Evidence Based Change In Nursing

In this evidence-based change project by Davis, Stichler, Poeltler (2012), research demonstrating compelling evidence the importance of breastfeeding and the clinical implications are the nurses’ attitudes and care influence exclusive breastfeeding rates. The variable being studied was to independent variable was to increase the rates of exclusively breastfeeding. Dependent variable was to enhance nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice of breastfeeding. It was measured, with pre, posttest, and practice of breastfeeding upon completion of the two-hour educational intervention. The goal of the project was to change nursing practice by implementing the following strategies; providing mandatory evidence-based education to the nursing staff, and to change hospital policies uses a pre/posttest methodology and organizational data to measure the effectiveness of the change. …show more content…
Organizational approval and the Intuitional Review Board approved was obtained prior to commencement of the change project. The information was collected is important to the educational plan of breastfeeding women. While educating the nurses the patients will be affected by the gathered information. It is important to understand what the nurses, MIS, and physicians assitants thought process is about breastfeeding early and up to one-year post-partum. This project change observed N=32 participants. The Pretest n=32, Post 1 n=30, and Post n=30. Among them 74 % reported personal experience with breastfeeding and 67.% had family members who had breastfed successfully. This information is important because it could influence the response of