evidence based practice in the workplace

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Overview

For this discussion, you will
Identify a situation in your current workplace where evidence based
practice has been or could be applied. Remember, this refers to
decisions about patient care that are based on evidence that is produced
by well designed research. You will need to provide a the research to
support your decision. Use 3 professional references that are less than
5 years old.

Your initial post must be posted
before you can view and respond to colleagues, must contain minimum of
two (2) references, in addition to examples from your personal
experiences to augment the topic. The goal is to make your post
interesting and engaging so others will want to read/respond to it.
Synthesize and summarize from your resources in order to avoid the use
of direct quotes, which can often be dry and boring. No direct quotes
are allowed in the discussion board posts.

Post a thoughtful response to at
least two (2) other colleagues’ initial postings. Responses to
colleagues should be supportive and helpful (examples of an acceptable
comment are: “This is interesting – in my practice, we treated or
resolved (diagnosis or issue) with (x, y, z meds, theory,
management principle) and according to the literature…” and add
supportive reference. Avoid comments such as “I agree” or “good
comment.”

Objectives

  • Identify types of research questions to be studied with qualitative methods
  • Describe the steps in making a clinical decision based on evidence

References:

  • Initial Post: Minimum of
    two (2) total references: one (1) from required course materials and
    one (1) from peer-reviewed references.

Words Limits

  • Initial Post: Minimum 200 words excluding references (approximately one (1) page)