/ Accepted: 14 July 2010 / Published online: 21 September 2010 Ó Urban & Vogel 2010 Abstract The education of healthcare workers is essential to improve practices and is an integral part of hand hygiene promotional strategies. According to the evidence reviewed here‚ healthcare worker education has a positive impact on improving hand hygiene and reducing healthcare-associated infection. Detailed practical guidance on steps for the organization of education programmes in healthcare facilities and
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In this essay‚ I am going to consider how evidence-based practice can be used to support‚ justify‚ legitimate and/or improve clinical practice. I am also going to explore and discuss primary and secondary research evidences about how nursing interventions can potentially improve the quality of life of patients in the community suffering from heart failure. I will gather these evidences using a literature search which I will include an account of. Using a critiquing framework for support‚ I will
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An Appraisal of a Piece of Research-based Evidence Relevant to Healthcare Practice. Since the 1970’s the term evidence-based health care has progressively been used more‚ the expansion of evidence-based health care has risen with the development of being able to access a range of information. Other factors that have contributed to the use of evidence based health care include; changing of public expectations‚ political consensus‚ cost pressures and professional accountability (Hamer Collinsons
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Access to Acute Stroke Care Appreciating Evidence for Practice Module Code: UZWSN3-15-1 Student Number: 14005518 In a rapidly developing electronic environment‚ the expectations for nurses to provide the highest quality of service whilst delivering the best possible patient care have widened considerably. The Department of Health (DH) (2000) stipulates that clinical effectiveness should be combined with a patient-centred approach‚ with evidence-based practice (EBP) forming the backbone of
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setting‚ it is now expected that health care practitioners adopt evidence based practice to ensure high quality care and patient safety is maintained (Tuite & George 2010). Adopting an evidence based approach in healthcare will also help to ensure that‚ the care provided‚ is more likely to be cost effective and will result in positive patient outcomes (Jones & Bourgeouis 2007‚ p. 88; Bevan 2010‚ p. 142). However the research and evidence provided is always changing therefore it is important for health
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This assignment will be set around evidence based practice (EBP) and the nursing part of EBP will be discussed throughout this essay. There will be two parts to this discussion‚ part 1 will be a clinical question chosen personally‚ and being researched through the internet using a variety of databases. The end result will then be discussed on how the question performed‚ and whether it was either easy to research or changes had to be made gain greater or less results. Below is the clinical research
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(Evaluation‚ Measurement and Research) Student ID: 11110201 Date: 14.02.2012 Word Count: 3204 2 :Assignment: SECTION-A Proposal An evidence based proposal for a change to be implemented in your organisation 3 Contents Introduction 6 Aims and Objectives 7 Rationale for the Proposed Change 7 a. Pre-op. Shaving 7 b. Face Mask 8 c. Ordering of patients on operating list: Dirty vs. Clean cases 9 Critical review of literature 9 a. Pre-op
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Evidence-based practice refers to the use of research and scientific studies as a base for determining the best practices in a field. In the medical field‚ this pertains to treatment and diagnostic options‚ while in education‚ it refers to teaching techniques‚ teacher training and evaluative assessments. 1.1 ORIGIN EBP EBP traces its use in medicine to the 11th century text‚ "The Canon of Medicine‚" but it was the Scottish epidemiologist Archie Cochrane in his 1972
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CHAPTER 6 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Jill J. Webb‚ PhD‚ MSN‚ RN‚ CS Additional resources are available online at: http://evolve.elsevier.com/Cherry/ Nursing research provides the foundation for evidence-based nursing practice. VIGNETTE I did not understand why I had to take a research class when all I wanted to do was be a staff nurse in a critical care unit. Research? Evidence-based practice? Why are these topics in the nursing program? I have enough to do just
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Implementation of Evidence Based Practice Rosemary Garcia Implementation of Evidence Based Practice Evidence Based Practice Nursing is the utilization by nurses of Evidence Based Research findings that‚ according to Houser (2012)‚ steer the nurse toward integration of clinical expert opinion and experience with an unbiased exhaustive review of the best scientific evidence professional nursing care literature can provide while incorporating patient values and preferences. Evidence Based Practice
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