AORN Website Analysis

Evidence based practice is an integral part of nursing care. According to the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, evidence based practice is defined as, “the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about patient care.” (AMSN) The use of evidence based practice has drastically improved patient outcomes, increased quality and safety of healthcare, and reduced costs for facilities. (Melnyk, 2016) In this paper I will provide the history of evidence based practice, how it has already been incorporated and impacted healthcare, and why it is important to nursing and healthcare as a whole.

Even though evidence informed practice helps improve healthcare, there are still a few limitations. One main limitation is lack of time and accessibility. The best quality evidence is usually very difficult to locate, a busy nurse may not have the time to delve deep to find reliable sources. (NICE 2007) However there are now

I am glad to present our report on “Analysis of Centennial College’s Online Portal”. I would like to thank you for being available to help at all times. I would also like to thank Taranjeet Kaur for her collaborative work on this report.

LD Online is a website on learning disabilities, learning disorders and differences. LD online stands for Learning Disabilities online. Parents and teachers of learning disabled children can find guidance on attention deficit disorder, ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dysnomia, reading difficulties, speech and related disorders, and so much more. This website can be very bennififical to students, teachers and parents of learning disabilities because it provides information on what a learning disability is, the common signs of learning disabilities, how to respond to these types of disabilities, parent tips, and lastly help and guidance for all teachers, students and parents. LD online offers accurate and up-to-date information

Evidence-based practice is an approach used by health care professionals to continually use current best evidence-based research to make ethical and reliable decisions regarding patient care. “Research to promote evidence-based practice is becoming more and more a part of the regular work of health care leaders” (Grand Canyon University, 2015, p. 1). However, it is important to determine the difference between solid research and flawed research that provides unreliable inferences. Evidence-based research includes focusing on a clinical question; and includes the review and incorporation of several studies to strengthen the results of the new study (Grand Canyon University, 2015). Roddy et al. and Ganz et al. articles will be assessed to determine if the recommended changes were backed by solid research that warrants changes in a hospital.

The professional organization I chose to look further into and discuss today is the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Their website is www.ahima.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. which I will provide again for you. They are home based in Illinois with their primary address being

The website that I selected for evaluation is http://www.marchofdimes.org/, and I chose this site due to the fact that I currently work in the neonatal intensive care nurse. The domain for the website is .org, and my reason for selecting this site is the fact that I have referred to this source in the past when doing projects for work requiring data and statistics. The mission of the “March of Dimes” is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality (Mission | March of Dimes. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.marchofdimes.org/mission.aspx). In evaluating the credibility of this website I identified the “Get to know us” section. In this section, it details under “Professional Collaborations”, how the “March of Dimes” works with organizations to bring the most current scientific and clinical information to providers (Medical Resources | March of Dimes.

Professionalism in nursing has advanced greatly over the years. A cornerstone for change includes that of evidence based practice (EBP) as the drive of nursing intervention and patient care. According to the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN), Evidence-based practice is described as the combination of the most recent evidence with clinical knowledge that includes the patient’s best interests in mind for greater patient outcomes (QSEN, 2017). The QSEN’s goal is to prepare nurses for improvement in quality and safety of patients (2017). Because of this goal, six competencies, including evidence-based practice, are listed for criteria of improvement in nursing practice (2017). I have been fortunate to have experience with implementing this practice and providing education in certain EBP protocols in my career. One EBP protocol in particular that our unit has been involved in since May of this year includes Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) now referred to as Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR).

I will be critiquing two different articles. Both studies are nursing studies that evaluate outcomes. I will be following specific key points for a quantitative perspective and a qualitative perspective. There is a guideline that I will be following for each article that includes identifying and examining the data collection and data analysis methodologies used in each study. The names of the articles are The Experience of Patients Undergoing Awake Craniotomy and The Effects of Crossed Leg Blood Pressure Measurement. The references will also be reviewed to determine validity and relationship to the new study.

The questions were compiled by a team comprising information studies faculty at the Nanyang Technological University and nursing representatives from the National University hospital. Making the questionnaire unbiased towards the researchers. Marczyk, et al. (2005) states that it is important for all research to not be biased towards the researchers.

In today's world there is a tremendous amount of information on the internet; it is our duty as the target audience to be meticulous in choosing which sites we decide to commit to. For example The Society of Thoracic Surgeon or STS my sound professional but you cannot assess a website solely by the name at the top of the web page. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons web page can be found at http://www.sts.org/ and noting the .org is a promising sign but diving deeper into the site itself. STS is a non-profit organization that is committed to ensuring patients receiving surgeries of the heart, lung esophagus and others related to the chest are getting the best possible outcomes (The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2014). According to O'Leary (2010) using an academic database can promote an end result of finding a credible website. In finding the domain, www.sts.org, MedlinePlus was the chosen database for this search. With the information at hand I knew this website was worthy of my time for further evaluation.

The purpose of this assignment is to critically appraise a selected research paper following a data extraction relevant to the field of nursing. Critical appraisal is the process of evaluating the strengths and weakness of research, to find out if it is valid, reliable and applicable (Moule and Goodman, 2009). The following article to be critiqued is “A Nutritional Formula Enriched with Arginine, Zinc, and Antioxidants for the Healing of Pressure Ulcers” by Cereda et al. (2015).

Is the information accurate and referenced to a scholarly nursing or medical resource? If not referenced, compare the information to a current journal or book on the topic.

The model is guided and standardized by the Perioperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS) consisting of a variation of elements such as nursing diagnosis, interventions, and outcomes (King and Sapnas, 2007) assisting nurses to utilize evidence-based practice in providing, safe, efficient patient care. The primary goal is to optimize the patient’s surgical outcome using evidence-based best practice measures in order to provide safe and effective patient care (See Appendix A).

Literature Search Paper Research allows an individual to investigate a subject in order to discover facts and theories. The facts learned from the research are applied to his or her everyday use. There are various databases found that assists with research, however not all provide researched and scientific data. As a baccalaureateprepared nurse, it is critical to use a database that provides scientific data in means of articles and journals. The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Applied Health (CINAHL) is a comprehensive database search