Nursing research
Impact and Penetration of Nursing Research It is common nursing knowledge that patient quality of care is directly related to improved outcomes and is based on the safety of the patient. Nurses play a direct role in a patient’s quality of care, because nurses have the most direct contact with the patient. The issues that I noticed in each of the website’s evidence based practices (EBP’s) include nursing education level, staffing levels, working environments, and organizational policy/procedure and infrastructure.
According to our Keele text (2007), nurses are expected to know and practice evidence based care to create the best outcome for the individual patient (Keele, 2007, p. 9). Nurses play a significant role in all patient outcomes due to their responsibilities for practicing and advocating for specific standards of practice outlined by EBP and defined within their scope of practice and the Nursing Code of Ethics. Therapeutical nursing practices include not just implementing treatments, but evaluating those treatments’ outcomes. Nursing research is essential in determining patient safety issues and improving patient outcomes due to the nurse being the closest point of care provider for the patient. It is the nurse’s observations that help direct and manage the path that a patient’s care may take. With the nurse as the closest observer of the patient, it only makes sense that nurses play the intricate role in the research of patient improvements or disparities, alike, especially since we are the implementers of the prescribed treatments. We see firsthand what is working and what is not working, and it is our duty to advocate for what our patients need, and report what is not working or causing harm.
Our facility has recently implemented a post fall huddle program which is performed by a pre-educated Fall Intervention Team (FIT) who to try and determine the root causes of falls, how to prevent future falls, and perform staff education regarding both
According to our Keele text (2007), nurses are expected to know and practice evidence based care to create the best outcome for the individual patient (Keele, 2007, p. 9). Nurses play a significant role in all patient outcomes due to their responsibilities for practicing and advocating for specific standards of practice outlined by EBP and defined within their scope of practice and the Nursing Code of Ethics. Therapeutical nursing practices include not just implementing treatments, but evaluating those treatments’ outcomes. Nursing research is essential in determining patient safety issues and improving patient outcomes due to the nurse being the closest point of care provider for the patient. It is the nurse’s observations that help direct and manage the path that a patient’s care may take. With the nurse as the closest observer of the patient, it only makes sense that nurses play the intricate role in the research of patient improvements or disparities, alike, especially since we are the implementers of the prescribed treatments. We see firsthand what is working and what is not working, and it is our duty to advocate for what our patients need, and report what is not working or causing harm.
Our facility has recently implemented a post fall huddle program which is performed by a pre-educated Fall Intervention Team (FIT) who to try and determine the root causes of falls, how to prevent future falls, and perform staff education regarding both
References: Hendrich, A., Bender, P., Nyhuis, A. (2003). Validation of the Hendrich II Fall Risk Model: A large concurrent case-control study of hospitalized patients. Applied Nursing Research, 16 (1), 9-21. Retrieved from: http://uprightdev.com.s83811.gridserver.com/assets /files/h2model_article.pdf Keele, R. (2011). Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice (1st ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Sulla, S., & McMyler, E. (2007). Falls prevention at Mayo Clinic Rochester: A path to quality care. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 22(2), 138-144.