Those leading nursing science have access to new funding opportunities to develop innovative programs of research in evidence- based quality improvement, implementation of EBP, and the science of improvement. Readiness of the clinical setting for academic-practice research partnerships brings with it advantageous access to clinical populations and settings and an eagerness for utilization of the research results.
The challenges for moving EBP forward spring from two sources: nurses becoming powerful leaders in interprofessional groups and nurses becoming powerful influencers of change. Therefore, adopting the following habits hold promise for moving us ahead:
• Redesigning and/or investigating the redesign of healthcare systems through creativity and mastery of teamwork.
• Persistence in educating the future workforce, and retooling the current workforce, with awareness, skills, and power to improve the systems of care.
• Laying aside comfortable programs of research and picking up programs of systems research.
• Insistence on multiple perspectives and sound evidence for transforming healthcare.
The nursing profession remains central to the interdisciplinary and discipline-specific changes necessary to achieve care that is effective, safe, and efficient. New in our vernacular and skill set are systems thinking, microsystems change, high reliability organizations, team-based care, transparency, innovation, translational and implementation science, and, yes, still evidence-based practice. Let us move swiftly to make these new ideas and skills commonplace.