Nursing Care Across the Life Span II

Course Student Learning Outcomes and Competencies
Apply medical/surgical and pediatric nursing concepts to provide safe, competent, and compassionate patient-centered care for patients across the life span with stable health alterations and families/support person(s) referencing current evidence-based practice.
• Develop an individualized plan of care identifying evidence-based nursing appropriate for patients across the life span with stable health alterations.
• Discuss the use of reliable evidence that informs and guides nursing practice.

Evidence-based Practice Guidelines

The National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC) is a public resource for evidence-based practice guidelines: www.guidelines.gov

Considering your patient for today, visit the NGC website and find one evidence-based practice guideline that applies to the care you will provide today.
Then, identify one other source of evidence-based nursing care that can be applied to your patient.

Answer the following questions:

1. Provide a brief explanation of the care you are providing.

2. What guidelines did you investigate?

3. Will you change your approach to care after reading these guideline? If so, how? If not, why not?

Rubric for Evidence-based Practice Guidelines

Performance Level
S
NI
U
Answers all questions on the tool. Accurately answers all questions on the tool. Able to answer some, but not all, of the questions on the tool. Unable to accurately answers all questions on the tool.
Guidelines selected are appropriate for this patient. Guidelines selected are appropriate for this patient. Some guidelines, but not all, were appropriate for this patient. Unable to select appropriate guidelines for this patient.