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Teaching Evidence-based Practice in Nursing Academia

Bonnie Schmidt, PhD, RN, CNE Assistant Dean and Director of Evaluation and Projects UW Oshkosh College of Nursing

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University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

❖ University ❖ History ❖ Mission and Vision ❖ College of Nursing ❖ History ❖ Mission and Vision

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UW Oshkosh College of Nursing

❖ History ❖ Options offered ❖ Undergraduate ❖ Graduate

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UW Oshkosh College of Nursing

❖ Outcomes ❖ Accreditation ❖ NCLEX/Certification rates ❖ Graduates ❖ Caring for Wisconsin individuals, families, communities

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Teaching Evidence-based Practice Throughout the Program

❖ Academic librarian-progressive presentations and

in-course support throughout program

❖ Informatics course ❖ I-pad Clinical Resources: Nursing Central

Software

❖ Multiple assignments requiring information

retrieval and application

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Teaching Evidence-based Practice

❖ Specific Examples ❖ Foundational evidence-based practice course ❖ Service-learning project: Community Health

Clinical

❖ Undergraduate honors program research study ❖ Graduate student scholarly projects (DNP, NE,

CNL)

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Generating New Knowledge

❖ Center for Nursing Research ❖ Undergraduate/graduate student research involvement ❖ Collaborative research with community partners ❖ Pain clinic study ❖ Cycling without Age ❖ Looking for more!

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Disseminating Knowledge

❖ Students ❖ Scholarly project presentations ❖ Community aggregate project presentations ❖ Campus events: Celebration of Scholarship ❖ Faculty ❖ Publications ❖ Local, regional, and national presentations

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Involving Community Partners

Evaluation of Teaching and Resources

❖ Board of Visitors ❖ Clinical Partners ❖ Staff nurses/preceptors ❖ Annual Partnership Council meeting ❖ Online academic databases- Polk library ❖ Opportunities for continuing education through

clinical partner employers

❖ Alumni/employer evaluations

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Takeaway Points

❖ Strong connections with clinical partners ❖ Responsiveness to community needs ❖ Students involved in applying evidence to practice ❖ Faculty research and dissemination