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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‘Three Strikes’ Rule Boosts Hand Hygiene Compliance As hospitals around the country stress hand washing as a means of reducing infection‚ a suburban Philadelphia medical center has kicked it up a notch. In a new twist to the existing hand hygiene campaign at Abington Memorial Hospital‚ poor hand-washing habits now could cost staff their jobs. Those observed not washing their hands or using hand sanitizer when entering or leaving patient rooms will be handed index cards noting their noncompliance
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Personal hygiene entails bathing regularly‚ keeping your hair clean‚ trimming fingernails and toenails‚ brushing your teeth and using deodorant. Personal hygiene can enhance your self-confidence and improve your chances of success in many areas of your life. A lack of it can have certain social and health ramifications. Psychological problems can often spur bad hygiene practices. Your personal hygiene can affect other people. People who do not wash their hands‚ for example‚ can pass infections or
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Kruschke and Butcher (2017) research supports “The purpose of the current fall prevention evidence-based practice guideline is to describe important strategies that will identify individuals at risk for falls‚ especially those 65 and older” (p. 16). A risk assessment tool is commonly used throughout hospitals to assess clients to determine if they are a fall risk. This screens the client based on several difference factors such as their age‚ fall history‚ medications‚ mobility‚ and several
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Dental hygiene is a dynamic and challenging career that offers team work‚ personal growth‚ fulfillment and extraordinary benefits‚ and it is the perfect career for me. Good qualities for a dental hygienist are compassion and enjoying caring for people; two qualities that fit my personality. I love the thought of knowing I can have a positive impact on a person’s health. I have worked as a dental assistant the majority of my working years‚ so I understand what it takes to become a dental hygienist
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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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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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Name: Professor: Course: Date: Evidence-based Design and its Importance to Organisations Q1. Evidence- based design also referred to as EBD is a field of study that emphasize credible evidence so as to influence the end results. EBD has become so popular in healthcare and its importance can be drawn from its guiding principle and aim; EBD aims at improving patient and staff well-being‚ the patient healing‚ stress reduction and safety. The concept of evidence- based design is drawing a lot of interests
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The Five Moments of Hand Hygiene Implementation and Management within a Queensland General Hospital The notion that hand-washing could reduce mortality has existed since Ignaz Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of puerperal fever could be drastically cut by the use of hand disinfectant in obstetrical clinics in the mid 1800s (Wikipedia‚ n.d.). Florence Nightingale is renowned for her campaign that clean water‚ food and environment could reduce the death rates in military hospitals
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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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