March 21, 2010, was not EBP’s date of birth, but it may be the date the approach “grew up” and left home to take on the world. When the Affordable Care Act was passed, it came with a requirement of empirical evidence. Research on EBP increased significantly. Application of EBP spread to allied health professions, education, healthcare technology, and more. Health organizations began to adopt […]

 e: Topic 2 DQ 1 Evidence-based practice is the combination of clinical expertise, patient values and their preferences and the most up-to-date research that is available (Dean, Chapter 3: Practice and Competency Development). Michael Scriven and Richard Paul describe critical thinking as “the mental active process and subtle perception, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of information collected or derived from observation, experience, reflection, reasoning or the […]

 1 postsRe: Topic 2 DQ 1 Evidence-base practice is defined as “the integration of clinical expertise, the most up-to-date research, the patient’s preferences to formulate and implement best practices for patient care” (Dean, Falker, Green, et al., 2018). As a nurse, there are so many things that aren’t black and white. This means that we will need to do a lot of problem solving, brainstorming, […]

 Respond to your  colleagues by comparing the differential diagnostic features of the  disorder you were assigned to the diagnostic features of the disorder  your colleagues were assigned.  NOTE( Disorder assigned to me: Anxiety Disorder)                                                 Main Post   Acute Stress Disorder There  are some key similarities between anxiety and adjustment disorders.  However, differences are what separate the two diagnoses and correlate  to unique sets of symptoms. […]

The benchmark assesses the following competencies: 1.4 Participate in health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health care. Research public health issues on the “Climate Change” or “Topics and Issues” pages of the American Public Health Association (APHA) website. Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific […]

   Week 10 Journal Entry Introduction Palmer (2017) depicts that the issue of having negative interaction and relations among members of a family can be managed by the use of emotionally focused family therapy. This is attributed to the effectiveness of the strategy in the process of mending the relationship between parents and children. With the use of this strategy, there is an ease in […]

 One of the challenges facing the Public Information Officer (PIO) is social media. Social media is both a friend and foe of emergency agencies.  What is the role and responsibilities of the PIO?  And what do Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites mean these days to the PIO?   Using the internet or professional journals, find two articles and post the links to the two […]

Post 1 Medeiros How quantitative and qualitative research projects can be applied to evidence-based nursing practice. Grove, Burns, and Gray (2013) defines evidence-based practice as a “conscientious integration of best research evidence with the clinical expertise and patient values and needs in the delivery of quality, cost-effective health care”. There are several methods of research that of which include quantitative, qualitative and mixed method with […]

  This assignment will help you understand conflict at the individual, team and organizational levels. Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research and identify additional information on handling conflict. Based on your research and understanding, create a paper in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document that: Includes a description of change theories, conflict theories, and leader as a change agent. Integrates […]

   · Please review the article attached below.  · Please discuss how this article will be beneficial to your assigned topic of “Hospital Survey on patient safety culture”. Use the following article to complete this assignment.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK43699/ · Examine the sources of knowledge that contribute to professional nursing practice.  · Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies.  · What […]