translation of evidence-based practice as a practice mean. Critical care nurses are in a place to critically appraise and apply best evidence in daily practice to improve patients’ outcomes. It is important for critical care nurses to frequently assess their current practice to confirm that they are applying the current best evidence rather than practicing on the basis of tradition. As health care professionals‚ each of us are accountable for discovering new knowledge to guide practice‚ dispersing
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Introduction Gestational diabetes is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance that has its onset or is first diagnosed during pregnancy. Kuhl‚ Hornnes‚ and Andersen (1985) state that gestational diabetes occurs when the pancreas of a pregnant woman fails to increase insulin production to compensate for the natural decrease in cells’ sensitivity to insulin. The cardinal signs of diabetes are polyuria (related to decreased reabsorption at the renal tubules because of the osmotic activity of
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The trend towards chronic disease management provided by nurses utilizing evidence based practice (EBP) has increased‚ however barrier for acceptance for nurses as a care team member continues. A pilot study reported by Laughlin and Beisel (2010) reported the evolution‚ acceptance and barriers of nurses in a primary care setting as a member of the treatment team providing chronic disease management. In addition the study focused attention on the skill sets nurses utilizes to provide care of chronic
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will be both beneficial to clinicians and the community‚ a research project promoting evidence-based practice in the area of communication disorders would be most resourceful for this academic program. Evidence-based practice has become a vital principle in speech-language pathology since it allows clinicians to use verified research to help support the process of caring for a patient. By using the grant for an evidence-based project‚ the program will use research proven information in order to provide
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Benchmark: Evidence -Based Practice (EBP) Summary Shannon Marcus Grand Canyon University- NUR-504 Debra Finch-Instructor May 26‚ 2015 Introduction Nasogastric (NG) tube placement is a common procedure done in pediatric and neonatal patient care settings. However‚ there is little research that exists in today’s vast amount of medical information that conclusively proves the safest and most accurate way to verify placement. Although there have been several research
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Introduction Evidence-based practice is an important step in the current health care evolution. Model guided practice change provides clinical effectiveness with the best available research information‚ which affect positive patient outcomes. “EBP is a problem-solving approach to clinical decision making that integrates the best evidence from well-designed studies with a clinician`s expertise along with the patient`s preference and values “ (Melnyk et al. 2012). This paper will discuss the
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Administrative Challenges-Evidence Based Practice Background * Evidence Based Nursing started with Florence Nightingale. A firm believer in knowledge-based practice‚ she was a systematic thinker and passionate statistician‚ who believed in using the best possible research to elevate practice on the shoulders of knowledge. * Since then‚ the nursing profession has more recently provided major leadership for improving care through application of research findings in practice. * According
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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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carried many titles. For the past 10 years or so‚ I have primarily been a hemodialysis nurse and I’ve embraced the love I have for this specialty. I recently entered the RN to BSN program at The Ohio State University. I am learning about Evidence Based Practice‚ or EBP for short‚ which is a fairly new concept for me. I work in a relatively small environment for an extremely large healthcare company. I work in an outpatient hemodialysis clinic where we provide approximately 250 hemodialysis treatments
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by the next shift. This process had a variety of names; report‚ handover or handoff. The format was often different from unit to unit. It usually took place in an off stage room or office or at a charting station from away from the patients. This project aimed to assess if moving nurse to nurse handover to the patient’s bedside could promote safety and decease the length of time that it took to complete the process. The study was designed to evaluate if moving shift handover to the patient’s bedside
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