provision of care on the most current‚ up-to-date health information available and sound nursing knowledge. This is where evidence-based practice (EBP) comes in. Polit and Beck (2010‚ p. 4) defined EBP as "the use of the best clinical evidence in making patient care desicions". This usually comes from research conducted by nurses and other healthcare professionals. Thus it is pertinent that research reports are critically analyzed. A research critique aims to measure the value and significance of
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Community Mental Health Nursing:Jack-of-all-trades and Master of None or a necessarily Versatile Profession Abstract The aim of this study was to explore whether Mental Health Nurses truly understand their role and whether they base their professional identity on united views about the unique skills‚ knowledge and expertise brought by them to a multidisciplinary care delivery process. Several studies have attempted to define the role of the Mental Health Nurse (MHN) and concluded that mental health
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Quantitative Research Critique Cathleen Atkins Grand Canyon University NRS 433V Linda Permoda March 24‚ 2013 Quantitative Research Critique Title of Article The title of the article being critiqued is “The impact of workload on hygiene compliance in nursing”‚ which was published in the British Journal of Nursing (Knoll‚ Lautenschlaeger‚ & Borneff-Lipp‚ 2010). Authors There are three authors for this quantitative research study. Martin Knoll is the HTW of Saarland‚ Clinical Nursing Research
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Research Critique The aim of this assignment is to critical analyse and evaluate a primary piece of evidence within the author’s clinical practice. Prior to analysing the literature the author will give a brief description of the term clean intermittent self-catheterisation‚ identify various conditions where this procedure may be undertaken and the assessment process which is necessary for patients before they can carry out this procedure. Due to word limitations the term Clean intermittent self-catheterisation
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Roles and Ways of Knowing of a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner The shortage of physicians has opened up abundant opportunities for advanced practice nurses (APNs). As barriers continue to be broken for APNs‚ they will continue to magnify their role in providing both primary and specialized care to patients. The purpose of this paper is to explore defining concepts of the advanced practice nurse‚ such as the roles of scholarship‚ the APN consensus model and certification requirements
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I have chosen to critique Rydon’s (2005) article ‘The attitudes‚ knowledge and skills needed in mental health nurses: The perspective of users of mental health services’ because I am interested in finding out service user’s outlook of mental health nurses. When I qualify as a mental health nurse I would need to acquire the correct attitudes‚ knowledge and skills as this would make the nursing process more effective‚ because as McCabe and Timmons (2006) suggest I will be more sensitive to the client’s
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Assignment 2 Liberty University What is a research hypothesis? Define directional‚ nondirectional‚ and statistical/null hypothesis statements. A research hypothesis is a statement about two variables‚ independent and dependent‚ and their relationship with an expected outcome based on the research question which‚ if directional‚ will state the expected direction of the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. If the research hypothesis is nondirectional it will not state
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Nursing Research Introduction * The ability to conduct research is becoming an ever important skill. The ultimate purpose of nursing is to provide high-quality patient care. Clinical practice without research is practice based on tradition without validation. Research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing treatment modalities‚ to determine the impact of nursing care on the health of the patients or to test out theory. Nursing practice is undergoing tremendous changes and challenges
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became aware of mental health when I was a child. A family member had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and had been sectioned twice. I visited the psychiatric unit many times and recall the many different individuals that were sectioned here. The psychiatric unit allowed patients to wander freely within the grounds‚ and I was able to interact with other people. What was striking to me as a young child was that none of the individuals I encountered showed obvious signs of mental illness; I realised
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OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING NCM 101 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING Health Promotion and Public Health Health • A State of complete physical‚ mental and social well- being‚ not merely an absence of disease or infirmity (WHO‚ 1948). • A State of being well and using every power the individual possesses to the fullest extent (Nightingale‚ 1969). • Optimum Level of Functioning (OLOF) Determinants of Health (World Health Organization) • The health of individuals and communities
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