Case Scenario #1 - Medication and Alternative Treatment Therapy 1 You have a patient who has recently been diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The rheumatologist suggested the patient start on Plaquenil for her joint pain, but the patient is interested in alternative therapies because they heard about the success a neighbor had with turmeric tea. At the next Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Committee meeting, you discuss this case. The committee decides to do a case study to determine if there is evidence to suggest that alternative therapies are effective.
Case Scenario #2 - Teenagers and Smoking The hospital has a clinic for teenagers. You have a special interest in smoking cessation and want to engage teenagers to stop smoking. You want to see if brief intervention techniques are effective in getting teenagers to stop smoking. At the next Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Committee meeting, you discuss this case. The committee decides to do a case study to determine if there is evidence to suggest that using brief intervention techniques are effective in reducing smoking in teenagers.