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    responsible for providing care that is efficient‚ competent and informed by current research (Sirkka‚ Larsson-Lund & Zingmark‚ 2014). Evidence based practice (EBP) has been correlated with improved client outcomes and a reduction in healthcare costs (Upton‚ Stephens‚ Williams & Scurlock-Evans‚ 2014). EBP has been defined as the synthesis of current research evidence‚ clinical reasoning‚ and client contribution (Thomas‚ Saroyan & Lajoie‚ 2012). The client is an integral part in EBP as he/she is an

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    SW 562/570 Mining Report: Social Work in Evidence Based Practice Adrian Perry The University of Tennessee College of Social Work Mining Report: Social Work in Evidence Based Practice The purpose of social work is to demonstrate to society the necessary appropriateness of social welfare. Society operates from a capitalist standpoint‚ which in turn establishes a hierarchy within economic class‚ race‚ and gender. Social work is a profession that addresses social problems

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    The scientist role was fulfilled in several courses looking at issues and finding a solution. The Evidence Based Practice Course I examined the issue of poor communication and the effects on patient care‚ proposed a solution example being implementation of bedside reporting and analyzed the results with the increase in patient satisfaction. The scientist role does just that finds a problem‚ looks for a solutions and examines the results‚ if the results are not positive or solve the problem the

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    Purpose of study Authors To analyse how and on what information General Practitioners (GPs) base their decision to prescribe antidepressants. This study looked at policies and practices used by GPs in regards to this problem. Subject of antidepressants has been addressed in many studies‚ recent increase in the statistics of amount of medicines prescribed for that reason shows that changes in the policies are required and this study focus on why is that. As the study was funded by Medical Research

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    Validity of Evidence-Based Practice in the Philippines Maria Carmela L. Domocmat Ecological Validity of EBP in the Philippines 2 Introduction Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been observed in developed countries since the 90’s. Two decades had past and it is barely being established in the Philippine health care system. The purpose of this paper is to define EBP or evidence-based nursing (EBN) and explore its ecological validity in a developing country such as the Philippines. Evidence-based

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    of us through hands in many ways‚ including: • touching dirty hands • changing dirty diapers • through contaminated water and food • through droplets in the air released during a cough or sneeze • on contaminated surfaces • through contact with a sick person’s body fluids Hands often act as carrier that carries disease-causing pathogens from person to person‚ either through direct contact or indirectly via surfaces. When not washed with soap & water or alcohol based hand rubs‚ hands that have been

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    day to day interaction with all healthcare workers. Hand hygiene contributes significantly to keeping patients safe regardless if the patients are humans and animals. Washing hands is a simple‚ inexpensive‚ and an effective action to prevent the spread of microbes that cause healthcare associated infection. The most common transmissible disease in any hospital‚ dental‚ or veterinary cleaning is Staphylococcus aureus. The task of proper hygiene in-between patients’ care enhances patient safety

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    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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    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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    In healthcare‚ evidence-based practice provides patients with quality care while saving cost. The Iowa model of evidence-based practice ‘promote quality care in a systematic method that explains how organizations change practice” (Schmidt &Brown‚ 2015 p. 445). This model of EBP provides step-by-step on how to take clinical problems and put it into practice with the intervention based on research to bring change into an organization or a department (Brown‚ 2014). The Iowa model consists of two triggers

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