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    Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research Yvette Riviere Western Governor’s University Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research Article critique Sayre, M.M., McNeese-Smith, D., Leach, L.S., & Phillips, L.R. (2012). An educational intervention to increase “speaking-up” behaviors in nurses and improve patient safety. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 27(2), 154-160. AREA|METHOD OF REPORT (HOW IT WAS ADDRESSED)| 1. Background information2. Review

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    crucial for nursing personnel to have knowledge of the intrinsic factors as well as simple measures than can be taken to prevent wounds becoming infected. Strategies to decrease infection risks should be included as part of a wound management regimen. • Indicate how it relates to your area of specialization. Wound care is very frequent in the home health

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    Accountability means:” being accountable for one’s own action”. The American Nursing Association (ANA) states in its code that the nurse will assume accountability for individual nursing judgments and actions. Professional nurses are accountable in several areas including accountability to the public, client, profession, employer, and self (Hood, 2010, p. 307). All professional nurses have the responsibility to work within their scope of practice to provide the best possible care to patients. Nurses’

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    What is the best evidence based nursing practice in attempting to reduce (VAP) ventilated associated pneumonia? I decided to do an evidence based paper on VAP after talking to respiratory therapy on the sixth floor of Chippenham hospital during my clinical studies. I have a friend who has spent many years as a RN in the critical care unit and has seen the effects of different methods in reducing VAP first hand. This is a nursing intervention and the sole responsibility of the nurse. I can’t think

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    changing every day, it is important that the health care system stay up-to-date on current evidence based clinical practices. With most hospitals today staying up-to-date on current evidence based clinical practices, nursing homes are not staying updated and need to be using current clinical practices. The bill that was chosen is Senate Bill 64 (2015) and this bill required that a nursing home use evidence based nationally recognized clinical process guidelines or best practice resources to develop

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    This article is about transplant nurse role in research evidence based practice in nursing care. Transplant nurses should practice transplant nursing that is based on evidence. Institute of medicine reported that by 2020, 90% of clinical decisions should be based on evidence, but today 12% to 14% clinical decisions are only based on evidence. Pravikoff and colleagues surveyed 3000 nurses in United States with a 37% response rate .Fifty-eight percent of responding nurses had never used research to

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    Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research Task 1 A1. Evidence Table Quantitative Article: Conrad, A., Grotejohann, B., Schmoor, C., Cosic, D., & Dettenkofer, M. (2015). Safety and tolerability of virucidal hand rubs: a randomized, double-blind, cross-over trial with healthy volunteers. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 4(1), 1. doi:10.1186/s13756-015-0079-y Background or Introduction Hospital acquired infections are a big problem today, but the use of disinfectants by the medical

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    Evidence Based Practice

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    In the past few decades, many nursing practices were relied on state regulation, cost, or insurance policy. However, evidence based practice (EBP) are increasingly recognized and emphasized to change in nursing practice. For many clinical settings, there are thousands of resources available today. Not only most of nursing practice are made based on a pilot study but also implied to bring most benefits of the care. Simply, benefits of applying EBP in patient care would be the desired outcome for the

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    The impact of evidence based practice has been brought into nursing through education, practice, and science over the last decade. Evidence based practice provides quality care to patients that is effective, safe, and efficient. Evidence based practice promises moving care to a high level of producing the intended health outcome for the patients. “EBP is aimed at hardwiring current knowledge into common care decisions to improve care processes and patient outcomes” (Stevens, 2013). EBP empowers nurses

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    current clinical evidence that proves the effectiveness of such techniques and products and if they can benefit a patient. In many settings, nurses tend to use practice traditions that they use on a daily basis as part of a habit. With new evidence, practice tradition interventions no longer support the actions. This is where evidence based practice comes into play. Evidence based practice has five phases, ask the clinical question, search for the evidence, critically appraise the evidence, apply the evidence

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