Diffusion of Innovations-Informed Knowledge Translation Strategy to Implement Optimal Safe Nursing Workforce Policy...

Area of Science:

• Nursing Leadership
• Knowledge Translation
• Organizational Psychology

Background:

• Nurse leaders require enhanced self-efficacy for competence.
• Park's Sweet Spot Theory offers a framework for optimal performance.
• Effective knowledge translation is crucial for healthcare policy.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop a free, limited-edition workshop for nurse leaders.
• To enhance nurse leader self-efficacy for competence using Park's Sweet Spot Theory.
• To evaluate the workshop's long-term effectiveness.

Main Methods:

• Protocol development for a 2-day workshop.
• Targeting nurse leaders (innovators, early adopters) with macro-level influence.
• Utilizing Rogers's diffusion of innovations theory.
• Hybrid design: comparative effectiveness research and analysis of change.
• Workshop includes theory, hands-on activities, and certification.
• Held at University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing in "enabling blends" mode.

Main Results:

• A 2-day workshop protocol was successfully developed.
• The workshop incorporates Park's Sweet Spot Theory and diffusion of innovations principles.
• A hybrid research design is established to assess self-efficacy changes.

Conclusions:

• This protocol is a significant first step in implementing evidence-based nursing workforce policy.
• It provides a scientific rationale for using Park's Sweet Spot Theory to optimize nurse staffing.
• Aims to alleviate global nursing shortages through improved policy-making.