GUEST EDITORIAL Communication: why is this such an emotive subject? Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender‚ a message and an intended recipient‚ although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender’s intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality
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The Seven Steps of Evidence-Based Practice Summary In the article “The Seven Steps of Evidence-Based Practice”‚ Bernadette M. Melnyk‚ distinguished foundation professor of nursing at the University of Arizona outlines the argument that despite of proven positive outcomes such as “improved patient outcome‚ reduced cost‚ and greater nurse satisfaction” of implementing the evidence-based practice‚ majority of nurses still remain reluctant in using EBP or use it in the irregular manner. The author suggests
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people with learning disabilities. As a learning disability nurse wishing to ascertain the effectiveness of CBT as a practical intervention when presented with the dual-diagnosis of anxiety disorder and learning disability‚ is through the use of ’evidence-based practice’. When deciding on the best possible clinical intervention for an identified practice problem it seams logical to convert the issue into a single answerable question
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knowledge and evidence in professional practice and then conduct a search in what role nurses can play in childhood obesity prevention. I will outline the search process using database and library searches for the evidence. To arrive at a conclusion regarding the reasons for the rise in childhood obesity and the evidence that can support the role nurses can play in preventing obesity in childhood. Using knowledge and evidence base practice to support my conclusion. Knowledge and evidence is an important
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Evidence-based Medicine Toolkit Carl Heneghan and Douglas Badenoch Centre for Evidence-based Medicine‚ Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine‚ John Radcliffe Hospital‚ Headington‚ Oxford © BMJ Books 2002 BMJ Books is an imprint of the BMJ Publishing Group All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted‚ in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording and/or otherwise‚ without the prior written permission
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Evidence based patient care becomes a life long approach to clinical decision making to improve clinical outcome‚ and includes use of best evidence clinical outcome values of patient and there families. The purpose is to help bedside nurses determine the strength of evidence on the bases of the research methods. Evidence based nursing care is informed by research finding use of research evidence in clinical practice is an expected standard of practice for nurses and healthcare organizations. It determines
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Module Title: Evidence Based Health Care and Research Module code: 5NMH0117 SEMESTER A Location/campus: Hatfield PROGRAMME for the Academic Year 2011 – 2012. Module Leader : Noel knopp E-mail : n.1.knopp@herts.ac.uk MODULE TITLE : Evidence Based Health Care and Research. MODULE CODE: 5NMH0117 LEVEL: 5 SEMESTER A Summative assignment 100%. o Retrieve the following paper; Voegeli‚ D. (2008) Effect of Washing and Drying Practices on
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ROLE OF NURSING RESEARCH AND SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE BASED ARTICLES Prepared by Dr. Gerald Amandu Matua‚ RN; PhD What is research? To research is to purposely and methodically search for new knowledge and practical solutions in the form of answers to questions formulated beforehand. These questions could be how asked by any one in any profession or occupation. What is nursing research? Nursing research is research that provides evidence used to support nursing practices. The questions of
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As a proficient perioperative nurse‚ when assigned in the holding area‚ Ms Shannon assesses the patient’s learning needs related to perioperative expectations and explains procedures to them to help alleviate any anxiety. Along with the nurse manager and flow coordinator nurse‚ she problem solves issues related to consents‚ H & P‚ problems with instruments/equipment‚ etc. She continues to develop skills needed to be autonomous with decisions related to delivery of care and treatments. She continues
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checklist contributed to significant decrease in the rate of patient complications. One studied was inconclusive and concluded that further research needed to be done to better assess the effectiveness of safety checklists. Research supplied sufficient evidence of lowered complications that supports the use of the surgical safety checklist within hospital surgical units. Best practice would be to implement the surgical safety checklist into surgical units. The author recommends that mandating surgery teams
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