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Wound
Care
Nursing Research Journal Club
Description
Target
Audience: All Lee Memorial Health System nursing staff.
Purpose:
The Wound Care Nursing Research Journal Club strives to
introduce pertinent nursing research to interested nurses,
supporting and developing staff's research skills to ultimately
enrich nursing practice.
Educational
Objectives:
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To enhance
nurses' knowledge of the research process.
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To enhance
nurses' ability to critically evaluate published nursing
research.
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To develop
an awareness of current nursing research studies.
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To
evaluate current practice based on evidence-based nursing
research results.
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To share
information with other nursing staff members.
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To
motivate nurses to participate in evidence-based practice
and/or nursing research projects at LMHS
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To develop
and enhance critical thinking skills.
Desired
outcomes: The desired outcome is to improve nurses'
understanding in developing evidence-based practice and
conducting primary nursing research.
Format:
Meetings.
Frequency
of meetings: As Scheduled.
Place:
Suite 705 in the Medical Office Center at LMH.
Reading
assignments: The journal article to be reviewed will be
available the first business day of each month.
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A link to
the month's article will be posted on the Nursing WEB page.
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A link to
the month's article will be posted on the Medical Library
WEB page.
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Hard
copies of monthly articles may also be obtained from the ICU
Clinical Educator.
Available
credits: Application has been made to earn one (1) contact hour for
each Journal Club meeting attended.
Leader:
Margot Elmore,
RN, CHRN, CWS, ADN
Lee Wound Care, LMH
Phone: 239-334-5454
Margot.elmore@leememorial.org
updated: June 30, 2008
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