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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Evidence-based practice is “the conscientious‚ explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient. It means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.” (Sackett D‚ 2000). That is do the best in the client care and service delivery‚ and stay in contact with the literature to use it in the clinical decision making. Evidence-based practice weighing the value of the
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Evidenced-Based Practice Edna Foregard NURS 408 01 Conceptual Bases of Nursing Linda Jacobson‚ MSN‚ RN‚ PHN‚ COI June 12th 2013 Abstract Evidence based practice is a combination of the best practice obtained from research study‚ patient care data‚ and expert opinion in order to identify different methods of improvement in providing high quality care reflecting values‚ needs‚ interest and choices of the patient. Knowledge and skills gained in the process of evidence based practice helps
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Proposal for Evidence Based Practice Paper Michelle A. Steen University of North Carolina at Pembroke Abstract This paper explores the proposed use of Dialectic Therapy (DBT) on adolescents between the ages of twelve and eighteen who are diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). It will address the nature and extent of the issue of AN in the target population‚ weigh the positive and negative aspects of different types of therapies on the target population and show the potential limitations
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4.1 What is Practice Theory? “Theory of Practices” (TP) is a social sciences theory based on the ideas that “individual behaviors are primarily performances of social practices‚” and that practices are not conceivable as a set of individual actions that lie just in the minds of the actors‚ but modes of social relations. There is not one shared understanding of what practice theory is‚ but that many different contributions are originating in philosophy‚ social science‚ cultural theory‚ and science
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What evidence supports the use of the intervention? The current practice of evidence based nursing and supporting the use the intervention is essential for the provision of care of patient care‚ evaluating‚ implementing and optimizing the highest quality care to our patients and knowing the parameters used doctors established in our country‚ relying on ANA and‚ trying to optimize patient outcomes. The studies and investigations that have been made and are still being shown the best results when the
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Evidence-Based-Policing Written by Desiree Rosch Instructor Atthur Moghalu Introduction to Criminal Justice Evidence-based policing is a style of policing that uses research to create or change policies to increase effectiveness. Lawrence W Sherman‚ an academic criminologist‚ is credited with making the term Evidence-based Policing (EBP) popular.During a lecture Sherman stated‚ "Police practices should be based on scientific evidence about what works
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Contrast and Comparison of Nursing Grand Theorists Carol Goetz Maryville University The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast nursing theorists from the four categories which are identified by Meleis as: Needs‚ Interaction‚ Outcome and Caring. (Meleis‚ 2012‚ Chapter 9) I have chosen Faye Abdellah‚ Imogene King‚ Myra Levine and Jean Watson as the grand theorists that I would like to explore for this study in contrast and comparison. This decision was made‚ in part‚ due to the
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behavior is consistently fueled by a profound interest in human deviance. Various modern behavior theories focus on individual thoughts‚ feelings and actions to try and understand why people diverge from the norms of society (Payne‚ 2016). However‚ grand sociological theories assert that the structure of society creates more deviance and unhappiness than individual deficits in morality. Grand sociological theories provide a lens for examining larger social systems to determine where breakdowns in the structure
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Evidence based nursing is the shared partnership between the patient and clinician that involves the best evidence and clinical outcomes and values when making health care decision’s (Huber‚ 2014). There are thousands of ways to implement evidence based practice into the end of life arena. I recall many years ago when all hospice did was sit at the bed side and give morphine. Look where hospice care has gone today. They have surpassed the days of morphine to all and through evidence based nursing
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