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Introduction: the Registered Nurses Association of Ontarios flagship Best Practice Spotlight Organization® Program is scaling up implementation around the globe. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has successfully partnered with the Registered Nurses Association of Ontarios to become a Best Practice Spotlight Organization Host, and establish an evidence-based culture in South Australia. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation is the largest professional organisation and trade union for nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing in Australia with a commitment to high standards of professional practice, effective bargaining and industrial representation of members as well as a progressive, social justice based approach to policy issues facing the health system (Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation 2017). Objective: reflect on the experience of Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation in implementing the Best Practice Spotlight Organization Program in nursing in South Australia. Methodology: to describe the process of scaling up the Registered Nurses Association of Ontarios Best Practice Guidelines program in South Australia through its Best Practice Spotlight Organizations world renowned feature, barriers and opportunities to its uptake and its evaluation. Conclusions: evaluation of the Best Practice Spotlight Organizations program demonstrates the value of practice reforms, which were implemented and improved outcomes for patients/clients, improved professional satisfaction and capacity, and created cost efficiencies in the pilot sites.

Palabras clave: practice guideline nursing evidence-based practice programs evidence-based nursing.

2018-12-04   |   87 visitas   |   Evalua este artículo 0 valoraciones

Vol. 20 Núm.2. Agosto-Noviembre 2017 Pags. 215-223 MedUNAB 2017; 20(2)