New NNPN Toolkits

The NNPN has created two toolkits to assist health care organizations and professionals with implementing evidence-based practices. The Organizational & Systems Toolkit was developed to assist healthcare organizations with implementing evidence-based practices. The toolkit was designed to assist healthcare settings to promote adoption of evidence-based healthcare practices across sites and levels of care delivery.

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NNPN Journal Club - July 15, 2010

Hello  NNPN Members!
You are invited to attend the next NNPN On-Line Journal Club. This session is scheduled for July 15th, from 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.  This session will be led by Denise O'Brien, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CPAN, CAPA, FAAN, Perianesthesia Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of OR/PACU from the University of Michigan Health System.

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Upcoming Lunch-n-Learn: June 1st

You are invited to attend the next National Nursing Practice Lunch N Learn Session! This session will address Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, "HCAHPS," and will be lead by Carol A. Conroy, RN, MSN, MBA, CNOR, of the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. 

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NNPN Journal Club - May 20, 2010

You are invited to attend the next National Nursing Practice Network Journal Club! This session is scheduled for May 20th
at 1pm PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) and will be led by NNPN Doctoral Student, Jennifer Moore. These Journal Club
sessions will be held every other month via Centra, our NNPN e-learning tool of choice, and participation will be limited to a set number, so sign up now!!

We will be discussing the article below:
Institutionalizing evidence-based practice: an organizational case study using a model of strategic change, Cheryl B Stetler, Judith A Ritchie, Jo Rycroft-Malone, Alyce A Schultz4 and Martin P Charns

Guidelines for participation:
1. Sign up by contacting Molly at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
2. Selected article, critique form, and log-in information will be sent to your email AFTER you have
signed up and been confirmed for participation (it's also available here:  http://www.implementationscience.com/content/4/1/78 )
3. Read selected article and complete accompanying critique form
4. Bring completed critique form to Centra  session and be an active participant!
5. At the end of the session, we would like to hear your ideas for future article topics! We welcome your suggestions!

Thanks so much - and look forward to having you join us in May!

Improving Children's Health Workshop

Attention Advanced Practiced Nurses!- You are invited to attend a workshop (and submit an abstract) for the 2010 Improving Children's Health through Community-Engaged Research Workshop. Please note that the workshop will offer continuing education credits for Nursing Professionals!

For More Information Please click the following link: Improving Children's Health for Community Engaged Research Event Site