Reflection on The Evidence-Nursing Practice Connection

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Good Morning,

One barrier that keeps nurses from engaging in evidence-based-practice is a lack of knowledge and understanding in the practice. Most of the time nurses work a unit and become familiar with that unit and most unit are broken up based on body system affected. Working in mental health I would be nervous getting pulled to another unit because it is not what I am used to. Yes, while in nursing school we learn all the systems but once you find what you like, you try to stick with that field. One strategy you could use to facilitate the use of evidence-based practice is to encourage to use of a mentor program especially for new nursing graduates.  Mentoring or just having a supportive environment makes learning and using evidence much easier.

During the beginning of this course, I didn’t really think about evidence-based practice, it was just something we as nurses used. I learned the importance of evidence-based research and how it improves nursing practices.  Learning how to correctly present an issue and suggested steps to improve this issue and how it would affect patients and staff. That was the most helpful I even presented an issue to my supervisor, and it was forwarded to the director, So now I just need to complete the presentation to the Leadership committee next week. Hopefully it goes well. But still nervous!

( Jennifer)

Reference:

Ginex, P. K. (2023, August 18). Overcome barriers to applying an evidence-based process for practice change. ONS Voice. https://voice.ons.org/news-and-views/overcome-barriers-to-applying-an-evidence-based-process-for-practice-change#:~:text=Barriers%20to%20EBP%20Change&text=Lack%20of%20time%20is%20often,the%20clinical%20problem%20being%20addressed.

Bvorel. (2023, March 16). Nurses implement evidence-based practice. EMU Online. https://online.emich.edu/degrees/healthcare/rn-to-bsn/nurses-implement-evidence-based-practice/

Read the following article and view the video on the same case. How can this example be used as an illustration of maintaining patient safety and providing safe, effective care? Identify some of the possible barriers that nurses face when acting on what they believe to be the morally correct action in this particular case. 

https://www.cpr.org/2015/02/17/for-colorado-mom-story-of-daughters-hospital-death-is-key-to-others-safety/

APA FORMAT. 

THEY CHECK FOR PLAGERISM.

INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ATTACHMENT 

  Due today 09/28/23 2000 EST

Respond by making recommendations for how they might strengthen the leadership behaviors profiled in their StrengthsFinder assessment, or by commenting on lessons to be learned from the results that can be applied to personal leadership philosophies and behaviors.

2 scholarly references

The strength finder assessment I took is an eye opener to my strengths and weaknesses. It also showed me where to exert some effort and how to do it. The findings followed this order.

1. Achieving Person: Achiever means someone who is always looking to do better. This theme helps me understand what my drive is. I am always looking to get things done better and more manageable. 

2. Consistency: I care about balance. It is essential to treat everyone the same, no matter their situation, not wanting the scales to tip too far in favor of one person because that sends wrong signals to the team.  

 3. Gathering Information: I think critically and make out opinions of things and people. I might be trying to solve a problem, develop an idea, or understand how someone else feels. 

 4. Harmony/ Teamwork: I want people to have a common ground for achieving goals. There is little to gain from disagreement and chaos. When I know that the people around me have different ideas, finding common ground always breaks the ice and ensures we achieve common goals.

5. Relator/Relationship: The Relator theme makes me want to be with people I already know. Meeting new people might be challenging, but it is worth trying to achieve a common goal.

      The two central values that I would strengthen are optimism and creativity. There are times when I need more confidence concerning some situations. As for creativity, I do have various concepts that I can implement. Nurses are known for their emotional intelligence and critical thinking, which might affect their effectiveness. These attributes may affect clinical decision-making, reasoning, evidence-based practice, and practice-based knowledge in nursing. (Kaya et al. 2018) 

     The two strengths that I would make sturdier is self-confidence because, many times, self-doubt places a trick on me, especially when I am not sure about an issue. I will also work on building relationships because making new associates has advantages. 

       Two qualities must be improved upon: patience with my associates when handling issues. And delegating. Being a perfectionist makes me want to do everything myself to get the desired outcome. I need to harmonize these findings to achieve the best out of my strengths and weaknesses. 

                                                                                     Reference 

Kaya, H., Şenyuva, E., & Bodur, G. (2018). The relationship between critical thinking and emotional intelligence in nursing students: A longitudinal study. Nurse Education Today, 68(68), 26–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2018.05.024

Rath, T. (2007). Strengthsfinder 2.0. Gallup Press.

Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer. (pp. 182–211)

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• Explain the controversy that surrounds dissociative disorders.
• Explain your professional beliefs about dissociative disorders, supporting your rationale with at least three scholarly references from the literature.
• Explain strategies for maintaining the therapeutic relationship with a client that may present with a dissociative disorder.
• Finally, explain ethical and legal considerations related to dissociative disorders that you need to bring to your practice and why they are important.