Engaging Evidence-Based Practice, Research, and Innovation Council Members in Shared Governance Through Experiential Learning

Abstract

This article aims to share the experience of a large academic medical center’s journey to build a highly engaged, strong-performing, and productive Evidence-Based Practice, Research, and Innovation Shared Governance Council. An experiential learning approach was initiated to further engage and teach staff nurse council members about evidence-based practice (EBP) and research. Using monthly council meetings, the Evidence-Based Practice, Research, and Innovation Council successfully completed 1 EBP project and 1 research project. Staff nurses appreciated the connection between research, EBP, and the development/refinement of nursing policies. This article aims to share the experience of a large academic medical center’s journey to build a highly engaged, strong-performing, and productive Evidence-Based Practice, Research, and Innovation Shared Governance Council. An experiential learning approach was initiated to further engage and teach staff nurse council members about evidence-based practice (EBP) and research. Using monthly council meetings, the Evidence-Based Practice, Research, and Innovation Council successfully completed 1 EBP project and 1 research project. Staff nurses appreciated the connection between research, EBP, and the development/refinement of nursing policies. Esther Chipps, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL, Clinical Nurse Scientist, Clinical Professor, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University College of Nursing. She can be reached at [email protected]; Amy Knupp, PhD, RN, APRN-CNS, CPPS, Associate Director, Nursing CE Programming and Clinical Placement, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center; Jane Ginther, DNP, APRN-CNP, Nurse Practitioner, Orthopedic Trauma, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center; Laurel Courtney, MS, APRN-CNS, AOCN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nursing Informatics, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Samantha Warren, BSN, RN, PCCN, Staff Nurse, Cardiac Medical ICU, The Ohio State University Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital; Sherry Levering, DNP, RN, Staff RN, Medical-Surgical Nursing, The Ohio State University, Hospital East; Kimberly Brown, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Director of Nursing Professional Practice and Regulatory Affairs, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.