Nursing DepartmentEvidence-Based Nursing Unit (EBNU)
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The Evidence-Based Nursing Unit
(EBNU), an arm of the Nursing Department, was established in May 2005
with the objective of building the capacity of nursing staff to adopt
best practice standards. The roles of the EBNU in propagating
Evidence-Based Practice are:
- To promote the use of EBP by nurses to
improve patient outcomes
- To organise training programme for nurses
in conducting critical appraisals
- To support nurses to translate
evidence-based findings
- To facilitate EBP projects in the hospital
through Journal club and internship programme
EBNU
Activities
The Evidence Based Nursing Unit has been involved in
various hospital-wide projects to conduct evidence/systematic review and
research, and translate evidence-based findings into clinical practice.
Some of these projects include:
- Confirming nasogastric tube placement using pH and X-rays
- Use of colorimeter to confirm nasogastric tube placement (in progress)
- Checking of blood transfusion product by two registered nurses
- Implementation of oral hygiene assessment and management
- Assessing falls using Hendrich Falls Risk Model
- Implementation of targeted multiple interventions for falls prevention
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