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Appraisal and synthesis

Appraisal and synthesis

I discovered that it is much more common now that patient’s aren’t experiencing quality care because healthcare is stretched thin. Nurses are working long shifts, multiple days a week, and trying to balance complicated cases and up to four patients. Some of those patients require more attention than others, therefore they’re not all receiving the same amount of care if the hospitals were adequately staffed or better yet the nurse-to-patient ratio was appropriate. My appraisal and synthesis aided in my…

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From inquiry through discovery (EBP steps 0-2)

From inquiry through discovery (EBP steps 0-2)

Starting off, my partner and I chose a topic, developed a PICOT question, and found some peer-reviewed scholarly articles. We thought our PICOT was going to find us a lot of articles at first, but to be honest it didn’t. So we had to change our PICOT question slightly. This was our original PICOT: What is the effect of both a properly staffed hospital floor and an understaffed hospital floor on quality patient care? Our new PICOT question is: In…

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Planning the journey

Planning the journey

Before this paper fully comes together, I have to anticipate how it will go. I anticipate that this team project, from topic choice to actually writing the final paper will go really well. I’m confident in my partner and I. We are both organized and hard workers. This paper will be accomplished with team-work, good time management, and communication. The communication plan that my partner and I have is to be open with each other and first find out each…

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