Evidence behind stroke rehabilitation Stroke is a common and serious condition for which there is no routinely available curative treatment. Because of the high burden of disability and the lack of a widely applicable medical treatment‚ much of post-stroke care relies upon rehabilitation interventions. This article will discuss the evidence behind stroke rehabilitation interventions. but before doing so we need to define some terminology. Rehabilitation has a rather non-specific definition: “a problem
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of the key historical developments in nursing research is to review some of the richest elements of the history of nursing itself. It is important to note that without nursing research‚ nurses are limited in the ability to practice in an evidenced-based profession. "Nursing research‚ both qualitative and quantitative‚ is critical for quality‚ cost-effective health care". (Nursing Research Position Statement‚ International Council of Nurses‚ 1997‚ Nursing Research: Building International Research
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doi:10.1136/ebm.8.6.165 Evid. Based Med. 2003;8;165-166 Horand Meier‚ Nicole Schlotz-Gorton and Laura Schrott Franz Porzsolt‚ Andrea Ohletz‚ Anke Thim‚ David Gardner‚ Helmuth Ruatti‚ approach Evidence-based decision making—the six step http://ebm.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/8/6/165 Updated information and services can be found at: These include: Rapid responses http://ebm.bmj.com/cgi/eletter-submit/8/6/165 You can respond to this article at: service Email alerting the top right corner
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accountability and evidence-based practice requires not only scientific knowledge‚ but also a deep knowledge of the practice of one’s profession and of what it means to be human in the world of combined strength and vulnerability that is health care. Every clinician must understand the importance of applying best research evidence to client care‚ the essence of evidence–based practice‚ to improve the overall quality of healthcare. Research continues to find that using evidence-based guidelines in
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for hand OA. Methods. A list of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic modalities commonly used to manage knee‚ hip‚ and hand OA as well as clinical scenarios representing patients with symptomatic hand‚ hip‚ and knee OA were generated. Systematic evidence-based literature reviews were conducted by a working group at the Institute of Population Health‚ University of Ottawa‚ and updated by ACR staff to include additions to
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factors outside of nursing helped shape nursing research also. A clinical learning strategy designed by McMaster Medical School in Canada called evidence-based medicine had a major effect on all health care professions and how physicians and nurses made clinical decisions. This learning strategy paved the way for nursing research to incorporate evidence-based practice into the daily clinical practices and enhance patient outcomes. Nursing research focused on improved patient-nurse relationships and
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Clinical Question Evidence-based practice helps healthcare clinicians provide quality care based on knowledge and evidence rather than because of “this is the way we have always done it‚” or based on customs‚ colleagues‚ or out-dated textbooks. In response to the startling report by the Institute of Medicine in 2001 that major deficits in healthcare caused preventable harm‚ a proposal for healthcare redesign was introduced recommending healthcare providers to implement evidence-based practice in order
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appraisal is the process of systematically examining research evidence to assess its validity‚ results‚ and relevance. (Hill‚ 2001) Critical appraisal of research is preformed by clinicians prior to using it to make healthcare decisions. The critical appraisal process systematically finds‚ appraises‚ and acts on evidence based research after thorough review. The use of critical appraisal also allows us to make sense of research evidence and allows us to begin to close the gap between research and
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Analgesic and Sedative Effects of Dexmedetomidine in Burn Patients: A Literature Review It is a well-documented fact that patients with severe burn injuries experience continuous blood loss in the treatment process. With major burn injuries‚ patients may experience acute anemia‚ which occurs primarily from the surgical administration of the burn wound‚ anemia of critical illness‚ and iatrogenic blood loss. Burn patients may experience repeated painful techniques like dressing changes‚ which require
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What is epidemiology? Why is this important to community health? Provide an example of its importance from your community. According to "An Encyclopedia Britannica Company: Merriam-Webster Dictionary" (2013)‚ "Epidemiology is a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence‚ distribution‚ and control of disease in a population." It is also considered "the sum of the factors controlling the presence or absence of a disease or pathogen." Epidemiology is important to community health because
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