Evidence Based Practice is defined as “the conscientious‚ explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient. It means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research” (Sackett‚ 1996). “Integrating individual clinical expertise” as stated in the above definition means the nurse has a role to play to make EBP work. New evidence is disseminated in different ways by my
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After forming a clinical judgement‚ a nurse makes a decision by implementing what should be done and how it should be done. Clinical decision making is process of drawing from various dimensions of knowledge‚ in which nurses organize data‚ form conclusions‚ and act on these conclusions ensuring the best possible outcome for the patient (Gillespie & Paterson‚ 2009). Nursing process frameworks describe the decision-making process as a set of steps including assessment‚ identification of a problem‚
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There are many approaches to clinical psychology; the four major approaches are in psychodynamic‚ cognitive-behavioral‚ humanistic‚ and family systems. Using the four major approaches contributes to the effectiveness in treatment by identifying the goals of each approach. The paper will break down the approaches‚ goals‚ techniques‚ and the overall approaches used. Philosophical Origins of Clinical Psychology ApproachesAs Thomas Plante (2005) cleverly suggested‚ clinical psychology is both a science
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After completing three weeks of my clinical rotation at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Largo‚ I have found my experience to be not only educational‚ but also quite enlightening. I believe the true essential factors contributing to my experience included my clinical instructor’s guidance‚ as well as the other nurses and staff on my assigned floor. Through each one of my patient interactions and clinical days‚ I found them all helping me to better attain what was taught in the classroom by
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Purpose. The implementation and evaluation of a collaborative practice model (CPM) of mental health care at a free clinic are described. Summary. Since 2004‚ the mental health clinic of the Cape Fear Clinic in Wilmington‚ NC‚ has provided pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy services to a mostly female population of poor and uninsured patients (average age‚ about 45 years) under a CPM that includes a state-licensed Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner with prescribing privileges. Spanish is the primary
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Clinical governance is defined as “A framework through which NHS organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safe-guarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.” Clinical governance incorporates quality assurance‚ quality improvement and risk and incident management. It also monitors and helps to ensure that the standards of care are maintained and‚ if necessary‚ improved. Clinical governance
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Change Management Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………….3 Evidence Based Practice……………………………………………….4 Clinical Governance…………………………………………………...5-6 Findings from the literature……………………………………………6-7 Implementing the change………………………………………………7-9 Leadership…………………………………………………………….9-10 The Un-freezing Stage………………………………………………10-11 The Moving Stage…………………………………………………...11-13 The Re-freezing Stage……………………………………………….13-15 Resistance and barriers to change…………………………………...15-16 Conclusion…………………………………………………………
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Pratha” - An Immoral Practice During Menstruation Chhaupadi is a combination of two local words “Chhau” and “Padi” used in the Raute dialect of Achham district in the far western part of Nepal. “Chhau” means menstruation and “Padi” means a woman likewise “Pratha” means practice (Raul & Tandon‚ 2011). Chhaupadi practice is one of the taboos concerning menstruation in Hindu tradition that relates to secretions associated with menstruation and childbirth (Desslierres‚ 2013). This practice still exists in
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3.4.1 What is Practice Theory? “Theory of Practices” (TP) is a social sciences theory based on the ideas that “individual behaviors are primarily performances of social practices‚” and that practices are not conceivable as a set of individual actions that lie just in the minds of the actors‚ but modes of social relations. There is not one shared understanding of what practice theory is‚ but that many different contributions are originating in philosophy‚ social science‚ cultural theory‚ and science
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