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Wikipedia Reflection Essay

In NUR 265, our Wikipedia Evidence-based practice project taught me a great deal about nursing research. In the beginning, I was a little skeptical because I was always told Wikipedia was not a reliable source and that anybody with a computer could change any information they wanted. I was also a little overwhelmed by the modules and the format, which I was totally unfamiliar with. Through the modules and resources made available to me, I was able to gain valuable knowledge, and hopefully share valuable knowledge. From the Wikipedia project, I learned a lot about critiquing an article. I learned that when critiquing an article, you need to maintain an unbiased and neutral viewpoint throughout your critique. You cannot let your personal opinion on the subject shine through in your writing, or else your critique may be considered offensive and may be ignored altogether by the original writer. You will want to focus on the content and facts of the article to make sure you are editing the content and not the opinion of the author. It is also very important to ensure you are citing all of the statements made in the article. Without proper citation after statements, the statements cannot be taken as reliable or valid. Sources should be from neutral, factual sources such as peer-reviewed journals if possible. Learning this helped me implement this into my article review, and helped me add valuable sources to the Oncology nursing article that I edited.

I made a few valuable contributions to the Wiki article Oncology nursing. This page was considered a “stub” article, and needed a lot of work and still does. I feel as if I was able to add valuable summary information to the lead section, which summarized my additional section to the article and what the author had already had, as well as describing oncology nursing in more depth. The information in the article focused on the certifications required for oncology nursing in the United States and Morocco. I wanted to touch on the general roles of an oncology nurse, and talk about chemotherapy and the certifications and standards required for administration and understanding of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is a major part of oncology nursing, and felt as if it should be touched on in the article. I believe my additions to the article were able to help broaden the article and give a small taste of some of the roles and responsibilities of oncology nurses gathered from reliable sources. I hope that after my contribution other editors will continue to make improvements to this page and continue to build it into a great Wikipedia page.

The peer review process of fellow students’ articles was also a valuable experience, because it gives you another chance to take what you know about the qualities of a good article and apply them to writing other than your own. In my peer’s articles, I wanted to make sure that their factual statements were surrounded by citations to ensure quality. I also tried to make sure that the information they were presenting was not over or under represented in their additions, and seemed to fit and make sense in an organized fashion in the original article. In addition, I looked for spelling, wording, and other simple grammar mistakes that can be overlooked when dealing with Wikipedia for the first time.

I did not receive any feedback from any outside Wikipedia users, although I did reach out on my article’s talk page for feedback on my references. I think this may have been a result of my article being a “stub” article, and do not think there are many people working on this article to improve it.

Overall, I learned a lot contributing to Wikipedia as a student author. Wikipedia is a very different, more factual style of writing than what I was previously used to in my other classes. I learned a great deal from the modules and feel as if I am much better at evaluating the quality of an article and the sources used in the article. I also believe that I am much better prepared to understand plagiarism and the different types of plagiarism from the training modules. I was able to find different ways of paraphrasing without “closely paraphrasing” information. I think Wikipedia provide major growth to nursing and the entire medical field. Wikipedia allows users to make their own additions based on new research in the field, and this research can be viewed and edited by anybody in the Wikipedia medical community. The talk pages and editing allows you to be in contact with other professionals in the field at the click of a button. It allows you to add information and have somebody who may be more experienced in the field review it and give you valuable feedback to further your professional knowledge for the future. Overall, Wikipedia opened my eyes to an entirely new learning opportunity that I did not know previously existed, and taught me a lot about gathering, reviewing, and sharing knowledge with the entire world.

Article Review: Evidence-based Nursing

–There is nothing in the article that is off topic or detracts from my learning. I found the last paragraph of the section titled "Barriers to promoting evidence-based practice" confusing when talking about gains and loses and think that paragraph could be made more clear. –For the most part, the article is very neutral and states factual information. There are some instances that indicate some bias to Evidence-based nursing, but had research to back up the claims. –Most points are accurately represented and are not over or under represented –Only some of the links in the references work. About half of the links work and the other references do not contain a link to the source. –All facts do contain an accurate reference, but some of the references do not contain links to the source. –I did not find any information that was out of date. –The talk page contains references that others added to help make the article more credible and valid. No other conversations were happening on the talk page. - I was unable to find a rating on the article. - The way we talked about this topic in class is very similar to how wikipedia talked about it. They stated the process and it's strengths backing it up.

