Evidence Based Practice in Integration of Leadership and Management in Nursing:

  • Importance of multidisciplinary communication and collaborative health care in improving patient outcomes. 
  • Importance of communication and supervision in appropriate delegation. 
  • Importance of conveying empathy, understanding, caring, and sincerity in communication with clients. 
  • Importance of involving and educating others in decision making and change process in order to improve reaction to and retention of change. 
  • Significance of nursing ethics, judgment, and decision making in ensuring quality and safe patient care. 

Evidence Based Practice in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing:

  • Importance of providing and maintaining patient privacy in all interactions.
  • Developing and building upon therapeutic relationship to improve trust with patient. 
  • Involving patient in development of goals, interventions, and outcomes in order to improve treatment regimen compliance and increase patient decision-making and autonomy in nursing care.
  • Use of medication and psychosocial interventions to treat psychiatric disorders.
  • Importance of family education, involvement, and support in specific psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia.
  • Effectiveness of using cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with specific disorders including depression.

Evidence Based Practice in Critical Care Nursing:

  • Use of arterial line for most accurate measurement of blood pressure in cardiac patients. 
  • Using titrating doses of medications (such as Dopamine or Vasopressin) to keep patients vital signs (namely heart rate or BP) within ordered parameters. 
  • Importance of weaning a patient on a ventilator as soon as possible. 
  • Importance of checking placement and residual on NG tube with every assessment and especially before giving anything through the tube. 
  • Using NG to provide nutrition to entubated/ventilated patient. 
  • Using Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Precautions (especially mouth care) on ventilator patients. 
  • Using sedation and restraints for patients that struggle against ventilator and entubation. 
  • Using suctioning to clear patient's airway. 
  • Monitoring blood glucose closely and using insulin accordingly in all patients in critical care and step down units due to stress, surgery, and conditions affecting body. 
  • Using Protonix or other stomach acid decreasing agents to prevent Stress-Related Erosive Syndrome and pneumonia.  
  • Using Nitroglycerin to treat stable angina. 
  • Using Amiodarone (or other anti-arrhythmics) to prevent dysrhythmias in cardiac patients. 
  • Using stool softeners to prevent straining for bowel movement in cardiac patients. 
  • Using DVT precautions (Heparin or Lovenox, SCDs) with extensive surgery or bedrest.
  • Using "sedation vacation" to assess effects of sedation on patient's mental status and respiratory status. 

Evidence Based Practice in Community Nursing:

  • Completed a community assessment for Canton, Ohio including statistics comparing Canton, Stark County, and Ohio and resources available to the community. 
  • Performed self and peer-evaluations regarding the assessment and implementation.
  • Developed and implemented an educational intervention for teenagers. 
  • Visited multiple clinical sites that provide care to community members (including WIC, Canton Community Clinic, Wooster Wound Care, Hospice, Home Care, Stark County Jail, etc). 

Evidence Based Practice in Maternal-Newborn Nursing:

  • Magnesium sulfate to treat pre-eclampsia
  • Methotrexate fore treatment of ectopic pregnancy 
  • Celestone to prevent respiratory distress in newborn 
  • Birth control options for breastfeeding mothers
  • Thermoregulation, swaddling, and kangaroo care
  • Recognizing hypoglycemia in newborn 
  • Screening to reduce risk of worsening postpartum depression
  • Screening and recognizing for domestic violence in every patient 
  • Possible risks due to advanced maternal age or adolescent pregnancy 
  • Prevention of transmission of Herpes Simplex Virus prior to and during labor and delivery 

Evidence Based Practice in Pediatric Nursing: 

  • Fever management and the use of acetaminophen and ibuprofen 
  • Importance of calculating medication dose for pediatric patients using their current dosing weight 
  • Breakthrough seizures and medication dosage 
  • Pyridoxine-dependent seizures
  • Importance of seizure precautions and having equipment available in case of seizure 
  • Passive smoking effects on infant and children health 
  • Importance of calculating fluid balance and fluid administration for pediatric patients 
  • Importance of communication and education to pediatric patients and their families 
Evidence Based Practice in Nursing Informatics:
  • Use of evidence based practice to construct patient care map and to inform patient interventions/rationales in the care map 
  • Using healthcare facility resources to look up information
  • Using healthcare facility resources in passing medications and documentation 
  • Using Human-Computer-Interaction technology in documenting accurately 
Evidence Based Practice in Nursing of Adults: 
  • Documenting correctly and accurately head-to-toe assessments, pain assessments, blood glucose results, etc. within clinical. 
  • The importance of accurately interpreting and applying sliding scales for insulin coverage. 
  • The utilization of fall precautions in patients with fall history and fall risks (including specific medications and episodes of dementia or confusion) 
  • The importance of patient advocacy within multidisciplinary healthcare setting. 
  • Construction of patient care maps in patients from clinical
Evidence Based Practice in Gerontological Nursing: 
  • The utilization of fall precautions in patients with fall history and fall risks (including specific medications and episodes of dementia or confusion) 
  • The importance of reinforcing the compliance of medications with patients
  • Monitoring for medication side effects, adverse reactions, and interactions especially within the elderly population because of use of many medications, etc. 
  • Construction of patient care maps in patients from clinical
  • The use of yes/no questions and other communication techniques in patients with aphasia 
  • The evaluation of swallowing when feeding patients with difficulty swallowing
  • Using thickened liquids in patients with difficulty swallowing
  • The reorientation of patients with mild confusion to person, place, time, and situation 

Evidence Based Practice in Foundations of Intervention in Nursing:
  • Completion of many concept care maps for patients from clinical in order to aid in understanding the large picture of patient conditions, history, and assessment and how they relate to medications and interventions
  • Completion of Interpersonal Process Recording Evaluation in order to facilitate understanding and use of therapeutic communication 
  • The importance of using standard precautions when coming into contact with all patients
  • The importance of adhering to isolation precautions and using the appropriate protective equipment 

Evidence Based Practice in Foundations of Assessment and Communications in Nursing:
  • Completion of many concept care maps for patients from clinical in order to aid in understanding the large picture of patient conditions, history, and assessment and how they relate to medications and interventions
  • Completion of Interpersonal Process Recording Evaluation in order to facilitate understanding and use of therapeutic communication 
  • Use of medical dosage calculation and medical math 
  • Use of handwashing upon entering and exiting a patients room
  • Importance of using standard precautions when coming into contact with all patients 
  • Importance of assessing and recording vital signs accurately



 
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