As a practicing nurse, you are an important part of the health care team and can recognize when changes to practice are needed to improve patient care. Using the best available research evidence, you can identify interventions that will impact patients’ health outcomes. In this assignment, you will evaluate a nurse-led evidence-based practice project that improved the outcomes for patients with chronic heart failure using research and interprofessional collaboration.
Read “Discharge Education Improves Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure”
Address the following in the summary:
Explain the purpose of the evidence-based project.
Describe the intervention that was implemented to achieve an improved patient outcome.
Describe how interprofessional collaboration promoted the successful transition of the evidence into clinical practice.
Define the role of each member of the interprofessional health care team. Explain how each role was impacted by the EBP change.
Explain the project outcomes. Was the project successful? Were there limitations to the project? What could be done differently?
Briefly describe the plan for implementing the project in nursing practice.
Reflect on your assessment of the evidence-based practice change and how you can apply what you have learned here into your clinical practice.
Format all citations and references according to APA guidelines.