Ebp Reflection

First, we must ask who the stakeholders are when it comes to any nursing program. This is a wide universe, for the stakeholders are many. First, of course, we have instructors at the university level, most of whom have been or are practicing professionals. Then there are the administrators of the program who must continually search out money and grants to keep the program going. We then move into the public sector: patients, families, physicians, support staff at healthcare facilities, healthcare administration, HMOs, private insurers, and governmental agencies (Colvin, et.al., 2008). Each has a role to play within the evaluation process.

The Kaplan website offers a wealth of information and helpful tools for nursing students. The videos in the "How to Study" section offer practical advice for beginning nursing students and those who might be struggling with topics such as, Taking Notes, Studying, Reading Textbooks, Time Management, and Preparing for the Exam. The "Remediation by Topic" section offers students summaries of topics like Confidentiality, Critical Thinking Skills, and HIPAA. "The Focused Review Test" section offers an option to create a test to use as a study aid. This paper will give a summary of the topics, Critical Thinking Skills, the NCLEX-RN, and Therapeutic Communication. This paper will also discuss which methods are the

I have had the pleasure of watching Kailey Keach mature into a confident and driven young woman over the past 6 years, most recently as her high school counselor. She works hard at everything she does as evident by her being ranked in the top 25% of her class, earning 27 college hours up graduation, winning numerous buckles and banners for exhibiting her lambs, goats and judging livestock, and by the many awards and honors she has received from all of the other extracurricular activities she participated in all throughout high school.

“Back to Basics: Implementing Evidence-Based Practice” written by Lisa Spruce is an article that touched on the importance of implementing EBP to engage patients better in their care. Spruce discusses how to implement EBP in a perioperative nurse setting can improve patient outcomes and save money. She goes on to describe the steps to take to implement this strategy and describes how the implementation of EBP positively impacts the entire facility. Physicians and other medical professionals, such as nurses, have the obligation to inform patients about the best options for their care. After all, the goal of seeking medical care is a positive outcome; EBP requires highlights this.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs strive to ready student nurses for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) that tests not only pure knowledge, but the reasoning and application of that knowledge. These programs provide student nurses with the necessary knowledge base and ability to apply knowledge in practice; especially since the introduction of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) has been integrated into didactics. EBP, along with hours of clinical placement, benefit student nurses by arming them with the clinical judgment skills called for in the workplace. However, if student nurses accrue more focused clinical hours in their areas of specialty, they will be better prepared for the situations they will face in their

The incorporation of evidenced-based practice (EBP) into nursing practice is supported by research to positively improve the quality of care and improve patient outcomes. EBP is important to the nursing profession because it also leads to increased job satisfaction, teamwork, and levels of engagement in clinicians (Melnyk, et al., 2017). Miniature research projects such as quality improvement projects, surveys, and clinical research studies are frameworks used to get feedback and data from patients during their time spent in health care systems. EBP is not the standard of care in many health care systems (Melnyk, et al., 2017). This due to many factors, including lack of EBP mentors, nursing programs that do not incorporate EBP into the curriculum,

Five years from now, my dream is to have gotten my BSN and work as a hospice nurse. With the experience that I would have gained during those five years working in long term care, I would teach as a nursing professor. Even though I would eventually need a master’s in education, teaching students that love nursing as much as I do sounds interesting. With the nursing shortage at it’s all time high, it’s important for new, incoming nurses to have dedicated and caring professors. I consider myself lucky to have been accepted into a program that offers just that. Being a professor would be my way of “giving back” of what has been given to me. On the contrary, I have had my fair share of bad experiences with nursing professors.

