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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 Presentation
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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)Ackerman, M.H. et al. (1996)
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)
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
St. Boniface General HospitalSBGH: 10 Clinical Nurse Specialists
Cardiac Sciences Gerontology Medicine Palliative Care Surgery Woman & Child Program
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
“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
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
Thank you!