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Evidence-Based Practice: What It Is and What It Is Not
Product code: M257-L Copyright © 2010
Reviewed for accuracy: 2011
Overview:
What is evidence-based practice and where does evidence-based practice fit into the professional practice of nursing? This program presents the learner with important concepts about the relationship between nursing practice and nursing research and how evidence-based practice influences decisions, interventions and evaluation of nursing care.Objectives:
- Define evidence-based practice
- Explain the process for using research to improve patient care
- Describe the development of a nursing plan of care using evidence-based practice
Evidence-Based Practice: What It Is and What It Is Not
Product code: M257R Copyright © 2010
Reviewed for accuracy: 2011
Overview:
What is evidence-based practice and where does evidence-based practice fit into the professional practice of nursing? This program presents the learner with important concepts about the relationship between nursing practice and nursing research and how evidence-based practice influences decisions, interventions and evaluation of nursing care.Objectives:
- Define evidence-based practice
- Explain the process for using research to improve patient care
- Describe the development of a nursing plan of care using evidence-based practice
Nursing Process and Critical Thinking: Critical Thinking in the Nursing Process
Product code: 78793
Overview:
Critical Thinking in the Nursing Process presents beginning level concepts of critical thinking and their relationship to the nursing process. Delineates what critical thinking is and what it is not. Demonstrates the process of the critical examination of data and cues to health issues and patient-care problems that affect clinical judgment. Illustrates the thinking process employed to arrive at sound and valid patient-care decisions.Objectives:
- Define critical thinking as an organized way of thinking
- Regarding patient responses
- Regarding nursing actions
- Indentiy and briefly describe selected elements of critical thinking
- Reasoning
- Intuition
- Creativity
- Variables
- Questioning
- Application of experience
- Validation
- Explain how critical thinking is essential in the nursing process
Nursing Process and Critical Thinking: The Nursing Process
Product code: 78792
Overview:
The Nursing Process presents the nursing process as a system for planning nursing care. Using a realistic patient care scenario, the 5 steps of the nursing process are identified and described as a student nurse and her professional colleagues work to improve a patient's care. Includes techniques of therapeutic communication with the patient, family member and nursing staff.Objectives:
- Define the nursing process
- Identify the steps of the nursing process
- Assessment
- Subjective data collection
- Objective data collection
- Analysis (nursing diagnosis)
- Problem identification
- Probable cause
- Planning
- Goal
- Expected patient outcomes
- Intervention
- Evaluation
- Explain the value of using the nursing process to improve patient care
Nursing Theory
Product code: M256 Copyright © 2010
Reviewed for accuracy: 2011
Overview:
Nursing theory is the foundation of knowledge for the direction and delivery of nursing care and is used to describe, explain, predict and develop a plan of nursing care. This program presents the learner with important concepts about how nursing theory is applied to the care of patients.Objectives:
- Define nursing theory and gain an understanding of its importance and application
- Define and distinguish between "grand theories" and mid-range theories
- Implement an expanded nursing assessment
- Perform appropriate nursing interventions and evaluations
