On Tuesday‚ December 20‚ 2016‚ at approximately 4:34PM‚ I‚ Officer Larry Thomas was informed by Officer Utsey over the radio‚ that he was called to the peep area‚ room 31‚ here in the emergency room at UAMS hospital‚ in reference to a patient refusing to take medication. Upon arrival‚ I observed Officer Utsey‚ Officer Friday and the medical doctor Tyler Griffin standing in the hallway talking with this patient. I later discovered that this patient name was Donald Best Jr. While Mr. Best was talking
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articles‚ 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‚
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According to Hamric‚ “evidence-based practice (EBP) is a problem-solving approach that incorporates best available scientific evidence‚ clinicians’ expertise‚ and patients’ preferences and values” (Hamric 2009) and is of high “importance to best practice and to the education of healthcare professionals” (Hamric 2009). EBP helps nurses to improve their clinical practice by evaluating what they do and how they do it‚ and what are the final outcomes on their patients. Research‚ in providing healthcare
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Validity of Evidence-Based Practice in the Philippines Maria Carmela L. Domocmat Ecological Validity of EBP in the Philippines 2 Introduction Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been observed in developed countries since the 90’s. Two decades had past and it is barely being established in the Philippine health care system. The purpose of this paper is to define EBP or evidence-based nursing (EBN) and explore its ecological validity in a developing country such as the Philippines. Evidence-based
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VIOLENCE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: The Need for Increased Security Presenter: Darlene Rose‚ Great South Hospital-Director of Quality ------------------------------------------------- Purpose: To report on Emergency Department violence and describe the need for increased hospital security in the department. INTRODUCTION Lack of security measures compromises the safety of the Great South employees and patients within the Emergency Department; fortunately‚ we can increase security
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been indicated medically. The policy also confirms that the newborn should be fed between 8 – 12 times within 24 hours or when any feeding cues are noted such as rooting‚ mouthing or sucking at the hand. Mothers should be strongly encouraged to Room in with their newborn to enhance these cues. Another standard expressed was for health care providers to assess‚ observe and evaluate new mothers for correct positioning‚ latching‚ and sucking. Elimination patterns described should
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The Role of an Emergency Room Nurse The role of an emergency room nurse can be demanding and may require a nurse to use many different nursing skills at certain times to take care of a variety of patients. The main role is the nurse must be skilled in client assessment‚ priority setting‚ critical thinking‚ multitasking‚ and communication. The nurse must be knowledgeable and able to make some decisions independently. The nurse also needs to be able to prioritize so the pts who are at highest
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In healthcare‚ evidence-based practice provides patients with quality care while saving cost. The Iowa model of evidence-based practice ‘promote quality care in a systematic method that explains how organizations change practice” (Schmidt &Brown‚ 2015 p. 445). This model of EBP provides step-by-step on how to take clinical problems and put it into practice with the intervention based on research to bring change into an organization or a department (Brown‚ 2014). The Iowa model consists of two triggers
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to achieve the set ends and aims. Through the use of newsletters‚ magazine‚ flyers‚ brochure‚ posters‚ presentation and interviews‚ the firm will pass along knowledge to the different individual in the organization. In the nursing field‚ information about Evidence Base Practice is of importance. It should be shared amongst the practicing nurses in order for it to be implemented easily across the department (Hanrahan‚ Marlow‚ Aldrich‚ & Hiatt‚ 2010).
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multifaceted and complicated human phenomenon that is the heart of clinical analysis in nursing (Lutz‚ Jones‚ & Kendall‚ 1997). The purpose of this discuss is to provide the readers with information regarding ideological and theoretical influences‚ ethical framework in relation to the author’s phenomenon of interest (POI)‚ which is preventing sepsis while utilizing evidence-based practices (EBPs) tactics. Advanced Practice Role and Phenomenon
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