IDENTIFY TWO STAKEHOLDER BARRIERS YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF YOUR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROJECT NUR 590
IDENTIFY TWO STAKEHOLDER BARRIERS YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF YOUR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROJECT NUR 590
Identify two stakeholder barriers you might experience during the implementation phase of your evidence-based practice project. What strategies can you implement to gain stakeholder support for the project implementation. Provide a suggestion you would give to a colleague who is struggling with obtaining stakeholder support.
Cohesive Collaboration is important to the survival of and success of an organization. Implementation plans can face numerous challenges as a result of lack of knowledge of the problems hurting an organization. This lack of knowledge is common in many organizations were leaders and management are disconnected from day to day operations that help to run the organization. When a person rises through the ranks of the organization into a leadership role they have knowledge of and experience that other managers lack if they hired from the outside. The person who rises through the ranks has more understanding of the how the organization works, the weakness that exist, the organizations strength and how the organization needs to function in order to survive. Where there is s disconnect between stakeholders in higher positions and those working the day to day operations, noting will get done.
Some of the things that one might experience during the implementation phase are resistance and timing. “Lack of time is often cited as a barrier to implementing EBP. In addition, uncertainty or lack of knowledge about the EBP process is also a barrier, which includes critiquing and appraising the literature related to the clinical problem being addressed” (Ginex, 2018). In busy hospitals lack of time to study and understand new changes and policies can be a barrier. On time of this, resistance to change can also be a barrier. In there is already a flow that nurses are accustomed to even if it is chaotic, having to change that flow requires learning something new or changing ones workflow habits and that can cause resistance to change.
The one suggestion I would give to a fellow colleague would be for them to ask questions, slow down the pace in order for them to understand the new policy and give themselves time to become accustom to it and to always remember that it will take them time to learn something new before they can master it.
Reference:
Ginex, P. (2018). Overcome Barriers to Applying an Evidence-Based Process for Practice Change. Retrieved from https://voice.ons.org/news-and-views/overcome-barriers-to-applying-an-evidence-based-process-for-practice-chang
Stakeholders are the people involved in carrying out the process under review or individuals who become affected with the change in practice (“John Hopkins Nursing”, 2021). It is important to determine the potential stakeholder barriers that will be encountered in order to address them accordingly. The two stakeholder barriers that can be experienced are resistance to change and lack of authority. Physicians, who are one of the main stakeholders, are perceived to be the least supportive in EBP implementation (Jordan et al., 2021). Without their support, it can make the implementation process difficult. Resistance of practitioners to change from traditional practices to newer concepts introduced in EBP can be a barrier to the implementation process (Jordan et al., 2021). Moreover, some staff nurses feel that they lack authority to make changes in their unit or they do not have the “power” to implement the EBP project. One study suggested that majority of the nurses in a private ICU reported that they lacked the authority to change practice in order to facilitate the implementation of EBP (Jordan et al., 2021).
There are several strategies to gain stakeholder support. First, the support of physicians for the implementation of EBP should be encouraged (Jordan et al., 2021). It is important to keep an open communication between the researcher and physicians. Explaining the goals and benefits of the EBP project in improving patient care can help gain their support. Second, it is recommended to carefully identify individual barriers versus organizational barriers at an early stage (Jordan et al., 2021). Lastly, identifying your stakeholders as well as engaging them early in the EBP process is important because stakeholder buy-in is important for its successful implementation (“John Hopkins Nursing”, 2021). The goal is to gain their trust and confidence and gain as much support as possible for the successful project implementation.
References
Jordan, P., Bowers, C., Cur, M. & Morton, D. (2016). Barriers to implementing evidence-based practice in a
private intensive care unit in the eastern cape. SAJCC, 32(2). DOI:10.7196/SAJCC.2016.v32i2.253
“John Hopkins Nursing”. (2021). Upstate Medical University. https://guides.upstate.edu/c.php?g=1023176&p=7411256
