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Hello everyone! My name is Lauren Boyton and I live in Fishtown, Philly, PA. I work at the hospital of the university of Pennsylvania (HUP) as an operating room nurse (both scrub and circulate cardiac surgery). I am enrolled in the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track. I do not have much experience at work with EBP, however; I do know our guidelines from AORN are based off of EBP to provide safe and high quality care to our patients. I hope this course teaches me how to obtain reliable EBP and be able to apply it to my current work practice.  I know this course will be challenging  but I am eager to learn about the importance of EBP and how useful it is to the nursing practice. I love the outdoors, dogs, biking, hiking, kayaking, and traveling!! I just got back from Vietnam last week for my spring break. The picture below is from the Sa Pa town where I stayed in a Black Hmong family’s homestay. There is a beauty to the simplicity, lifestyle and work ethic of the Hmong people, and in our taxi back to the Sapa town this struck me very strongly. I am very appreciative having had the opportunity to experience the Hmong hospitality and culture.  I am looking forward to working with you all! :) (p.s Dr. C I went to Asheville last spring and loved the blue ridge parkway! - beautiful sunset hike)

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Hello everyone! My name is Lauren Boyton and I live in Fishtown, Philly, PA. I work at the hospital of the university of Pennsylvania (HUP) as an operating room nurse (both scrub and circulate cardiac surgery). I am enrolled in the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track. I do not have much experience at work with EBP, however; I do know our guidelines from AORN are based off of EBP to provide safe and high quality care to our patients. I hope this course teaches me how to obtain reliable EBP and be able to apply it to my current work practice.  I know this course will be challenging  but I am eager to learn about the importance of EBP and how useful it is to the nursing practice. I love the outdoors, dogs, biking, hiking, kayaking, and traveling!! I just got back from Vietnam last week for my spring break. The picture below is from the Sa Pa town where I stayed in a Black Hmong family’s homestay. There is a beauty to the simplicity, lifestyle and work ethic of the Hmong people, and in our taxi back to the Sapa town this struck me very strongly. I am very appreciative having had the opportunity to experience the Hmong hospitality and culture.  I am looking forward to working with you all! :) (p.s Dr. C I went to Asheville last spring and loved the blue ridge parkway! - beautiful sunset hike)

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Hi Everyone! My name is Lindsey Baranik and I currently live in Philadelphia, PA. I have been a NICU nurse for about 5 years, and right now I work in a local Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I am enrolled in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care program. The institution that I work for puts a great amount of emphasis on evidence based practice. We receive EBP updates via email in our weekly newsletter, policies and procedures are constantly being updated based on new research, and staff must complete bedside education and online modules explaining new methods for practice on a regular basis.  I hope to learn how to decipher what research is valid and reliable and how I can incorporate it into my current work as well as in the primary care field. I am especially interested in being more comfortable discussing research with parents in order to support professional recommendations. I am nervous for information to be dense, as I learn well from discussion and “talking things out” which is harder to achieve in an online setting. For my wild card, I have lived and worked as a nurse in Pennsylvania, California, and Colorado and I am so excited to move back to Colorado next month as my husband will be stationed there for two years in Colorado Springs! Here is a picture of us from a hike we went on this past weekend! Looking forward to working with and learning from you all this quarter!

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Hello Class!

My name is Shannon McGowan and I am originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia. I currently live in Wilmington, Delaware. I work at a large local hospital in a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). I have been a nurse in the NICU for about 2 years and worked with adults prior to this. I am enrolled in the Pediatric Acute Care/Primary Care Dual NP track at Drexel. My healthcare institution is Magnet and evidence-based practice is a main component our policies, procedures, and everyday practice. I am a member of the system-wide Nursing Research Council, however, I still consider myself a novice in nursing research and EBP. I am looking forward to gaining a greater understanding of EBP and being able to translate it into my practice. I am slightly familiar with the PICOT question, however, I have not developed one myself and would like to learn how. In my free time, I love to go to the beach and travel. I am planning a trip to Paris this summer! Below is a picture in Ireland from last year (I'm in the middle). I look forward to working with everyone this semester.

