2013 YEAR END REVIEW:
Reflective Thinking By Kathy Arthurs, MSN, RN-BC, RNC-OB
HOUSTON METHODIST SAN JACINTO HOSPITAL Reflective thinking allows one to learn from the past in order to generate new knowledge and understanding for the future. In reflection, 2013 was a very productive year for the Houston Methodist (HM) Research and Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Council. The council was formed with representatives from each of the HM hospitals who shared a mission to create, support and encourage a culture of scientific inquiry through research and evidence-based practice by establishing an infrastructure which fosters collaboration and communication both within nursing and other healthcare disciplines across Houston Methodist and beyond. In April the Emerging EBP Scholar Program began. It was developed by HM Research and EBP Council with a core curriculum to equip HM healthcare professionals with advanced EBP skills to lead EBP initiatives at a unit, department and hospital-wide level. Through participation in the year long program, EBP Scholars conducted literature reviews for selected topics, appraised existing evidence using the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice and convened and managed interprofessional EBP teams.
REFLECTIONS FROM EBP SCHOLARS ABOUT THEIR JOURNEY... “Joining the EBP Scholar program was a trail-blazing journey for me because it validated the essential role of inter-professional team collaboration in improving patient quality outcomes. In today’s contemporary health care environment, whether nurses are interested in being consumers of research or being creators of change, the EBP Scholar Program became an excellent vehicle for me to instill a research-minded culture that fosters the values of clinical excellence and transformational leadership. Overall, the EBP Scholar program gave me the essential roadmap to drive my evidence-based decision-making journey, into full gear.” Jennifer A. Luna, MSN MBA RN CCRN, Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital “Participating in the EBP Scholar Program has provided me with not only skills and knowledge but the initiative to collaborate and contribute to nursing research. I have gained a profound respect for each component of the process and not just the action piece!” From Cindy Barefield, BSN, RN-BC, CWOCN, Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
MEET THE EBP SCHOLARS HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER Facilitator: Shannan Hamlin PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, AGACNP, CCRN Pictured L-R: Larry Johnson BS, MLA, BSN, RN Project Title: Bridging the Gap Renato Revilla, RNBC, BSN, CNN Project Title: In Adult Literacy Dialysis Patients, How does Teach-Back Compare to Written Information Enhance their Adherence to Dialysis Treatment Regimen 10 METHODIST NURSE
Lenis Sosa BSN, RN, OCN Project Title: Effect of Communication in Healthcare Administration, Patient’s Satisfaction and Research Not pictured: Susan Bionat, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC, APRN, CNS, CCRN Project Title: Does NP Medication Education Improve HCAP Scores? HOUSTON METHODIST SAN JACINTO HOSPITAL Facilitator: Kathy Arthurs MSN, RN-BC, RNC-OB Pictured L-R: Mary Grace Zamora, Kathy Arthurs, Jennifer Luna, Cindy Barefield, Melanie Navos, Farouk Hariri Project Titles: Early Ambulation for Critically Ill Patients by Farouk Hariri MSN, RN, OCN, Christine Pieper-Johnson PT, DPT, Mary Grace Zamora MSN, RN, CEN, Jennifer Luna MSN, RN, CEN, Melanie Navos PT,DPT Project Title: Nurses Knowledge of Pressure Ulcers Prevention and Staging by Cindy Barefield, BSN, RN-BC, CWOCN Pictured L-R: Christine Pieper Johnson PT, DPT and Farouk Hariri MSN, RN, OCN