Models And Barriers in Evidence Based Practice

Running head: MODELS AND BARRIERS IN EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
MODELS AND BARRIERS IN EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
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MODELS AND BARRIERS IN EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE1
Introduction
Evidence based practice (EBP) implies the act of engaging in clinical decision-making,
implementing clinical interventions and patient management strategies which are based on
scientific, valid and significant empirical evidence (Butler, Hall & Copnell, 2016). The following
paper will briefly discuss on the key models, barriers and strategies of overcoming barriers with
respect to the implementation of EBP across healthcare organizations.
Discussion
Models and Barriers
I was previously working as a nursing student at a local healthcare organization which
initially did not possess any specific model for EBP implementation. Some of the key barriers to
implementation of EBP, which were also prevalent in our organization, have been evidenced to
be: lack of prioritizing EBP as an organizational principle by the management, inadequate access
to evidence based research (EBR) and resources, resistance to change by the staff and
perceptions that EBP was time consuming. These issues prompted an organizational change and
the adoption of an EBP model – a strategy evidenced to be effective in guiding healthcare
professionals on EBP implementation (Labrague et al., 2019).
A model of EBP which was commonly used by my organization was the Academic
Center for Evidence-Based Practice Star Model (ACE Star Model), which provides a simple,
systematic approach for healthcare organizations to gradually adopt EBP practice via 5 methods.
These include: discovering and identifying relevant clinical research, summarizing essential
evidence from the same, translating the evidence to clinical guidelines, integrating the evidence
into organizational practice and screening effectiveness of these changes via process and