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Greetings Dr. C. and my fellow nursing colleagues!  My name is Heather Trout and I currently reside in Philadelphia, PA (born and raised).  I have been working at my current institution for 15 years.  I started my nursing career in the neurosurgical-trauma SICU and then moved into the Critical Care float pool.  The past 2 years, I have been the assistant nurse manager for our robust float pool.  I am currently enrolled in the Nursing Leadership and Health Systems Management Track.  I have been exposed to a high level of evidenced-based practice at my institution and it is our foundation for nursing practice.  For about 3 years, I was the Chair of the Nursing Practice Council which thrives for making practice at the bedside, evidenced-based.  I hope to gain a better foundation in evidence-based practice and definitely expand on the knowledge I already possess.  My concern for this course is purely the intimidation factor that is associated with another research class and it starts with generating my PICOT question (hopefully I am not the only one).  For my “wild card,” I will gloat over my family!  I have a fantastic husband and   2 daughters.  Addison is 9 years old and loves to dance.  She trains about 12 hours a week and is an excellent student.  Bernadette is 4 years old and she is the light of our life.  This child has had more hospitalizations and surgical procedures than anyone I know yet her joy for life is never affected.  She has also taught us to always look for the good!  Here’s to a great course!!!

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Greetings Dr. C. and my fellow nursing colleagues!  My name is Heather Trout and I currently reside in Philadelphia, PA (born and raised).  I have been working at my current institution for 15 years.  I started my nursing career in the neurosurgical-trauma SICU and then moved into the Critical Care float pool.  The past 2 years, I have been the assistant nurse manager for our robust float pool.  I am currently enrolled in the Nursing Leadership and Health Systems Management Track.  I have been exposed to a high level of evidenced-based practice at my institution and it is our foundation for nursing practice.  For about 3 years, I was the Chair of the Nursing Practice Council which thrives for making practice at the bedside, evidenced-based.  I hope to gain a better foundation in evidence-based practice and definitely expand on the knowledge I already possess.  My concern for this course is purely the intimidation factor that is associated with another research class and it starts with generating my PICOT question (hopefully I am not the only one).  For my “wild card,” I will gloat over my family!  I have a fantastic husband and   2 daughters.  Addison is 9 years old and loves to dance.  She trains about 12 hours a week and is an excellent student.  Bernadette is 4 years old and she is the light of our life.  This child has had more hospitalizations and surgical procedures than anyone I know yet her joy for life is never affected.  She has also taught us to always look for the good!  Here’s to a great course!!!

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Hello, everyone. My first name is Patricia, but I prefer and go by my middle name Elizabeth. I live in a Silverton, Oregon, a small rural town. I am currently enrolled at Drexel University pediatric dual NP program. I do not have a lot of experience and for sure not an expert in evidence-based practice research. The first class to really give me an understanding of nursing research was my last research class RSCH 503. I learned a lot in that last course and hope to continue to learn more about nursing research so that I may in cooperate it in my nursing practice. My biggest concern with this research course so far is the PICOT assignment. I do not know what PICOT is or have I heard about it before until now. I am confident that I will get the needed tools and resources needed to grasp a greater understanding of what PICOT means and how I can use it to better my nursing practice. I am a busy mama of 3 small children 4-year-old, 2-year-old, and my little one who just turned 7 months old yesterday. Looking forward to working with you all. Best wishes, Elizabeth.

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Hi everyone, my name is Donald Walton, but I go by DJ. I live in Coatesville, Pennsylvania which is about an hour west of Philadelphia. Currently, I work in a mixed medical and surgical adult ICU at a community hospital. I am pursuing a degree in the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner track here at Drexel University. I do not have much experience in dealing with evidence-based practice, research and implementation so I look forward to learning more about this process and how it works. With the conclusion of this course I hope to gain a better understanding on how to conduct relevant and thorough research as it relates to various topics that will allow me to provide better and more efficient care. I also hope to gain a better knowledge base in evaluating other research and interpretation of their collected data as this would allow me to make more informed decisions. This will as give me the ability and knowledge to propose questions in the clinical setting that keeps up with current best practices. Concerns and apprehensions in taking this research class would be that having little formal training within the research field might make it difficult and seem overwhelming at times. Also, the PICOT paper seems intense at this point however, as the class progresses I am sure this will change. My wife and I love to travel throughout the Caribbean and just returned from Jamaica. I look forward to working with all of you over the next 10 weeks. Best of luck to all         

