" The institute of Medicine has set a goal that by 2020‚ 90% of all health care decisions will be evidence based" (Mazurek et al.‚ 2009). On entering the words "Evidence Based Practice" into the Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature( CINAHL) database in December 2012‚ the amount of articles to be found by the author of this assignment was 5694. It could be said that this shows the importance of evidence based practice in today’s world of nursing. In 2012‚ the words accreditation
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Nursing is probably the most holistic health-related profession. It warrants the nurse to approach one’s practice in a manner that not only focuses on the health issues of the patient but rather encompassing the whole well being of the person. Which includes the physical and physiological‚ mental‚ psychosocial‚ and emotional aspect of the client or service user. It is therefore necessary for the nurse to have a wide array of knowledge‚ skills and attitude to deal with it. In so far as knowledge
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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 nursing
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stipulation to apply the best evidence instead of applying the customary methods (Stevens et al‚ 2001). However‚ this is only possible if practitioners‚ researchers‚ scholars‚ politicians‚ managers and public in general conducted a high quality research. Different methods of researches that are evident-based tend to have lack support from most users. This is because those researches are lack of proper referencing which the reviewer could not access. This module has requisite us to articulate the
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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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Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: Walking the Talk Norma E. Thurston and Kathryn M. King Russworm and Larrabee’s (1999) six-step model for evidence-based practice (EBP) was used by 10 nursing teams to seek answers to clinical questions. These teams‚ primarily composed of staff nurses‚ participated in a health region-wide EBP program over 1 year. Overall‚ the model served as a useful mechanism for examining practice-derived questions. However‚ additional strategies needed to be incorporated
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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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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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workers to optimal hand hygiene practices: addressing the need ¨ E. Mathai • B. Allegranzi • W. H. Seto • M.-N. Chraıti H. Sax • E. Larson • D. Pittet • Received: 14 May 2010 / 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
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Control Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the conscientious‚ explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. EBP is the integration of clinical expertise‚ patient values‚ and the best research evidence into the decision making process for patient care. Good doctors and health professional’s use both individual clinical expertise and the best available external evidence‚ and neither alone is enough. Without clinical expertise‚ practice risks
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