Introduction Nurses are responsible in providing holistic‚ quality care to their clients. In order to effectively provide such care Boswell and Cannon (2009‚ p. 2 & 7) states that nurses must base their provision of care on the most current‚ up-to-date health information available and sound nursing knowledge. This is where evidence-based practice (EBP) comes in. Polit and Beck (2010‚ p. 4) defined EBP as "the use of the best clinical evidence in making patient care desicions". This usually comes
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RESEARCH CRITIQUE The purpose of this essay is to critically appraise a research that was carried out in a mental health hospital in Southern Norway titled “Relatives of persons with recently discovered serious mental illness: in need of support to become resource persons in treatment and recovery” by (K.Norby‚ K.KJonsberg and J.K.Hummelvoll‚ 2009). I am going to look at the approach‚ methodology‚ the design‚ population sample‚ data collection method‚ ethical issues and how the data was analysed
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The authors conducted focus groups to identify nurse-patient behaviours likely to be categorized as physically violent‚ explore thoughts and feelings in response to patient violence‚ and describe team responses to the incidents. The study found that nurses shared information about episodes of violence to colleagues through different communication methods‚ protected themselves and others‚ adopted non-therapeutic strategies when dealing with patients and felt emotional after a violent incident. One
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FALL PREVENTION ON ELDERLY PATIENTS IN A SURGICAL WARD There are various reasons why elderly patients in a surgical ward may fall‚ injuring them even more almost instantly‚ the issue of patient’s safety and security have been the primary concern of most hospital and clinical institution but elders do fall unpredictably. Elderly patients at the age of 65 falling is a serious problem‚ medical professionals has realized the needs to develop a plan to purposely prevent such incidents from happening
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Qualitative Critique Christi Garrick NUR 518 March 3‚ 2013 Veta Massey Qualitative Critique Nurses have provided end of life care to dying patients for centuries. The impact of death on families has been well documented‚ but there is very little information regarding the impact of death on nurses (Gerow et. al. 2010). Gerow et. al. (2010) conducted a study to describe the lived experiences of nurses dealing with the death of patients. The research question or purpose of the study involves
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Research Discussion Summary This article looks at the overwhelming fall rate in older‚ at-risk adults‚ and points out that research has been done to find out whether exercise-based programs are successful at preventing and reducing the annual number of falls. The authors acknowledge the gap between the proven evidence and the real-world application. There is hardly any communication between healthcare providers who treat these elderly patients‚ and the community providers‚ who teach exercise programs
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RESEARCH CRITIQUE Research Critique of Adherence to Walking or Stretching‚ and Risk of Preeclampsia in Sedentary Pregnant Women Ana H. Corona Western University of Health Sciences CGN 5306: Biostatistics and Epidemiology August 1‚ 2009 Research Critique of “Adherence to Walking or Stretching‚ and Risk of Preeclampsia in Sedentary Pregnant Women” Introduction This paper is to critique a study of adherence to walking or stretching during pregnancy in high risk women who were sedentary
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The nurse-patient relationship has always been considered to be an essential aspect of the nursing profession‚ which has an impact on the wellbeing of both sides. The nurse-patient relationship has a unique purpose and is extremely complex and often difficult to understand from an outside perspective. The role played by the nurse is pivotal in patient care‚ as establishing a good relationship can be vital in helping the patient make clinical and psychological process. In the discussion that follows
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Planning a conference or class? * Benefit for Members Members have access to current topic * More... Letter to the Editor * Recently‚ I read the article‚ "Why Emotions Matter: Age‚ Agitation‚ and Burnout Among Registered Nurses"... Continue Reading... View all Letters... HomeANA PeriodicalsOJINColumnsEthicsInterstate Nursing Practice and Regulation Ethics: Interstate Nursing Practice and Regulation: Ethical Issues for the 21st Century Mary Cipriano
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BSN Nurses Create a Safer Patient Environment In recent years a movement has been emerging in more and more hospitals and health care facilities to hire nurses with BSN degrees. In addition‚ many health care employers are requiring‚ or at least urging‚ their current staff to earn higher degrees. This movement gained momentum following a study released by the Institute of Medicine in October 2010 recommending “increasing the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses in the workforce to 80% and doubling
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