articles‚ Alan Kamhi and Kenn Apel discuss evidence-based practice‚ clinical practice‚ and science. While Kamhi feels that clinical practice cannot be scientific‚ Apel believes the contrary. Though they each note several differences between scientists and clinicians‚ I believe it is possible for clinicians to be scientists. Clinicians may not conduct science in the same regimented way as full-time researchers‚ but they are equally capable of researching practices‚ testing hypotheses‚ collecting data‚
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Present or Most Recent Employment Post Held Speciality Speciality Clinical Nurse Specialist Personal/Work Email Address m.boyle@stjh.org.uk Palliative Care NMC PIN (if registered nurse‚ midwife or health visitor) 83k0528s Name of Hospital/Practice St Joseph’s Hospice NMC PIN Expiry Date D D/M2011 Y Y Y 01 01 M/Y
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Mary Hardin-Baylor states that the science of nursing is applying theory to the practice. (p.5) One science of nursing would be the use of evidence-based practice. Evidence-based practice is when nurses use the practice that has the most evidence of success in making decisions to treat and promote health in the patient. In nursing‚ you have to know how to make a patient based care plan‚ which uses evidence-based practice. The science of nursing is ever-evolving. For
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Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process This week I have learned that the ability to think critically is an essential part of the nursing process. Critical thinking is defined in the book as a combination of reasoned thinking‚ openness to alternatives‚ an ability to reflect‚ and a desire to seek truth. From learning about critical thinking skills in concepts class and learning about health assessments in foundations class‚ I can see how critical thinking skills can be utilized when doing health
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increasing both self –management and determination and contributing to recovery. More recently‚ professional mental health practice has seen an increase in practice guidelines which describe key interventions and models of service provision that reflect the evidence from research in terms of effectiveness and efficacy.(Ryan & Pritchard 2004). This essay is meant to integrate both practice component and academic knowledge component which I have used to work with a client‚ I shall discuss the profile of
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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
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the key issues surrounding reliability‚ validity and trustworthiness as applied to Evidence Based Practice The findings from good‚ current‚ reliable‚ valid or trustworthy research are the basis for maintaining high standards of care and all nurses must practice based on the most up to date evidence (NMC 2008). It is now an important part of nursing to actively participate in research and evidence based practice in order to continually improve the standard of the health care system. This process
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main issue to evidence-based nursing practice is the shortage of nurses. The staff lacks can make a profession exhaustion‚ tension‚ and as well as put the patient at risk (Hogan et al; 2009). In the hospital‚ the lack of nurses is a very big problem‚ but for the solution management and organization methods to the matter could support to recover the nursing situation and ignore several of the bad influences of unsuitable nurse ratios. Some time I am thinking of evidence based practice on hourly rounding
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According to Hamric‚ “evidence-based practice (EBP) is a problem-solving approach that incorporates best available scientific evidence‚ clinicians’ expertise‚ and patients’ preferences and values” (Hamric 2009) and is of high “importance to best practice and to the education of healthcare professionals” (Hamric 2009). EBP helps nurses to improve their clinical practice by evaluating what they do and how they do it‚ and what are the final outcomes on their patients. Research‚ in providing healthcare
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Social Service Organizations in the Era of Evidence-Based Practice Evidence –based practice has been gaining acceptance and momentum in the social services professions. As evidence related to specific programs and inventions mount‚ social service practitioners and organizations around the world have increasingly begun to implement evidence-based programs as a strategy for creating better outcomes for children‚ families and adults. Unfortunately‚ the science of evaluating efficacious and
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