Updated: March 27, 2018
The evidence has been compiled and a plan for implementation has been made. It is now time to implement the change, at least on a trial basis. How this take place is largely unit and project dependent. Regardless of how it is rolled out, monitoring the project is going to be key. One way to think about initial implementation is by thinking of it is in the framework of a quality improvement project the model of plan, do, study, act.
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1. Develop a protocol that outlines the plan of how the intervention will be carried out on the unit.
2. Develop a training plan and develop the educational/plan materials
3. Implement a Training Program
4. Start Pilot of Practice Change
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Poe, S. and Dawson, P.B. "Chapter 6: Managing the EBP Project." Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Implementation and Translation. Ed. Stephanie Poe and Kathleen M. White. Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International, 2010.