Nursing Research

Evidence-based Practice in Nursing

Evidence-based practice is the best that nursing can give to its patients and families, and to society at large. The search for such knowledge continues with nurses. As a staff RN, working around the clock and the calendar, there is no one in a better position to evaluate patient care and outcomes, and to ask the questions that need to be asked to improve patient care and outcomes.

Nursing Research Council

Henry Ford Jackson Hospital (HFJH) has a  Nursing Research Council to help nurses through the research process. The council helps identify other co-workers who have an interest in similar topics or issues.

By asking questions and seeking answers using the nursing research process, nursing can add to the body of scientific nursing knowledge and improve nursing practice and patient care.

Annual Research Symposiums

Each year, HFJH nurses prepare and deliver poster presentations containing original research, evidenced-based practice and quality improvement projects on a broad range of topics at the local and regional research symposiums. The clinical nurse members help present the nursing research projects to share the results with various internal and external attendees.

Clinical Nurse Specialist Nicole White, BSN, RN, presented her nursing research project, “Under Pressure: Isolating the Data for Prevalence and Severity of Pressure Injuries in Isolation Rooms,” at the 2026 HFJH Nursing Research Symposium, where she received first place.

Nichole also presented “Under Pressure: Isolating the Data for Prevalence and Severity of Pressure Injuries in Isolation Rooms” to an external audience at the 2026 MSU College of Nursing Research Symposium.

Clinical Nurse Specialist Amanda Bradley, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CMSRN, presented her quality improvement poster, “Code Sepsis: Educating for Excellence and SEP-1 Compliance,” at the 2026 HFJH Nursing Research Symposium and received first place in the poster category.

Steven Sanders, BSN, RN, CEN, presented a nursing research project, “Simulation-Based Training: A Cost-Effective and Engaging Alternative for ED Staff Competency” at both the 2026 HFJH Nursing Research Symposium and the 2026 MSU College of Nursing Research Symposium.

Taylor Soltis, BSN, RN, PCCN, and Jessie Schmidt, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, PCCN, both presented quality improvement, “Cut to the Heart: Emergency Sternotomy Training” at both the 2026 HFJH Nursing Research Symposium and the 2026 MSU College of Nursing Research Symposium.

Brooke Blair, BSN, RN, CCRN, presented quality improvement, “What Just Happened? Using a Code Debrief for Inpatient Resuscitation Events” at the 2026 National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Conference in San Diego, CA.