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One of the ways a nurse uses guided research in a clinical setting is through the 5 minute head to toe assessment. Evidence based practice has shown that if a patient is stable that this assessment will reveal no abnormalities. If there is something wrong with a patient then evidence of the issue will most likely appear in the head to toe assessment due to the fact that most organ systems are covered during this assessment. If a patient is experiencing distress or is unstable it will be evident in either the vital signs, LOC, or be revealed during the assessment at some point. It is smart to follow evidence based practice to ensure that the same mistakes are not made again in the future. Evidence based practice comes from clinical trial and error and it just does not make sense to make the same mistakes twice and jeopardize other patients when we can prevent such events.
Evidence-based practice(EBP) used for patient care to make
current decisions with best practice. Effective clinical decision
making and intervention need EBP. Nurses special knowledge and
skills needed in various clinical setup to apply EBP. Knowledge and
skills development should be improved in the graduation and
learning period for their best practice. Strategies can help
incorporate with nurse self-assessment, personal approach to
providing EBP care. In critical care unit Evidence-based practice
used as a problem solving and scientific approach to avoid harm
like avoiding DVT, drug overdose, Fall, etc.
Question:
How to prevent central-line bloodstream infection in Intensive care
unit with evidence-based practice?
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please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Equating status with authority does cause confusion. Compared to other medical professions nurses value their lesser professional status. During clinical, I’ve noticed that patients are constantly asking where the doctor is when the doctor comes in and speaks to them for about five minutes and leave. The media definitely portrays doctors as idols and it’s hard for us nurses to deal with that. The nursing role tends to...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is based on a systematic search of the most current best evidence in making decisions about patient care and improving patient outcomes (Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses, 2018). EBP is becoming the standard of nursing care. One example of the use of Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) bath to reduce healthcare-acquired infections. The rate of acquisition of multi-drug resistant organism lowered by 21% and the rate of...
please reply back to this post and ask one question regarding this post: I consider myself a lifelong learner, especially in the nursing profession. There are different aspects in nursing that promote continuous growth and development. Nursing have several roles and are not confined into one area in the medical field. Nurses can further their practices with an advanced degree or specialization, such as nurse practitioner or nurse anesthetist. As a health care provider, standard of practice is always evolving,...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: The difference between values and beliefs is that beliefs are convictions that we believe to be true, without proof or evidence. An example of this would be religion. Beliefs often arise from learned experiences, resulting from the cultural and environmental situations we have faced (Davis, 2019). So often times our actions are based on our beliefs due something we have experienced in the past . Values are based...
please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: Provision 3 of the Code of Ethics for Nurses states "the Nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient". When I am working as a RN, these provision is something that I need to practice and accomplish everyday. Nurses are patient advocates and we accomplish this by educating our patients to ensure they are making informed decisions, involving the...
please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems or HCAHPS is a national standardized survey that reports how patient’s rate and perceive hospital care. This system is important because it evaluates the hospital’s performance and allows more improvement for areas that the patient’s perceive them lacking. Ways that I believe I can improve or potentially contribute is ensuring patient safety and comfort at all times. It is...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: The use of health information technology has had an impact in the nursing world. With the way communication and accuracy of patient information is being circulated, it has saved lives. One of the ways that health information technology has changed nursing practice is through documentation. There is no such thing as written notes for patients medical records. Today, nurses are more likely to input notes into electronic health...
Please reply to this post & ask one question regarding this post: Professional associations contribute to lifelong learning because the nurses have access to continuing education, specialty journals, and conferences. According to Capella University, "these are critical to continuing competency, which in turn can lead to better patient, systems, and personal career outcomes. Associations can provide opportunities for online certification, which can make achieving those certifications less complicated for working nurses” (CU, 2019). You also have many experts in the...
please reply to this post & ask one question regarding this post: I believe that membership and participation in a local/national professional nursing organization have huge benefits in lifelong learning. “Professional nursing organizations are an effective means by which the nursing profession can influence healthcare policy, represent and protect the interests of nurses, provide continuing education opportunities for nurses, and advocate for the highest quality care possible to the public” (Halstead, 2016, p.108). Nursing organizations further the development of nursing...
please reply back to this post and answer one question regarding this post: Nurse auditing can be extremely important to develop a plan or care and ensure patient safety. As we all know, documentation is imperative to achieve high quality and safe patient care (Mykkanen, 2015). The quality of patient care can depend heavily on the meticulousness of documentation a nurse inputs (Mykkanen, 2015). Different methods and tools have been created in order to audit patient care including incident analysis,...