Evidence-based Practice: Empirical Outcomes vs. Urban Myths
Date:
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Dean Janet D. Allan and the University of Maryland School of Nursing present
The Millicent Geare Edmunds Lecture
Evidence-based Practice: Empirical Outcomes vs. Urban Myths
Overview
One of the biggest challenges facing today’s nearly three million nurses is their understanding of the evidence behind their practice. The remaining few hundred thousand nurses should know the evidence behind their practice — that is if they learned how to recognize what is evidence There are many misconceptions in today’s nursing practice, which are too easily accepted as the truth. Our dialogue will address how these common misconceptions developed and what each of us can do about changing nurses' approach to practice through improved inquiry and appraisal skills.
Speaker
Julia Aucoin, DNS, RN-BC, CNE
Nurse Research Scientist
Duke University Hospital
Julia Aucoin is the nurse research scientist for the Duke University Health System. Prior to her work at Duke, she served as a faculty member in several universities and as an independent consultant for the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet, Accreditation, and Pathway programs. Originally from New Orleans, Julie is a triple graduate from Louisiana State University Health Science Center. Her approach to research is to question everything to help nurses understand the practice decisions they make. While her approach can be irreverent at times, it definitely addresses today’s nursing practice environment.
| Time: |
3:45-4 p.m. Check-in |
| Fee: | Free to all. Registration is required. |
RSVP by September 28 to: http://peopleware.net/0216
| Location: |
University of Maryland School of Nursing |
For additional information: pe@son.umaryland.edu or 410-706-3767
1.0 nursing contact hour will be offered for this lecture at a cost of $30 for the certifícate.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing’s Office of Professional Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.
