Best Practice Guidelines Implementation in Spain. Best Practice Spotlight Organizations

Abstract

Introduction: The Best Practice Guidelines Implementation Programme, called in Spain “Centros Comprometidos con la Excelencia en Cuidados®”, started in 2010 thanks to the collaboration between the Nursing and Healthcare Research Unit (Investén-isciii), in Spain, the Spanish Collaborating Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute for evidence based healthcare, and the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), Canada. It is based on the same fundaments of Best Practice Spotlight Organizations (BPSO®) Program, initiated by RNAO, in 1999, in Canada. Objective: To describe the implementation of Best Practice Guidelines developed by RNAO in the context of Centros Comprometidos con la Excelencia en Cuidados® Program. The program aims to promote, facilitate and support the implementation, evaluation and sustainability of nursing best practices, for the period 2012-2014. Methodology and Results: Eight healthcare institutions and one university were selected to implement RNAO Best Practice Guidelines aligned with their needs. Twenty-four months into the implementation Programme healthcare professionals have been trained, work teams have been established, nursing care protocols and records have been developed or updated, and process and patient results have been systematically evaluated. Also, all main achievements of the Programme have been actively disseminated. Conclusions: Candidates centers committed to excellence in cuidados® are working hard and the results are starting to show positive, with a growing culture of evidence-based care, and the promotion of research and the start of work collaborative networking.[Albornos-Muñoz L, González-María E, Moreno-Casbas T. Best Practice Guidelines Implementation in Spain.  Best Practice Spotlight Organizations. MedUNAB 2015; 17 (3): 163-169].