EBP - The Magnet Pathway

Kathleen Hudson, in her article From research to practice on the magnet pathway describes how develop a structure within the hospital environment that uses evidence-based practice (EBP) to establish best practices. She describes the four components:

• EBP steering committee
• EBP committee and specialty focus teams
• nursing policy and procedure committee
• nursing research committee

With each of these in place, the organization is most likely to foster an environment of ongoing staff development and ultimately attract high quality nurses to this professional environment. To fully embrace this requires "supportive leadership, facilitative library and literature resources, paid time away from the bedside seeking new research, and supported implementation of findings into practice through local change agents."

Hudson, K (2005). From research to practice on the Magnet pathway. Nurs Manage. 2005 Mar;36(3):33-7.