The benchmark assesses the following competency:

Benchmark: 5.1. Understand the human experience across the health-illness continuum.

Research the health-illness continuum and its relevance to patient care. In a 750-1,000 word paper, discuss the relevance of the continuum to patient care and present a perspective of your current state of health in relation to the wellness spectrum. Include the following:

1. Examine the health-illness continuum and discuss why this perspective is important to consider in relation to health and the human experience when caring for patients.
2. Reflect on your overall state of health. Discuss what behaviors support or detract from your health and well-being. Explain where you currently fall on the health-illness continuum.
3. Discuss the options and resources available to you to help you move toward wellness on the health-illness spectrum. Describe how these would assist in moving you toward wellness (managing a chronic disease, recovering from an illness, self-actualization, etc.).

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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 Discuss the use of Evidence-based Guidelines in Practice by Patient Provider, Healthcare Agency

·         250-word minimum

·         At least 1 outside scholarly reference is required besides the course textbook .

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Critical thinking is essential skill in nursing. Nurses use their critical thinking to anticipate the need of patient. For providing quality and safe care to patient nurses need to think in critical way. With proper assessment of patient and analyze whole data to see better picture of patient problem .So think about the ways to solve patient problem. Like patient came to you with complains about pain in his chest so now you need to do quick action without wasteing time because that’s priority may be its life threatening so ask about pain characteristics and level of pain is it emergency or he can wait how is his vital sign so it should be quick decision to prevent complication or you can save his life with your best efforts “Critical thinking in nursing is the ability to apply the nursing process effectively and purposefully to an identified problem. Since becoming a student, the nurse learns to apply logical and empirical reasoning when making important decisions regarding patient care” (Sue, G)

Evidence based practice to nursing care is very significant to improve patient health or recovery of a sick person. It’s always depending on research evidence or clinical expertise .Patient preference is also a part of it. “EBP is described as the integration of clinical expertise, the most up-to-date research, and patient’s preference to care. This assists the nurse in understanding and substantiating care when needed.” (Julie, D)For example in back days in hospitals they used to put tuberculosis patients with other patient without any isolation precautions then more cases noted from hospital employees and other patients got infected  So through research nurses were able to prove it’s not safe to admit tuberculosis patient with other patient room and without any precautions .After long research they discover its true direct contact with patient could affect care giver and other patients. So after that tuberculosis patient admitted in different ward with negative air pressure to prevent contamination of air. So if you want to promote wellness you need to follow these two rules critical thinking while working with patient and always use evidence based nursing at your work .