Health Sciences Librarians

Affiliations

¹ Cindy Zellefrow is an assistant clinical professor, director of the RN-to-BSN Program, and EBP expert mentor for the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare at The Ohio State University College of Nursing in Columbus. Contact author: zellefrow.2@osu.edu. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Cindy Zellefrow. Am J Nurs. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 1;125(6):47.

doi: 10.1097/AJN.0000000000000081. Epub 2025 May 22.

¹ Cindy Zellefrow is an assistant clinical professor, director of the RN-to-BSN Program, and EBP expert mentor for the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare at The Ohio State University College of Nursing in Columbus. Contact author: zellefrow.2@osu.edu. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Abstract

An integral partner to the DNP educational team.

1. Melnyk BM, Gallagher-Ford L, Long LE, Fineout-Overholt E. The establishment of evidence-based practice competencies for practicing registered nurses and advanced practice nurses in real-world clinical settings: proficiencies to improve healthcare quality, reliability, patient outcomes, and costs. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2014;11(1):5–15. doi:10.1111/wvn.12021
1. Harper MG, Gallagher-Ford L, Warren JI, Troseth M, Sinnott LT, Thomas BK. Evidence-based practice and U.S. healthcare outcomes: findings from a national survey with nursing professional development practitioners. J Nurses Prof Dev. 2017;33(4):170–179. doi:10.1097/NND.0000000000000360
1. Melnyk BM, Gallagher-Ford L, Zellefrow C, et al. The first U.S. study on nurses' evidence-based practice competencies indicates major deficits that threaten healthcare quality, safety, and patient outcomes. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2018;15(1):16–25. doi:10.1111/wvn.12269
1. Yoder LH, Cengiz A, Hinkley T, Hertel RA, Gallagher-Ford L, Koshy Thomas B. Medical-surgical nurses' EBP beliefs and competencies. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2022;19(2):149–159. doi:10.1111/wvn.12567
1. Dhakal K. Librarians collaborating to teach evidence-based practice: exploring partnerships with professional organizations. J Med Libr Assoc. 2018;106(3):311–319. doi:10.5195/jmla.2018.341