...NRS-433V Week 5 - Evidence-Based Practice Presentation - Healthcare Associated Infections To purchase this tutorial visit here: http://mindsblow.us/question_des/NRS-433VWeek5-Evidence-BasedPracticePresentation-HealthcareAssociatedInfections/2856 contact us at: help@mindblows.us NRS-433V Week 5 - Evidence-Based Practice Presentation - Healthcare Associated Infections NRS-433V Week 5 - Evidence-Based Practice Presentation - Healthcare Associated Infections [12 Slides + Speaker Notes] This is a CLC assignment. Choose a nursing problem from your current practice setting, and identify a possible solution to that problem. Conduct a search of the literature related to this problem. Analyze and critically appraise evidence-based literature to support the solution to the identified problem. A minimum of (5) articles must be identified. This may include guidelines from the National Guideline Clearinghouse, Joanna Briggs Institute, or a review from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Review. Prepare a 10-minute (8-10 slides; no larger than 5 MB) PowerPoint presentation related to the problem, evidence appraisal, and practice implications. Include the following components into the presentation: 1. Present the nursing practice problem with the PICOT question. 2. Discuss your appraisal of the literature that addresses the problem. 3. Present the proposed practice changes from an integration of the findings. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid...
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...collection) (30 possible points): Title of source: Academic Search Complete Location of source (URL): http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/academic-search-complete Owner or publisher: EBSCO Host Describe (in your own words) the research database or collection of research including the purpose and the subject matter it covers: This database is the world's most comprehensive, scholarly full-text academic journals for multidisciplinary research that is offered by most institutions, which grants free access. Membership required for full text. The amplitude of content enclosed in this resource completely aids scholarly research in main areas of academic study by supplying peer-reviewed articles, full text publications, books, and so forth. The database is updated daily and also carries multiple formats of the articles such as PDF, Excel, and HTML files. Explain how the source relates to your topic of interest: Academic Search Complete is relevant to my topic of interest because it provides up...
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...Assignment For this assignment, review at least five articles according to the following instructions: • Using the criteria for “Judging a Research Study” on pages 258 and 259 of your textbook, evaluate at least five or more research articles. • Answer Questions 1 and 2 for all five articles. • Answer two questions from each of the remaining sections of the criteria questions for all five sources (14 questions for a total of 16 questions per source). • Include an APA references list for all five (or more) sources. A. “The Case for diversity in the health care workforce” 1. How Closely is the literature reviewed in the study related to the previous literature? In the first half of the study, the literature reviewed was not as closely related to the previous literature studied. The first half of the paper was used to set the contextual parameters of the study and to explain the basic epidemiology and rationale for the study. The second part of the paper was more closely aligned with previous literature reviewed. The information dealt directly with the research topic and the supporting literature and referenced articles dealt exclusively with the topic at hand. 2. Is the review recent? Are there any outstanding references you know about that were left out? I would consider this review to be relatively recent. The data contained in this research paper and the related referenced articles date back to 2002 and the article was published in 2003. Typically published...
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...topic addressed interprofessional collaboration between healthcare professions. Each reviewer has their own profession Respiratory Therapy, Nursing, and Diagnostic Sonography. We are individually putting emphasis on our chosen profession, I would consider that to be a limitation. Each of us has to focus on our own career path, my profession is Respiratory Therapy. I had to limit my sections to focus more on this field. Focusing on Respiratory Therapy also fits in with the category of being biased, but it was intentional. Many of the articles only picked up the keyword respiratory therapy and did not focus on collaboration between healthcare professionals. I had to stay away from the articles that were too narrow in the topic. Reading and narrowing down articles was the most time consuming part of writing this systematic review. When selecting my articles and trying to modify each search I noticed that there was only one article that was not english, based on this information I did not miss out on an non-english publications. The articles that were chosen fit best with this systematic review based on each study’s population, intervention, and outcome....
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...Critique of Research Article Name Instructor Unit Date Medical articles can be well analyzed based on the content, the reputation of the authors among other useful information. However, it is paramount that evidence based practice (EBP) be adopted when analyzing an article. According to Sackett et al (1996, pg 71-72) “Evidence based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients”. The best available and current research is utilized in making a judgment about the article in question (Drisko and Grady2012). The research article, Healthcare Providers’ Intentions to Engage in an Interprofessional Approach to Shared Decision-Making in Home Care Programs: A Mixed Methods Study by Legare et al., presents views of the healthcare providers in the implementation of the interprofessional approach to shared decision-making (IP-SDM). In addition, it evaluates their intention for engaging in the program. The IP-SDM program has been gaining popularity in Canada but it is yet to be incorporated into the healthcare system (Reeves et al., 2008) Interprofessional approach entails the engagement of different professionals within the healthcare system, where all contribute towards the achievement of a common method of patient care. In addition, the aspect of shared decision-making entails the development of a system that involves the patients in determining the type of treatment that is given...
