Pressure ulcer development is a costly patient safety concern. EBP shows that pressure ulcers are preventable, and disseminating new EBP involves spreading evidence-based practice information to various clinical settings to increase understanding and to adopt new evidence-based practices. Proposing evidence-based practice projects in a diverse but related setting allows for the uptake of stakeholder support that will. This support helps to increase resources to implement enhanced interventions and even carry out more comprehensive research studies. Stakeholders are critical as studies require financing for equipment, conduct more complex studies, and understand the need for clinical resources and personnel. They must understand the gravity of the EBP initiative or proposal and its positive impact on improving patient-related health outcomes (Cunningham-Erves et al., 2020).
Considering my evidence-based project, some internal stakeholders would primarily be intensive care units of acute and long-term healthcare facilities, specifically the outpatient/public nutrition department. Approval would be needed from a healthcare facility to obtain consent and access to the target population, and because authorization and privacy must be ethically followed, approval from a healthcare facility may already have detailed policies regarding such proposals. Direct communication with the administration and the nutrition department will be ideal for maintaining good faith in stakeholder support as the project is tailored toward the nutritional field (Warren et al., 2021).
External stakeholders include support outside the health care facility, such as local or public dieticians/nutritionists, patients, and public education programs. You can also include digital or virtual stakeholders that could support structured and guided ways to use technology for diet modification and nutritional information. While direct communication between public services and patients can be facilitated, technological stakeholder support may need technical communication for improvements and utilization (Warren et al., 2021).
References:
Jennifer Cunningham‐Erves, Tilicia Mayo‐Gamble, Vaughn, Y., Hawk, J., Helms, M., Barajas, C., & Joosten, Y. (2020). Engagement of community stakeholders to develop a framework to guide research dissemination to communities. Health Expectations, 23(4), 958-968. http://dx.doi.org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/hex.13076
Warren, A. M., Constantinides, S. V., Blake, C. E., & Frongillo, E. A. (2021). Advancing knowledge about stakeholder engagement in multisectoral nutrition research. Global Food Security, 29. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100521
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