All too often, we miss out on opportunities to learn from another area of our business. One clinical approach that can be emulated throughout the hospital is evidence-based practice, which integrates current research, caregiver perspectives and experience, and patient preferences. [For more information, see Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare by B. Melnyk and E. Fineout-Overholt;Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.]
Physicians and nursing professionals have been using EBP in various forms since the 1970s to improve patient care outcomes. Its longevity is due to its documented success in many different areas, including infection prevention and patient falls.
In more recent years, scholars have studied and written about evidence-based leadership and evidence-based management. A logical progression in this thinking is evidence-based employee engagement. Employees are engaged when they are satisfied (they like what they do), energized (they put effort behind it) and productive (their work contributes to organizational goals). Leaders who are effective in engaging others are facilitators of the engagement process. Because no one external source can motivate an employee, providing an environment that encourages intrinsic motivators is critical.
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