Laura,
I strongly agree with you that for professional nurses the most crucial practice-related data must be clinically significant. However, I was thinking of one instance when clinically and statistically significant data might overlap and work synergistically. For example, diabetes patients are initially placed on Metformin as the first drug of choice to manage glucose levels. Additionally, the existing information related to this medication, explains that implementing Metformin in diabetes regimen reduces A1C by 1-2 percent, which might not be a great value in the patients who are poorly uncontrolled; nevertheless, it has undoubtedly cardiovascular protective properties. Triggle and Ding (2014) emphasizes that Metformin is proven to reduce
I strongly agree with you that for professional nurses the most crucial practice-related data must be clinically significant. However, I was thinking of one instance when clinically and statistically significant data might overlap and work synergistically. For example, diabetes patients are initially placed on Metformin as the first drug of choice to manage glucose levels. Additionally, the existing information related to this medication, explains that implementing Metformin in diabetes regimen reduces A1C by 1-2 percent, which might not be a great value in the patients who are poorly uncontrolled; nevertheless, it has undoubtedly cardiovascular protective properties. Triggle and Ding (2014) emphasizes that Metformin is proven to reduce