Discussion: Sharing Evidence to Practice

Discussion: Sharing Evidence to Practice

After the data have been analyzed, conclusions are made regarding what the findings mean. Then, this information must be shared with your healthcare team.

Choose one of the articles from the RRL assignment, and discuss the findings. Would you apply the evidence found to your practice? Explain your answer, please.

Translating research into practice is the final and most important step in the research process. Review information you found in your Week 3 Assignment, and explain ways in which you would share the research-based evidence with your peers.

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As you evaluate results reported in the articles, consider using the 4 rules that we discussed last week. It is very important to identify the purpose of the study before moving forward with the evaluation of the results. If the study has an intervention or treatment, then it is likely that there will be dependent and independent variables (Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2017). The next step focuses on identification of data collection methods and how investigators measured these variables. Furthermore, discussion and conclusion sections of the report offer an interpretation of study results and may even incorporate investigators’ opinions or speculations regarding the findings (Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2017).

A well-written research report contains strengths and limitations. Concerns with study limitations are especially important when investigators report results from a pilot study. Pilot studies are often designed to preliminary test the intervention to identify potential benefits; however, as we acknowledged, results from such a study are very hard to generalize to a greater population. Pay special attention to the sample selection for the study and resources needed to implement the proposed change. Last week we discovered that even though some results appear to be statistically significant, they may not have any clinical significance. Think about other barriers or challenges you might encounter while implementing a change and how you would overcome those challenges. Thank you, Dr Joy

Reference

Chamberlain College of Nursing. (2017). NR439 Week 7: Reading research literature, credibility, and significance [Online Lesson]. Downers Grove, IL: DeVry Education Group.

• Choose one of the articles from the Week 5 RRL assignment, and discuss the findings. Would you apply the evidence found to your practice? Explain your answer.

The week 5 RRL article I will be discussing on is quantitative balance and gait measurement in patients with Frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer diseases. A pilot study. Fall is one of the leading cause of injury morbidity and mortality in older adults. People with history of falling may limit their activities because of fear of falling. Frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are neuro-generative dementia with a wide prevalence of fall. The purpose of the study was to identify the relationship which gait, balance, and ambulation have with falls in normal aging versus patients with AD and FTD. Identifying the patterns of gait and balance in these patients helps to put in place appropriate interventions to prevent falls in these individuals. According to the study, balance and gait problems exist in normal elderly as well as patients with AD and FTD during dual tasking indicating the role of divided attention. The study states that patients with FTD have a tendency to tilt forward, while patients with AD have a tendency to tilt backward. These indicates the different patterns of gait and balance in patients with FTD and AD. Differentiating gait and balance in these patients will help in formulating an individualized care plan for preventing falls. Working in long term care, I encounter many patients with dementia. Often times, it is very difficult to distinguish between patients with FTD and AD. There is no distinction between the types of dementia. The two main diagnoses of dementia that is common are unspecified dementia with behavioral disturbances and unspecified dementia without behavioral disturbances. Before applying the evidence in my practice, it must be a multidisciplinary approach involving every member of the healthcare team. The physician must first diagnose the patient with FTD or AD, and the interdisciplinary team will determine which intervention is appropriate for the patient by applying evidence from the study.

• Translating research into practice is the final and most important step in the research process. Review information you found your nursing clinical issue and explain ways in which you would share the research-based evidence with your peers.

Evidence based research is very important in nursing. Research and evidence based practice go hand in hand with each other. Research leads to new knowledge and nurses use research findings as evidence during their practice. I will share the research based evidence with my peers by conducting meetings and in-services. Publishing the results of the research findings in the organization’s bulletin board, newsletters, and websites. I can also use statistical analysis such as tables, graphs, and pie charts when presenting research based evidence. Our week 7 lesson states that the research process is terminated by disseminating or communicating information about the research study through publications. An example of a clinical issue is the implementation of an evidence based clinical practice guideline to reduce the number of center acquired pressure ulcers on wheelchair and bed bound patients. Using a quantitative question in the research also provide a stronger level of evidence when sharing research based evidence with my peers. Quantitative research seeks to make conclusions about the effectiveness of an intervention. They can be broken down into PICO elements (population, intervention, comparison, and outcome) for easy understanding (Houser, 2017).

References.

CCN,( 2017). NR 439 week 7 lesson: Reading research literature, credibility, and significance. Online lesson. Downers Grove, IL: Devry Education Group.

Houser, J. (2018). Nursing research: Reading, using, and creating evidence (4th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Velayutham, S. G., Chandra, S. R., Bharath, S., & Shankar, R. G. (2017). Quantitative balance and gait measurement in patients with frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer diseases: A pilot study. Indian Journal Of Psychological Medicine, 39(2), 176-182. doi:10.4103/0253-7176.203132. http://proxy.chamberlain.edu:8080/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=122248443&site=eds-live&scope=sitLinks to an external site.

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Question Description
THIS IS FOR WEEK 7 NR-439 RN-BSN EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE AT CHAMBERLAIN

Applying and Sharing Evidence to Practice (graded)

After the data have been analyzed, conclusions are made regarding what the findings mean. Then, this information must be shared with your healthcare team.
Choose one of the articles from the RRL assignment, and discuss the findings. Would you apply the evidence found to your practice? Explain your answer.
Translating research into practice is the final and most important step in the research process. Review information you found in your Week 3 Assignment, and explain ways in which you would share the research-based evidence with your peers.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.