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Nurses And Evidence-Based Practice, Alyson Leann Toney
Nurses And Evidence-Based Practice, Alyson Leann Toney
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Evidence-based practice is a necessary part of providing quality patient care in nursing, and has been linked to lowering costs and bettering patient outcomes. However, evidence-based practice is commonly misunderstood or thrown aside by nurses due to time constraints in the nursing profession. The purpose of the MSN thesis was to explore nurses’ current knowledge and appreciation of evidence-based practice based on previous research, as well as identifying gaps in the knowledge of the concept. A descriptive research design was utilized. Results indicated nurses do have an open mind and appreciation for evidence-based practice, but consider it time consuming and …
Journey To The Bedside: A Quality Improvement Project To Implement Bedside Report Utilizing Watson's Theory Of Human Caring, Rhonda Jones
Journey To The Bedside: A Quality Improvement Project To Implement Bedside Report Utilizing Watson's Theory Of Human Caring, Rhonda Jones
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
A 134 bed hospital in a rural community had a continuous struggle to meet defined goals on the hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems survey (HCAHPS). The hospital’s medical unit consistently performed lower in the communication with nurses HCAHPS domain than other nursing departments in the organizations. Between 2015 and 2017 the overall communication with nurse’s score in the HCAHPS domain of the medical unit ranged between 74-79%. Nursing staff were task oriented, focusing on the next task to be done instead of the current moment and interaction with the patient. A literature review revealed that consistent themes …