Vision and Mandate

The Nursing Best Practice Research Unit (NBPRU) was formally established in 2005 through a partnership between the University of Ottawa, School of Nursing, and the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO). The mandate of the NBPRU is to bring the best knowledge to nursing and healthcare, enhance practice, and improve health and system outcomes. The vision is to promote best nursing knowledge everywhere.

Strategic Goals

The NBPRU has five strategic goals for the term 2005-10:

1. To examine clinical best practice guidelines as knowledge transfer strategies in diverse health care settings.
2. To build the capacity of existing and future nurse leaders and nurse researchers to implement and evaluate best practice.
3. To examine methods and measures of evaluating practice change that can be used by health care organizations and the health care system to monitor the impact of guideline implementation on nursing care and patient/client outcomes.
4. To develop and refine approaches to synthesize research findings that can be translated into practice, educational and organizational recommendations for nursing.
5. To enhance the uptake of evidence-based tools (e.g. patient/client education, protocols) for clinical practice by nurses and organizations.