Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2015, Article ID 902708, 17 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/902708 Review Article The Effects of Mind-Body Interventions on Sleep Quality: A Systematic Review Rachel Neuendorf,1 Helané Wahbeh,1,2 Irina Chamine,2 Jun Yu,2 Kimberly Hutchison,2 and Barry S. Oken2 1 Helfgott Research Institute, National College of Natural Medicine, 049 SW Porter Street, Portland, OR 97201, USA Oregon Health
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providers to balance the teeter totter and provide valued care all the while meeting the requirements of policy. As an example of policy vs. practice, evidenced based medicine is an increasingly valuable tool in healthcare. Evidence -based medicine (EBM) is commonly defined as “the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients” (Timmermans and Mauck 2005). One common implementation of EBM involves the use of clinical practice
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homeopathy, naturopathy, and tai chi. These are the more common modalities of CAM, as well as other CAMs that were new to me such as Jin Shin Jyutsu, lymphatic therapy, myofascial therapy and craniosacral therapy. Also included were reviews and evidence base practice regarding some of these therapies. Though the article made mention of several research and clinical trials. For example, “In randomized clinical trials, qigong has been shown to be effective in significantly reducing pain when compared
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The Avoidance of Pressure Injury on Marjorie Templeton Using Evidence Based Practice Procedures, protocols and guidelines evolve as new research shows for more efficient practice. Nurses must stay competently with these changes as evidence-based practice offers patients the best quality care, avoidance of adverse effects and variances (White, Dudley-Brown & Terhaar, 2016). Performing care that is poor evidence based can put the patient at risk of their safety and quality of care (Clarke & Donaldson
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In an evidence-based practice (EBP), there are five steps to approach: ask, acquire, appraise, apply and access. In this assessment, I find that the search strategy part can very challenge which are the step 1 and 2 in EBP. I said this part is challenging is not because it is difficult to understand or I don’t know how to use the database. It is because really a time-consuming part. There are a lot of articles in the database, and I need to find out which are relevant to my question. From the assessment
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Evidence-based practice is a lifelong problem solving approach to clinical practice that integrates external evidence from a systemic search; one’s own clinical expertise, which include internal evidence; patient preferences and values (Melnyl & Fineout-Overholt, 2015, p. 3). Evidence-based practice will be importing when nurses want to provide the highest quality of care and the best patient outcomes (Melnyl & Fineout-Overholt, 2015, p. 6). It will allow nurses to access the best evidence to answer
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Evidence-Based Practices (EBP), over the last decade, have revolutionized the ways of treatment. EBP is using the current best practices whereas clinical research is the way to uncover new information. Since these two are completely different practices, as one uses the historical data, the other tries to uncover new information for the future, the ethical principles involved need to be different. Clinical research is somewhat experimental in nature (Burns & Grove, 2010). But astonishingly, the ethical
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In this article, Mel Gray and Catherine McDonald argue that while evidence-based practice (EBP) has a role in social work practice, it is most effective in a medical setting and it is not an entirely good fit for the profession of social work. Social work is unique and separate from the medical field, from the diverse range of client backgrounds, experiences, and needs to its Code of Ethics which include social justice and set it apart from the field of medicine. The authors review social work’s
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Evidence Based Practice (EBP) is the concept that in order for a treatment approach to be within best practice it needs evidence to back it up. This evidence includes scientific research completed on individuals similar to the client, clinical expertise from the clinician, and the values that the client and their family have. According to the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) this process involves the speech language pathologist doing the necessary research to gain the knowledge
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physician by the name of John Snow was credited for using statistics to provide evidence for his hunch that the pump on Broad Street was responsible for the cholera outbreak. Today, we as public health scientists must still rely on evidence to prove our theory when it comes to public health. So what is Evidence-Based Public Health (EBPH)? Many researchers and others in the public health field have tried to define Evidence-Based Public Health. However, Brownson, Fielding, & Maylahn, use the definition
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