Write a Report on the Use of Evidence Based Nursing Within...

Write a report on the use of evidence based nursing within long term conditions (LTC), including personal reflection on how you have recently used evidence based practice in the care of a person with a long term condition. 1. Introduction. 2.1. This report discusses the significance of using evidence based nursing for the treatment and management of long term conditions. It focuses on how evidence based practice influences the patient care and includes personal reflection of caring for a person with a long term condition with experience of using evidence based care. 2. What is evidence based nursing? 3.2. Evidence based nursing practice indicates making decisions about a patient’s care on the basis of current best†¦show more content†¦Or for drug related information, the British National Formulary (BNF) can be used. However, not all patients’ clinical status will fit within clinical guidelines or protocols; therefore, clinical judgement and intuition gained from personal experience may be most appropriate in those circumstances. 6. Experience of using evidence based practice in the care of the patient with a long term condition. 7.7. During clinical placements I have used various assessment tools, such as the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), when caring for patients with long term conditions. The GCS gives a reliable, objective way of recording the conscious state of a person (Teasdale amp; Jennett, 1974). It is used by both medical and nursing staff for initial and continuing assessment, and has a value in predicting an ultimate outcome for the patient. Within each category (eye-opening, verbal and motor responses), each level of response is allocated a numerical value, on a scale of decreasing neurological deterioration. Three figures are obtained in each section, which add up to a maximum score of 15 and a minimum of three. 7.8.2. I used this assessment tool on a patient who had suffered from a multiple sclerosis relapse. Their GCS score was 15 throughout their stay in hospital, therefore showing no improveme nt or deterioration. Evidence shows this assessment tool lacks reliability and accuracy; there have been reported differences