Welcome to the end of week 5. Here you will post your 2-completed learning activities and respond to 1-other learners’ post. Remember your response to your peers should be reflective. Avoid brief acknowledgements and agreements.

Activity 1: Translating knowledge into practice
• Look back at the completed research tools from week 4.
• Reflect on your response to the question; How does this research relate to your own practice?
• Building on your response from week 4, write a reflection for how each of the 2-research articles
relate to your own practice. (250 words maximum)
Example: How could the evidence be applied or implemented into nursing practice? Would this be helpful, or do you see potential barriers or gaps in the research? Is there new information that could support nursing education or training at work?

Once you have completed Activity 1, please move to the next discussion board to complete Activity 2

As I already voiced my views a few times in different forums, there is a gap between research and application. The cornerstone of implementation is proper knowledge translation. There are several barriers to it, however, we need to be mindful about the end result of the research to be able to implement the findings. As for the pain management for pain management for elderly living with dementia, we need to implement specialized training programs for nurses that focus on pain management in dementia care. These programs should include education on pain assessment tools and techniques specific to dementia patients. Since the target population is specialized, we need to customize the training programs to address the specific needs and challenges, ensuring they are relevant and practical for the nurses involved. If we can identify and address barriers to effective pain management, such as lack of access to pain assessment tools or insufficient staffing, we can significantly improve the outcome of the implementation of research findings. Also, we need to regularly monitor the outcomes of the training programs and evaluate their impact on pain management practices.

Going through all these specific wound care related research papers makes me come to realization that nursing is forever learning, and not only in the aspect of the nurse’s knowledge, but we as health care professionally need to find ways to increase our patient’s knowledge’s as well. There is an ample need to further understand barriers that influence the reasons why patients need education/teaching regarding wound care management, when it comes to adherence. There are many factors that play a role in patients’ choice/behaviors. We as health care providers need to find and provide an opportunity to plan interventions that best support both patients and clinicians in a shared decision-making capacity.