NR 500 NP Week 6 Reflection on Learning

Sample Answer

This week I learned in depth about Evidence Base Practice and how it is important to implement that in my future NP practice.

Evidence-based practice in nursing involves reviewing and assessing the highest-quality and most current research to inform care delivery. Nursing Practitioners (NPs) have a vast knowledge that allows them to refer patients to specialists, order laboratory tests, and write prescriptions to diagnoses (Clarke et al., 2021). Other specialists also recognize them as having different skills and knowledge, including their role in research and EBP. More particularly, my role in implementing EBP as I contemplate my future as a nursing practitioner will involve administering standardized surveys, completing needs assessments, and carrying out small-scale plot projects and qualitative studies (Clarke et al., 2021). My role will also involve conducting structured literature reviews to identify future research priorities, influence policies, and inform my patients and other professionals of the excellent available evidence when making clinical and healthcare decisions.

Clinical scholarships entail various activities that aim to systematically advance nursing practice, research, and teaching through rigorous inquiries. Therefore, as NP, I will engage in the scholarship in various ways, including working with other medical professionals and NPs to systematically examine quantifiable outcomes impacting the cost of care, the quality of care, and patient’s health in general (Clarke et al., 2021). I also engage the professionals in systemic evaluation of what I do within my practice and in my research and later document my progress and contributions to the nursing practice.

The major challenge in healthcare systems today is delivering reliable, consistent, and high-quality services. EBP aims to guarantee the professional and individual development of healthcare professionals such as nurses, reducing care costs and enhancing the overall quality of care (Clarke et al., 2021). However, there are numerous systemic barriers to implementing EBP at an individual and organizational level. Some of the obstacles, in this case, include a lack of resources, such as a shortage of nurses, insufficient access to libraries with good nursing journals, and a heavy workload (Clarke et al., 2021).

References

• Clarke, V., Lehane, E., Mulcahy, H., & Cotter, P. (2021). Nurse Practitioners’ Implementation of Evidence‐Based Practice Into Routine Care A Scoping Review. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 18(3). https //doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12510Links to an external site.