Bold voices in progressive care: using shared decision making to implement evidence-based practice in progressive care.

Pamela J. McCabe and Penny Kalpin are certified clinical nurse specialists employed by the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, a designated Magnet institution. Ms McCabe serves a 40-bed medical cardiac progressive care unit, and Ms Kalpin serves a 37-bed cardiovascular surgery progressive care unit. committee was developed. In this article, we describe the steps taken in committee development, summarize committee actions that promoted evidence-based practice in our PCUs, and discuss institutional support requirements to maintain such a committee’s effectiveness.