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Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 15   EBP 2128 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Misconception: A Null Result Means It Did Not Work

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The idea

An implementation that produced no effect may have failed at reach, adoption, fidelity or maintenance rather than in the intervention itself.

In practice

A change that changed nothing, in units where it was never fully delivered.

Where people slip

This is exactly what evaluation frameworks exist to distinguish, and why measuring only the clinical outcome leaves the failure unlocated.

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