"The Mercy health system was privileged to be the first off campus CTEP EBP Immersion site. To say that it was a tremendous success is an understatement. We used the program to launch our Mercy-wide Nursing Research and Evidence Council. The chairs from facility councils across the system attended along with our masters-prepared nurse experts responsible for patient pathway development. It is so thrilling to hear them ask 'What does the evidence say?' then draft PICOT questions, search the literature, and find answers to drive decision-making and best practice across our system!"

Robin Kretschman, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President Nursing Excellence, Mercy Nursing Services , Chesterfield, MO

"The CTEP immersion program was helpful in illuminating the steps required to comprehensively synthesize published scientific data to answer clinical questions generated from the practice setting. Performing a review of literature has been a task I have done hundreds of times in the development of research projects and scientific manuscripts and so I thought I understood how to answer a clinical question. But after the immersion...Read More"

Janine Overcash , PhD, GNP-BC, Clinical Associate Professor, The Ohio State University College of Nursing, Columbus, OH