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...Review of: Constructive deviance: striving toward organizational change in healthcare In this scholarly article review I will be describing the article titled “Constructive deviance: striving toward organizational change in healthcare”. This article was written by Dana L. Robbins and Bella L. Galperin from The University of Tampa and published in the Journal of Management and Marketing Research. Their purpose in writing this article is to examine and illustrate how organizational change can be brought on by constructive deviance in the healthcare workplace. It also explores the factors that relate to constructive deviance among physicians. In this article the authors use information from various academic references to support their theories. They also conduct this study with a focus primarily on physicians. This article starts of by introducing what workplace deviance is. In this article antisocial behavior, workplace aggression, organizational retaliation, and employee deviance are all used to describe behaviors generally regarded as workplace deviance. The article goes on to state that very little research has been done that examines the positive aspects of workplace deviance. One of these positives aspects is the occurrence of constructive workplace deviance. This article states that constructive workplace deviance encompasses behaviors that violate significant organizational norms in order to contribute to the well-being of the organization. The authors explore the belief...
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... | |SUBDOMAIN 711.1 - USING INFORMATION GATHERING TO IMPROVE NURSING PRACTICE | |SUBDOMAIN 711.2 - NURSING & OTHER RELEVANT THEORIES | | | |Competency 711.1.1: Internet Searches - The graduate can conduct Internet and database searches and critique and evaluate | |articles/materials acquired from these searches. | |Competency 711.1.2: Incorporate Data Into Practice - The graduate can use articles/materials acquired from Internet and database| |searches to improve nursing practice. | |Competency 711.2.2: Relevant Theories - The graduate can critique, evaluate, and utilize relevant theories from non-nursing | |disciplines. | |...
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...Bisht et al. Globalization and Health 2012, 8:32 http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/8/1/32 REVIEW Open Access Understanding India, globalisation and health care systems: a mapping of research in the social sciences Ramila Bisht1*, Emma Pitchforth2 and Susan F Murray3 Abstract National and transnational health care systems are rapidly evolving with current processes of globalisation. What is the contribution of the social sciences to an understanding of this field? A structured scoping exercise was conducted to identify relevant literature using the lens of India – a ‘rising power’ with a rapidly expanding healthcare economy. A five step search and analysis method was employed in order to capture as wide a range of material as possible. Documents published in English that met criteria for a social science contribution were included for review. Via electronic bibliographic databases, websites and hand searches conducted in India, 113 relevant articles, books and reports were identified. These were classified according to topic area, publication date, disciplinary perspective, genre, and theoretical and methodological approaches. Topic areas were identified initially through an inductive approach, then rationalised into seven broad themes. Transnational consumption of health services; the transnational healthcare workforce; the production, consumption and trade in specific health-related commodities, and transnational diffusion of ideas and knowledge...
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...Running head: TECHNOLOGY ARTICLE REVIEW Technology Article Review Technology Article Review Technology is quickly changing everyday and everywhere. Years ago, if you had a question you either had to research it in the encyclopedia or talk to someone who knew the answer to the question. Today the answer to any question you have in the palm of your hands. Technological advancements are great and important, especially in the healthcare system. All the advancements that have been developed have been extremely important in diagnosing health issues and being able to cure, help, or prevent other health issues. We live in a world where everyone has a smartphone or tablet. The same things are in the hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Not only to medical professionals have the provided equipment in the facilities to help treat and diagnose health issues, but now they can also use their smartphones and tablets to get more real time information instead of waiting around for a few hours to find out what is going on. When a patient goes in for an x-ray, the doctors can now pull up the x-ray on a tablet as soon as it is ready. Pictures can now be taken on smartphones and sent to whomever to get quicker results. This may not be the case in all hospitals as of yet, but it is for some. Information systems are now more digital to the point of being able to bring up your medical file without having it on hand. For example, military hospitals have this in place. All those...
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...Health Informaion Systems Journal Article Critique #2 Marschollek, Michael (2009). Recent progress in sensor-enhanced health information systems – slowly but sustainably. Informatics for Health & Social Care, 34(4): 225-230 Introduction With an aging society and life expectancy rising there is great need for the integration of health enabling technologies into health information systems. The use of health enabling technologies is thought to help in the mission of improving the need for care and quality through the enhancement of sensor-enhanced health information systems. The greatest areas of importance for health enabling technologies are data security, patient centered care, diagnostic analysis, and system connectivity standards which will help focus on improving care, quality, and disease research. The transition from a system that is institutional focused to patient focus will not be immediate, for health enabling technologies is still fairly new and growing so it will be a slow process before patients and organizations reap the benefits of this new technology. Creating self-sufficiency is an important capability for patients and care givers especially for those living with chronic illnesses. Health enabling technologies will aid in managing illnesses through relevant information and communication, which is key for individuals to actively participate and have some control over their healthcare needs. The health enabling technology...
