I think that evidence based practice is a very important aspect of nursing that should drive treatment‚ policy and procedure. Even though evidence based practice is informative and provides the best or leading theories to better our patients there doesn’t seem to be a standard to when evidence based practice is rolled out throughout different hospital systems. Some hospitals are using the latest and greatest methods for treating patients and some hospitals are years behind. Why is it that there isn’t
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infections (CAUTIs) in older adults. Working as a registered nurse in a medical/surgical unit I have been exposed to different patients with indwelling foley catheters and other requiring placement of the foley catheter for various reasons. However‚ research have found that older patients tend to be at the highest risk of unnecessary catheterization
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cancer. The evidence-based practice is a clinical activity which is based on the belief that decision about the delivery of care to clients should be informed by the best available and current scientific evidence (Beanland et al 2011). So as a nurse it is important to understand why evidence based practice is essential when caring for a patient and to be able to apply the best possible evidence to each individual situation. Another definition of evidence based practice is that it is a process
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9 QUANITATIVE RESEARCH ARTICLE CRITIQUE Quantitative Critique: Evidence Based Practice Beliefs and Implementation among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study Evidence Based Nursing Research and Practice April 9‚ 2017 This paper is a nursing critique of a quantitative research paper written by Kjersti Stokke‚ Nina R. Olsen‚ Brigitte Espehaug and Monica W. Nortredt (2014) entitled: Evidence Based Practice Beliefs and Implementation among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study. Throughout
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Introduction Evidence-based practice is essential in nursing. It serves as the basis of nursing care being used today. To enable nurses further to improve such care‚ research becomes a necessity. One way of ensuring research study is useable and effective is by critically appraising it. This paper aims to correctly and systematically critique a chosen qualitative research article by scrutinizing its part one by one and providing a concluding comments at the end. Title and abstract A qualitative
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Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research Types of Sources of Evidence: American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians. [Clinical practice guideline:]. (2004). Source Of Evidence This evidence meets the criteria for a filtered source. It was sourced online from the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Family Physicians. Specialists from multi medical disciplines assembled to create an integrative systematic study and review of the
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To gather in-depth information regarding Mr Jones‚ I had to take into account the evidence-based approach. Webber and Nathan (2010‚ p.36) state that “evidence based is not a substitute for professional judgement‚ evidence-based practice gives due weight to outcome research which can provide pointers to what can work best in different circumstances”. Reading the electronic notes evidenced that Mr Jones had previously been detained on s136 of MHA five years ago‚ but no further actions were taken.
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2.4.1 Practices to Reduce Ventilation Costs Ventilation can account for 30-40% of the total energy operating cost in mines (Mining‚ n.d.). That being said‚ the slightest amounts of change within this aspect of the mines can make a significant difference in costs. One of the biggest trends in the mining industry as of late is to switch from the conventional diesel-powered equipment to the newer electric powered machines offered on the market. This switch can make a significant impact on the ventilation
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Evidence Based Practice Anonymous A 3. Analysis of the five areas The literature reviews and other studies suggest that hourly rounding have positive effects on patient fall rates‚ call light usage‚ and patient satisfaction. This study also resulted in a decrease in patient falls. Although statistically patient satisfaction did not improve‚ patients did however express increased satisfaction. Post discharge patient satisfaction surveys were analyzed. It is possible that the surveys did not
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Problem statement: The prevalence of CAUTI in the hospital is linked with unnecessary use of indwelling urinary catheters (IUC). The rate of patients that do not meet the appropriate indications for the catheter is approximately 50%. In addition‚ 40% of clinicians remain unaware of the presence of the IUC on their patients. For the patient with the IUC‚ the daily rate of developing a CAUTI is about 3%-7% (Mori‚ 2014). Research question: There is a gap in knowledge regarding the potential benefit
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