I believe I acquired outcome 2, integrate reliable evidence
from multiple perspectives to inform practice and make reasonable clinical
judgments, during the nursing research course I participated in during the BSN
program. The assigned readings from the text, Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best
Practice, described clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), the importance of
evidence based practice for quality and safe patient outcomes, methods for
internet searching like the PLEASED method, and other knowledge needed to guide
my use of the best research available for incorporating into nursing practice. I now understand the value that subscribing to
peer reviewed journals, joining a nursing association, and staying current with
continuing education credits provides to my nursing career. I do subscribe to
one nursing journal a year and am a member of the National Association of
Neonatal Nurses, which offers access to evidenced based practice peer reviewed
articles, continuing education credits at a reasonable price, and other
valuable assistance and tools for expansion of my career. Every day at work I perform evidence based
practice using all that I have learned from reading peer reviewed articles from
reputable studies.
Another
major aspect of the nursing research course included learning the importance of
and critiquing qualitative and quantitative studies. I utilized the FINER
method to critique quantitative study and now understand that the point to
quantitative research and evidenced based research is to increase patient
outcomes, therefore; if the question of research or the study does not have the
potential ability to change health care policies and procedures, it should not
be classified as an answerable study question. I remember a discussion post asked which study
I preferred, but I believe both have merit to nursing practice. I believe by combining objectivity, rigidity, and numbers of quantitative research with the subjectivity, flexibility, and human responses of qualitative research that we can create more knowledgeable, accurate, and valid study results.
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