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Hi everyone, my name is Donald Walton, but I go by DJ. I live in Coatesville, Pennsylvania which is about an hour west of Philadelphia. Currently, I work in a mixed medical and surgical adult ICU at a community hospital. I am pursuing a degree in the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner track here at Drexel University. I do not have much experience in dealing with evidence-based practice, research and implementation so I look forward to learning more about this process and how it works. With the conclusion of this course I hope to gain a better understanding on how to conduct relevant and thorough research as it relates to various topics that will allow me to provide better and more efficient care. I also hope to gain a better knowledge base in evaluating other research and interpretation of their collected data as this would allow me to make more informed decisions. This will as give me the ability and knowledge to propose questions in the clinical setting that keeps up with current best practices. Concerns and apprehensions in taking this research class would be that having little formal training within the research field might make it difficult and seem overwhelming at times. Also, the PICOT paper seems intense at this point however, as the class progresses I am sure this will change. My wife and I love to travel throughout the Caribbean and just returned from Jamaica. I look forward to working with all of you over the next 10 weeks. Best of luck to all         

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Hi everyone!! My name is Matia Kilgore and I reside in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. I work as a float pool Med/Surg/Tele nurse and I am enrolled in the FNP track at Drexel University. My experience with EBP, is that I work for an organization that promotes EBP to improve interventions and patient outcomes; therefore, we have frequent unit based in-services.  I hope to learn more about EBP and how to utilize research to improve healthcare outcomes. My concern about this course is the PICOT assignment and what it entails.  Wild card: I like to travel as much as possible and I just recently returned from Dubai on April 2, 2018.

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Hi everyone!! My name is Matia Kilgore and I reside in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. I work as a float pool Med/Surg/Tele nurse and I am enrolled in the FNP track at Drexel University. My experience with EBP, is that I work for an organization that promotes EBP to improve interventions and patient outcomes; therefore, we have frequent unit based in-services.  I hope to learn more about EBP and how to utilize research to improve healthcare outcomes. My concern about this course is the PICOT assignment and what it entails.  Wild card: I like to travel as much as possible and I just recently returned from Dubai on April 2, 2018.

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My name is Myrnaivette Pierson and I live in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles from Philadelphia.  Currently I work in the CICU and I am enrolled in Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP at Drexel.  At my current hospital I have had some exposure to Evidence-Based Practice.  Occasionally I have participated in process improvement initiatives where we would submit proposals using Evidence-Based Practice as the standard for the suggested changes.  I would like to learn how to quickly evaluate research articles and know if the research is valid.  I feel that this will help bring evidence-based practice to my unit. I would describe myself as a clinician, not a researcher.  I recognize the value of research and want to be proficient at it but statistics and research methodologies are a struggle for me. It is snowing in Pennsylvania today so I’m thinking warm thoughts.  This is a picture of my family and me when we went cave diving on the Rio Secreto in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.  It was a warm and wonderful adventure!

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HI everyone!! My name is Kaitlin Rau.  I currently living in Las Vegas, NV but am excited to move back east in the next year.  I’m originally for Scotch Plains, NJ.  I currently work as a clinical supervisor in a 60-bed emergency department in Las Vegas, NV.  I am in the FNP program with plans to add the ENP post masters track so I can continue to work in the emergency department.  Evidence-based practice has improved my communication with my superiors in supporting change in our department.  I also read the ENA journals and AACN journals to keep myself current as sometimes medicine can be a little behind in Nevada.  I am excited to enhance my understanding of research and evidence-based practice to improve my application at work.  Research has always been daunting to me. Being a hands-on-learner, I often struggle with the abstract ideas of research.  My wild card is a picture of me on the beach in California, I love to travel and love the beach even more so I drive out to California every couple of months.  I’m excited to get this semester started and to meet all of you!

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Hello! My name is Kaitlyn Wallace but I go by Katie. I live in York, PA. I am currently working in the intensive care unit at a local hospital. I am enrolled in the Family Nurse Practitioner track at Drexel. My hospital is a Magnet hospital and works hard to keep up to date with evidence based practice (EBP). We have EBP committees that are very active. In this course I hope to learn how to more efficiently find the most current EBP that is available so that I can stay up to date. My biggest concern for this course is mainly about getting organized/started on the writing intensive portions. For my wild card I'm sharing a picture of myself and my one dog, Bennie. My husband and I also adopted another lab mix named Moose back in November. 

