Introduction Evidence-based practice is essential in nursing. It serves as the basis of nursing care being used today. To enable nurses further to improve such care‚ research becomes a necessity. One way of ensuring research study is useable and effective is by critically appraising it. This paper aims to correctly and systematically critique a chosen qualitative research article by scrutinizing its part one by one and providing a concluding comments at the end. Title and abstract A qualitative
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) emerged in the field of medicine during the 1990s and has been extensively integrated into an increasing number of disciplines (Coggan‚ 2004). EBP relies‚ first and foremost‚ on research findings published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature including treatment process and treatment outcome research. EBP of psychological treatments involves the conscientious‚ explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in each stage of clinical decision-making and service
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is meant by the phrase ‘Evidence Based Practice’? Evidence-based practice can be described as “a framework of decisions that are made from previous knowledge that are derived from previous research” (University of Westminster‚ 2008). Evidence-based practice allows the practitioner to apply their knowledge to a situation that has been previously researched to allow them to make a well informed decision about future action(s). It has been used widely in the health care system for some years to
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Access to Care It is important to understand that all veterans do not have the same ability to re-integrate into civilian life; some succeed while many slip through the cracks. That is why one cannot generalize/categorize the veteran population and put individuals into boxes; one must take this matter case by case. The veterans who are able to assimilate into civilian life will most likely receive mental health care through the benefits package they receive through their employer-based health plans
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new research studies being constantly conducted in almost every aspect of it. Spruce (2015) states that healthcare is in transitioning to focus more on quality of patient care. This is why is it important for nurses to “Integrate current evidence-based practices and critical thinking techniques to develop the patient’s plan of care” (Ivy Tech Community College‚ 2016). Since the most important jobs of a nurse involve patient care‚ nurses must able to keep up to date in what the best practices for
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Introduction Research in Nursing has become a fundamental discipline throughout the years and this report will provide an insight into the process of research. This report will show how to use the Cinhal database to extract the best available article within the parameters of Tissue Viability and formulation of the research question. The main features will focus on the reliability and validity of the chosen topic of the Waterlow Scale tool and the comprehensive evaluation of the evidence. The main
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Health services such as medicine often have policies on evidence-based practice (EBP; Torrey et al.‚ 2001) therefore The American Psychological Association (APA) in 2005 released their own policy statement on EBP (APA Presidential Task Force on Evidence-based Practice‚ 2006)‚ highlighting its importance in psychology. The core elements of EBP are the combining of the best available evidence with clinical expertise while considering patient values‚ such as individual differences‚ preferences and culture
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Abstract This paper explains the value and purpose of Practice‚ Research and Theory in nursing. How has this practice benefitted nursing up to this point‚ and what gains/losses does it have. As we research the great theorist from the past‚ getting a glimpse at what nursing once was and how it affected the patients‚ families and staff as a whole‚ we learned that in the late 1800‚ early 1900 when Florence Nightingale led women on the battlefield tending to wounded soldiers. Learning as they go‚ realizing
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a system of incorporating research findings into nursing practice so as to improve the therapeutic outcomes. (Polit‚ F. D & Beck‚ T. C‚ 2010). “The evidence based practice places particular emphasis on the use of evidence‚ in particular research findings‚ in clinical decision making”. (Parahoo‚ K‚ 2006). During past clinical exposures‚ the issues regarding post natal depression were found as a less explored one because of the complex involvement of both mental health
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Intro: Evidence based in sports therapy provides both reliable and useful sources. Primary sources are an original piece of data‚ the piece of information hasn’t been tampered so it proves the information is correct. Evidence‐based practice requires that physical therapists are able to analyse and interpret scientific research. When performing or evaluating research for clinical practice‚ sports physical therapists must first be able to identify the appropriate study design. Sackett et al (1996)
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