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The Colorado Patient‐Centered Interprofessional Evidence‐Based Practice Model: A Framework for Transformation
Author(s) -
Goode Colleen J.,
Fink Regina M.,
Krugman Mary,
Oman Kathleen S.,
Traditi Lisa K.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
worldviews on evidence‐based nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.052
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1741-6787
pISSN - 1545-102X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2010.00208.x
Subject(s) - operationalization , evidence based practice , intervention (counseling) , evidence based medicine , medical education , medicine , psychology , nursing , alternative medicine , philosophy , epistemology , pathology
Background: Evidence‐based practice (EBP) models provide a framework to guide organizations and their clinicians to implement evidence‐based policies, protocols, and guidelines. A historical review of evidence‐based models is presented. The revised Colorado Patient‐Centered Interprofessional EBP Model supports use of research evidence and nonresearch evidence and adopts a patient‐centered approach to EBP. Aim: The purpose of this article is to present a framework that can be used to transform an organization and foster the use of evidence by interdisciplinary team members. Approach: An evidence‐based intervention to decrease catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is presented to show how the model is operationalized. The EBP model is supported by the five steps that clinicians should use as they identify a clinical problem, gather the evidence, and move the evidence into practice. Ideas for dissemination of new models to clinicians throughout the organization are presented.