UC San Diego Library UC San Diego Peer Reviewed Title: Author: Wickline, Mary, University of California, San Diego Publication Date: 05-18-2009 Series: Library's Research Works Permalink: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/47k7b1g8 Additional Info: " " was presented at the Medical Library Association annual meeting (ifusions '09) in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 18, 2009 as part of the Nursing & Allied Health Section (NAHRS) breakout session entitled "Magnet Fusion: (Re)credentialing from a Leadership Perspective" - the intended audience was medical and hospital librarians interested in Magnet accreditation for their hospitals. Keywords: Nurses, Magnet accreditation, library services Abstract: Knowing the nursing community, & synchronizing the library s mission with the hospital s advances the use of library resources and evidence-based practice. Magnet accreditation provides a natural framework for collaboration. A focus on organizational mission statements and a proactive approach to getting on the team using their language, getting out of the building, and working in their comfort zone to directly support and address top needs leads to positive outcomes for both nurses and the library. Copyright Information: All rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. Contact the author or original publisher for any necessary permissions. escholarship is not the copyright owner for deposited works. Learn more at http://www.escholarship.org/help_copyright.html#reuse escholarship provides open access, scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide.
Networking with Clinical Nurses Fusing Magnet & Mary Wickline, MLIS, M.Ed. Instruction & Outreach Librarian to Nurses & Allied Health UCSD Medical Center Library University of California, San Diego
Mission What is your organization s Mission?
American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program Goals 1. Promoting quality in a setting that supports professional practice 2. Identifying excellence in the delivery of nursing services to patients 3. Disseminating best practices in nursing services American Nurses Credentialing Center. (2009). Goals of the Magnet Program. Retrieved January 10, 2009 from http://www.nursecredentialing.org/magnet/programoverview/goalsofthemagnetprogram.aspx Magnet Fusion: (Re)credentialing from a Leadership Perspective
Mission = leadership s perspective The mission of the UCSD Libraries is to be leaders in providing and promoting information resources and services to the UCSD community when, where, and how users want them. Clinical Excellence - through service, innovation, & education.
My Story What are the issues & challenges of providing information services to nurses & allied health? What are the barriers to nurses readiness for evidence-based practice? Brown CE, Wickline MA, Ecoff L, & Glaser D. (2009). Nursing practice, knowledge, attitudes and perceived barriers to evidence-based practice at an academic medical center. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(2), 371-381. Pravikoff, D. S., Tanner, A. B., & Pierce, S. T. (2005). Readiness of U.S. nurses for evidence-based practice. The American Journal of Nursing, 105(9), 40-52
Methods BARRIERS scale Funk SG, et al. (1991). BARRIERS: The barriers to research utilization scale. Applied Nursing Research, 4, 39-45. EBPQ Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Upton D, Upton P. (2006). Development of an evidence-based practice questionnaire for nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 53, 454-8.
Outcomes Top-ranked knowledge needs 1. Converting information needs into a question 2. Research skills 3. Ability to determine validity of material 4. Awareness of information types & sources Ability to critically appraise 5. IT skills 6. Ability to identify gaps in own practice 7. Knowledge of how to retrieve evidence
Outcomes Barriers Time (2x) Lack of Autonomy (authority / implementation) Unaware of Research (#5) Relevant literature not compiled in one place (#6)
Outcomes Facilitators Learning opportunities what we already do, but more proactively offering it (when & where they want it) Culture building Using Magnet & EBP language in support of their structure & process Availability and simplicity of resources when, where, & how they want them
Implications Consortium for Nursing Excellence, San Diego Collaboration among 5 hospitals & a university Created Evidence-Based Practice Institute
Consortium for Nursing Excellence #10 Community & the Hospital: positive productive corporate citizen
Implications Digging for Dinosaurs contest Encouraging a culture of questioning & innovation Teaching nurses to translate clinical questions to a research format (PICO) Monthly award (from Research Council) Action Research Project
Implications Research Council service (organizational structure includes shared governance) Regularly scheduled workshops in library or on-site in the hospital Searching the Nursing Literature Effectively offer 2 CEUs. Consults & literature searches to support EBP projects specifically related to nurses professional development and advancement Presentation support (posters, ppt) Writing support group
Research Council #2 Organizational Structure: flat, shared governance committee structure #4 Clinical Promotional Opportunities #8 Consultations & Resources: adequate consult & other human resources available
Fusing Mission to Magnet Attend Nursing Education Dept meetings to learn what they re interested in and working on Then PUSH INFORMATION to them selectively Wound Wednesdays/Skin Committee Fall Prevention Handoff Communication Core Measures Hospital Standards
Fusing Mission to Magnet Provide relevant resources & make them readily available Links to library on their home pages Link to IV compatibility and adverse reaction reports on websites they already use in critical care Link footnotes in Nursing Standards (they wrote) to records of books & articles
Fusing Mission to Magnet SERVICE: New Employee Orientations Invite them to the library in context of organizational mission & Magnet language Promote quality & depth of library s resources Acknowledge them as professionals, support lifelong learning, encourage education, & announce service in support of clinical excellence Talk about library support of Research Council Digging for Dinosaurs - innovation contest
New Employee Orientation #14 Professional Development: significant emphasis on orientation #4 Personnel Policies & Pgms: competitive benefits--promote library as benefit! Magnet Fusion: (Re)credentialing from a Leadership Perspective
Fusing Mission to Magnet Education on-site in their comfort zone Unit-based Shared-governance councils Nurse Residency Program - guest speaker New Grad Education - Nurses as Teachers Support whatever they are doing wherever they are doing it
Class for Respiratory Care on their unit #2 Organizational Structure: unit-based #14 Professional Development: in-service, continuing education #7 Quality Improvement staff nurses participate in QI
New Grad Education Committee #7 Quality Improvement: Staff Nurses Participate #11 Nurses as Teachers #14 Professional Development & emphasis on orientation
Be willing to go to them.