Evidence-Based Practice WGU Evidence-Based Practice Article I choose to review today is titled" Reduction of unnecessary use of indwelling urinary catheters". A1. Article. Janzen‚ J.‚ Burman‚ B. M.‚ Spanjaard‚ L.‚ de Reijke‚ T. M.‚ Goossens‚ A.‚ & Geerlings‚ S. E. (2013). Reduction of unnecessary use of indwelling urinary catheters. BMJ Quality & Safety‚ 22(12)‚ 984-988. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-001908 A2. This article examines evidence-based areas of the interventions to reduce Catheter
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organism on hands with rings‚ despite the method of hand hygiene used; hands with rings were 1.6- fold more likely to be contaminated after hand washing with plain soap and water and 2.3- fold more likely to be contaminated after use of the alcohol- based hand rub.” (Trick et al.‚ 2003‚ p. 4). Thus‚ there is a greater amount of pathogens being carried around
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study based on an elderly man named David is 56years old and has a number of personal health issues that are affecting his daily life and on top on that his wife has a history of breast cancer. The evidence-based practice is a clinical activity which is based on the belief that decision about the delivery of care to clients should be informed by the best available and current scientific evidence (Beanland et al 2011). So as a nurse it is important to understand why evidence based practice is
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Custom Snowboards Inc. Managing Capital & Financial Assets 05/10/2014 WGU JET2 Financial Analysis Task 5‚ Part II - PASSED To: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Custom Snowboards Inc. Subject: Report of historical data and recommendation on how to proceed with expansion plans to Europe. European Expansion Historical Analysis To make a decision about expansion to Europe‚ we must first analyze past performance as an indicator about future performance. A historical analysis was completed
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HAT Task 1 July 21‚ 2012 There is a sign on the Highway as you enter Celina that reads‚ “One of 100 best small towns”. Celina is a rural community in North Western Ohio. It is home of the largest manmade lakes ;{ it is 21 square miles covering over 13‚500 acres in both Mercer and Auglaize counties.}Corn fields and farms surround the city on all sides and country air can make an outsider either smile or cover their nose; 60.6% of the population is rural living. Main street is home of some of the
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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‚ and having
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increasing both self –management and determination and contributing to recovery. More recently‚ professional mental health practice has seen an increase in practice guidelines which describe key interventions and models of service provision that reflect the evidence from research in terms of effectiveness and efficacy.(Ryan & Pritchard 2004). This essay is meant to integrate both practice component and academic knowledge component which I have used to work with a client‚ I shall discuss the profile of
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Annotated Bibliography Roger‚ Richard.‚ & Love-Johansson‚ Jill Evaluating competence-based practice. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the law online December (2009)‚ 37 (4) 450-460 Roger and his colleagues inquire about the measure and the error rate substantially exceeded its accuracy also‚ that Daubert guidelines have a lot of parts that include forensic practice that deal with the competency measure with the mental disorder at the time of the criminal act. They mention the R-Cras
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this section is not expressly requested in the task instructions‚ it is usually helpful to write a paragraph that introduces Company G and the product that you are writing this marketing plan about. Product Description and Classification Product Description and Support of the Mission Company G Mission Statement “We enable consumers to improve the quality and convenience of their lives by providing high-quality‚ innovative electronics solutions.” The task instruction is to describe your product and
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Administrative Challenges-Evidence Based Practice Background * Evidence Based Nursing started with Florence Nightingale. A firm believer in knowledge-based practice‚ she was a systematic thinker and passionate statistician‚ who believed in using the best possible research to elevate practice on the shoulders of knowledge. * Since then‚ the nursing profession has more recently provided major leadership for improving care through application of research findings in practice. * According to
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