has relied on tradition‚ authority‚ trial and error and research (Lee 2003‚ p. 618). However‚ more recently the appreciation and application of evidence based practice (EBP) has caused a shift in clinical nursing decision making (Lee 2003‚ p. 618). EBP is defined as ‘integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research’ (Sackett et al. 1996‚ cited in Rolfe‚ Segrott & Jordan 2008‚ p. 448). EBP must take into account patient values
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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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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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In the past decade‚ the focus of nursing research has expanded from research utilization to evidence-based practice. What is the difference between the two Research utilization is a process of movement from research to practice. Research is used to guide professional practice. Evidence-based practice evolves from the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient needs (Burns & Grove‚ 2011). With evidence-based practice‚ patients and their families are
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The Importance of Hand Washing I. Attention/Introduction A. Attention Getter. How would you feel if one of your loved ones died‚ because of what he ate at a restaurant‚ was touched by unsanitized hands? A restaurant in Redwood‚ California closed down‚ because Constance Williams who was 53 years of age‚ died by food poisoning. According to Hygenius website (logos)‚ "County Health investigators believe that the bacteria may have passed from an employee’s unsanitized hands into improperly stored
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A critical appraisal of a published piece of research related to practice. Evidence Based Practice - HEN62029-5 Student number 10039687 Word count 3150 The following ssion of this assignment attempts to critically appraise the venUS III randomised control trial (RTC) published in the British Medical Journal. As a student/healthcare worker who is new to critical appraisal I am aware that I do not fully understand some of the calculations involved in reporting of findings‚ however Greenhalgh
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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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Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an interdisciplinary approach to clinical practice that has been gaining ground following its formal introduction in 1992. It started in medicine as evidence-based medicine (EBM) and spread to other fields such as dentistry‚ nursing‚ psychology‚ education‚ library and information science and other fields. Its basic principles are that all practical decisions made should 1) be based on research studies and 2) that these research studies are selected and interpreted
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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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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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