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It Takes Two: Librarians and Nurses Collaborate to Establish a Magnet Hospital Evidence-based Nursing Project

It Takes Two: Librarians and Nurses Collaborate to Establish a Magnet Hospital Evidence-based Nursing Project. DeDe Leshy, MLIS, MS Irene Lovas, MLS Senior Medical Librarians Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Project Planning. Two Senior Medical Librarians Three Advanced Practice Nurses

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It Takes Two: Librarians and Nurses Collaborate to Establish a Magnet Hospital Evidence-based Nursing Project

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  1. It Takes Two: Librarians and Nurses Collaborate to Establish a Magnet Hospital Evidence-based Nursing Project DeDe Leshy, MLIS, MS Irene Lovas, MLS Senior Medical Librarians Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  2. Project Planning Two Senior Medical Librarians Three Advanced Practice Nurses CSMC Magnet Hospital Setting

  3. Organizing Principle Readiness of U.S. Nurses for Evidence-based Practice By Diane S. Pravikoff, PhD, RN, FAAN, Annelle B. Tanner, EdD, RN, and Susan T. Pierce, EdD, RN AJN, Sept., 2005, v.105(9):40-51.

  4. Readiness of U.S. Nurses for Evidence-based Practice Key Concepts: • Many nurses acknowledged a need for information to support their work • Nurses were more comfortable asking colleagues or peers and searching the Internet than using bibliographic databases

  5. Project Objectives • Librarians and key nurse contacts work collaboratively to promote and support evidence-based research by nurses at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC)

  6. Project Objectives • Design a program to encourage and facilitate the use of evidence-based literature among staff nurses at CSMC

  7. Project Objectives • Nurses have the opportunity to present research at Cedars-Sinai Nursing Research Conference, May 2, 2006 • CEU Credit for nurse participants

  8. Project Design “Nursing Research Toolbox” A series of three classes over three-week period to acquaint nurses with research methods

  9. Nursing Research Toolbox, Session 1:“Getting Excited About Research” • Presented by nurses • Choosing a topic • Differentiating between QI and research

  10. Nursing Research Toolbox, Session 2:“How to Do A Literature Search” • Presented by librarians • Covered the basics of doing a literature search • Finding evidence-based studies

  11. Nursing Research Toolbox, Session 3:“What to Do After Your Search?” • Presented by nurses • Organizing workload • Reviewing literature

  12. Librarian Session Details “How to do a Literature Search” • Selecting an appropriate information source: - journal articles - textbooks - Internet

  13. “How to Do a Literature Search” • Translate topic into searchable concepts • Search concepts separately • Refine and combine concepts • Use Medical subject headings

  14. “How to Do a Literature Search” • Perform sample searches • Identify evidence-based articles • Get full-text of article • Librarians available for follow- up consultation

  15. Information Resources We Use: • Medical Library Resources for Nurses: • Ovid Databases: - MEDLINE – our focus for this project - CINAHL - Cochrane Databases • UpToDate • Subject Guide to Nursing Information Resources

  16. Pre-testLiterature Search Session • Most Cedars-Sinai nurses in the classes use journal literature to find answers to questions • Most Cedars-Sinai nurses in the classes search CINAHL or MEDLINE to find quality, evidence-based journal articles

  17. Librarian Class EvaluationComments • Nurses perceived the librarians and the Medical Library to be “nurse-friendly” • Nurses thought class was “very useful” • Nurses learned database search techniques to identify evidence-based articles

  18. Project Outcome • Encore presentation of Sessions 2 and 3 • Request for a series of Literature Search Classes for BSN and MSN students at California State University, Los Angeles working at Cedars-Sinai • Request for librarians to teach Literature Search Classes in nursing units

  19. Project Outcome • Librarians asked to join the Nursing Research Committee • Librarians asked to present at the CSMC Nursing Research Conference, May 2, 2006

  20. Summary • Collaboration benefits both nurses and librarians - nursesbecome aware of and use library resources more effectively - librariansbecome aware of nurses information needs and are able to target training sessions to meet those needs - weimprove our unique roles in patient care

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