Topic 7: Evidence-Based Practice Initiatives

Topic 7: Evidence-Based Practice Initiatives
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Objectives:

1. Discuss the importance of evidence-based practice within advanced registered nursing practice.
   2. Evaluate the role of the advanced registered nurse in relation to ethical conduct in research.
   3. Investigate databases to identify evidence-based practice research related to an area of interest in your practice.
   Study Materials

Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession

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Review Chapters 20-22 in Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession.

GCU Library: Nursing and Health Sciences Research Guide

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Review the “Nursing and Health Sciences” research guide, located on the GCU Library website.

Defining Scholarship for the Discipline of Nursing

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Read “Defining Scholarship for the Discipline of Nursing,” by Edwards, Alichnie, Easley , Edwardson, Keat ing, and Stanley (1999), located on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing website.

The Impact of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and the Next Big Ideas

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Read “The Impact of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and the Next Big Ideas,” by Stevens , from Online Journal of Issues in Nursing(2013).

Cochrane Library

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Explore the Cochrane Libra1y website.

Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) have increased scope, roles and professional obligations based on their training, education and experience in the nursing profession. with more states allowing nurse practitioners to have expanded practice scope and authority, APRNs become leaders and critical role players in the delivery of healthcare services in a fast transforming health care environment. additionally, they must understand the role of professional nursing organizations as members in their new positions as leaders and advanced care providers (Dyess et al., 2017). The role of professional bodies defines nurses’ scope of practice and their obligations in current and future specialty areas. The purpose of this paper is to research my current scope of practice for my specialty and present efforts to expand the scope and role of advanced nurse to influence the health care system positively.
Scope of Future Role as an Advanced Registered Nurses
Nurses continue to adopt greater responsibilities as leaders and managers in different healthcare settings due to current changes in legislations at state and federal levels. As the role of the nurse transforms from a physician’s assistant to an integral member of the life-saving team, the nurse leader role emerges. The scope of a nurse leader is wide but at the core of this responsibility is to guide nurses and ensure that they are complying to high standards of quality care and patient safety. In its report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) noted the importance of nurses leading change and advancing health as essential ways of transforming the nursing profession and delivering quality and safe care to patients in diverse practice settings (Ducharme et al., 2017). The IOM report key message states that nurses should be full partners with physicians and other health professionals in redesigning healthcare in the country. As an advanced registered nurse, my future role is to be a nurse leader in clinical practice championing effective care and increased partnership between nurse practitioners, physicians and other health care professionals.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that close to 500,000 registered nurses would be retiring and leading to a demand for about 1.1 million new nurses to meet the new demand and replace retirees most of them in managerial and leadership positions (Dyess et al., 2017). The implication is that the scope of nurse leader’s role would have expanded responsibilities and the need to offer supervisory services to staff in a hospital or clinical setting. Nurse leaders are responsible for ensuring safe delivery of care and are must be intimately familiar with the safety standards and protocols of the medical profession and their healthcare practice. Nurse leaders are expected to supervise members of the nursing team to ensure that all patients get safe care.