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1. EBM has been around for years. Why is EBM so hard to implemet? According to Mohammad and Salahshoor (2018) “Despite the emergence and development of evidence-based practice (EBP) in recent years, its adoption continues to be limited.” (p. 25). By use of used Rogers's diffusion of innovation theory, they were able to identify several factors that affect the adoption of Evidence based medicine, including individual innovation, attitude, knowledge, and the perception of evidence based medicine.…

Evidence-Based Practice Proposal - Section E: Change Model Implementation of evidence-based practice to create change in the clinical arena is the challenging task for the clinicians and research expertise. In the context of the implementation of EBP, various ‘change models’ were innovated for systematic guidance to assist the clinicians with their expectation for the change align with their organization (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2015, p.274). The author was in a position to chose the…

Psychological practice has been transformed and critiqued for over a century. What started out as talk therapy and discussions of subconscious desires is gradually being empirically tested. Psychological practices are becoming more evidence based, leading to improved psychological assessments and treatments. This paper will be a summary of the article, “Evidence Based Practice,” as well as a critique of the strengths and weaknesses. Evidence Based Practice in Psychology (EBPP) is defined as the…

College is arguably the single utmost essential transition in an individual’s life, which one experiences various forms of peer pressure and specific growth patterns. Those individuals fortunate enough to pay for their studies are able to further education far and wide across the globe, not while coming at the cost of the countless positives stringing along some negatives. With increased peer pressure and opportunity, some are introduced to a parent’s worst nightmare that being the cause and…

Introduction This paper evaluates resources using three pieces of literature. All three literature works are on the topic of single parent families. It focuses on the emotional, physical, and mental effects between single parents and their children. The first evaluation is an article from a website. The title is “Single-parent families” and has no author. The second evaluation is on a magazine article, “Understanding Single Parent Families” by Kirsten Schuder from Lifestyle magazine. The final…

In the book Mighty Judgement, Philip Slayton talks about the Supreme Court of Canada as a government institution which needs reform on the premises that Supreme Court of Canada is powerful, paternalistic, competent, undemocratic, and secretive. Slayton begins with the question of whether judges make or interpret the law and whether they should be doing only one of those things. Also, he describes the historical past of the Supreme Court, and how the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms affected…

Evidence based practice directly impacts the care we provide our patients and improve current practices. According to Jones (2014), “Practicing health professionals are able to offer a distinct perspective from academic researchers, making their contributions to the development of healthcare services research very important”. As healthcare providers it is important that we are active in research and look for ways to improve the care that is provided to patients. Nurses can provide invaluable…

Evidence-based practice is a very important part of taking care of patients. “Evidence based research involves collecting, evaluating, and implementing to improve patient care and outcomes (Why Evidence-Based Practive is Vital to Improving Patient Care, 2016).” To me this quote says the most important parts of evidence-based practice. I felt the Stevens (2013) article contained a good amount of detailed information pertaining to evidence-based practice. In one section of the Stevens article…

The Copley Medal is a scientific award that is given out by the Royal Society and awarded to a scientist that shows achievements in research in any branch of science. As members of the Royal Society it is our duty to nominate and pick scientists that rightly deserve the medal. It is our job as the Royal Society to discuss these nominations in a scholarly way and not disrespect any of the finding of other scientist. The scientists’ theories are important to science because they add value to the…

A v SSHD [2005] 2 AC 68 This case, which has been brought before the House of Lords by nine men, who were issued a certificate of a suspected international terrorist under the Section 21 of the Anti – Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 and who were detained under Section 23 of that Act. Their Lordships have answered the questions of law, forming the ratio decidendi. Firstly, did Article 15 apply in the Belmarsh case in order to allow the derogation from Article 5 and the suspension of…