Chapter 4: Evidence-Based Practice and Ethics

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Case Study

Chapter 4: Evidence-Based Practice and Ethics

The student nurse starts the day with the community

health nurse with a discussion about the implementation

of evidence-based practice. The nurse reviews with the

student the importance of including appropriate research

and evidence-based practice principles each day during

the daily visits. The community health nurse emphasizes

the importance of looking at one’s own values since the

student nurse will encounter various individuals in the

community health setting. The community health nurse

asks the student nurse to review the key human values

that influence a client’s healthThe community health

nurse asks the student nurse to explain what is involved

in evidence- based practice. What are the necessary

steps in the process of evidence-based practice that the

nurse should include in the discussion with the

community health nurse?

1. The community health nurse asks the student nurse to explain what is involved in evidence- based practice. What are the necessary steps in the process of evidence-based practice that the nurse should include in the discussion with the community health nurse?

2. What does implementation of evidence-based practice enable the community health nurse to do in the community?

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3. What three human values influence client health

that the community health nurse must consider?

4. Values and ethical principles strongly influence community health nursing practice and ethical decision-making. What function do values hold in clinical practice in the community health setting?

5. What three human values influence client health that the community health nurse must consider?