states, “Nurses save lives.” Indeed, nursing is a crucial element in improving any patient’s condition. The overall goal of nursing is to provide safe and effective patient centered care in efforts to improve patient condition. Nursing professionals must to be careful when completing interventions, because those interventions could either have a positive or negative effect on the patient condition. Research is a way nurses can validate effectiveness of everyday nursing practices and provide reasoning
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Research and Evidence Based Practice in Nursing Nurses are constantly challenged to stay up to date with new information to provide the best quality care to their patients. They are often challenge by offering ideas on how to approach old and new problem in health care (LoBiondo-Wood, Geri, and Judith Haber, (2014). Research in nursing is ongoing processes which provide continue education for all health care providers. Research allow health care providers especially nurses to advocate for their
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conclusion. Evidence based research is what has built the nursing profession. Through evidence based research, we can find ways to keep patients and staff safer and produce more efficient policies and procedures. I have used evidence based research in my nursing career way more than I initially realized. From reading chapter one in Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice, I realized that how I prioritize my work flow and go about certain tasks is based off of evidence
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Running head: EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING PRACTICE Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Karen Medley Walden University NURS 4000 Section 05, Research and Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice) July 22, 2012 Abstract For patients that have indwelling catheters, with the evidence-based practice and standards of care, UTI’s does still continue to be an ongoing problem today. In one of the large hospitals in my area had recently developed a poster and video approach with special focus on alternatives
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Having embarked on the BSN and being educated in nursing research have empowered me as a nurse and also made me more aware than ever before of the importance of being knowledgeable on research. According to Schaefer 2013, nursing research has been a life-changing experience as it allows one to gain new knowledge. Nursing research has allowed me to see the importance of evidence-based practice and how it validates nursing interventions. The new knowledge gained had enhanced my ability to analyze
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Evidence based practice (EBP) is the judgment of current situation in making decisions for the care of an individual. Basically, evidence based practice is the information which can be helpful to improve the care of other individuals in similar situations. There are many different techniques and skills that have been changed by evidence based practice. one of the related situations in my experience is skin to skin contact of a new born with parents. This action takes place right after the delivery
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Module 2 Assignment 2 Brooke Gaillard UNA Evidence Based Practice and Nursing Scholarship NU-615 Dr. Michelle Nelson February 15, 2018 Module 2 Assignment 2 After reviewing past studies, I have found that the laparoscopic gastric sleeve surgery has been beneficial in some obese patients. The gastric bypass has shown to lower blood sugar levels, improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels, help with joint pain, and help with sleep apnea. Bariatric patients can also be affected psychologically
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Nursing research and Evidence-based practice Nursing research is the persistent and orderly analysis process to improve current understanding to come up with new and practical understanding. Researchers are persistent in their analysis process since the ultimate goal is to produce understanding (Grove, Burns, and Gray, 2015). According to Grove, Burns and Gray (2015), in nursing research, experts improve actual research studies or knowledge systems to gather facts that are relevant to nursing including
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Evidence Based Practice Nursing Implications Evidence Based Practice Nursing Implications Evidence based practice has been changing the direction of care and clinical research with regards safety, patient centered, and cost efficient care delivered to patients. The purpose of this paper will show the importance of Evidence Based Research by defining this form of research and the importance of using the research to improve on nursing practice. It will also show research examples of qualitative
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action. Therefore, all evidence-based nursing practices first began as theories. Nevertheless, Taylor (2007) explains nursing professors often find it difficult to translate didactic lecturing knowledge into clinical practice for the students (Chan et al., 2011, p. 1139). Nurses work in a complex setting and the scenarios are fluid at times. Moreover, the clinical setting may differ slightly from the information delivered in lecture and the textbook and applying nursing theories to practice presents
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