Task 1: Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research
Research guides decisions and changes we make in life founded on identified concerns in healthcare. As a nurse, my duty is to ensure the safety and well-being of the patients I serve founded on current research. The health field is ever changing based on well-designed studies that strongly support …show more content…
Concerns weather nurses are prepared to meet the needs of older adults as population grows to provide best possible outcomes to support evidence based geriatric nursing practice. The review of literature was structurally appropriately placed. Review focused on five topics: geriatric nursing history, incidence of falls among older adults, work satisfaction among nurses, geriatric nursing education program, and acute care and academic partnership. Well over 15 sources were used and cited in the review ranging mostly from sources dated back to the 1990’s with one reference from 1986, though remains accurate. However, since nursing is a revolving field and always changing, a few sources may be outdated and not the most relevant knowledge and practices. Geriatric nursing history exemplifies the growth of older adult population and the advances in geriatric nurses. Incidence of falls among older adults reviews risk factors, consequences, and the statistics to support that falls are on the rise. Working satisfaction among nurses outlines the effects of job performance on quality of patient outcomes leading to burnout, high turnover, and mistakes. Geriatric nursing education program describes the 30 hour, 10 module online education program on geriatric care used in this study as well as this education in …show more content…
Nurses completed a questionnaire before and after the education. In turn, this information from the questionnaire was used to analyze that data to support the theory in