Measuring Clinical Decision Support Influence on Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
Susan Cortez, BSN, MBA/HCM, PhD; Mary S. Dietrich, PhD; and Nancy Wells, DNSc, RN, FAAN
ONF
10.1188/16.ONF.e170-e177
Description
Purpose/Objectives: To measure the effect of clinical decision support (CDS) on oncology nurse evidence-based practice (EBP).
Design: Longitudinal cluster-randomized design.
Setting: Four distinctly separate oncology clinics associated with an academic medical center.
Sample: The study sample was comprised of randomly selected data elements from the nursing documentation software. The data elements were patient-reported symptoms and the associated nurse interventions. The total sample observations were 600, derived from a baseline, posteducation, and postintervention sample of 200 each (100 in the intervention group and 100 in the control group for each sample).