REVERBERATION: ADVANCING CLINICAL NURSES’ EVIDENCE BASED PRATICE COMPETENCIES THROUGH A JOURNAL CLUB DERIVING ON NARRATIVES FROM OVN PRATICE – A PILOT STUDY.

Background: Title: “Reverberation”, Advancing nurses evidence based practice competencies through a journal club deriving on narratives from own clinical practice, a pilot study. Many nurses have positive attitudes and beliefs about evidence-based practice (EBP). However, nurses also find it difficult to apply best research evidence in a form, immediately applicable to their clinical practice. Since journal clubs are a key strategy to facilitate EBP, it is necessary to investigate key aspects of how journal clubs may demonstrate relevance of research evidence for clinical practice.

Objective: To investigate how nurses experience participating in a journal club deriving on narratives from own clinical practice.

Method: The intervention called ‘Reverberation’ was conducted on three 2-
hourly workshops over four months, as well as homework between workshops. Two Journal Clubs were run synchronically at Zealand University Hospital, Region Zealand, Denmark.
The workshops were piloted at the pediatric department, and at the neurological department. A total number of six nurses participated. Four focus group interviews will be conducted both during the workshops and eight weeks after the last workshops. The interviews will be verbatim transcribed and the text material will be analysed and interpreted in a three methodological-step process inspired by the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur.

Results: Results will be used to design and test Journal Clubs in two different hospital settings in
Region Zealand.

Conclusion and implication for practice: “Reverberation” has the potential to facilitate synergy between clinical practice and best research evidence, as well as being an eye-opening event to both researchers and nurses on core elements in nursing care.