Lynn Gallagher‐Ford
Health Professions · The Ohio State University
Publications
103
Citations
3,392
Est. group size
~2
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
18
Publishing since 2008
Lynn Gallagher-Ford's work focuses on evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing and healthcare settings, examining how hospitals and healthcare organizations can adopt and sustain research-informed practices to improve patient outcomes, staff retention, and care quality. Her research covers mentoring and training programs for nurses, measurement tools for assessing EBP culture and beliefs, and organizational strategies like accreditation and leadership investment that support implementation of evidence-based methods. Much of this work is applied and aimed at practical improvement of healthcare delivery systems rather than basic laboratory research.
Publication output rose to a peak around 2019 (12 papers) but has generally declined since, dropping to just 2-3 papers per year in 2024-2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Leveraging the Jigsaw Learning Strategy to Promote Competence, Confidence, and Efficiency in Evidence‐Based Practice
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing · 2025
- The Evidence‐Based Practice Mentor: Findings From a Role Delineation Study to Support the Role's Needed Knowledge and Skills
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing · 2025
- Practice and process improvement: An integrated evidence‐based quality model
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing · 2024
- Does Hospital Accreditation or Certification Impact Patient Outcomes? Findings From a Scoping Review for Healthcare Industry Leaders
JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration · 2024
- Achieving the Quintuple Aim in Healthcare With Evidence-Based Practice: A Necessary Leadership Strategy for Improving Quality, Safety, Patient Outcomes, Equity, and Cost Reductions
2024
- Evidence‐based practice improves patient outcomes and healthcare system return on investment: Findings from a scoping review
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing · 2023
- Budgetary investment in evidence‐based practice by chief nurses and stronger EBP cultures are associated with less turnover and better patient outcomes
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing · 2023
- The Association Between Magnet® Recognition and Patient Outcomes
JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration · 2023
- A Study of Medical Surgical Nurses Leaders' Evidence-Based Practice Attributes
JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration · 2023
- Development and Evaluation of the Fuld Institute Evidence-based Implementation and Sustainability Toolkit for Health Care Settings
Nursing Administration Quarterly · 2023
- My Life Transformed and Healthcare Quality and Safety Improved…by a Mentor
2023
- Medical‐surgical nurses' EBP beliefs and competencies
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing · 2022
- A Qualitative Force Field Analysis of Facilitators and Barriers to Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare Using an Implementation Framework
Global Implementation Research and Applications · 2022
- Evaluating outcomes of evidence‐based practice initiatives versus research: Clarifying the confusion with a call to action
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing · 2022
- <scp>EBP</scp> education and skills building for leaders: An <scp>RCT</scp> to promote <scp>EBP</scp> infrastructure, process and implementation in a comprehensive cancer center
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing · 2022
- Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing×20
- JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration×8
- AJN American Journal of Nursing×8
- Sigma Theta Tau International's 28th International Nursing Research Congress×5
- Sigma's 29th International Nursing Research Congress×5
- Amy Hagedorn Wonder
Health Professions · Indiana University
- Robin Newhouse
Health Professions · Indiana University
- Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk
Health Professions · The Ohio State University
- Sharon Tucker
Health Professions · The Ohio State University
- Cindy Zellefrow
Health Professions · The Ohio State University
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.
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