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Influence Paper

Influence Paper

The purpose of the influence paper for this course was to research and reflect upon a current health issue. The topic my team member and I chose was the effect of the nurse-patient ratio on quality patient care. Our paper had a focus on the PICO question: In acute care settings, what is the impact of lower nurse-to-patient ratio [as compared to a higher nurse-to-patient ratio] on patient safety and quality outcomes? The articles we researched opened our eyes to the impact of the nurse to patient ratio on patient quality outcomes.

Final Reflection

Final Reflection

This team project has taught me a lot about the importance of teamwork and communication. I will take both of those characteristics into my future nursing practice because in the healthcare setting working as a team is crucial. Patient care isn’t defined to one specialty. Nurses, doctors, therapists, social workers, are some of the many specialties in healthcare that are involved in patient care. My capacity to contribute to quality improvement and evidence-based practice initiatives as a new nurses resulting…

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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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