NEW Nursing Student Meet UP!!
6:30 - 7:00 pm Central

Nursing Students -- Come together online to create connections, find relationship, share your story, and receive encouragement. We will meet for 30 minutes before Journal Club. ALL students are welcome for this students only time of sharing. NOTE: You do not need to attend journal club to join the Meet UP, but you must register below. Looking forward to seeing you!

Does Scripture written 2000 years ago apply to nursing today? What was the first evidenced-based practice research exploration? Daniel's nutrition trial around 606 B.C. has all the elements of current clinical trials and comparative effectiveness research (CER). Come learn in an exciting, interactive environment about the evolution of evidence-based practice (EBP), clinical trials, and CER. Discover various designs, check-lists, and more!  

WHAT: Review EBP, CER, and more and discover the Biblical foundations for research and the Bible's relevance to modern day research methods. 

WHEN:  Thursday, April 27, 2023, 8:00 PM EST; 7:00 PM CST; 6:00 PM MST; 5:00 PM PST

REQUIRED READING: Zrelak, P. (2023). 2000 Years of Clinical Trials: The Evolution of Evidence-Based Practice. Journal of Christian Nursing, 40(2), 110-115. https://doi.org/10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001047

RECOMMENDED READINGS:  

• Melnyk, B. M., Gallagher-Ford, L., Zellefrow, C., Tucker, S., Thomas, B., & Sinnott, L. T. (2018). The first U.S. study on nurses’ evidence-based practices competencies indicates major deficits that threaten healthcare quality, safety, and patient outcomes. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 15(1), 16-25. https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/85510508/fullpdf-libre.pdf?1651721381=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DThe_First_U_S_Study_on_Nurses_Evidence_B.pdf&Expires=1676311294&Signature=M2hlcT6LFRT1y1o-cPvAgACz3NRaaX95QTZ7-9GH6QklXaxh~G57YA
• Institute of Medicine. (2009). What is comparative effectiveness research? In Initial National Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research (pp. 29-59). National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/12648
• Cannon, S., & Delahoyde, T. (2023). Ethics for nursing research and evidence-based practice. In C. Boswell & S. Cannon (Eds.), Introduction to nursing research: Incorporating evidence-based practice (6th ed., pp. 91-120). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

NCF Member attendees will be able to received 2.0 hours of Nursing Continuing Professional development at the conclusion of the 1.5 hour session. To earn CE, participants must participate in the full 90 minutes of discussion. Instructions on how to obtain your NCPD certificate will be provided at the end of the session. 

This Journal Club will be recorded and available with NCPD to NCF members here.

Note:  Nurses Christian Fellowship is not a NCPD provider. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins provides American Nurses Credentialing Center nationally accredited nursing continuing professional development for JCN and its other nursing journals, good for nursing relicensure in every state.

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