Clinical practice guidelines and standards of care have been developed by many professional associations, federal government agencies, and other organizations, using research findings and other evidence. These guidelines have been developed in response to problems encountered in the health care setting. They are designed to improve quality of care and patient safety and to reduce “Never Events,” (listed below).

For this Application, select a practice-related problem and review the guidelines that have been developed to address the problem. You may select a problem in your current work setting or one from the National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM. Below is a list of topics; however, you may select another problem that is of interest to you.

·         Pain management (SD)

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o    Acute

o    Chronic

                        Pressure ulcers

                        Wrong side surgery

                        Fall risk assessment

                        Restraint use

                        Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

                        Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus Infections (MRSA)

                        Blood incompatibility

                        Air embolism

                        Object left during surgery

                        Vascular catheter-associated infection

                        Surgical site infection

Write a 3- to 4-page paper in which you:

·         Identify a practice setting problem

·         Describe the importance of the clinical problem and why it is significant to nursing practice

·         Describe the extent to which it affects a patient or community population

·         State the costs of this problem to the health care system

·         Describe why it is important to have a solution to this problem that is based on evidence.

Support your ideas or those of others with references from the professional nursing literature. Prior to submission, refer to the Evidence