1. Growing Evidence For Practice
Duke Heart Center Nursing Research
Growing Evidence For Practice
Technology and Data Based Decisions
Clinical Policies & Procedures
SUMMARY
PURPOSE
Smoking Cessation
Heart Center nurses are integrally involved in using research in practice
Duke patients benefit from participating in state of the science research that directly impacts their care
Duke University Hospital is a major teaching hospital, directly linked to the School of Nursing and School of Medicine through joint and clinical appointments. Our hospital mission is patient care, research and education. Nurses have chosen to work at Duke because of an environment where teaching and research activities are an integral part of practice. We hold legal responsibility for our practice and are professionally accountable for improving our practice through evidence-based initiatives, thereby contributing to new practice knowledge. By using and conducting clinical research we have an opportunity to achieve excellence in patient care and to improve clinical outcomes for the patients whom we serve.
Does inpatient counseling for smoking cessation effect actual smoking cessation rates in the community at 6 and 12 months following discharge?
Team PI: Alice Reshamwala, RN, BSN
Patient
Needs
Optimal
Outcomes
Nursing Care
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVOLVEMENT
CQI / PI
Research
Clinical Standards & Protocols
Write a Heart Center Fellowship Grant
Do a Clinical Ladder project
Join an Evidence-Based Practice Team sponsored by AACN
Create a Clinical Best-Practice Project
Publish a clinical review of cardiovascular patient care practices
Adherence to the
Heart Failure Regimen
Code Blue Registry
End of Life Care:
Can We Predict To Prepare?
Nursing as a Profession: A Qualitative Analysis of High School Student Perceptions
EBP Intervention Study
Does a campaign to increase awareness of existing clinical evidence for adult cardiovascular patient care improve staff knowledge of available, appropriate guidelines?
Team PI: Linda Latour, RN
What demographic and physiologic characteristics are associated with 3 different levels of care provided for patients at the end of life?
Team PI: Rebecca Johnson, RN, BSN
What are high school student perceptions of nursing as a career choice, and how does a nurse-shadowing experience influence perceptions of the role of nurses?
Team PI: Pam Porter, RN, BSN
What patient and/or environmental characteristics are associated with cardiac arrest survival in adults at DUH?
Team Co-PI: Martha Cox, RN, MSN and Cory Miller, RN, BS
What is the relationship between inpatient medication teaching, level of patient understanding and long-term adherence in community based patients receiving 3 different models of follow up care?
Team PI: Bradi Granger, RN, PhD
Nursing Science Yesterday and Today…
OBJECTIVES
Heart Center nurses participate in activities that strengthen the research-practice connection including:
Evidenced based practice initiatives
Research studies
Publications
Grant submissions
SUGAR Trial
What is the relationship between vasopressor use and the accuracy capillary blood glucose values in critically ill post operative surgery patients on IV insulin ?
Team PI: Myra Ellis, RN, MSN
… From Observation To Active Investigation