Examine the ways that health professionals can use the five steps of evidence-based practice (EBP) as a practical framework to overcoming barriers to locating‚ appraising and applying best research evidence. Use an occupational health and safety practice as an example. Examples of occupational health and safety practices include: Use of professional protective equipment (e.g. gloves) Safety considerations when using equipment (e.g. sharps) (or a topic you select yourself in negotiation
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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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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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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‚ in private health care settings
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The trend towards chronic disease management provided by nurses utilizing evidence based practice (EBP) has increased‚ however barrier for acceptance for nurses as a care team member continues. A pilot study reported by Laughlin and Beisel (2010) reported the evolution‚ acceptance and barriers of nurses in a primary care setting as a member of the treatment team providing chronic disease management. In addition the study focused attention on the skill sets nurses utilizes to provide care of chronic
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Abstract The subject of evidence-based practice is discussed in this paper beginning with a definition of the term taken from our text by Blais and Hayes (2011). I discuss the way in which we care for intravenous lines as an example of a procedure done at our hospital that uses evidence-based guidelines like those listed on the National Guideline Clearinghouse website to reduce central line associated blood stream infections. A summary of an article demonstrating the use of a solution of chlorhexidine
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focuses on why research and evidenced-based practice are important to the nursing profession. Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been emphasized since the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report “To Err Is Human”. Nurses should be able to not only provide standard care within the scope of practice but also deliver safe care based on the best EBP that is most up-to-date at that time. Furthermore‚ research is developed based on the current evidence-based practice. Research nurses work on
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The use of evidence based practice in healthcare assist with providing the best and current practice and improving patient outcome (Boswell.c.‚ & Cannob‚ S. 2012). According to Hopp and Rittenmeyer (2012)‚ evidence based practice is define as the continuous and current use if the best evidence in decision making about the care of each patients. This involves the commbination of each clinical expertise‚ as well as considering patient choices with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic
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Collection of Blood Cultures Tracy Evidence Based Practice for The Baccalaureate Prepared Nurse Abstract Proper collection of blood cultures are necessary and the most direct method of determining whether or not a patient is septic. The purpose of obtaining blood cultures is to identify and isolate the bacteria that are causing an illness and then determine the best course of treatment based on the sensitivity of the bacteria to particular antibiotics. One of the most frustrating problems
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Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is a thoughtful integration of the best available evidence along with clinical expertise. It helps health practitioners of all varieties to address health care questions with an evaluative and qualitative approach. EBP allows the nurse to assess current and past research‚ clinical guidelines‚ and other information resources in order to find relevant literature and differentiating between good quality and bad quality findings at the same time. Evidence-Based Practice
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