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Hello! My name is Kaitlyn Wallace but I go by Katie. I live in York, PA. I am currently working in the intensive care unit at a local hospital. I am enrolled in the Family Nurse Practitioner track at Drexel. My hospital is a Magnet hospital and works hard to keep up to date with evidence based practice (EBP). We have EBP committees that are very active. In this course I hope to learn how to more efficiently find the most current EBP that is available so that I can stay up to date. My biggest concern for this course is mainly about getting organized/started on the writing intensive portions. For my wild card I'm sharing a picture of myself and my one dog, Bennie. My husband and I also adopted another lab mix named Moose back in November. 

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Hello Dr. Clements and fellow classmates. My name is Olena Ivanova and I live in Baltimore, Maryland at this time.  I am working at Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) unit. I have been with them for 6 months now. This is quite interesting and challenging place to work at. I have learned a lot during these 6 months at BMT. I am currently pursuing Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) track and I am pretty excited about what future holds for me. While working at BMT, I think that I have gotten the most exposure to EBP than at any of my previous jobs. We are frequently working with the patients that are currently involved in active research, due to the complexity and rarity of some of the cancers that they have. We are accustomed to treat patients based on the most current research. Many times we can find research articles in the charts of the patients that are explaining the current treatment of choice, since it is unconventional.

During this quarter, I hope to learn how to find evidence, which I can utilize in my practice now, as well as my future practice as FNP. I also would like to learn more about how to create an effective PICOT question. Last but not least, I would like to improve my skills of critical appraisal and synthesis of the articles, which I can implement in my current and future practice.

Research is a very complex and challenging course, and I hope to master and continue to improve in this area, as I understand the importance of it for my future career. I hope this course will be informative as well as fun and engaging. The “ Wild Card” I would like to share is that I am originally from Ukraine and came to America at 19 to build a new life. I still continue working hard on my English language skills, as it has been a challenge due to the drastic difference of Ukrainian from English language. Last but not least my husband and I are hoping to bring my family here soon so we can have our most loved ones close by, and not on the other continent. Lots of the big projects ahead!!!
The picture is from last year hiking in the Grand Canyon. My Husband and I.

Looking forward to the exciting quarter.

Sincerely

Olena

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Hello class! My name is Melissa Fairfield and I live in Portland, Maine. I work as a Nurse Manager in the Emergency Department at Maine Medical Center. I’m enrolled in the Nursing Innovation track at Drexel. My hospital is Magnet and strongly supports using EBP in developing policies and workflows. I have some limited experience using evidence to help write policies and also in developing staff education, but still consider myself a beginner when it comes to critically appraising research. In this course I hope to gain confidence doing that and also translating the evidence into practice changes. As far as concerns, I’m nervous about the subject matter and am worried about fully comprehending it. As far as my wild card, I am posting a photo of me and my rescue dog, Maple. She was hit by a tractor trailer in TX, suffered facial injuries and left without vet care for 5 days. After enucleation surgery, rest and recovery, and then heartworm treatment, she is finally healthy and happy in Maine! I’m a sucker for rescue dogs...

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Hello class! My name is Melissa Fairfield and I live in Portland, Maine. I work as a Nurse Manager in the Emergency Department at Maine Medical Center. I’m enrolled in the Nursing Innovation track at Drexel. My hospital is Magnet and strongly supports using EBP in developing policies and workflows. I have some limited experience using evidence to help write policies and also in developing staff education, but still consider myself a beginner when it comes to critically appraising research. In this course I hope to gain confidence doing that and also translating the evidence into practice changes. As far as concerns, I’m nervous about the subject matter and am worried about fully comprehending it. As far as my wild card, I am posting a photo of me and my rescue dog, Maple. She was hit by a tractor trailer in TX, suffered facial injuries and left without vet care for 5 days. After enucleation surgery, rest and recovery, and then heartworm treatment, she is finally healthy and happy in Maine! I’m a sucker for rescue dogs...

