Research and Evidence-Based Practice and Theory Discussion
Research and Evidence-Based Practice and Theory Discussion
Research and Evidence-Based Practice and Theory Discussion
State the significance of nursing theory, nursing research, and evidence-based practice.
Identify the role of the consumer of nursing research.
Discuss evidence-based and quality improvement decision making.
Identify the importance of critical reading skills for critical appraisal of research.
Instructions:
Click on the hyperlink to watch the video about medication abortion: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/abortion/abortion-pill-medication-abortion-4354.asp (Links to an external site.)
Read the discussion topic below and answer the questions. You are expected to answer to two other classmates.
Discussion Topic
Currently, the law states that a woman must see a physician in person before she can use mifepristone (the abortion pill RU 486) to induce an abortion. The law prohibits using a video conference with the physician and the medication being administered by a nonphysician. Legislators are seeking information to introduce a bill that makes the prescription of the abortion pill less restrictive. A group of legislators from your district have hired you to help them find appropriate information to introduce a bill to change the law.
What information would you provide the legislator and why?
How could nursing research and evidence-based practice help the legislators in this case?
What is the relationship between nursing theory, nursing research, and evidence-based practice?
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.