Columbus Publishers

International Journal of Nursing and Health Care Science

Volume 02: Issue 09

Guthrie DR.

Easy access to the evidence. Dialog among experts who will implement the policy about the proposed changes.
Executive leadership support of evidence-based policies; clear guidance from the literature on how to implement these policies; Need return on investment/cost of policy changes
If it is already widely used and if it is financially feasible and if the administration likes the idea or feels pressure to do it
No comment
No Opinion.
Other attention to the issue- ex lobbying by outside entities
Publicizing good examples and demonstrating how they are beneficial. Providing forums to discuss how to collect relevant evidence to support or change policies.
Specific applicability. Reports are often only tangentially related to policies or work so it is difficult to apply them.
When evidence is generally accepted, say from the CDC; willingness to make changes on the part of management/administration.

### Table 5:

Free text response- What facilitates the uptake of evidence into policy.

There are methods to assist the facilitation of evidence-based uptake into policies. Strategies that should be considered include the use of evidence-based review meetings, critically appraised topics (one-page summaries of the evidence with recommendations for integration into a policy), and educational assessments in which individuals reflect on the process of evidence uptake into policies and determine where they currently have learning gaps [12]. Clearly, the administrators in the healthcare organization need assistance in developing the skills necessary for evidence uptake into policies. The commonalities between this study and previously published works illustrate the need for organizations to support staff in developing the skills for best practice utilization and evidence uptake.

## Conclusion

Despite initiatives for incorporation evidence-based and best practice from government agencies, regulatory boards and healthcare professionals alike, and a rapid growth of evidence-based practice with recent years, it appears that there are barriers to evidence uptake into policies at the healthcare organization To develop evidence- based-based practice within healthcare organizations, deficits must be addressed the and then establish interventions to meet those needs. Only then will the healthcare organization become aware of the availability of current evidence based practice documents, and best practice documents, and strive to incorporate the findings into their policies.

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