Introduction
Research plays an integral role in the healthcare system. It enables healthcare professionals to diagnose diseases and conditions and discover new treatments. In addition, the application of evidence-based practice (EBP) has proved to be effective in providing quality healthcare services and is considered a transformative and progressive approach in healthcare (Jolley, 2020). Similarly, improving patient health outcomes requires healthcare professionals to use credible research tools to access reliable, relevant, and accurate information about diagnosis and treatments of health problems. This paper provides a comprehensive discussion of credible sources of information that can help a newly hired nurse to research a diagnosis for Cystic Fibrosis. In addition to locating credible databases and resources containing relevant information about this diagnosis, effective communication and collaboration strategy is essential during the research process.
Communication Strategies Encourage Nurses to Research a Diagnosis
Healthcare research requires effective and reliable communication strategies. To research a diagnosis for Cystic Fibrosis. Communication strategies such as encouragement will be effective (Barratt, 2018). In this case, the supervisor will be in control of all activities undertaken by the nurse during the research process. The supervisor can implement this through cohesion and involvement. Secondly, the supervisor can provide summarized information using supplemental resources to support an understanding of the research objectives for the given clinical problem. The supervisor can also send emails to guide and direct nurses on the best strategies that nurses can utilize to research diagnoses for the given health issues more accurately. In addition, the supervisor can utilize plain language techniques or principles to prevent issues that may result in communication gaps between the nurses and the supervisor.
Similarly, the supervisor can also communicate with the nurses through the website of the healthcare facility. Such platforms can enable nurses to channel their concerns and needs about the research to supervisors. Moreover, the supervisor can provide information on the best strategies to research diagnosis for the given clinical problem through the website. Regular staff meetings between the nurses and other senior healthcare professionals can also encourage evidence-based research on healthcare problems. Also, the supervisor can utilize video conferencing to enable the nurses to exchange ideas during the research process and promote evidence-based research. Overall, these communication strategies will enable the nurses to understand the best strategies they can use to identify credible resources of information to be used during the research process.
Collaboration Strategies to Access Resources
One way through which the supervisor can collaborate with the nurses to enable them to access resources is through individual motivation. This approach is considered effective since it drives the interest and competence of nurses during the research process through personal responsibility. Workshops, seminars, and education programs are collaboration strategies that the supervisor can use to enable nurses to access the relevant resources to research the diagnosis for this clinical problem. Seminars and education programs can be used to educate nurses on identifying credible, reliable, relevant, and accurate resources for the research. Similarly, workshops can be used to encourage the art of team building, where interdisciplinary team members educate each other on credible and reliable resources that can be used in the research (Rosen et al., 2018). In addition, team building will enable the nurses to learn how to identify credible and reliable resources from their peers who have previously been involved in a similar line of research.
Best Places to Complete Research
Effective research must be anchored on credible and reliable sources of information. For the nurse to complete the research and identify a rationale for an appropriate intervention that can address the diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis, a review of specialized nursing journals would be an objective solution in this case. Critical analysis of existing databases will be relevant for this research. In addition, online resources will also be relevant because they contain peer-reviewed information and up-to-date information. Also, information from online resources is accurate and is based on the literature analysis about disease diagnosis, the discovery of new conditions and health problems, and new treatments. Scholarly journals about diagnosis and nursing, written by reputable healthcare professionals and institutions, will be considered appropriate for the research.
Additionally, the nurse can utilize the library of the health facility to locate credible and reliable resources. This will be a relevant activity since the library will enable the nurse to access the necessary resources. The internal library will also enable nurses to review publications from healthcare institutions on the research area of interest.
Sources of Online Information
To locate credible resources with relevant information about the diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis, the nurse should identify the resources that contain information related to the health problem in question. The nurse can utilize the following sources, ranked from the most useful resources to the least useful. PubMed Central will be an ideal database for the nurse. PubMed Central has millions of articles, journals, and publications about biomedical literature. PubMed is easily accessible and enables a nurse to search the topic of interest more easily (Oermann et al., 2021). The second useful resource would be the CINHAL Database. CINAHL is filled with literature on nursing, diagnosis, treatments, physical therapy, and more. It has subject headings, which can help a nurse search and retrieve information more effectively according to the National Library of Medicine guidelines. The third that the nurses can utilize is Medline Database. Medline is a bibliographic database containing millions of references to articles and journals about life sciences and biomedicine (Oermann et al., 2021). The American Journal of Medicine is another useful resource for the nurse to find credible information about the topic of interest. The journal will be relevant because it contains information about clinical research for physicians and doctors. Lastly, nurses can also use online resources called Nurse Zone, which contains information about nursing best practices, nursing procedures, nursing care plan, and practice tests. The new nurse can use this portal to find references to the diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis.
Justification for The Resources
As a method for selecting resources to identify a research rationale for the diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis, aspects of information such as credibility of the source and information richness were considered. The source selected provides nurses with an opportunity to gather accurate and relevant data that address the topic of interest from different perspectives. The first three resources are databases of scholarly journals regarding nursing, life sciences, and biomedicine. The journal “Nurse Zone” provides specific information about nursing practices, care planning, and test practice. The American Journal of Medicine contains general information about the topic of interest, which still allows nurses to find relevant and useful materials. Therefore, the resources presented in this discussion are useful and relevant for nursing research to diagnose Cystic Fibrosis.
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