Potential Articles

Oncology Nursing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncology_nursing

→Find articles and sources talking about what types of interventions and roles nurses in oncology play that differ from the typical role of the nurse. →Talk about the different responsibilities and challenges of oncology nursing.

Pain Management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_management

→Add data that talks about the effectiveness of the various interventions discussed along with the sources that gathered this data. →Add information and findings to help effectively support the statements being made throughout the article.

Parenteral Nutrition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parenteral_nutrition

→Add effective sources to back the information displayed, possibly secondary and tertiary sources. →Add information from studies of TPN and it's benefits and harms.

Improving an Existing Article: Oncology Nursing

The current form of the article is missing an expanded definition of the oncology nurse and their role. The article also does not state anything about chemotherapy and what qualifications are needed to be able to administer these agents.

Peer Review

All suggestions and information was considered to be implemented.

Bibleography

References

American Nurses Association and the Oncology Nursing Society. Statement on the scope and standards of oncology nursing practice. Washington, DC: American Nurses Publishing; 1996.

https://www.ons.org/content/onsoncc-chemotherapy-biotherapy-certificate-course

Padberg RM, Padberg LF. Patient education and support. In: Yarbro CH, Frogge MH, Goodman M, editors. Cancer nursing: principles and practice, 5th ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett; 2000. p. 1609–31

Rieger PT, Yarbro CH. Role of the Oncology Nurse. In: Kufe DW, Pollock RE, Weichselbaum RR, et al., editors. Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine. 6th edition. Hamilton (ON): BC Decker; 2003. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK13570/

Ferrell, B. R., Virani, R., Smith, S., & Juarez, G. (2003). The role of oncology nursing to ensure quality care for cancer survivors: a report commissioned by the national cancer policy board and institute of medicine. Oncology Nursing Forum, 30, E1-E11. Retrieved from http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer

Article draft oncology nursing

An oncology nurse is a specialized nurse who cares for cancer patients. (ADDITION) These nurses require advanced certifications and clinical experiences in oncology further than the typical bachelorette nursing program provides. Oncology nursing care can defined as meeting the various needs of oncology patients during the time of their disease including appropriate screenings and other preventative practices, symptom management, care to retain as much normal functioning as possible, and supportive measures upon end of life.

Roles

Oncology nurses, like any Registered Nurse have a large variety of settings they can work in. Oncology nurses can work inpatient settings such as hospitals, outpatient settings, in hospice services, or in physician offices. There are a variety of specialties such as radiation, surgery, pediatric, or gynecologic. Oncology nurses have advanced knowledge of assessing the client’s status and from this assessment will help the multi-disciplinary medical team to develop a treatment plan.

Education

The nurse must also educate the patient on their condition, its side effects, its treatment plan, and how to prevent possible complications. This education should be done effectively throughout the treatment of the disease, according to the teaching style that best suits the particular patient. According to the Oncology Nursing Standards, the patient or caregivers for the patient should understand the state of the disease and the therapy used at their education level, understand the therapy schedule and when it is being used, be involved in decisions regarding their own care, and state interventions for serious side effects and complications of the disease and intervention.

Treatment

Nurses must be able to manage the many side effects associated with cancer and the treatment. Nurses must have extensive knowledge of pharmacological and nonpharmacological nursing interventions, and when they are appropriate to use.

Chemotherapy

Oncology nurses must have appropriate training in the administration, handling, side effects, and dosing of chemotherapy. Each institution will have its own policies for various chemotherapy drugs to ensure adequate training and for prevention of errors. The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) and Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) offer a Chemotherapy/Biotherapy training course available to any oncology nurse to ensure the safe administration and management of side effects of chemotherapy and biotherapy agents. This course consists of 16 contact hours. This certification needs to be renewed after two years.