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Hello, everyone!  My name is Meagan Donnelly and I am a resident of Doylestown, PA.  I have been a nurse for almost 10 years, and I currently work in a large academic hospital in Philadelphia.  I specialize in Surgical Heart and Vascular Intensive Care.  The institution I work for strongly encourages the use of EBP.  While I have only been there for a short while, it appears that they change practice standards regularly to keep up with current evidence-based practices.  I am currently pursuing my graduate degree in the acute care gerontology nurse practitioner program.  I hope to gain a better understanding of the EBP process and finding research to support emerging ideas related to our specialities.  My apprehensions include my weakness in writing and being a full time nurse, mom of two beautiful girls, and a wife, all while managing this course as well as my other.  It seems a relatable theme, which eases my anxiety (lol).  I look forward to learning throughout this course and most of all, getting to know and work with the rest of you.  Good luck everyone, and happy learning! 

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Hello, everyone!  My name is Meagan Donnelly and I am a resident of Doylestown, PA.  I have been a nurse for almost 10 years, and I currently work in a large academic hospital in Philadelphia.  I specialize in Surgical Heart and Vascular Intensive Care.  The institution I work for strongly encourages the use of EBP.  While I have only been there for a short while, it appears that they change practice standards regularly to keep up with current evidence-based practices.  I am currently pursuing my graduate degree in the acute care gerontology nurse practitioner program.  I hope to gain a better understanding of the EBP process and finding research to support emerging ideas related to our specialities.  My apprehensions include my weakness in writing and being a full time nurse, mom of two beautiful girls, and a wife, all while managing this course as well as my other.  It seems a relatable theme, which eases my anxiety (lol).  I look forward to learning throughout this course and most of all, getting to know and work with the rest of you.  Good luck everyone, and happy learning! 

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Hi Everyone! My name is Ashley and I live right outside of Philadelphia, PA. I work in the operating room at a hospital in Philadelphia and specialize in cardiovascular and transplant surgery. I am currently enrolled in the acute care nurse practitioner program. I have not used a ton of EBP in my career as a nurse. Although in my institution we use EBP in our committees in order to update our policies and procedures.  My only knowledge about EBP in school is from the last research class, so I am excited to continue to learn. I am eager for this course to help me learn what nursing research is better than others and why. I am always have concerns about time management of my classes as well as working full time and life in general! I really like to spend any extra time I have with my family and friends. I am an aunt to 4 nieces and nephews and I love spending time with them!

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Hi Everyone! My name is Ashley and I live right outside of Philadelphia, PA. I work in the operating room at a hospital in Philadelphia and specialize in cardiovascular and transplant surgery. I am currently enrolled in the acute care nurse practitioner program. I have not used a ton of EBP in my career as a nurse. Although in my institution we use EBP in our committees in order to update our policies and procedures.  My only knowledge about EBP in school is from the last research class, so I am excited to continue to learn. I am eager for this course to help me learn what nursing research is better than others and why. I am always have concerns about time management of my classes as well as working full time and life in general! I really like to spend any extra time I have with my family and friends. I am an aunt to 4 nieces and nephews and I love spending time with them!

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 Hi, my name is Alexandra Andraski, I am currently living in Philadelphia. I am in the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP track and am working in a skilled nursing facility. I do not have much experience with EBP in actual nursing practice. My only knowledge about EBP comes from a nursing research class in my undergraduate degree and N503 last quarter. In this course I hope to learn how to use the knowledge from academic journals and research in actual practice! Also, how to pick out the important bits of information from a study and use them to help implement changes in my workplace. I don’t really have any concerns about this class. I feel that I learned a lot of good information in N503 that will help in this course as well. 

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 Hi, my name is Alexandra Andraski, I am currently living in Philadelphia. I am in the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP track and am working in a skilled nursing facility. I do not have much experience with EBP in actual nursing practice. My only knowledge about EBP comes from a nursing research class in my undergraduate degree and N503 last quarter. In this course I hope to learn how to use the knowledge from academic journals and research in actual practice! Also, how to pick out the important bits of information from a study and use them to help implement changes in my workplace. I don’t really have any concerns about this class. I feel that I learned a lot of good information in N503 that will help in this course as well. 

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Hi Everyone!

