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The Connected Learning Model for disseminating evidence-based care practices in clinical settings.

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Lekan, D; Hendrix, CC; McConnell, ES; White, H
Published in: Nurse Educ Pract
July 2010

Clinical practice guidelines have been developed to improve patient care and outcomes. Guideline implementation is often stymied by the complexity of patients' conditions, complex care environments, and limited advanced clinical training of nursing staff. To translate key elements of heart failure guidelines into practice in a nursing home, the Connected Learning Model was developed based on the diffusion of innovations framework. An advanced practice nurse in geriatrics fostered greater interaction and collaboration among key administrative, medical, and nursing staff to promote awareness of heart failure guidelines and to translate key practices from those guidelines into the nursing home setting. Direct care staff skills for early recognition and reporting of signs and symptoms of acute heart failure were enhanced through a learner-centered educational program which included classroom and unit-based instruction and bedside clinical teaching. The Connected Learning Model is a promising method to mobilize advanced nursing expertise to bridge research/practice gaps through implementation of clinical practice guidelines that are systematically adapted to accommodate diverse health care contexts.

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Published In

Nurse Educ Pract

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EISSN

1873-5223

Publication Date

July 2010

Volume

10

Issue

4

Start / End Page

243 / 248

Location

Scotland

Related Subject Headings

  • Problem-Based Learning
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Nursing Homes
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Heart Failure
  • Guideline Adherence
  • Geriatric Nursing
  • Evidence-Based Nursing
  • Education, Nursing
 

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Lekan, D., Hendrix, C. C., McConnell, E. S., & White, H. (2010). The Connected Learning Model for disseminating evidence-based care practices in clinical settings. Nurse Educ Pract, 10(4), 243–248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2009.11.013
Lekan, Deborah, Cristina C. Hendrix, Eleanor S. McConnell, and Heidi White. “The Connected Learning Model for disseminating evidence-based care practices in clinical settings.Nurse Educ Pract 10, no. 4 (July 2010): 243–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2009.11.013.
Lekan D, Hendrix CC, McConnell ES, White H. The Connected Learning Model for disseminating evidence-based care practices in clinical settings. Nurse Educ Pract. 2010 Jul;10(4):243–8.
Lekan, Deborah, et al. “The Connected Learning Model for disseminating evidence-based care practices in clinical settings.Nurse Educ Pract, vol. 10, no. 4, July 2010, pp. 243–48. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2009.11.013.
Lekan D, Hendrix CC, McConnell ES, White H. The Connected Learning Model for disseminating evidence-based care practices in clinical settings. Nurse Educ Pract. 2010 Jul;10(4):243–248.
Journal cover image

Published In

Nurse Educ Pract

DOI

EISSN

1873-5223

Publication Date

July 2010

Volume

10

Issue

4

Start / End Page

243 / 248

Location

Scotland

Related Subject Headings

  • Problem-Based Learning
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Nursing Homes
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Heart Failure
  • Guideline Adherence
  • Geriatric Nursing
  • Evidence-Based Nursing
  • Education, Nursing