Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses

avoiding full sentences makes best use of space. When each line is limited to
no more than 30 characters and no more than six lines of text per heading,
content can be kept organized and succinct. Consistency in the use of capital-
ization and punctuation should be maintained. Capital letters are usually used
for titles and headings.

Although selecting colors for posters is fun, choices should make mate-
rial more attractive and emphasize important content (Bindon & Davenport,
2013). Sometimes easels are provided for poster displays. If this is the case,
background colors are not easily altered and will usually be brown, dark blue,
or dark gray (Ellerbee, 2006). Selecting three to four colors that complement
standard backgrounds is advised (Bindon & Davenport, 2013). Dark-colored
fonts on lighter backgrounds are the easiest to read. Bright colors attract, and
complementary colors provide the greatest contrast (Singh, 2013). Red and green
are often used to highlight critical information; however, use of these two colors
should be limited because some individuals have difficulty distinguishing them
(Ellerbee, 2006). Sometimes presenters select colors because they represent a
particular topic. For example, a poster on breast cancer may include pink as an
accent color because this color is associated with breast cancer. Because color

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Clinical

question

1

Review of

literature

2

Method

3

Implementation

7

6

Decision about

practice

5

Synthesis of

ndings

4

Title

Authors/affiliations

Discussion

9

Acknowledgments

Evaluation

8

FIGURE 19-2 Logical Layout for EBP Posters

19.2 The 3 Ps of Dissemination 497