Evidence Based Nursing Case Study

Case studies have been great tool for me to learn evidence based nursing that will be put into nursing practice. Retrieving information, recognizing deviations from “normal”, interpreting and prioritizing data to plan patient specific interventions are all skills that I have developed from case study analyses. Different from SIM where we have to think on our feet and rely on the skills that we have learned, theory case studies are written, allowing us to track a nursing issue through all the stages and set a SMART goal for the patient. Writing case analyses helps me create a step by step thought process that will one-day direct my nursing practice. Currently in my nursing education, I still need help identifying interventions and require coaching for basic nursing skills. When planning an intervention, my goal is to always allow the patient’s chief
This method is ideal for me when creating case analysis either mentally or physically, because I will be able to pull from my studies and other case studies that shared abnormal information. Problems do arise when I have to consider a multiple patterns and cannot concentrate on only one deviation from the normal which is why case analysis are beneficial. A nurse’s clinical judgement is a compilation of what a nurse brings to a situation, acknowledging the patient’s autonomy, the cultures and rules of the hospital, recognizing patterns, and reflection during and after a situation. Currently, the case analysis method is the only way that I comfortable enough to show and practice these skills that I will soon count on in my nursing practice. Patient’s spend most of their hospital stay under the care of a nurse, therefore it is essential for a nursing to have to have observational and reasoning skills to make sound clinical