In this paper we will be giving a small overview and some insight on our presentation which is on criminal trials, appeals, post-conviction remedies, and habeas corpus. The paper will also contain a few key points. In this chapter we learned about the “judicial process used during criminal trials, appeals, post-conviction proceedings,” including habeas corpus (Fredico, Fradella, & Totten, 2013). At first glance it may look like criminal trials and appeals are the most important part of the judicial proceedings, but criminal trials and appeals are mainly based upon the investigation of the police. A defendant can be guilty, but if the police don’t do a good job of collecting evidence and investigating, then the defendant can win and

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduates function in the role of transferring the knowledge to practice. This article reports on the development of a DNP-level EBP course to help students evaluate and apply research findings to clinical practice. (Moore, E. R., & Watters, R., 2013). The DNP

Why does a basketball bounce higher than a bowling ball? Because it is made of different materials. A basketball is inflated with air and made with a rubber covering that has a high bounce factor. Bowling balls are made out of hard materials that don’t bounce. Why is bounce good for a basketball and not so good for a bowling ball? Using a baseball to play basketball or a bowling ball to play tennis doesn’t make sense. Different sports require the height from which the ball is dropped the ball’s level of ignition temperature the surface upon which the ball is bounced. The higher the ball is above the ground, the more its potential energy. As the ball is dropped and gravity forces it downward, the ball accelerates and gains speed. As the ball falls through the air, its potential or stored energy is converted into kinetic energy. The longer the fall, the more kinetic energy it gains and when it hits the ground, it bounces higher. As a ball bounces, it warms. An inated ball, like a basketball, bounces higher and faster when the temperature is warmer. This is because the distance between the air molecules in the ball increases, helping the ball maintain its round shape when it hits the ground. On cooler days, the distance between the air molecules gets smaller, causing the ball to be less inated. So, it attains more when it hits the ground. A lot of scientific research goes into developing the right bounce for the right ball. Several other factors affect the way a ball bounces.

This class was very challenging, interesting, and informative. First, students must push themselves to expand their knowledge and help themselves become more inquisitive, critical, reflective, and problem solve. As future professional nurse practitioner, we are striving for integrating clinical judgment skills. The knowledge gained in the textbook must be applied in the clinical settings without discrimination.

Experience with EBP: Evidence-based practice plays a crucial role in the quality of patient care. When care is performed based upon evidence opposed to outdated textbooks, instinct, tradition, or colleagues influence (Beyea & Slattery, 2006). The average nurse is currently more than forty years of age, without the frequent education upon new topics, many nurses’ knowledge has become outdated. As new textbooks are not published yearly or often times not kept up to date within facilities, they do not serve as reliable sources of

My chosen practicum will be teaching in the skills/simulation lab at NCMC. This paper will outline how the experience will enhance my knowledge and develop skills necessary to fulfill the role of nurse educator. The goals, objectives, and timeline will be discussed in this paper. The project that will be developed during the practicum experience will be a debriefing philosophy and evaluation tool to assess student learning with emphasis on critical thinking skills.

With the continuous changes in healthcare, evaluation of students’ clinical knowledge and skills relies on the need for continuous evaluation. Evaluation is the process of using data to make judgements about students’ individual performance. Evaluation of clinical performance provides data from which educators use to judge the extent to which students have acquired specific learning outcomes (Billings & Halstead, 2016). With the use of best practice evaluation methods, clinical performance can be evaluated to ensure quality patient care. Educators face a challenging task when providing evaluation that is fair and reasonable. Tasked with evaluating students in the clinical setting, educators can evaluate how students integrate theory and apply it to real-life situations. Observations of performance in the clinical setting should focus on the outcomes to be met and competencies to be developed (Oermann & Gaberson, 2014). Developing a clinical evaluation tool to determine whether students can think critically, prioritize problems, and complete patient care procedures correctly is essential. There are a variety of evaluation methods to use in nursing education. Depending on the learning outcomes to be measured will determine which tool best evaluates the students’ performance. Clinical practice is an essential and highly significant component of nursing education. Education programs are obligated to respond to government requests for well-educated healthcare professionals.

Bloom’s Taxonomy is a classification of learning objectives in education that was developed by a committee of educators in the late 1940s to early 1950s. It shows us that lower level knowledge must be mastered