Nursing

Solution to Evidence-Based Practice NameInstitution In every healthcare organization, the main focus is the patient's safety. Every program initiated are meant to ensure that the patient is safe and that the patient needs are met. At HCA Mercy Hospital, Postpartum Unit, the main issue is to ensure that the nurses are aware and conversant with the concepts of evidence-based practice. When the nurses know what they are doing, it becomes easier for them to perform their roles professionally, and taking care of the patients as required. Patient safety is essential especially when it comes to implementing evidence-based solutions. Without rightfully performing these actions, they may detriment...

Barriers to Evidence-Based Practice Name Institution Barriers to Evidence-Based Practice Limited relevance of research information to practice in health care prevents achievement of the 90 percent evidence-based practice (Scurlock-Evans, Upton & Upton, 2014). There is no enough information in the health systems to be used by the nurses. Most of the nurses are not recording evidence about a successful treatment, but they keep the information on their own. Also, the research-based information in the health systems is not relevant to most of the issues which nurses are coming across every day. The information in the systems is not up to date with the current state of a disorder due to the...

Scholarly Activity Summary Name Institution Scholarly Activity Summary Overview This scholarly activity that I was involved in was a filter meeting. The meeting was done by interdisciplinary members who usually meet on a monthly basis to discuss the variations in the quality of hospitals. The events included patient falls and delay of care as well as wrong procedures for surgery. This team included 12 members and people who have an agenda for the meeting. Filter meeting determines the process gaps and assigning the scores within the activities. The main target in the hospital was to relate the lessons learned and how they could apply on the enterprise basis. The meeting was beneficial to me...

GCU Library Scholarly Databases Name Institution Introduction Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) requires various medical professionals and clinicians to look for the best literature source where they can find answers to different medical questions. There are various sources available such as journal articles, correspondences, and studies that medical professionals and clinicians can choose from. To find answers and information, clinicians have to look at the appraised resources such as ACP journal club as well as other light databases such as PubMed or MEDLIN that gives them access to the primary literature. The main GCU Library scholarly databases that will help me find the best research...

Mr. C Case Study Name Institution Affiliation Health risks which are associated with obesity Some of the health risks that can be associated with Mr. C’s condition of being obese include increased blood pressure (hypertension), elevated triglycerides, sleep apnea, the possibility of the development of diabetes that is brought about by the glucose level increase, as well as elevated cholesterol (Lewis, 2011). The patient should also consider losing weight, or he might have high chances of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. And also the fact that the glucose level of Mr. C is already high, it is an indication that the patient is at the pre-diabetic stage. Mr. C is likely to benefit...