Assignment: Evidence-Based Practice
Note: You will need to research, read, and summarize an article focused on "best practice guidelines" before completing this assignment.
A. Describe your resident's current status. This should include the following but not limited to: a head-to-toe assessment, what brought your resident to the nursing home, summarize what is their current status/situation.
B. After reviewing your resident's history, choose an area to focus on that best fits with your assigned resident's current status. This does not have to be from the list below, this list is here to help give you an idea of something you could choose. Find a nursing journal article that provides information about caring for residents in a nursing home setting pertaining to your selection. Identify the article/journal and summary.
Strategies to prevent or minimize work-related musculoskeletal injuries associated with patient handling (ex: vertical transfers of patients, repositioning patients in bed and chairs, and toileting tasks)
a) Infection control
b) Catheter cares
c) Diabetes management
d) Bathing
e) ADLs
f) Nutrition (textures of foods, consistency of liquids)
g) Fall Reduction
h) Activities
i) Therapy
j) Collaboration/Teamwork/Staff assignments/Communication
Article Summary:
A. Identify and explain in detail what Evidence Base Practice strategies are being utilized in the facility regarding your article choice.
B. Identify and explain in detail what strategies are not being utilized in this facility, based on your research, for your article choice.
C. Identify and explain what, if any, barriers may be preventing this facility in implementing these strategies.
D. Identify what you have learned about Evidence Base Practice after completing this assignment.