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children who had been administered antibiotics for any purpose. Both inpatient and outpatient population groups were used. These RCTs had the appropriate design to complete this systematic review. Research studies until the databases MEDLINE, Cochrane Library and EMBASE were included in the systematic review and…

Critique of Systematic Reviews Two systematic review articles will be critiqued and compared in this paper. Article A is titled systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events of low-dose aspirin and clopidogrel in randomized controlled trials authored by Kenneth McQuaid and Loren Laine. Article B is titled platelet function testing in transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke: a comprehensive systematic review of the literature by Soon Lim, Catherine Coughlan, Stephen Murphy, Israel…

Healthcare Problem The topic under discussion here is should healthcare professionals continue to aspirate during intramuscular (IM) injections. Administering injections is a basic nursing activity and can be a great source of anxiety for the individual on the receiving end. Can we change that or help to relieve the pain and anxiety by changing our practice? Aspirating during IM injection leads to increased duration of injection time. Does this lead to more pain and anxiety? And will we be able…

1.0 INTRODUCTION Case 1 On Malaysian Day of 2012, a mother threw her baby down from the 3rd floor of an apartment. The baby, with its umbilical cord attached, was still alive when it hit the ground and shattered its skull. Subsequently, it was found that between 2005 and January 2011, 517 Malaysian babies were “dumped”. This gained us international attention, with overseas media calling it “Malaysia’s baby-dumping epidemic”. Case 2 In July 2015, the nation was in shock when a baby girl was…

Nurses are in a key position to implement enquiry based practice in the clinical setting, even though many are not trained to do so. Therefore, the best way to bring new research findings into their practice is to train all nurses how to do so. Evidence based practice (EBP) is the clinical decision making process which is based upon the best available evidence, new research findings, clinical experience and patient preferences ( AHPRA, 2016). Optimal nursing care cannot be provided just by the…

between the amount of salt consumed and cardiovascular disease or stroke. To do this study, researchers used a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies done between 1966 through 2008. They used data sources from Medline, Embase, Psychinfo, Cochrane Library, AMED, and CINAHL. The average salt intake recommendation is around 5-6 grams, but most Americans exceed 6 grams of salt on a daily basis. This has resulted in a correlation between high salt intake and high blood pressure, leading to…

“information literacy, knowledge generation, and knowledge dissemination activities are integral parts of all nursing roles” (Sewell, 2016, 189). TMC library for example is a powerful tool to perform evidence-based nursing research. For example: CINAHL is an excellent source for nursing topics, Medline/PubMed is great for healthcare disciplines, Cochrane Library excellent for nursing students and research, etc. Therefore, I think that informatics should be implemented during the early stages…

form of grants or outright scholarships. There was little investment in administrative services that either could enhance student life or advance institutional resources through such offices as fund raising or development. Building and maintaining libraries, laboratories, and other facilities for serious scholarship and research were neglected.”(Thelin, 2015) “Even in the wake of the Great Recession, which hit young people harder than anyone else, those with bachelor’s degrees had median…

The repair of dental caries is one of the most frequent procedures performed in the dental office. Even patients that regularly visit the dentist and receive routine cleanings are likely at some point to require a repair of dental caries or fillings. It is estimated that caries affect 60 to 90% of school children, the majority of adults, and their repair occupies most of a dentist’s time.1, 2 The management of caries is relatively standardized across dental offices. It involves making an…

studies, for example combined data analyses of randomized controlled trials, were excluded. These inclusion and exclusion criteria were set appropriately. The search method for literature was thorough. 3 electronic databases were used, namely Cochrane Library, PubMed and Embase. Also, the reviews and listed reference listed were examined manually. But there was no info on how many authors reviewed the studies, and whether the viewing process was independent or not, and whether there was…