Explain the sources of nursing knowledge
- traditional knowledge
-Authoritative knowledge
-Scientific knowledge
CATEGORY: IM injection TRADITION: Aspiring before administering IM injection to prevent injecting into blood vessels
SCIENTIFIC: In the pediatric vaccination setting, the practice of aspirating during the administration of an intramuscular injection is unnecessary and there is no clinical reason to suggest that these principles may not be applied when using the deltoid, ventrogluteal and vastus sites in other settings.
Discuss the four common concepts in nursing theories
Person, health, environment, nursing
PERSON: a person in this model is a patient who can accumulate their own powers to recover from the dz.
Example: nightingale did not provide a specific definition of a person in the context of nursing, and she referred to a pt as any individual requiring a nurses care.
HEALTH: nightingale believed that a person
Discuss the interdependence of nursing practice, research and theory
Compare and contrast quantitative and qualitative research
Discuss the parts of a research journal article
Explain levels of evidence for intervention questions
Describe the steps of the evidence based practice process
Develop a PICOT question
Define nursing informatics, its scope, and standards
Describe the two types of nurse informatics and their responsibilities
Describe how the system development lifecycle process can be used to ensure the successful implementation of a new electronic health record
Discuss terms basic to informatics
Discuss emerging areas in the field of informatics
