Does Valium Decrease Seizures Better Than Librium In Patients

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How do you identify a research question or problem of interest?
I identify a research question by the following: observing the current practice and if I think something should be done to change the practice or improve the practice, if the patient is unhappy with their treatment or the outcome, and if I do not understand why something has changed.
What is your research question or problem of interest?
Just recently, our alcohol withdrawal protocol was changed, our old protocol was to give Librium and our new protocol is to give valium and I am not exactly sure why the change was made but it may have to do with patients having seizures. My question is does valium decrease seizures better than Librium in patients who have alcohol withdrawal seizures
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(2016). Topic 04: Barriers to evidence-base practice [Presentation]. Retrieved from The foundations of evidence-based practice: http://digitalvellum.next.ecollege.com/postindexmixed.html?courseId=12651052#/menus /6000049108751/items/2000005611489
Eileen, I have just taken over a vaccine program in my facility and I am finding it is hard to get the staff to understand the reason for the changes even though I have shown them the information from the CDC site that backs the changes and explained the reason for the changes. I just keep getting well this is not how the last RN managed the immunization program. I just explain to them and keep trying to educate the nurses so they will understand the reason and the importance of the changes being made.
Reyna, is there a reason they both cannot be ran at the same time? My thought is that if they had two machines they could do both tests at the same time, by making the first sample they get the one where they do not wipe the blood away and then getting the second sample by wiping the blood away and obtaining that sample, unless there is a contradiction in doing it this way, this would at least save time and money spent on the nurse’s

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