Discussion 14 702 - Assignment Example

Discussion 14 702 November 24, Discussion 14 702 There has been significant success in achieving different objectives of the program. Evidence based research and evidence based practice as some of the major areas of knowledge and competence development. I have developed theoretical and practical competence to data collection and analysis for understanding clinical problems and factors to the problems. A major insight in these developments and their application is the fact that even though a clinical problem as well as its solution may be known, such as in the knowledge of incidence and prevalence of hypertension and existence of JNC guidelines, practitioners may lack contemporary knowledge on intervention or fail to implement the knowledge.

This leads to inefficiency and ineffectiveness and identifies significance of the program in facilitating development and application of contemporary nursing knowledge. The program has also informed me of the contemporary knowledge (Sieloff & Frey, 2007) and its diversity and applicability (Fawcett & DeSanto-Madeya, 2012). I am therefore prepared to assume an active role in development and use of contemporary nursing knowledge and in advocacy for mass transition to reliance on the knowledge for practice.

I envision myself as a leader and an advocate of evidence based practice, and I shall pursue the vision through a number of strategies. I shall conduct and publish empirical based studies on effectiveness of evidence-based study in solving healthcare issues and use the results to advocate for the practice. I shall also rely on evidence-based practice in my clinical practice and seek diligence with the aim of demonstrating advantages of the practice. In addition, I shall motivate individuals, teams, and the entire organization through setting examples and through empowering nurses into evidence based practice.

I shall rely on my organization’s top management to develop policies for application of evidence-based practice and to avail resources for the same. Resistance is expected at different levels of the organization due to financial implications and required change but I plan to use situational leadership style, with focus on charismatic and transformational styles, in ensuring change towards use of evidence based practice (Kelly & Tazbir, 2013).ReferencesFawcett, J. & DeSanto-Madeya, S. (2012).

Contemporary nursing knowledge: Analysis and evaluation of nursing models and theories. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis. Kelly, P. & Tazbir, J. (2013). Essentials of nursing leadership & management. Mmason, OH: Cengage Learning. Sieloff, C. & Frey, M. (2007). Middle range theory development using king’s conceptual system. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.