field of healthcare. Nursing theory is useful to the profession in that it provides a foundation for professional practice. It is used to distinguish how science and the expansion of medical knowledge have impacted the advancement of nursing theories over the years. Florence Nightingale’s Notes on nursing (1859) is the first identifiable action taken to differentiate the field of nursing from other medical professions. After which nursing theory evolved into theories that are practical to the profession
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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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Framework for Praxis Praxis is defined as a practical presentation of a philosophy/ theory (Merriam-Webster‚ n.d.). Also‚ praxis can be defined as an application or performing of an art‚ knowledge‚ or skill (Merriam-Webster‚ n.d.). Praxis is a method which entails a primarily reflective in a responsive to a multifaceted and complicated human phenomenon that is the heart of clinical analysis in nursing (Lutz‚ Jones‚ & Kendall‚ 1997). The purpose of this discuss is to provide the readers with information
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Breastfeeding has many advantages to the newborn but can sometimes be discouraging to new mothers who are disrupted from initiating breastfeeding. It’s a learning process between the mother and her newborn and should be strongly encouraged by healthcare providers. In the WHO (2011)‚ it recommends that women should exclusively breastfeed for the first 6 months of life. Breast milk not only provides antibodies for infection but also presents with less medical problems in the newborn. It was
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Application of a Grand Theory Mallory Rahar Maryville September 4‚ 2014 Application of a Grand Theory Nurses use theories in every day practice to help answer questions and to build a strong foundation from. In this paper‚ two theories will be compared and contrasted. The first article applied Virginia Henderson’s grand theory of Principles and Practice of Nursing‚ also known as the activities of living theory (Nicely & DeLario‚ 2011). She believed‚ “the best health care is patient-focused;
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population (Koenemanet al. 2011). Thus‚ theory based intervention which is also known as evidence based interventions are widely recognised as the gold standard for the provision of safe and effective health care (Brown et al. 2009). Evidence-based practice in psychiatric nursing refers to a synthesis of clinical expertise‚ research of evidence‚ and client preference to create effective client care strategies (Underhill et al. 2015). Moreover‚ evidence based practice has been shown to have a capacity to
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Health 2002) services have recognised that they need to be more responsive to the mental health needs of people with learning disabilities. As a learning disability nurse wishing to ascertain the effectiveness of CBT as a practical intervention when presented with the dual-diagnosis of anxiety disorder and learning disability‚ is through the use of ’evidence-based practice’. When deciding on the best possible clinical intervention for an identified practice problem it seams logical to convert the issue
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methods and practices which have been implemented by professionals‚ in order to improve the provision for learners. Some of the methods adopted may be due to government legislation. An example of this is the National Curriculum. It was introduced to establish a consistent approach to the teaching of all children‚ in maintained schools. It gives guidance on what should be taught for particular age groups and a set of level descriptors are also included to assess children by. Other practices are developed
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Evidence Based –Health Care and Social Care 2 Critical appraisal of Outcome Measure (BPI) for Cancer related pain and the use of this outcome measure (BPI) in the effective management of Cancer Pain 12-05-2008 Contents - Introduction - Brief Pain Inventory. - Psychometric Properties of the BPI - Is BPI user centered? - Conclusions -References - Appendices
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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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