Clinical Guidelines and Implementation Plan

Clinical Guidelines and Implementation Plan

Write RESEARCH SYNTHESIS, THE CLINICAL PROTOCOL

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RESEARCH SYNTHESIS

ACCURATELY REPORTS INFORMATION FROM THE SOURCES USING DIFFERENT PHRASES AND SENTENCES

ORGANIZED IN SUCH A WAY THAT READERS CAN IMMEDIATELY SEE WHERE THE INFORMATION FROM THE SOURCES OVERLAP

CLARIFIES SOURCES AND HELPS THE READER UNDERSTAND THEM IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER

CLINICAL PROTOCOL

THERE ARE VARIETY OF WAYS TO COMPLETE THE CLINICAL PROTOCOL AND IMPLEMENTATION, FOR EXAMPLE YOU COULD USE EXISTING MODELS SUCH AS THE IOWA MODEL OF EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE ALONG WITH KOTTER’S 8 STEP CHANGE MODEL AS THE ROADMAP FOR THESE SECTIONS. REMEMBER THIS SHOULD BE A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PROTOCOL AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.”

 

 

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Evidence based practice (EBP) has made a huge impact in nursing throughout history. Nurses have the ability to change their practice and improve outcomes for their patients first hand. It has become an interdisciplinary approach within clinical practice that has paved the way health care professionals safely and ethically practice medicine. The idea of EBP incorporates individual experience with evidence-based research to create the most clinical sound practices and guidelines. The following paper will discuss and identify a clinical question that will be followed with a problem statement regarding an evidence-based practice that could enhance the care of end of life patients.

Foreground Question

The authors of the paper have collectively crafted four relatable foreground questions that will shape the content of the evidence-based practice project.According to Polit and Beck (2016), a foreground question can be answered by up-to-date research evidence. EBP assists in diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in the healthcare field.

  1. How can healthcare providers optimize pain control in end of life and hospice patients?
  2. Are there alternatives to pain medicine that would be an adjunct to therapy; such as a

holistic approach?

  1. Do healthcare providers adequately address the pain and suffering of end-of-life and hospice patients experience?
  2. In a dilemma, should practitioners choose patients to have a quality of life or quantity of life?

Problem Statement

Nurses, as well as physicians, working with hospice often face more ethical dilemmas than those assisting patients of any other age group. Euthanasia is forbidden as such in the United States and is only applicable in some states under particular circumstances. Addressing this issue with the patients is probably one of the most challenging ethical dilemmas faced by geriatric nurses. The nurse has a greater opportunity than the physician to create a relationship, so it will generally be the geriatric nurse that will inform the patient about his/her right to file a non-resuscitation order. While doing so, it is necessary that the nurse explains the patient the relevance of such non-resuscitation order, as it will prevent physicians and nurses from resuscitating him if he needs it if he has filed such order. (Rainer et al., 2018).

Advance health practitioners face dilemmas whether to advocate for patients for a decent quality of life or a quantity of life (Buppert, 2017). According to the most recent statistics, 1.63 million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in hospice for one day or longer in 2016 (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 2018).While hospice facilities can provide a variety of support, most patients and their families utilize this service for end-of-life care (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 2018).Moreover, although patients enter hospice with a range of principle diagnoses, one issue that is a common thread for these patients is pain management at end-of-life and during the dying process.However, Dr. Susan Glod reported in an article for the New England Journal of Medicine that due to the opioid epidemic in recent years, hospice patients could be “victims” of the changes to opioid prescribing policies in the past few years (Glod, 2017). One recent study revealed the significance of nursing home patients enlisted in hospice care with pain at 60% (Hunnicut, Tjia, & Lapane, 2017).Though nurses are now in a difficult position concerning their approach to hospice patients with chronic pain, they still must address this aspect of care.The American Nurses’ Association (2018), position statement regarding the nurse’s duties for end-of-life care states the following:

Decisions about care at the end of a person’s life often involve quality-of-life considerations. Nurses are obligated to provide care that includes the promotion of comfort, relief of pain and other symptoms, and support for patients, families, and others close to the patient.” (para. 3).

Given this information along with the literature reviewed at this time, it is essential to closely examine the relationship between the presence of pain and treatment of pain in end-of-life patients and hospice patients.

References

American Nurses Association. (2018). Nurses’ roles and responsibilities in providing care and support at the end of life. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/nursi…

Coyne, P., Mulvenon, C., & Paice, J. A. (2018). American society for pain management nursing and hospice and palliative nurses association position statement: Pain management at the end of life. Pain Management Nursing19(1), 3-7. doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2017.10.019

Glod, S. (2017). The other victims of the opioid epidemic. New England Journal of Medicine, 376, 2101-2102. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1702188

Harrison, K. L., & Connor, S. R. (2016). First Medicare demonstration of concurrent provision of curative and hospice services for end-of-life care. The American Journal of Public Health106(8), 1405. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/eds/…

Hunnicutt, J. N., Tjia, J., & Lapane, K. L. (2017). Hospice use and pain management in elderly nursing home residents with cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management53(3). 561-570. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.10.369

Kirby, E. G. (2018). Patient centered care and turnover in hospice care organizations. Journal of Health & Human Services Administration41(1), 26. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/eds/…

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. (2018). NHPCO facts and figures: Hospice care in America. Retrieved from https://www.nhpco.org/hospice-statistics-research-…

Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2016). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for

nursing practice (10th ed.). Retrieved from http://gcumedia.com

Reddy, A., Yennurajalingam, S., & Bruera, E. (n.d). “Whatever my mother wants”: Barriers to

adequate pain management. Journal of Palliative Medicine16(6), 709-712. doi:10.1089/jpm.2012.0189

Reynolds, J., Drew, D., & Dunwoody, C. (2013). American society for pain management nursing position statement: Pain management at the end of life. Pain Management Nursing, 14(3), 172. Doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2013.07.002

Sanders, S., Herr, K. A., Fine, P. G., Fiala, C., Tang, X., & Forcucci, C. (2013). An examination of adherence to pain medication plans in older cancer patients in hospice care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 45(1), 43. Doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.01.007

 

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35.0 %Clinical GuidelineNoneClinical guideline is unclear or not present.Clinical guideline lacks important information or had inaccurate information. No Introduction to assist staff to implement. Expected patient outcomes are not described or not justified by the clinical plan.Clinical guideline incorporates most of the required information for use. Introduction not present and/or not helpful. Expected outcomes of the clinical change are identified, but are vague or not realistic.Clinical guideline is clear, comprehensive, and justified by evidence. Introduction to guideline not fully persuasive. Expected outcomes of the clinical change are defined.Clinical guideline is clear, comprehensive, and justified by evidence. Guideline is introduced to help users understand the purpose as well as the process. Expected patient outcomes to be used for evaluation are identified and realistic.
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Hospice care facilities are established to provide a variety of patient-centered end-of-life care services to individuals that are diagnosed with or receiving treatment for terminal conditions. In most of these patients, the common need that results in ethical dilemmas for the nursing practitioner and other members of the clinical care is the management of pain during the process that precedes their death. According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (2018), an estimated 1.63 million of hospice care patients that are Medicare beneficiaries, which raises the level of challenges that geriatric nurses face in the administration of the clinical protocols for pain management. Therefore, the development and implementation of the evidence-based clinical guidelines can be achieved through the understanding of the factors that influence the decision of hospice care patients in the United States…….

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