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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functioning. Research has noted that many of these children will become fearful of their environment and develop expectations that their future will be unhappy. These children are in need of interventions to help them develop productive modes of coping. Over the years there have been many therapies and interventions researched in treating children with various behavior‚ emotional and psychological problems. Many children are treated for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after witnessing traumatic events
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Patricia Rodd Grand Canyon University: HLT-364 Professor Pascale Lee Evidence-Based Decision Making & Discovery Paper July 27‚ 2014 In this society today‚ science is a method of discovering how things will impact what will happen in our future. However‚ scientific discovery is getting the correct information through a process or steps. It also is the observation‚ identification‚ description‚ experimental investigation‚ and theoretical explanation of phenomena (free dictionary). Science
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Animal Model of Diabetes Type 2 There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 diabetes is mostly diagnosed in juvenile‚ while type 2 is mostly diagnosed after the age of 35. Type 1 diabetes is primarily caused by destruction of pancreas which is responsible for producing insulin. However‚ in type 2 diabetes‚ insulin resistance is seen in the body‚ i.e.‚ enough insulin is produced by the body but its activity (conversion of glucose to glycogen) is blocked. Thus‚ the end result of
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Sackett (1996) father of evidence based medicine (EBM) defined EBM as the “conscientious‚ explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients”. EBM in practice means the integration of distinct clinical experience with the best available research evidence. Later on the revised definition was given by Masic “a systematic approach to clinical problem solving which allows the integration of the best available research evidence with clinical expertise
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Reflection Paper Donna Ishay Grand Canyon University Trends and Issues in Today ’s Healthcare NRS-440V Professor Linda Gobin July 20‚ 2015 Reflection Paper Recommendation 4: Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80% by 2020. According to the IOM report‚ they wanted to increase the number of nurses with a baccalaureate degree by 80% (American Nurses Association‚ IOM report‚ 2010). I knew for myself this would mean for me to go back to school and get a higher level of degree
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Assignment Evaluate the evidence for a psychological intervention for schizophrenia. Is there sufficient evidence to justify its use? There are perhaps two main prongs to the development of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as an intervention for schizophrenia‚ the first being based upon the sizable research that centre on family interventions‚ which have been successful in reducing patient relapse in schizophrenic families (Pilling et al.‚ 2002). Family interventions are important to consider as
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social work practice. Research by Gitterman and Knight (2013) suggests that social workers must embrace research based methods in order to guide their practice. While research should be a framework that social work practice is based on‚ Greene (2001) identifies that it is important to combine empirical findings with a “reflective approach”‚ which accounts for the quality of the relationship that the client develops with the therapist. Social workers should adopt an evidence-guided practice approach
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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‚ grounded in the latest evidence-based research‚ and provide a meaningful
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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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