Launching and Sustaining Unit Based Jounal
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Transcript Launching and Sustaining Unit Based Jounal
Marti Buffum, DNSc, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Associate Chief Nurse for Research
Deborah Burgoon, MS, RN, AOCN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Oncology
VA San Francisco
Kaiser Permanente Nursing Research Council
March 8, 2011
Objectives
Explore purposes and types of nursing journal clubs
Identify methods for beginning and sustaining journal
clubs
Describe evaluation methods
Types of Journal Clubs
Topic-based
Updating
Informative
Team building
Evidence-based problem solving
Finding solutions
Journal-based
Specific specialty journal (AACN, JPN, GN)
Reasons for Journal Clubs
Intellectual stimulation
Appreciating others’ expertise
Learning resources among each other
Developing professionalism
Remote: e-journal club, phone
New projects can emerge
Demystification of research
Developing skills
How to Start: 6 steps!
Post and distribute article
Include discussion questions
Plan time and location and ANNOUNCE!
Identify facilitator
Conduct the journal club
Evaluate
Schedule next meeting
Kleinpell, R. (2002). Rediscovering the value of the journal club. American
Journal of Critical Care. 11(5), 412-13.
Customize to Your Area
Nurse manager guidance and support
Utilize experts as needed
Engage staff, find enthusiastic champions
Take turns presenting
Encourage discussion
Openness and flexibility required
Use incentives (food?); provide CEUs
Create “take home message” and post
Keep continuous schedule
Include staff from other units when ready!
Remote Locations
Virtual journal club
Email distribution of everything
Time delay
Live meeting
Conference calls
APN Journal Club: Learnings
Some of the things I have gained from participating in our journal
club (not necessarily in order of importance):
An increased sense of collegiality with other facility NPs with
different areas of expertise.
Expanding one’s knowledge base both from the review article as
well as from NPs with different areas of expertise.
Ensuring that our clinical practice is evidence based and is up to
date.
Improving collegiality with physician colleagues by being able to
intelligently discuss recently published studies.
APN Learnings (cont’d)
Opportunity for collaboration and future consultation
Reading outside of my specialty that I would not normally do
Reading new materials that relate to all of us and our practice
(e.g., effectiveness of different diets, patient education strategies)
Becoming less fearful about research critique imperfections!
Unit
Based
Journal
Club
How do staff
feel about their
new Journal Club?
All staff feel “good, great” about Journal Club.
What do staff like about Journal Club?
Learning a lot
Increased knowledge
Being involved in discussion
Change opinion/view
Widen understanding
New information
Informative and educational
Leaning something in depth
Increase interest about what we’re doing
Keep up with current changes/education/new knowledge
Why volunteer to do an article review?
Increase self-confidence in public talking and discussion
Increase knowledge of the unit as a whole
Advance career activities, help unit, want to contribute
Share info with staff
Do it for research
Way overdue, we should have done this before
Nurse Manager’s encouragement
I can learn something
I’ll wait until I become more comfortable talking in front of staff
Should other units have Journal Clubs?
All staff said “yes, other units should do it too.”
What advice would you give?
Time might be a problem
Tight work load might stress staff
Try at lunch time
Maybe administrative time should be given
How to evaluate
Everyone is at a different pace/level
Consider journal club as an innovation
Rogers’ model of diffusion
Appreciation to Keri Nelson (2006) for assisting with evaluation
Who is Rogers and what is Diffusion of
Innovation?
Stages of Adoption:
Knowledge
Persuasion
Decision
Implementation
Confirmation/Adoption
Keys to Success
Understanding the stages of development can improve
patience with adopting changes
Knowledge
What is journal club?
How do you get a journal club started on your unit?
What is evidence-based practice and how can
journal club be used as a vehicle to adopt changes?
Persuasion
How do you get leaders and managers to buy-in to the
importance of starting journal clubs?
How do you promote journal club participation
among staff on each unit?
Decision
How do you decide if journal club is worth
implementing?
Is journal club relevant to the nursing practice on each
unit?
How is the staff going to respond to the
implementation of journal club?
Implementation
After journal club is initiated, how do you motivate and
encourage participation among staff?
How do you empower (provide resources, support and
time) staff to participate?
What aspects of journal club impacts nursing practice?
Adoption/Confirmation
Journal club has been successfully integrated into the
nursing culture on the unit.
The staff values participating in journal club and
volunteer to present articles with meaningful
discussion.
The articles/journals provide strong evidence for
practice application.
Decisions for Journal Club
What type of article?
Research?
Are findings ready for practice?
What more is needed?
What more would you like to know?
Usefulness of discussing in a group?
How to evaluate (see handout, poster)