Promoting Evidence-Based Practice at a Primary Stroke Center: A Nurse Education Strategy.

Background: Promoting a culture of evidence-based practice within a health care facility is a priority for health care leaders and nursing professionals; however, tangible methods to promote translation of evidence to bedside practice are lacking.

Objectives: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to design and implement a nursing education intervention demonstrating to the bedside nurse how current evidence-based guidelines are used when creating standardized stroke order sets at a primary stroke center, thereby increasing confidence in the use of standardized order sets at the point of care and supporting evidence-based culture within the health care facility.

Methods: This educational intervention took place at a 286-bed community hospital certified by the Joint Commission as a primary stroke center.