Evidence-based nursing practice is essential to the delivery of high-quality care that optimizes patients’ outcomes. Studies continue to show improved outcomes when best evidence is used in the delivery of patient care. (American Association of critical care nurses). In our medical surgical floor as per our organization we have a “shared governance council “under which we have multiple areas like patient quality and safety‚ clinical practice council‚ infection control‚ professional development and
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Joslynn A. Davis Professor Harold Shaffer HSR 371 November 12‚ 2014 Intervention Paper A&E Intervention: Christina’s Story Introduction In season 11: Episode 1‚ the world is introduced to a beautiful 21-year old woman named Christina from Riverside‚ California. From first glance‚ she is an animated young spirit‚ with a big heart who is enjoying the spoils of life. Her friends and family describe her as “someone that you gravitate towards...she’s beautiful‚ outgoing and smart. She loves to laugh
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Reviewing the Literature NURS6125‚ section 23‚ Integrating Theory and Research for Evidence-Based Practice February 12‚ 2011 Reviewing the Literature Patient handoffs are an integral part of taking care of people in all patient care settings. Patient handoffs occur at many different times throughout a facility including shift changes‚ provider break times‚ inter-departmental transfers‚ when a patient may travel for testing. Patient handoff definitions vary widely‚ but the most simplified version
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Therapeutics of skin conditions: Evidence-based clinical decision making Dr Douglas Grindlay University of Nottingham 15th Oct 2014 What I am going to cover? • What does evidence-based dermatology mean? • How to find relevant‚ high-quality evidence • The role of the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology (CEBD) • How to get involved / contribute What is Evidence Based Dermatology? • Linking the best quality evidence to the care of individual patients • Involves partnership between clinician‚ patient
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Adult Health History and Examination ND Health Assessment and Screening NRS 434-V Health History and Examination LH Client/Patient Initials: LH Sex: F Age: 47 Occupation: Registered Nurse Health History/Review of Systems Neurological System headaches‚ head injuries‚ dizziness‚ convulsions‚ tremors‚ weakness‚ numbness‚ tingling‚ difficulty speaking‚ and difficulty swallowing etc.‚ medication): Neurologically JP is intact. Alert ox3 clear speech with no hesitations‚ c/o headaches and dizziness
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Caroline SOC 005 Dr November 15th‚ 2011 Diabetes in the U.S. Diabetes is a disease rapidly increasing throughout the world today‚ and it is often referred to as the world’s modern epidemic. According to The World Health Organization (WHO) there were 171 million people suffering from diabetes worldwide in 2000. They are expecting this number to be doubled by year 2050 with 366 million diagnosed people. The organization’s most recent “calculations indicate that worldwide almost 3 million deaths
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Rosa Susana Abarca Chamberlain College of Nursing NR-501: Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice Spring January 2015 Theory is a notion or an idea that explains experience‚ interprets observation‚ describes relationships and projects outcomes (Parker & Smith‚ pg. 7). Theory is needed to have a systematic approach to guiding the practice of nursing by analyzing nursing concepts that are purposeful in developing thinking and guiding practice through proven research and analysis. Theory helps
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Oral presentations have three main purposes: to inform‚ persuade or promote goodwill with the audience. In order to accomplish a successful oral presentation there are some basic best practices that should be used as guidelines when conducting public speaking. The most important aspect of an oral presentation is to engage the audience. If the audience is not interested in the speaker‚ the oral presentation will not reach the intended audience. For starters‚ the speaker should research the
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Nursing Interventions that Promote Physical Fitness in Children My clinical question is: What are effective nursing interventions in children to promote physical fitness? Annotations of Sources Robbins‚ L. B.‚ Pfeiffer‚ K. A.‚ Maier‚ K. S.‚ Lo‚ Y.-J.‚ & Wesolek‚ S. M. (2012). Pilot intervention to increase physical activity among sedentary urban middle school girls: a two-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. The Journal of School Nursing‚ 28(4)‚ 302–315. http://doi.org/10.1177/1059840512438777
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Case studies have been great tool for me to learn evidence based nursing that will be put into nursing practice. Retrieving information‚ recognizing deviations from “normal”‚ interpreting and prioritizing data to plan patient specific interventions are all skills that I have developed from case study analyses. Different from SIM where we have to think on our feet and rely on the skills that we have learned‚ theory case studies are written‚ allowing us to track a nursing issue through all the stages
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