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...and Evaluating a Website for Credibility The Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov is a website that provides a plethora of information. I was able to locate this website using the Google search engine. The purpose of this website is to enhance and provide guidelines for clinicians, impacts on health care, and knowledge of where products and tools are used. This site also lists tools of improving patient care. A credible website also provides quality of journals, peer-reviewed articles and systematic reviews. I chose this data base for best practice information on current issues. Analysis The ARHQ is a website with a search engine database that is owned and published by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. It provides information on evidenced-based practice, provides continuing education opportunities, explores treatment options and gives up to date information on latest news and events. ARHQ is not limited to healthcare providers but is also available to consumers and patients and is labeled for simple navigation. Additionally the website provides a link in Spanish. The website in Spanish is identical for the website in English. The category link for patients and consumers provides information such as “Questions To Ask Your Doctor.” (AHRQ, 2015) The category for professionals provided sources and additional links for furthering education and training, prevention and improving care, and safety. Further evaluation of this...
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...Analysis The stressors of illness, together with the stressors of everyday life, can challenge the coping mechanisms of all patients. The relationship between humor and health dates back to the bible: “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22, New International Version). Research across many disciplines has shown humor to be an important tool in facilitating these coping skills Humor is an integral part of everyday life and, therefore, also a component of the care and treatment of patients in the modern health care system. The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze the concept of humor along with laughter in the healthcare arena as well as serve as a vehicle in providing a clearer understanding of the thought and its therapeutic value in nursing. Review of Literature Don’t forget to summarize here!!!! Nursing Discipline A quantitative study was conducted by Astedt-Kurki & Liukkonen (1994) to illustrate the occurrence and meaning of humor in the nursing process, as described and experienced by professional nurses. Because humor can create a more relaxed atmosphere in nurse-patient interaction, it can also encourage feelings of togetherness, closeness, warmth, and friendliness can be fostered. Humor, they found, while helping forge a mutual relationship which can help the patient cope with difficult situations or tolerate unpleasant procedures, is also an underutilized resource in...
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...Article Review Raymondo D Bookert MGT/426 August 13, 2014 Jeff Mausig Article Review Time and change are the two things that we always have to think about, no matter what you do as a job or life. If you are not willing to change and understand the time that we live then success will never be an option. The article that really impressed was from the required readings from University of Phoenix. The article title is Putting the Positive in Change Creates an Inspired Work Team. This paper will discuss the article, the author’s conclusion and/or recommendation, my conclusion and/or recommendation, and how the concept in the article applies to my organization. Individuals that are in the health care business need to understand what it takes to be successful. Understanding the many steps it will take to attain the goal is what the author had in mind. Since it is the healthcare environment that is every changing then it would be great for the reader to understand this very truth. These steps planned out by the author allow those in the health care provisions to attain a higher accuracy rate. There are many different ways to do have a positive change in the work force through teamwork. The ideas that were given are very beneficial to the team. Some of the main points were to be open, cultivate change, to positively embrace change, and then to encourage change. The idea very well might be the best ideas for teamwork. You must be open, and understand that if you are open that...
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...huge part of healthcare. Dying is a part of life, but that doesn’t make the subject any less scary. Just because healthcare professionals handle end of life issues on a regular basis, doesn’t mean that they are immune to the sensitivities of the topic. End-of-life decision making is the process that healthcare providers, patients, and patients’ families go through when considering what treatments will or will not be used to treat a life-threatening illness. (Thelen, 2005) Many nurses who deal with death and decision making burn out. Hospice staff, because of their work with the terminally ill, are considered a high-risk group for burnout. Often, the reason behind the decision to leave or take a sabbatical from hospice work is that the staff member reached the limits of his or her capacity to care and “couldn’t take it anymore.” (Keidel, 2002) A qualitative study done, on anticipating emotion, related to ACP, was chosen to be critiqued, due to this highly sensitive topic in the healthcare industry. The subject this study was critiqued on, were, the problem statement, purpose and research question, literature review, and conceptual/theoretical framework. The clinical problem, addressed, is that end of life discussions between healthcare professionals and clients have many areas of hindrance, due to the sensitiveness of the discussions. The authors established the significance of the study by elaborating on the extreme sensitivities of ACP, and how it impacts healthcare professionals...
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...Finance in the healthcare industry can be a very tricky subject. The primary role of finance in the health services is to plan for, obtain, and make use of resources to increase the productivity and value of the business (Nowicki 2007). Finance is a very important part of the health care industry. It keeps everything on track and in order so that things operate successfully. Without the right person(s) helping to operate the place of business the company can be in a great deal of trouble. When I think of finance I think of cash. In today’s economy cash flow is at its all time low. More people are trying to cut cost and much as they can. This means less doctor visits and sometime not going to the doctor at all. Which means that if your health care business is use to seeing a certain amount of patients and that number suddenly stops that can put some jobs at jeopardy. The role of finance has increased in the healthcare industry. Like I stated previously cash flow is at an all time low. With the high demands of hospitals, long term care, nursing homes, special practices and assisted living, the need for healthcare and funding is growing daily. There is a different age group that is being more catered to due to the aging population around. Funding is necessary for all levels of healthcare organizations, and there are some governmental hospitals/facilities, non-profit, and privately funded that need to be aware of the fast paced changes that are being made financially in the world...
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