Come to a Best Practice Champions Workshop! Best Practice Champions are recommended or nominated by their organization and are requested to have a letter of support from their nursing or administrative director. What is included in the workshop? During the orientation session, the major topics include:

• Issues and trends in evidence-based practice
• Information on the Best Practice Guideline project (development and dissemination)
• Identifying the core competencies of a Champion
• Developing a list of strategies to foster personal critical thinking and to champion its importance in nursing practice
• Identifying nursing leadership strategies to influence uptake of best practice guideline recommendations
• Information on the Champions Network (development, support and resources)
• Initiating the development of a Action Plan for implementation of evidence-based guidelines (based on an organization readiness assessment) within your home organization

We value interactive instruction and encourage participants to give examples/scenarios of their own experiences within small breakout group work and to the larger group. Participants will be given time to network, form connections for ongoing support and resources amongst each other and with the RNAO. Once registration has been confirmed, the registrant will be invited to participate in a one-day education (orientation) session designed to provide them with the initial tools and skills to champion the project and facilitate active implementation of the guidelines in their organization. Following this launch, participants will receive ongoing communication and support through the RNAO Nursing Best Practice project office and the Best Practice Champions Network. Best Practice Champions will be asked to make a two-year commitment to the Network. Questions? Email us
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