Advanced Practice Institute: Promoting Adoption of Evidence-Based Practice

Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 8:00 AM - Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 5:00 PM, Zoom

This Institute is designed to develop the advanced skills necessary for nursing and interprofessional leaders to promote and lead teams in adoption and integration of evidence-based practices.
Developing a scientific base for practice is important for nursing and is a requirement for Magnet Recognition Program® designation and accreditation by regulatory agencies such as The Joint Commission (TJC).
Topics discussed in the Institute include:
• Selecting clinical issues to address through the evidence-based practice process
• Finding and evaluating the evidence
• Implementing and sustaining practice changes
• Evaluating evidence-based changes in practice to demonstrate an impact
• Integrating evidence-based practices into the organizational system or setting

Iowa Board of Nursing, Provider #34 (23.75 hours), Non-Nurse Attendance (23.75 hours)

1. Identify strategies for implementation of evidence-based practice changes in complex health care systems.
2. Describe the organizational infrastructure necessary for evidence-based practice.
3. Use an evidence-based practice implementation book with strategies, tools, and resources to promote evidence-based health care.
4. Discuss methods to sustain evidence-based changes in practice.
5. Develop a plan for demonstrating an impact from use of evidence in practice.
6. Describe the evidence-based practice process for use in nursing and health care.
7. Develop a specific evidence-based practice topic.

REGISTRATION FEE

The $1200 registration may be paid online, or by check payable to University of Iowa Health Care, Department of Nursing. Please note for this virtual institute, five participants from the same institution may attend for the price of four participants. Requests to cancel must be received in writing, postmarked on or before September 1, 2020. A processing fee of $100 will be deducted from your refund. 

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Please complete the application and send via email to Kristen Rempel at [email protected] by September 1, 2020 or contact Kristen for an extension. (Please note, attendance is limited due to the small group focus. Qualifying applicants will be accepted in order of receipt of application and payment.)

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE

Acceptance letters will be sent by email. We reserve the right to cancel the program if it is not full. In the unlikely event that happens, you will be placed in the next available program or your registration fee fully refunded.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE INSTITUTE

• RN employed in practice at least 50% time
• Minimum BSN degree, master’s, or doctoral preparation preferred
• Leadership responsibilities for evidence-based practice
• Participants are required to identify a topic/project to work on during the Institute. If assistance is needed, please contact Laura Cullen, DNP, RN, FAAN at [email protected] prior to the Institute.
• Completion of pre-requisite readings

23.75 Contact hours will be granted by the University of Iowa Health Care, Department of Nursing (Iowa Board of Nursing Approved Provider # 34). Participants must attend the entire program each day to receive full credit.