My name is Eileen Sarnes and ‘m from Staten Island, NY. I am currently a Float Nurse for about 2/5 years now and I am enrolled in the Family Nurse Practitioner track. I have used EBP minimally while pertaining my BSN. We use EBP in our committees and polices at work. I do hope to learn more extensively about EBP so I can use it in my current and future practice. I feel research has always been a weak point for me so I hope I am able to complete assignments correctly and diligently. Here is a picture of me in San Francisco this past December!

-Eileen

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My name is Devin Callan and I live in NYC however originally from Rochester, NY. I work as an outpatient lymphoma research nurse at a cancer hospital here. I'm enrolled in the MSN Clinical Trials Research track at Drexel. What I hope to gain from this course is to improve my ability to perform extensive literature searches and applying these findings to my practice. As a research nurse, I've had a lot of exposure to evidenced based practice. For example any supportive or prophylactic medications we give in conjunction with patient's treatment is all evidenced based care. I'm not familiar with PICOT so that would be my one apprehension for this course. An interesting fact about me or "wild card" is that i'm currently applying to travel nurse to the UK and will hopefully work in a research hospital in London. I have a brother that lives there as well with a baby on the way so would be great to be closer to my future nephew as well :)Looking forward to this class and getting to know all of you!

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Hi everyone! My name is Jessica and I live in Baltimore, MD. I work full time on a acute care cardiology unit and am currently enrolled in the adult-gero acnp program. Aside from school, I don't have much experience with ebp, so I'm looking forward to seeing exactly how it works and gets implemented into practice. I hope to learn more about the PICOT format as I'm only slightly familiar with it and it appears to be a big part of this course. I'm a bit hesitant about the writing portion as I found in my other research classes that grad school papers are a lot different than undergrad! :) My "wild card" is that I also like to travel and went to Ireland (for vacation) and Africa (on a medical missions trip) last year. I look forward to learning more about everyone!

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Hi everyone! My name is Jessica and I live in Baltimore, MD. I work full time on a acute care cardiology unit and am currently enrolled in the adult-gero acnp program. Aside from school, I don't have much experience with ebp, so I'm looking forward to seeing exactly how it works and gets implemented into practice. I hope to learn more about the PICOT format as I'm only slightly familiar with it and it appears to be a big part of this course. I'm a bit hesitant about the writing portion as I found in my other research classes that grad school papers are a lot different than undergrad! :) My "wild card" is that I also like to travel and went to Ireland (for vacation) and Africa (on a medical missions trip) last year. I look forward to learning more about everyone!

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Hi all! My name is Molly Haislip and I live in Wilmington, DE with my husband, Tyler and dog, Olive. I work in the cardiac ICU at a children's hospital near me and I am enrolled in the FNP track here at Drexel. My experience with EBP comes through attendance at local conferences as well as my review of up to date information in my field either in databases available through my hospital or quarterly AACN journals. I hope this class will teach me how to better critically appraise the merits of nursing research. I'm concerned mostly about how to show my research process through tables and explanation. Thinking critically about how I research is not something that I'm used to doing. Lastly, below is a picture of my husband and I on a trip to the Smoky Mountains (Tennessee side). We've also hiked in Olympic National Park and are planning to see Acadia in May.

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Hi all! My name is Molly Haislip and I live in Wilmington, DE with my husband, Tyler and dog, Olive. I work in the cardiac ICU at a children's hospital near me and I am enrolled in the FNP track here at Drexel. My experience with EBP comes through attendance at local conferences as well as my review of up to date information in my field either in databases available through my hospital or quarterly AACN journals. I hope this class will teach me how to better critically appraise the merits of nursing research. I'm concerned mostly about how to show my research process through tables and explanation. Thinking critically about how I research is not something that I'm used to doing. Lastly, below is a picture of my husband and I on a trip to the Smoky Mountains (Tennessee side). We've also hiked in Olympic National Park and are planning to see Acadia in May.

