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Evidence-based interventions for dyspnea

June 11, 2011

Editor’s note: One of a series of articles on managing cancer-related symptoms from the Oncology Nursing Society. Dyspnea is “a subjective experience of breathing discomfort that consists of…

Evidence-based practice: The forum approach

November 11, 2010

At one hospital, nurses use a monthly evidence-based practice (EBP) forum to help integrate EBP into the workplace culture.

Evidence-based strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia

September 10, 2015

Defined as pneumonia that develops within 48 of endotracheal intubation, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common hospital-acquired infection in critical care units. It leads to longer intensive-care…

Give patients more than lip service: Manage oral mucositis with evidence-based interventions

October 11, 2010

The most widely recognized side effects of cancer treatment are hair loss and nausea, but 40% of patients also experience oral mucositis (Beck, 2004), an inflammatory and potentially…

Research 101: Forest plots

May 9, 2017

Patient care decisions must be made based on the current best evidence, and nurses critically appraise many kinds of research designs and their associated statistical analyses to determine…