Implementing Evidence for Practice (NURS90070)

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Synthesise relevant literature to support a proposed clinical practice change within a healthcare setting
• Formulate appropriate strategies to implement research evidence into clinical practice within a healthcare setting
• Analyse potential enablers and barriers in implementing research evidence into clinical practice within a healthcare setting
• Evaluate organisational processes for implementing and monitoring evidence-based practice within a healthcare setting
• Demonstrate communication skills that can be used to effectively promote evidence-based clinical practice within a healthcare setting

Generic skills

• Highly developed cognitive, analytic and problem-solving skills, characterised by flexibility of approach;
• The ability and self-confidence to comprehend complex concepts, to express them lucidly, whether orally or in writing, and to confront unfamiliar problems;
• Where appropriate, advanced working skills in the application of computer systems and software and a receptiveness to the opportunities offered by new technologies;
• An ability to evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature;
• Advanced skills and techniques;
• Advanced competencies in areas of professional expertise and/or scholarship;
• The capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning;