1. In the past decade‚ the focus of nursing research has expanded from research utilization to evidence-based practice. What is the difference between the two Research utilization is a process of movement from research to practice. Research is used to guide professional practice. Evidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient needs (Burns & Grove‚ 2011). With evidence-based practice‚ patients and their families
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This assignment will be set around evidence based practice (EBP) and the nursing part of EBP will be discussed throughout this essay. There will be two parts to this discussion‚ part 1 will be a clinical question chosen personally‚ and being researched through the internet using a variety of databases. The end result will then be discussed on how the question performed‚ and whether it was either easy to research or changes had to be made gain greater or less results. Below is the clinical research
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Abstract The subject of evidence-based practice is discussed in this paper beginning with a definition of the term taken from our text by Blais and Hayes (2011). I discuss the way in which we care for intravenous lines as an example of a procedure done at our hospital that uses evidence-based guidelines like those listed on the National Guideline Clearinghouse website to reduce central line associated blood stream infections. A summary of an article demonstrating the use of a solution of chlorhexidine
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Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice JMartinez Chamberlain College of Nursing NR351 Deborah Sinn January 24‚ 2011 Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice Introduction Evidence-based practice (EBP) can be seen throughout history dating back to the mid 19th century when Florence Nightingale gathered research to improve the quality of care provided to patients while analyzing hospital data (Miller‚ Ward & Young
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setting‚ it is now expected that health care practitioners adopt evidence based practice to ensure high quality care and patient safety is maintained (Tuite & George 2010). Adopting an evidence based approach in healthcare will also help to ensure that‚ the care provided‚ is more likely to be cost effective and will result in positive patient outcomes (Jones & Bourgeouis 2007‚ p. 88; Bevan 2010‚ p. 142). However the research and evidence provided is always changing therefore it is important for health
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Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is a thoughtful integration of the best available evidence along with clinical expertise. It helps health practitioners of all varieties to address health care questions with an evaluative and qualitative approach. EBP allows the nurse to assess current and past research‚ clinical guidelines‚ and other information resources in order to find relevant literature and differentiating between good quality and bad quality findings at the same time. Evidence-Based Practice
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Evidence Based Nursing Practice in Nursing "Doing the right things right" (Craig & Smyth‚ 2002‚ p.4) Used to improve the experiences associated with health care and illness Early examples o Infection control (aseptic technique) o DVT (deep vein thrombosis) prevention Development of the EBP Concept Began with medicine o Archie Cochran‚ a British epidemiologist in 1972 published a book criticizing the medical profession for not reviewing medical research studies o Believed that
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The use of evidence based practice in healthcare assist with providing the best and current practice and improving patient outcome (Boswell.c.‚ & Cannob‚ S. 2012). According to Hopp and Rittenmeyer (2012)‚ evidence based practice is define as the continuous and current use if the best evidence in decision making about the care of each patients. This involves the commbination of each clinical expertise‚ as well as considering patient choices with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic
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heard is very confusing. For example‚ what do you mean by evidence-based? Sally: That is a really good question‚ I think that a lot of parents would wonder about that. The concept of evidence-based interventions began in the field of medicine in the 1970’s and is now used in many disciplines such as pathology‚ psychology‚ counselling‚ and education. It is an everyday clinical practice founded on scientific evidence of effectiveness. Evidence based interventions have been studied under strongly controlled
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prevention theories to evidence based policing. In order to do this both terms will be explained and crime prevention theories will be introduced‚ explained and evaluated In relation to evidence based policing. Trials which are relevant to the theories will also be included with evaluation. Evidence based policing is a structured method of making decisions about policing based on the evidence and intelligence you gather about the situation. This method in effect uses scientific evidence to work out a plan
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