Influenza Vaccines and EBP Implementation Questions

1. Why is understanding the health care system at the local level important to consider when planning an EBP implementation? Conduct research and solicit anecdotal evidence from your course preceptor that you will take into consideration for your own change project.

2. Compare and contrast two change theories, and determine which theory makes the most sense for implementing your specific EBP intervention. Why? Has your preceptor used either theory, and to what result?

3. Stakeholder support is necessary for a successful project implementation. Consider your internal stakeholders, such as the facility, unit, or health care setting where the change proposal is being considered, and your external stakeholders, like an individual or group outside the health care setting. Why is their support necessary to the success of your influenza vaccines change proposal, and how you will go about securing that support?

4. Technology is integral to successful implementation in many projects, through either support or integration or both. Name at least one technology that could improve the implementation process and the outcomes of your capstone influenza vaccines project change proposal. Do you plan to use this technology? If not, what are the barriers that prevent its use?

6. Name one financial aspect, one quality aspect, and one clinical aspect that need to be taken into account for developing the evidence-based change proposal. Explain how your proposal will directly and indirectly impact each of the aspects.

7. Describe one internal and one external method for the dissemination of your evidence-based change proposal. For example, an internal method may be the hospital board, and an external method may be a professional nursing organization. Discuss why it is important to report your influenza vaccines change proposal to both of these groups. How will your communication strategies change for each group?

8. Discuss one way you will be able to evaluate whether influenza vaccines make a difference in practice.

9. Not all EBP projects result in statistically significant results. Define clinical significance, and explain the difference between clinical and statistical significance. How can you use clinical significance to support positive outcomes in your project?

10. Name two potential barriers that may prevent your EBP influenza vaccines change proposal from continuing to obtain the same desired results 6 months to a year from now, and your strategies for overcoming these barriers.

11. Dissemination of EBP and research, such as presenting results at a conference or writing an article for a journal, is an important part of professional practice. Identify one professional journal and one nursing or health care conference where you might present your influenza vaccines project. Discuss why each of your choices is the best option for you to disseminate your new knowledge.

12. Discuss why EBP is an essential component of the practice of a BSN-prepared RN. Identify two ways in which you will continue to integrate evidence into your practice and encourage it within your work environment. What obstacles could challenge this plan, and what steps will you take to minimize their impact?

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