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Influence Paper

Influence Paper

Our influence paper researched the effects of duration of catheter use on the incidence of CAUTI. After thoroughly reading the three articles, appraising and examining the evidence, it became clear that the researchers were not solely focusing on duration, more focused on inappropriate use and education. As a team, we learned of the importance of continued education after graduation and using evidenced based practice to stay up to date with current findings and provide better care to our patients. Although…

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Final Reflection-EBP

Final Reflection-EBP

During the Evidence Based Practice I course with Professor Kramlich, I learned a lot about not only evidenced based practice in nursing but also a little taste into what it will be like being a part of the healthcare team. We worked together through zoom and in person, in order to complete our team influence paper about the effect of duration on the incidence of CAUTI. In the future, I will use these teamwork skills that I learned in this…

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Ethical Considerations for EBP

Ethical Considerations for EBP

Since completing the ethics assignments, I’ve added some insight to my understanding of the nurses contribution to ethical conduct and implementation of research. After watching the movie “Miss Ever’s Boys” I learned that not only is it the nurses role to advocate for their patient and promote patient privacy, safety and autonomy, but through education, using research the nurse can provide knowledge to those with knowledge deficits such as those in the movie. through research, nurse Ever’s was able to…

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Appraisal and Synthesis

Appraisal and Synthesis

Through the evidence appraisals and synthesis process, I discovered that there really is not a lot of evidence to support our PICOT question despite what I thought. I assumed that duration of a Foley catheter was a major factor in increasing the incidence of CAUTI however we were not able to find an article that directly focused on duration as a factor. I don’t think I realized this until the synthesis of our paper because when I looked at the…

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From Inquiry through Discovery

From Inquiry through Discovery

This project so far has taught me more about teamwork, as well as the importance of evidence based practice in the healthcare field. When creating our PICOT question, we knew the topic that we wanted to focus on which was the risk of catheter associated urinary tract infections. However, after communicating with our professor we felt that we were not as detailed as we needed to be in our first draft of our question so we decided to rewrite it…

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Planning the Journey

Planning the Journey

During this semester I believe that team work and communication will be two major pieces to being able to successfully complete this project. Each of the members in my team, including myself, must put in the same amount of effort, work and time in order to make a cohesive and well thought out paper. I have no doubt that we will be able to finish each piece of this project with little stress, as long as we work together and…

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