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A descriptive analysis of teachers' use of evidence-based practices across ethnicity, gender, and disability risk /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent teachers use evidence-based practices during classroom instruction and if those practices were applied differentially across demographic groups (i.e., ethnicity, gender, and disability risk...
Retaining nurses with crew resources management
(2023)
"The purpose of this evidenced based practice project is to evaluate the implementation of Crew Resource Management (CRM) training and culture, on staff satisfaction and retention over a two year period."--Purpose....
Safe-T expanding services and improving patient outcomes
(2023)
"Sexual assault is a serious public health issue affecting men, women and children statewide. In 2021 there were 3,262 reports of sexual assault in Missouri (Missouri State Highway Patrol, 2023). 12% of reported sexual assaults in Missouri occurred...
Improving pediatric nursing practice utilizing electronic K-cards
(2023)
-cards as an educational and quality metric to reinforce compliance with evidence-based policies and nursing processes (Kamityet al., 2021; Lehaneet al., 2022; McVey et al., 2022; Salinas et al., 2021; Shea et al., 2019; Stewart, 2021; Wu et al., 2022). Nurses complete K...
How effective are complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for fibromyalgia?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2001)
Acupuncture, biofeedback, and S-adenosyl methionine (SAMe) have been shown to have some efficacy in the treatment of fibromyalgia in randomized controlled trials. Spa treatments, hypnotherapy, massage, and meditation may ...
Ethical Issues: Ethical Research
(Center for Health Ethics, 2004-12)
commitment to good scholarship as well as good doctoring—this means creating, writing about, and teaching the service oriented knowledge and skills that encourage evidence based medicine....
Counseling or Antidepressants for Treating Depression?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)
, based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews] There is limited evidence that antidepressant medications and cognitive behavioral therapy are similarly effective for patients with severe depression [Strength of recommendation: B...
Addressing chronic back pain in adults
(2023)
"Reduce the number of opioid drug-related overdose deaths in U.S. adults. Reduce the incidence of major adverse opioid effects for adults with chronic back pain (CBP), such as tolerance, dependence, misuse, and addiction ...
Evidence-based design utilized in hospital architecture and changing the design process: a hospital case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
As a new paradigm in healthcare design in the 21st century, evidence-based design (EBD) has played a critical role in the changing hospital architectural design process and shaping new images of hospital architecture. Evidence-based design...
What's the best secondary treatment for patients who fail initial triple therapy for H pylori?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2018)
Q: What's the best secondary treatment for patients who fail initial triple therapy for H pylori? Evidence-based answer: treating patients with Helicobacter pylori infection who have failed clarithromycin-based triple therapy with either...
Nurse resident job satisfaction with a formal mentorship program
(2023)
"This quality improvement (QI) project aims to evaluate the impact of a new mentoring program on the job satisfaction of nurse residents as part of their participation in the nurse residency program between January 2023 ...
Does evidence support the use of supplements to aid in BP control?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2020)
Q: Does evidence support the use of supplements to aid in BP control? Evidence-based answer: Yes. A number of well-tolerated natural therapies have been shown to reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP). (See TABLE1-8 for summary.) However...
What is the best treatment for chronic constipation in the elderly?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
There is no one best evidence-based treatment for chronic constipation in the elderly. While the most common first-line treatments are dietary fiber and exercise, the evidence is insufficient to support this approach in the geriatric population...
Patient safety outcomes with bedside reporting
(2023)
"This EBP project was started in response to patient safety events reported that could have been prevented had nursing staff completed change of shift hand off at the patient's bedside. A few commonly found events included ...
What treatment is best for hypertrophic scars and keloids?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
No one treatment is best (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, meta-analysis of heterogenous studies); no good evidence exists comparing treatments with each other. Triamcinolone injections, triamcinolone injections combined with excision...
What does the evidence tell us about treating very-high-risk patients to an LDL <70 mg/dL?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
No studies directly compare low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels <70 mg/dL to levels of 71 to 100 mg/dL in very-high-risk patients. However, no evidence suggests a "floor" for LDL cholesterol levels beyond which further reductions of heart disease...
A Prechemotherapy Video Education Intervention to Decrease Anxiety in Patients with Gynecologic Cancer
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
for gynecologic cancer. Before and after the video, the participant completed the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale to assess anxiety. The results of this project contributed to clinical evidence-based practice change. This project assisted with the nursing management...
Treatment of Impetigo
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
of recommendation [SOR]: A) Based on the available evidence on effectiveness, no clear preference can be given for any one oral antibiotic over another. (SOR: A)...
Does knuckle popping lead to arthritis?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2016)
Q: Does knuckle popping lead to arthritis? Evidence-based answer: No, habitual knuckle popping, or cracking (over the course of several decades) isn't associated with clinical or radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis (strength of recommendation...
A therapist survey of evidence-based practices in publicly funded youth mental health
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
sizes in controlled clinical trials for evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for youth MH problems (Weisz, Jensen-Doss & Hawley, 2006). One potential reason for this discrepancy may be that therapists within TAU contexts are not implementing EBTs. To date...