CNRNMarianne Chulay‚ PhD‚ RN‚ FAAN Until recently‚ healthcare practitioners have answered questions about clinical practices with their best guesses‚ intuition‚ and tradition. But evidence-based practice (EBP) compels us to use solid scientific evidence instead‚ and to base nursing protocols on this evidence. As defined by the Institute of Medicine‚ EBP is the integration of the best research‚ clinical expertise‚ and patient values when making decisions about patient care. This article discusses three
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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) has many responsibilities. They are responsible for not only managing‚ but also monitoring a patient’s pain level and vital functions during procedures. Nurse anesthetists have been around since the year 1956‚ providing anesthesia care to patients in the United States for more than 100 years. According to the 1999 report‚ anesthesia care is 50 times safer than it was in the early 1980’s ("Become a CRNA." )
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In life‚ many things are taken for granted on a customary basis. For example‚ we wake up in the morning and routinely expect to see and hear from certain people. Most people live daily life with the unsighted notion that every important individual in their lives at the moment‚ will exist there tomorrow. However‚ in actuality‚ such is not the case. I too fell victim to the routine familiarity of expectation‚ until the day reality taught me otherwise. Growing up‚ I always found sanctuary confiding
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www.thegptutor.com STUDENT MODEL ESSAY Does global warming pose a serious threat? Former Vice President of the United States‚ Al Gore‚ paints a quintessence of global warming as a “planetary emergency – a crisis that threatens the survival of our civilization and the habitability of the Earth.” Global warming‚ as its name insinuates‚ is a ubiquitous phenomenon which leads to numerous implications on a worldwide scale. It refers to the increase in the mean temperature of the Earth’s surface air.
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Clinical Synthesis I Ayva Rodriguez Felician College Clinical Synthesis I The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recommended nine essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice ("Essentials‚" 2008‚ p. 3). One of the key nurse managers’ key competency is practicing the AACN essential I that uses written‚ verbal‚ nonverbal‚ and emerging technology methods to communicate effectively with a variety of disciplines to inform decision making by using inquiry
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Student Debt Joe Shearin DeVry University Prewriting The narrowed topic for my paper is Student Debt in America and how can we stop it as a society. It’s very hard to get out of student debt and I will show ways that people can overcome this issue that has been going on for some time. Who is your primary audience or reader? Why? Be detailed in your answer about your audience. My intended audience for my paper is students that are struggling with student debt and are looking for a way
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underactive workaholics who experience burnout‚ why should health care workers be any different? This has always been an issue that I struggle with; being a good role model for my patients and living as a normal‚ not perfect human being. While researching articles for this post‚ I found one that talked about an oncology patient who was very upset about being treated by a nurse who smelled strongly of cigarettes and had nicotine stained nails. Meanwhile‚ the nurses are educating the patients and
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Most of a the nurse’s patients are affected by crime‚ so these types of programs combine elements of medicine and law. The nurses cooperate with medical staff and the police to collect and preserve biological samples like blood or semen that can be used as evidence in a criminal trial. Sometimes they are asked to be expert witnesses in court‚ so these programs teach students about the criminal justice system and how to make ethical decisions. As a field‚ it has emerged only within the last 20 years
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multiple times. Her interest made her become an emergency nurse. She noticed‚ “evidence‚ such as clothing‚ specimens‚ records or personal items were often lost‚ discarded or returned to family instead of secured and handed over to authorities” (“ Advance Healthcare Network for Nurses”). Lynch soon learned that most perpetrators would not be caught‚ due to the loss of evidence. She worked with the crime lab director to create a line of nurses that would provide comfort along with preserving evidence
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When it comes to medical attention who does the best job attending to patient’s needs‚ a nurse practitioner or a medical doctor? A nurse practitioner is a nurse who is qualified to treat certain medical conditions without supervision of a doctor. A medical doctor is someone who has practiced medicine for many years and is board certified to practice medicine and take care of patients. When it comes to patients care who is more focused on the patient‚ who is quicker at diagnosing the problem and can
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