of educating clinicians, students, faculty and leaders in the EBP steps for practice change through EBP immersions and academic programs as well as; conducting research related to EBP, building and sustaining cultures of evidence-based practice, and providing years of service in senior leadership roles in healthcare systems and clinical agencies.
The Toolkit is based on the ARCC model and research from multiple sectors and fields including: EBP concepts, strategies found to be effective in healthcare settings, outcomes of EBP educational programs, change models, leadership theories and attributes, mentoring theories and attributes, and implementation science.
EBP HQ Members can currently access it through the EBP HQ Dashboard. Login to EBP HQ
Congratulations to Dónal P. O’Mathúna on winning the 2020 HSE Open Access Research Award
Congratulations to Dónal P. O’Mathúna on winning the 2020 HSE Open Access Research Award given by the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) to a research publication for its impact on health service provision (https://hse.drsteevenslibrary.ie/openaccess). The criteria for the award are: • Addresses a health question/problem of national or local significance • Improves collective understanding of a health question/problem • Measurable impact of the published research.
The publication was Israel J. Borges do Nascimento, Thilo C. von Groote, Dónal P. O’Mathúna, et al. Clinical, laboratory and radiological characteristics and outcomes of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection in humans: A systematic review and series of meta-analyses. PLOS ONE 2020;15(9): e0239235. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239235”
Clinician burnout: A mental health 'pandemic within a pandemic'
"For the last several months, health care workers have rightfully been hailed as heroes.They have worked tirelessly through the COVID-19 pandemic, putting themselves in harm’s way to deliver outstanding care to patients. Health care workers appreciate videos and personal messages of thanks they receive. However, the best way to thank our nation’s clinicians is to provide resources and programming that support improved quality of life with the goal of reducing clinician burnout, a critical problem that I call the mental health 'pandemic within the pandemic.'” - quote from article. Check out this article from the journal Healio penned by the Fuld Institute for EBP's own Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk.
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