Influence Paper
In this influence paper we looked at the effect that animal assisted therapy had on oncology patients. Most patients had an improved mood and a decrease in pain levels.
Final Reflection
I think that I have learned a lot from that this group paper. I learned that collaboration is one of the most important aspects when working with a team. Every team member will bring something new to the group that can help further everyone’s learning. I think when it comes to collaboration and a healthcare it is critical that all team members participate in order to provide the best care for the patient. Another thing that I learned during this…
Ethical Considerations for EBP
After completing the ethical assignments, I think that it really solidified the importance of a nurse’s role in ethics. I think that in order for nurses to provide the best and safest care it is important for nurses to understand ethics. It is important to understand history and past ethical dilemmas. If nurses are aware of these dilemmas, then we can know how to improve upon them and change certain practices that may cause an ethical dilemma. Ethical research has…
Appraisal and Synthesis
When my group first came upon the topic of animal assisted therapy and the use among oncology patients, my initial thought was that it must be a positive intervention. After reviewing the research that was found, animal assisted therapy was a positive intervention with oncology patients. This intervention had a great impact on physiological and psychological factors and increased the patient’s quality of life. The use of animal assisted therapy does not focus on curing the disease, but focuses more…
From Inquiry to Discovery
The PICOT question that we had at first did need to be revised, but since finding articles we did not have to revise our PICOT question. We haven’t had many challenges thus far, but just initially finding articles was difficult. I know for me I struggled to find articles within the correct time frame. When my team was first finding articles we all came across a lot of similar ones that someone had already used in the group. What we…
Planning the Journey
In order to successfully complete this team project everyone on the team has to be motivated to put in the work. Also, as a team we should a pick a topic that we are all interested in because this will create a collaborative team dynamic. I think in order to hold each other accountable we need to set certain days when tasks need to be done. As a team we should also setup times to all meet to check in…
