Assignment task:
Objectives:
1. Define evidence-based practice and its relevance in clinical practice.
2. Review and discuss the QSEN competencies for nurses.
3. Define the terms medical error, medication error, adverse events, and sentinel events and apply the terms to patient advocacy and 'speaking up'
Assignment: Choose an EBP topic of interest to you. You may look at topics on the Canvas site as evidence-based practice resources or choose one of your own that has a nursing focus. Identify why the topic was of particular interest to you. In a two page summary, highlight the findings in an EBP article from the nursing literature and cite the article/author in your submission. Identify and emphasize key points on the topic, specifically nursing implications you will recall and integrate into your clinical practice.