Marjorie Benton

Advancing improvements in health care

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Use 3 APA citation references, within 5 years with nursing content for this discussion.

The EBP process is a powerful way of advancing improvements in health care. Identify three strategies that you will now incorporate into your practice based on this course. Explain your rationale.

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Some of the strategies that I will incorporate in the geriatric care are as follows.  I will advocate for the installation of bed alarms to reduce number falls, especially in hospitals or nursing homes.  Bed alarms will alert the nurses if an elderly patient attempts to leave from their beds without professional assistance (Gavaller, Gavaller,& Oh,  2019).  They improve the nursing staff response rate and reduce the number of falls or fall-related injuries in the facility.  However, bed alarms may be ineffective if nurses fail to respond in time.  The second strategy is the implementation of hourly rounds.  In this strategy, nurses are encouraged to move around geriatric wards or rooms regularly.  It allows nurses to reduce the number of falls in the hospitals as nurses will inspect the safety of elderly patients and take corrective measures if some of them are in danger.  The last strategy is educating nurses. According to Cuttler Barr-Walker, & Cuttler (2017), nurse education critical in reducing geriatric falls. It equips nurses with the knowledge and skills needed to provide quality and safe care to elderly patients.

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Advancing improvements in health care

Marjorie Benton

Quality improvement (QI) evidence-based practice (EBP) and research

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The purpose of this assignment is to differentiate quality improvement (QI), evidence-based practice (EBP), and research.

Create a graphic image or visual model differentiating quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. You can use PowerPoint, that creates a graphic. Be creative in your design. Include the following information in your graphic image or visual model:

  1. Compare and contrast quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. Identify at least one similarity and difference for each.
  2. Provide an example of quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research.
  3. Explain why quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research would be applied in a health care setting.
  4. This assignment requires a minimum of 4 scholarly sources.

Use APA style is required for the body of this assignment.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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It is focused on improving patient outcomes and family experience. It also benefits the staff and the organization (Carter et al., 2017). It is focused on improving patient outcomes and family experience. It also benefits the staff and the organization (Carter et al., 2017). Benefits clinicians, the scientific community, and the subjects on some occasions (Carter et al., 2017).
QI efforts are controlled by the organization but influenced by the Centre for Medicaid and Medicare services and others in different regions.   EBP efforts are strictly regulated by the organization. Research is regulated by IRB, state, and local laws, among others, based on the research design.
To reduce drug errors through an increase in nurse’s knowledge and skills for old patients. Nurses adopting the most effective strategies to reduce drug errors in old patients with dementia (Edwards & Axe, 2018) Determining the efficacy of nurse training in reducing drug errors in geriatric care
 Hand hygiene for clinicians and patients to prevent hospital acquired infections. Prevention of hospital-acquired infections through the improvement of nursing care measures and or hand hygiene. A comprehensive model of different strategies.

 

 Determine how the qualification of nurses influences the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections.

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Quality improvement (QI) evidence-based practice (EBP) and research

Marjorie Benton

Quality improvement

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The purpose of this assignment is to differentiate quality improvement (QI), evidence-based practice (EBP), and research.

Create a graphic image or visual model differentiating quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. You can use PowerPoint, that creates a graphic. Be creative in your design. Include the following information in your graphic image or visual model:

  1. Compare and contrast quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. Identify at least one similarity and difference for each.
  2. Provide an example of quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research.
  3. Explain why quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research would be applied in a health care setting.
  4. This assignment requires a minimum of 4 scholarly sources.

Use APA style is required for the body of this assignment.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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It is focused on improving patient outcomes and family experience. It also benefits the staff and the organization (Carter et al., 2017). It is focused on improving patient outcomes and family experience. It also benefits the staff and the organization (Carter et al., 2017). Benefits clinicians, the scientific community, and the subjects on some occasions (Carter et al., 2017).
QI efforts are controlled by the organization but influenced by the Centre for Medicaid and Medicare services and others in different regions.   EBP efforts are strictly regulated by the organization. Research is regulated by IRB, state, and local laws, among others, based on the research design.
To reduce drug errors through an increase in nurse’s knowledge and skills for old patients. Nurses adopting the most effective strategies to reduce drug errors in old patients with dementia (Edwards & Axe, 2018) Determining the efficacy of nurse training in reducing drug errors in geriatric care
 Hand hygiene for clinicians and patients to prevent hospital acquired infections. Prevention of hospital-acquired infections through the improvement of nursing care measures and or hand hygiene. A comprehensive model of different strategies.

