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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Education‚ 2007‚ Vol. 6‚ No. 1‚ 84 –101. ........................................................................................................................................................................ Educating Managers From an Evidence-Based Perspective DENISE M. ROUSSEAU SHARON MCCARTHY Carnegie Mellon University Evidence-based management (EBM) means managerial decisions and organizational practices informed by the best available scientific evidence. In this essay we describe the
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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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/ Accepted: 14 July 2010 / Published online: 21 September 2010 Ó Urban & Vogel 2010 Abstract The education of healthcare workers is essential to improve practices and is an integral part of hand hygiene promotional strategies. According to the evidence reviewed here‚ healthcare worker education has a positive impact on improving hand hygiene and reducing healthcare-associated infection. Detailed practical guidance on steps for the organization of education programmes in healthcare facilities and
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Evidence Based Interventions for Families with Co-Occurring Needs Parent management training (PMT) is also known as behavioral parent training (BPT) is an evidence based intervention for families with co-occurring needs such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)‚ oppositional defiant disorder‚ and conduct disorder. This intervention was developed in the early 1960’s‚ due to the increase in the need for therapies focusing on the child and parental needs. The pioneers of this intervention
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Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: Walking the Talk Norma E. Thurston and Kathryn M. King Russworm and Larrabee’s (1999) six-step model for evidence-based practice (EBP) was used by 10 nursing teams to seek answers to clinical questions. These teams‚ primarily composed of staff nurses‚ participated in a health region-wide EBP program over 1 year. Overall‚ the model served as a useful mechanism for examining practice-derived questions. However‚ additional strategies needed to be incorporated
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Access to Acute Stroke Care Appreciating Evidence for Practice Module Code: UZWSN3-15-1 Student Number: 14005518 In a rapidly developing electronic environment‚ the expectations for nurses to provide the highest quality of service whilst delivering the best possible patient care have widened considerably. The Department of Health (DH) (2000) stipulates that clinical effectiveness should be combined with a patient-centred approach‚ with evidence-based practice (EBP) forming the backbone of
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falls short. Using evidence-based medicine as an exemplar‚ I identify ways of closing the prevailing “research-practice gap”—the failure of organizations and managers to base practices on best available evidence. I close with guidance for researchers‚ educators‚ and managers for translating the principles governing human behavior and organizational processes into more effective management practice. Evidence-based management means translating principles based on best evidence into organizational
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Introduction There is a need for health services stipulation to apply the best evidence instead of applying the customary methods (Stevens et al‚ 2001). However‚ this is only possible if practitioners‚ researchers‚ scholars‚ politicians‚ managers and public in general conducted a high quality research. Different methods of researches that are evident-based tend to have lack support from most users. This is because those researches are lack of proper referencing which the reviewer could not access
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In this essay‚ I am going to consider how evidence-based practice can be used to support‚ justify‚ legitimate and/or improve clinical practice. I am also going to explore and discuss primary and secondary research evidences about how nursing interventions can potentially improve the quality of life of patients in the community suffering from heart failure. I will gather these evidences using a literature search which I will include an account of. Using a critiquing framework for support‚ I will
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