Article Analysis Summaries Walden University NURS 4001‚ Section 08‚ Research and Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice November 1‚ 2013 Overview of Article McCaffrey‚ Thomas and Kinzelman (2009) discussed in this study the effects of lavender and rosemary essential oils used for test taking anxiety among graduate nursing students. It used a quantitative quasi-experimental design with pre and post-test measures. Quasi-experimental designs involve manipulation of independent
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The first management trend I will cover is the utilisation of analytical tools to make evidence based decisions. We now collect more data than ever before‚ and have access to a growing stable of tools that have the capability to analysis data and provide information. This information can help managers and decision makers understand key metrics‚ discover new metrics and make more informed decisions. This can be applied where appropriate to short‚ medium and to long term business goals. Making
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Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Meta Anderson NURS 4000 5/ NURS-4001-5 Res/ Scholarship Evid-Based Practice April 21‚ 2013 Pressure Ulcers are very serious‚ but common occurrences in healthcare in our older patients today. Millions of dollars are spent daily to prevent this occurrence. The purpose of this paper is to educate on the evidence based nursing practice surrounding pressure ulcers. Practice Setting Problem Pressure Ulcer is a breakdown of
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Practice Based Research COMMUNICATING AND MANAGING CRAFT KNOWLEDGE IN CULTURAL BASED PRODUCT DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS Chamithri Greru MSc in Fashion and Textile Management Heriot Watt University 00114446 Practice Based Research The practice based work is based off on the findings of the research and looking ways to disseminate the overarching themes and concepts that emerged. So that the targeted groups of the study could benefit from its findings as well as other stakeholders. I believe the
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social work practice. Research by Gitterman and Knight (2013) suggests that social workers must embrace research based methods in order to guide their practice. While research should be a framework that social work practice is based on‚ Greene (2001) identifies that it is important to combine empirical findings with a “reflective approach”‚ which accounts for the quality of the relationship that the client develops with the therapist. Social workers should adopt an evidence-guided practice approach
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we do to get even better results?” This is especially true with physicians who are only involved in direct patient care and make most of their decisions off evidence-based medicine due to the fact that their decisions directly influence health outcomes. Engaging in medicine that does not have strong evidence backing it rather than evidence-based medicine may result in better outcomes but also risk the chance of failure and lawsuits. Therefore‚ this is a path most physicians are too risk averse to take
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Occupational therapists in falls prevention Generally‚ the role of occupational therapists in falls prevention among elderly people‚ I think‚ could be very broad and significant. The elderly people can receive occupational therapy services for falls prevention in a variety of settings‚ such as their own houses‚ rehabilitation centres‚ acute care hospitals and nursing homes. Occupational therapy practitioners working in home environment have a unique opportunity to explore the home hazards
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The purpose of the research is to determine whether multimedia fall prevention education using different instructional strategies increases older adult’s knowledge of fall threats and their fall prevention behaviors. The population being studied in this research is community dwelling older adults who participated in response to flyers or through senior housing and community facilities. There are fifty-three of these older adults who are 65 years old or older and have no physical or mental disabilities
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Foreign Direct Investment Theory‚ Evidence and Practice Imad A. Moosa 1 Introduction and Overview WHAT IS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT? Foreign direct investment (FDI) is the process whereby residents of one country (the source country) acquire ownership of assets for the purpose of controlling the production‚ distribution and other activities of a firm in another country (the host country).1 The International Monetary Fund ’s Balance of Payments Manual defines FDI as `an investment that is made
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Team C Project NURS 6030 Section 5 The Practice of Population-Based Care August 16‚ 2009 Plan for Collaboration Healthcare is a profession in which nurses strive to advocate‚ guide‚ and protect those placed in our care. In this spirit‚ Team C will work together to investigate a healthcare problem to strengthen our collaborative abilities. The team’s systematic approach described below includes team identification‚ team vision‚ communication process‚ determination of roles‚ conflict resolution
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