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Hello Dr. Clements and fellow classmates! My name is Atley and I currently live in Philadelphia. I am currently working in a pediatrician office full time as the only nurse and am currently enrolled in the pediatric primary care nurse practitioner track! I feel as if in my current role I am successful in staying up to date with evidence-based practices by attending frequent in-services and lectures. From this course I hope to gain insight on exactly how to take new findings and how to transition them smoothly into practice. I know sometimes change can be tough for some people, and therefore I would like to learn the best strategies on how to get past that barrier in order to provide the best care for our patients. My main concern is time management in balancing this class, my pathophysiology course, my career, and the rest of my life. I plan on making sure to always stay on track and begin assignments early in hopes to avoid playing catch up in my courses! One interesting fact about me is I love to travel and recently went to St. Lucia, which was the most beautiful place I am yet to see! Overall, I am excited to get started with this class and to meet you all! 

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Hello Dr. Clements and fellow classmates! My name is Atley and I currently live in Philadelphia. I am currently working in a pediatrician office full time as the only nurse and am currently enrolled in the pediatric primary care nurse practitioner track! I feel as if in my current role I am successful in staying up to date with evidence-based practices by attending frequent in-services and lectures. From this course I hope to gain insight on exactly how to take new findings and how to transition them smoothly into practice. I know sometimes change can be tough for some people, and therefore I would like to learn the best strategies on how to get past that barrier in order to provide the best care for our patients. My main concern is time management in balancing this class, my pathophysiology course, my career, and the rest of my life. I plan on making sure to always stay on track and begin assignments early in hopes to avoid playing catch up in my courses! One interesting fact about me is I love to travel and recently went to St. Lucia, which was the most beautiful place I am yet to see! Overall, I am excited to get started with this class and to meet you all! 

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GREETINGS FROM DR. C: Greetings everyone and welcome to RSCH 504. I live in Asheville,North Carolina, and, spring in the Great Smokey Mountains (from where I teach) is so very beautiful. I often walk my dog, Smoke, in the woods and enjoy the fresh air and all of the sights and sounds of nature.I am looking forward to working with each of you toward a very fulfilling PICOT project paper. Please be certain to answer these 5 questions:1) Your name and geographical location2) What is your current area of practice and what educational Track you are currently in at CNHP) What (if any) is your experience and level of expertise with Evidence Based Practice (*some students come from facilities or jobs with significant exposure/experience and others have no encounters with EBP at all.  EITHER is just fine! This question just gives me some insight into the various levels of experience)4). What do you hope to learn/glean from this course?5) What concerns or apprehensions do you have about taking a research course such as this?Also, as we are building a community, please feel free to use the "Wild Card" (#6)  to post one of your favorite photos. For example, this is a photo of a trip to Bolivia in 2011 with a team from Drexel CNHP. Since I am a forensic practitioner, my role was to work with psychologists, prosecutors and judges regarding enhanced assessment of children exposed to sexual violence.  Here I am working with children in the school room of their Domestic Violence Shelter/compound (located at over 12 thousand feet in the Andes mountain range!). I got to meet quite a few alpaca during that time  :-)I look forward to learning more about each of you."See" you in class,Dr. C 

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GREETINGS FROM DR. C: Greetings everyone and welcome to RSCH 504. I live in Asheville,North Carolina, and, spring in the Great Smokey Mountains (from where I teach) is so very beautiful. I often walk my dog, Smoke, in the woods and enjoy the fresh air and all of the sights and sounds of nature.I am looking forward to working with each of you toward a very fulfilling PICOT project paper. Please be certain to answer these 5 questions:1) Your name and geographical location2) What is your current area of practice and what educational Track you are currently in at CNHP) What (if any) is your experience and level of expertise with Evidence Based Practice (*some students come from facilities or jobs with significant exposure/experience and others have no encounters with EBP at all.  EITHER is just fine! This question just gives me some insight into the various levels of experience)4). What do you hope to learn/glean from this course?5) What concerns or apprehensions do you have about taking a research course such as this?Also, as we are building a community, please feel free to use the "Wild Card" (#6)  to post one of your favorite photos. For example, this is a photo of a trip to Bolivia in 2011 with a team from Drexel CNHP. Since I am a forensic practitioner, my role was to work with psychologists, prosecutors and judges regarding enhanced assessment of children exposed to sexual violence.  Here I am working with children in the school room of their Domestic Violence Shelter/compound (located at over 12 thousand feet in the Andes mountain range!). I got to meet quite a few alpaca during that time  :-)I look forward to learning more about each of you."See" you in class,Dr. C 