Briefly describe the clinical nursing problem or nursing intervention identified and describe why it is important to determine best practice.  For example, what is the concern with not determining best practices for this particular problem? What consequences or complications may occur if the problem continued or the intervention was not successful? Think in terms of consequences for the patient physically, financially, length of hospital stay, etc.

Describe how this evidence was incorporated, or not incorporated into the care of your patient on the clinical unit.  Compare the evidence-based practice findings to the actual care received by your patient. Each point of evidence described in the previous paragraph should be addressed in this paragraph to receive full credit.

Discuss if the state and federal governments are able to control healthcare policy-making. List three current peer-review journals as references, less than five years.