Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Nursing Practice, Evidence-Based"
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Educating nursing staff in evidence-based practice: A process improvement, development, and implementation of a preadmission clinic
(2016-10-07)An evidence-based practice (EBP) education project was developed and implemented to create a preadmission clinic in the surgical services department of a small rural hospital. The project objectives were to (a) improve ... -
Energy through motion: An evidence-based exercise
(Oncology Nursing Society, 1/11/2017)Cancer related fatigue (CRF) is a result of cancer and cancer treatment. CRF can be debilitating for patients during and after treatment. Evidence supports activity as effective for reducing cancer related fatigue. An ... -
Evaluating the effects and process of nurse bedside shift report on nurse’s perceptions of communication patterns, nurse satisfaction, and patient involvement
(2018-03-26)Background: A growing body of evidence identifies transitions of care as vulnerable points in the care continuum where vital information is often omitted and inadequate communication occurs. Nurse shift report has been ... -
Evidence-based clinical guidelines and their impact on prevention of catheter related blood stream infections
The growing concern for hospital-acquired infections in healthcare has stimulated the development of evidence based practice guidelines. Healthcare institutions across the United States are increasing their focus on the ... -
Evidence-based practice preparation in nursing education: Recent BSN graduates and their experience with applying evidence-based practice
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the level of knowledge of evidence-based practice (EBP) among registered nurses (RNs) who have joined the profession within the last 5 years. The Promoting Action ... -
An Evidence-Driven Campaign to Decrease Venous Thromboembolism
To identify gaps in practice, opportunities for improvement and decrease venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. -
Increasing the HPV Vaccination Rate in a Family Practice: A quality improvement project
(2017-05-19)The purpose of this DNP project was to identify barriers in a family practice setting to recommending the HPV vaccine and to use this information to develop a practice protocol to enhance the delivery of the vaccine series. ... -
The Influence of Lifestyle Medicine on Nurses’ Belief of Evidence Based Practice
(2017-06-05)Adult onset type 2 diabetes can be improved with lifestyle medicine, which is a prescriptive and patient-centered evidence-based practice model. It affords consistent patient monitoring and provides nurses with the education ... -
Inpatient Falls Prevention: Closing the Gap Between Research and Clinical Practice
Inpatient falls have been a long-standing problem within health care around the world. The purpose of this project was to reduce inpatient falls through a standardized selection of multifactorial individualized nursing ... -
Magnet® Tea: The Journey of a Publication Steeped in Magnet Values
Shortly after the initial Magnet® designation of a 700+ bed not-for-profit Level One Trauma Center, a Clinical Nurse Educator identified a need to involve bedside nurses in research and evidence based practice (EBP). ... -
Outcomes of a school-based asthma education program: An evidence-based practice project
(2017-01-06)The identified problem in school-aged children is a lack of education to recognize triggers, symptoms, and methods to self-manage asthma episodes. The PICOT statement of interest was: In children 8 to 12 years old, does ... -
Perioperative low-dose ketamine infusion and its impact on postoperative pain: An evidence based practice analysis
(2018-05-31)Acute pain after surgery is a common problem with multiple consequences. Patients, anesthesia professionals, and surgeons want adequate pain control with minimal side effects. Opioid analgesics are commonly relied upon in ... -
Postpartum hemorrhage evidence-based registered nurse staff education project
Despite medical technology and research advances postpartum hemorrhages (PPH) continue to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for pregnant women, even in developed countries. One possible explanation for PPHs ... -
Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis: An evidenced-based protocol for the improvement of patient outcomes
Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is the most frequent vaginal infection of women of childbearing age, with a prevalence of 10% to 50% (Parma, Vanni, Bertini, & Candiani). BV in women has been associated with pelvic inflammatory ... -
School Nursing Simulation: An Evidence-based Practice Intervention for Improved Confidence in Health-related School Emergency First-responder Role
(2015-10-26)School nursing practice occurs in an autonomous clinical practice setting in which school nurses function as first-responders to life-threatening school emergencies. However, a gap in school nursing practice preparation ... -
Use of standardized processes to achieve optimal pre-surgical Skin asepsis
(2017-04-21)Surgical site infections are a significant threat to patient safety, they increase patient mortality and morbidity, and increase health care expenditures. A pre-surgical protocol that implements two applications of ... -
Utilizing evidence based practice to reduce hemoglobin A1c levels in primary care by increasing frequency of office visits
(2017-06-23)Diabetes Mellitus is one of the leading chronic diseases in the United States as well as in the world. It is a disease that becomes progressively more difficult to manage as time goes by with each patient. It costs the ...
