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NR451 RN Capstone Course

Term and Year Skin-to-Skin Contact for Neonates The separation of mother and neonate for non-urgent medical reasons is a growing trend in nursing practice. However, research has indicated that the practice can have a deleterious long term effect on the healthy infant and mother with regard to breast feeding, cardio-respiratory stability, and blood glucose levels (Moore, Anderson, Bergman, & Dowswell, (2014). The solution to the problem is to initiate skin-to-skin contact at birth (Moore, et al., 2014). The nursing focused plan is to introduce the practice of skin-to-skin contact following birth, which entails placing the naked infant prone on the ...

Question 1.

The terms used to describe Civil War veterans who suffered psychological issues after the war were hysteria, melancholia and insanity Question 2. The term used to describe World War I veterans who suffered psychological issues after the war were shellshock. Question 3. The term used to describe World War II veterans who suffered psychological issues after the war were combat fatigue or combat exhaustion.

Question 4.

The term used to describe Vietnam and Gulf War veterans who suffered psychological issues after the war was PTSD. Question 5. Soldiers mostly suffer from hatred for themselves and their actions, inability to re-assimilate to ...

Introduction

Evidence based care (EBC) is a recent development in nursing practice meant to improve the quality of care offered. Under EBC, nurses base clinical decisions on evidence drawn from scientifically rigorous studies. EBC promotes positive outcomes. For nurses to identify and apply relevant information in clinical practice, they must understand the structural and functional relationship between data, information, knowledge and wisdom. When nurses conduct a search for evidence, they get data on the efficacy, safety or tolerability of various nursing interventions. Synthesizing this data gives information which can be applied in clinical practice. Knowledge is achieved through consistent use of application ...