Discuss how evidence-based practice is applied in your practice setting and describe the desired patient outcome achieved through this approach.…
The Seven Steps of Evidence-Based Practice Summary In the article “The Seven Steps of Evidence-Based Practice”, Bernadette M. Melnyk, distinguished foundation professor of nursing at the University of Arizona outlines the argument that despite of proven positive outcomes such as “improved patient outcome, reduced cost, and greater nurse satisfaction” of implementing the evidence-based practice, majority of nurses still remain reluctant in using EBP or use it in the irregular manner. The author suggests to implement the seven step EBP approach using the “PICOT” method. As the author claims that because of financial deficits, not all hospital able to adopt EBP; even if patients have achieved positive outcomes because of implementation of the EBP, majority of nurses refuse to share their experiences with other colleges; even if EBP brought positive outcomes during trials, there is no prove that it may be actual for clinical practice. In conclusion, the author suggests to create sort of feedback team to report EBP results to other health care organizations through local meetings, press conferences, or professional publications.…
In the article, Back to Basics: Implementing Evidence- based Practice, the author, Lisa Spruce (2015), explains that health care is transitioning from volume based to value-based care. In order to create this value-based care, we need to put into action, evidence based practice (Spruce, 2015). Evidence based practice takes into consideration effectiveness by using research, patient preference and clinic experience, as well as cost-effectiveness (Spruce, 2015). When using this type of practice, a clinician is more likely to follow policy if they are able to understand and explain why they follow certain procedures, instead of just complying to a rule because it is a rule (Spruce, 2015).…
Dissemination of information is one of the significant factors in any system development. The firm stakeholders, policy makers and individual in departments involved employs skills and research outcome to win out the approximations to achieve the set ends and aims. Through the use of newsletters, magazine, flyers, brochure, posters, presentation and interviews, the firm will pass along knowledge to the different individual in the organization. In the nursing field, information about Evidence Base Practice is of importance. It should be shared amongst the practicing nurses in order for it to be implemented easily across the department (Hanrahan, Marlow, Aldrich, & Hiatt, 2010).…
A number of studies reveal that the advantages of implementing evidence-based practice by nurses and other health professional’s results in the advancement quality of care that leads to enhanced patient outcomes. Furthermore, the current use of evidence-based in the clinical setting would result in increased patient outcome since the evidence-based practice includes multidisciplinary recommendations that could facilitate all nurses in addressing questions related to the best patient care.…
Evidence-based practice is an anticipated core experience of all health care clinicians irrespective of position. Role modeling and participating in the skills are necessary to develop evidence-based practice into clinical and nonclinical courses and also an important part in developing positive attitudes toward evidence-based practice, that’s the first step for using evidence to guide practice decisions (Winters). One way to accelerate EBP In health care organizations are by obtaining support from entire culture. Advance practice and staff nurses as well as administrators must have the knowledge and have to believe about the importance of EBP and provide critical skills to support evidence-based care. The knowledge of nursing is built on a…
I wholeheartedly agree with your assertion that social workers and their ability to use evidence-based practices to benefit patients and their families experiencing emotional disturbances that accompany end of life bereavement. Evidence-based practice has the potential to improve the quality of care and enhance clinical judgment in serious and life-threatening illness. Hospice social workers must know how to obtain, interpret, and integrate the best available research evidence with patient data and clinical observations. Employers of hospice and palliative nurses also have an instrumental role to play in supporting evidence-based practice. Researchers from across healthcare disciplines must actively continue to expand the knowledge base about…
In preparation for her meeting with the Unit Practice Council, Michele needs to be able to explain what evidence-based practice is and why adopting evidence-based practice will be beneficial to the unit. “Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to clinical decision making within a health care organization. It integrates the best available scientific evidence with the best available experiential (patient and practitioner) evidence. EBP considers internal and external influences on practice and encourages critical thinking in the judicious application of such evidence to the care of individual patients, a patient population, or a system” (Newhouse, Dearholt, Poe, Pugh,&White,…
This week the discussion focuses on why research and evidenced-based practice are important to the nursing profession.…
As the healthcare industry is making rapid advance, many health organizations are faced with new methods and procedures in regards to quality care. Evidence-based practice can be defined as decisions that are made based off of previous knowledge and research. The combination of clinical expertise and evidence gained through clinical research results in the method of evidence-based practice (Atkins, Fink & Slutsky 2005).…
Autism and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) has been one of the biggest misunderstood and misdiagnosed disorders. Working with children with autism presents different obstacles in regards to dealing with emotional, aggressive and depressive behaviors. This paper will show how Evidence-Based Practices can be highly effective when dealing with children with autism in the classroom, community and in the home. Further the definition of autism, ASD and what constitutes a medical/mental health diagnosis will be investigated also certain behavior problems that plague this population will be identified. In addition, Evidence-Based Practices will be explored…
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The trend towards chronic disease management provided by nurses utilizing evidence based practice (EBP) has increased, however barrier for acceptance for nurses as a care team member continues. A pilot study reported by Laughlin and Beisel (2010) reported the evolution, acceptance and barriers of nurses in a primary care setting as a member of the treatment team providing chronic disease management. In addition the study focused attention on the skill sets nurses utilizes to provide care of chronic conditions, emphasized the nurse being uniquely qualified to assess the needs of patients with chronic illness, the nurses ability to formulate a plan of care and facilitate coordination of care (p. 414). Although nurses have the experience and…
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an interdisciplinary approach to clinical practice that has been gaining ground following its formal introduction in 1992. It started in medicine as evidence-based medicine (EBM) and spread to other fields such as dentistry, nursing, psychology, education, library and information science and other fields. Its basic principles are that all practical decisions made should 1) be based on research studies and 2) that these research studies are selected and interpreted according to some specific norms characteristic for EBP. Typically such norms disregard theoretical and qualitative studies and consider quantitative studies according to a narrow set of criteria of what counts as evidence. If such a narrow set of…
The field of nursing is always improving and evolving. It is progressively moving forward as new information and research fuel our ability to provide proper patient care. In fact, I have seen the field change and develop in more ways than I can shake a stick. One of the most profound differences came with the inundation of technology and the connectivity of the internet. Never before has the patient been able to access so much information at their fingertips, or have medical professionals had such unprecedented access to patient records and global resources along with cutting edge techniques.…