Evidence Based Practice

Evidence Based Practice 1. What is an Evidence-Based Practice or policy you saw used by the nurse during your clinical rotation? Describe the situation and the practice. Reflect in 200 words. 2. What was the outcome of this practice being used? What was the patient’s response to this practice being done? Did the nurse use this practice with every patient every time? Reflect in 200 words. 3. What could happen if this Evidence Based practice was not followed in this situation? Can you think of a situation where it would have been preferable not to follow this practice? Reflect in 200 words. 4. Why is it preferable to use Evidence Practice rather than opinion? How do you feel about your knowledge of Evidence Based Practice? Is there an area you could improve? Reflect in 200 words. Quality Improvement 1. What data or quality measures did you notice being shared in huddle or posted on the unit during your clinical today or in a previous clinicals? Did the unit have goals centered around this data? What were they? Reflect in 200 words. 2. What benefit do you see from having nursing staff be aware of quality measures and data? How does it affect patient care and outcomes? Reflect in 200 words. 3. What behaviors did you see nursing staff doing during the shift that were a result of their unit goals and quality measures? Did they seem effective? Reflect in 200 words. 4. If you were to do nursing research to collect data, what question would you want to answer? Reflect in 200 words.