 

 Determine how the qualification of nurses influences the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections.

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Quality improvement

Marjorie Benton

Opportunities of Evidence-Based Design

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Question Description: Consider the following quotation: “Often times, potential users of research knowledge are unconnected to those who do the research, and consequently a huge gap ensues between research knowledge and practice behaviors” (Barwick, M., Boudell, K., Stasiulis, E., Ferguson, H., Blase, K., & Fixsen, D., 2005). Social workers must work to close the gap perceived by the authors of this quote.

In your previous research course, you addressed the concept of evidence-based practice. However, it is important not to fall into a habit of using the term “evidence-based practice” without a clear understanding of its meaning. In particular, it is important to understand what standards of evidence must exist to classify an intervention or a program as evidence based. In this assignment, you are to clarify your understanding of the nature of evidence-based practice and analyze the challenges and opportunities for implementing evidence-based practice in your current social work practice.

To prepare for this Discussion, read the Learning Resources that provide information about different aspects of the evidence-based practice concept. As you read, consider how evidence-based practice or evidence- based programs might be used in a social work agency where you work or where you had a practicum experience.

By Day 3
Post a description of the distinguishing characteristics of evidenced-based practice. Then provide an evaluation of factors that might support or impede your efforts in adopting evidence-based practice or evidence-based programs.
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University of Wisconsin Extension (2007) Research to Practice Report  Briefs Retrieved from http://whatworks.uwexnedu/Pages/researchbriefs,html
NASW Evidence Based Practice – Socialworkers.org
I worked at a senior citizen center. The was where i did my first intern

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Worth noting, when adopting evidence-based practice or evidence-based programs, an evaluation factor that might support such efforts is the availability of resource networks. According to Whittaker (2009), research institutions and institute-based resource networks facilitate the evaluation processes since they have the required tools and experts to perform the evaluations. Also, the professional experience of the stationed individuals in the centers plays a significant role since the decisions they make contribute to a strategic assessment of the programs. However, the lack of such resources makes it challenging to execute a comprehensive evaluation to determine the efficacy and effectiveness of the designed social work programs. Of significance is noting that evidence-based programs have models that determine the internal capacity needed for program development, training, assessment, and dissemination.

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Opportunities of Evidence-Based Design

Marjorie Benton

Health care research

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Ethics and Evidence-Based Research

Write a 1250-1500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be three main sections, one for each bullet below. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least two (2) sources using citations in your essay. Make sure to cite using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page in correct APA do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Part 1: Describe why ethical safeguards designed for clinical research may not be feasible or appropriate for evidence-based practice or evidence-based practice implementation projects.

Part 2: Review the sectioned headed, Two Ethical Exemplars in Chapter 22 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015, pages 518-519). Discuss three main ethical controversies related to implementing Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (EBQI) Initiatives. Describe how these controversies relate to the four core ethical principles.

Part 3: Identify which ethical principles may be in conflict with the concept of “patients having an ethical responsibility in improving healthcare.” Discuss how these conflicts may be resolved.

 

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 1250 – 1500 words
Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.
References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of two (2) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.

Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level.

Requirements: 5-6 pages

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The concept of patients having an ethical responsibility to help with the enhancement of healthcare is gaining popularity, especially during EBQI research. Even though this school of thought might be right to some extent, the concept conflicts with one major ethical principle. The first principle is autonomy. As mentioned in the previous part of the paper, this principle requires health care professionals to respect their patients’ right to make decisions relating to their health and well-being (Kemparaj & Kadalur, 2018). One of the ways this principle might conflict with a patient’s responsibility to help with the enhancement of healthcare is when a patient is placed in mandatory quarantine. For instance, during the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when an individual tested positive for the virus, they were expected to enter into mandatory quarantine to prevent them from spreading the virus to others. In such a case, the patient’s right to determine what should happen to them and their health is taken away from them in favor of protecting the general population (Kemparaj & Kadalur, 2018). To resolve this conflict, health care

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Health care research