Evidenced Based Practice Paper
Student Learning Outcomes:
Use clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice outcomes as the basis for decision-making and comprehensive, safe patient-centered care.
Integrate principles of quality improvement and safety into nursing practice; justify decisions based on legal-ethical parameters for professional nursing practice.
Instructions:
1. Introduction
a. Identify a critical issue pertaining to patient care. For example patient falls, infection, medication errors, pressure sore prevention and discuss the issue.
2. Literature Review
a. Research the topic on the library database and find (3) nursing journals that support implementation of a change to the unit to address the issue.
3.Propose a change that is supported with the literature found. Summarize the articles and provide clear summary that is relevant to how you plan to apply evidenced based practice.
4.Justify the importance of the change by applying ethical, legal, safety, and quality improvement principles.
5.Provide a conclusion including a summary of key points discussed in paper.
