clinical nurse specialists: value added!
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Clinical Nurse Specialists: Value Added!. Barbara Wheeler RN, MN, IBCLC, RLC St. Boniface General Hospital 21 November 2008. The Strong Model. Ackerman, M.H. et al. (1996). The CNS Role. Practice Education Leadership Research - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Clinical Nurse Specialists: Value Added!
Barbara Wheeler RN, MN, IBCLC, RLC
St. Boniface General Hospital
21 November 2008
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The Strong Model
Ackerman, M.H. et al. (1996)Ackerman, M.H. et al. (1996)
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The CNS Role Practice Education Leadership Research
CNS role: “recognized as ideal to bridge the research gap between academia and clinical practice” (Nelson, et al., 2007)
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Importance of Nursing Research To provide scientific accountability & a
foundation for evidence-based practice
To evaluate the efficacy of nursing practice
To advance the practice of nursing, and ultimately,
To improve clinical outcomes
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St. Boniface General HospitalSBGH: 10 Clinical Nurse Specialists
Cardiac Sciences Gerontology Medicine Palliative Care Surgery Woman & Child Program
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SBGH CNS Research Staff knowledge & attitudes
regarding implementation of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) (B. Tallman)
The effectiveness of probiotic yogurt in preventing antibiotic associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients (K. Jabusch)
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Canadian heart failure patients’ & caregivers’ emotions (E. Estrella-Holder)
Multimodal assessment of functional capacity in heart failure patients: The integrated role of the heart failure and device clinics (E. Estrella-Holder)
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SBGH CNS Research
Testing the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale (BSES) among mothers of ill or preterm infants
What really happens after they go
home? Human milk feeding after NICU discharge (B. Wheeler)
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SBGH CNS Research Parents in the NICU: Development
of a satisfaction survey (B. Wheeler)
The effects of post-operative pain education on selected patient outcomes for urgent coronary bypass surgery (A. Fedorowicz)
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SBGH CNS Research Urinary drainage following
continence surgery: Development of Canadian best practice guidelines (B. Lewthwaite)
What do nurses know about post-operative nausea and vomiting? (B. Lewthwaite)
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SBGH CNS Research Factors related to patient satisfaction
in a Family Medicine Residency Teaching program (J. Parker)
Late-Preterm Infant Research-Based Practice Project (B. Wheeler) AWHONN: 15 sites in the US and Canada
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Our Current Project… Planning implementation of the
WRHA Pain Assessment & Management Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG)
CNS group: an opportunity to: improve pain management, improve patient satisfaction, and to decrease LOS
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“Pain” Project Goal: explore knowledge &
attitudes nurses (~700 +) have re: pain assessment & management i.e. baseline knowledge level
Research Tool: a well-validated 22 item true/false questionnaire
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Our current project… Study findings will guide
implementation of the CPG at SBGH Identify knowledge gaps Design appropriate education sessions Generate interest in learning about pain then….
Introduce CPG
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Thank you!