Category: Nursing

ACADEMIC WRITING

Case Assignment

Note: Module 1 SLP should be completed before the Module 1 Case.

After viewing “An Education in Equality,” “Learning Begins at Home,” “A Military Education,” and “an Education,” write an organized and well-supported essay in which you make three observations about education and what impacts (and enhances) student learning. Consider impacts and influences such as parenting, home life, society, race, technology, ethnicity, socioeconomics, etc.

A well-organized essay has a beginning, middle, and an end. The beginning, or introduction, should include an opening sentence to grab your reader’s attention. Follow the opening sentence with a brief background on the topic or situation. In this case, it might be the state of education today. The last sentence of the introduction is the thesis statement. The thesis states the main point of the essay, which in this case, would be what impacts/influences student learning.

A well-supported essay includes supporting points, details, and examples. For this essay, you must decide the best way to organize the body of the paper. Will you have a paragraph for each impact or enhancement? Will you divide the body of your paper into three paragraphs, one for each impact? In any case, each body paragraph must support (explain) your reasoning (rationale) using specific details. Each body paragraph must begin with a topic sentence that states the main point of the paragraph.

The conclusion typically summarizes the main points of the essay and/or closes with a lasting impression that connects the reader to their world. You may wish to offer suggestions to reader about what makes for exceptional student learning.

Be sure to proofread your essay and edit for proper grammar, punctuation, diction (word choice), and spelling, as errors in sentence skills will lower a final grade. A grade will be determined based on the Module 1 Case expectations and the Trident University General Education rubric for English found in the course syllabus.

Papers must be double-spaced in Times or Times New Roman font (12 cpi) with standard one-inch margins. A grade will be determined based on the Module 1 Case expectations and the Trident University General Education rubric for English.

The first person “I” is not used in a formal essay.

No secondary sources are to be used in the process of writing this first paper; it is to be entirely written based on one’s point of view and supported with body points and details.

Assignment Expectations

Write an essay (no less than four pages in length) that states an original thesis statement on what impacts/influences student learning.

Demonstrate the ability to write clearly and cohesively when expressing one’s ideas and/or intended purpose.

Demonstrate the ability to clearly state and support a thesis in an organized and cohesive essay.

Healthcare Cost and Quality Analysis Essay Assignment Paper

Cost and Quality paper of 500-1,000 words, describe the relationship between health care cost and quality. Address the following:

Select one public agency and one private agency and differentiate their roles and major activities in addressing cost and quality in health care. See Topic 4 readings for sources regarding health care agencies.

Analyze current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Describe any unintended consequences. Healthcare Cost and Quality Analysis Essay Assignment Paper

Synthesize implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses, including evidence-based practice, relative to cost and quality

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Cost and Quality Analysis Rubric

 

1

Unsatisfactory

0.00%

2

Less than Satisfactory

80.00%

3

Satisfactory

88.00%

4

Good

92.00%

5

Excellent

100.00%

75.0 %Content

 

10.0 %Describe the relationship between health care cost and quality.

Does not describe the relationship between health care cost and quality.

Describes issues related to health care cost and health care quality, but does not discuss the relationship between the two.

Describes the relationship between health care cost and quality, but is insufficiently developed.

Adequately describes the relationship between health care cost and quality. There are few inconsistencies. Few examples given.

Fully describes the relationship between health care cost and quality with no inconsistencies. Clear examples given.

20.0 %Differentiate the roles and major activities between one public and one private agency in addressing cost and quality in healthcare.

Does not discuss the roles and major activities of public or private agencies in addressing cost and quality in health care.

Discusses either the roles or the major activities of one public and one private agency in cost and quality in health care, but not both. Healthcare Cost and Quality Analysis Essay Assignment Paper

Discusses, but does not differentiate the roles and major activities of one public and one private agency in addressing cost and quality in health care.

Differentiates the roles and major activities between one public and one private agency in addressing cost and quality in health care, but is insufficiently developed. Minimal use of examples, supporting details, or references.

Clearly and systematically differentiates the roles and major activities between one public and one private agency in addressing cost and quality in health care utilizing references, examples, and supporting details.

20.0 %Analyze current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Describe any unintended consequences.

Does not discuss current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Does not describe any unintended consequences.

Discusses either current or projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs, but not both. Does not describe unintended consequences.

Discusses current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Does not describe any unintended consequences.

Partially analyzes current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Minimally describes unintended consequences.

Comprehensively analyzes current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Fully describes unintended consequences. Clear examples given.

20.0 %Synthesize implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses, including evidence-based practice, relative to cost and quality.

Does not address any implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses, or evidence-based practice, relative to cost and quality.

Discusses implications for either staff nurses or advanced practice nurses relative to cost and quality, but not both. Does not consistently address evidence-based practice.

Discusses implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses relative to cost and quality. Briefly addresses evidence-based practice. No examples given.

Synthesizes implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses, including evidence-based practice, relative to cost and quality; insufficiently developed. Provides examples, but some inconsistencies present.

Comprehensively synthesizes implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses, including evidence-based practice, relative to cost and quality. Clear examples given with no inconsistencies.

5.0 %Paragraph Development and Transitions Style

Paragraphs and transitions consistently lack unity and coherence. No apparent connections between paragraphs. Transitions are inappropriate to purpose and scope. Organization is disjointed.

Some paragraphs and transitions may lack logical progression of ideas, unity, coherence, and/or cohesiveness. Some degree of organization is evident.

Paragraphs are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization and/or in their relationships to each other.

A logical progression of ideas between paragraphs is apparent. Paragraphs exhibit a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. Topic sentences and concluding remarks are used as appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope.

There is a sophisticated construction of paragraphs and transitions. Ideas universally progress and relate to each other. The writer has been careful to use paragraph and transition construction to guide the reader. Paragraph structure is seamless. Individually and collectively, paragraphs are coherent and cohesive ? they ?sparkle.?

10.0 %Organization and Effectiveness

 

5.0 %Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, and grammar)

Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning.

Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors that distract the reader.

Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader.

Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present.

Writer is clearly in control of standard, written American English.

5.0 %Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence construction, word choice, etc.)

Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction, lack of variety in language use. Writer appears to be unaware of audience. Use of ?primer prose? indicates writer either does not apply figures of speech or uses them inappropriately.

Some distracting inconsistencies in language choice (register), sentence structure, and/or word choice are present. Sentence structure may be occasionally ineffective or inappropriate. The writer exhibits some lack of control in using figures of speech appropriately.

Sentence structure is correct and occasionally varies. Language is appropriate to the targeted audience for the most part. Healthcare Cost and Quality Analysis Essay Assignment Paper

The writer is clearly aware of audience; uses a variety of sentence structures and appropriate vocabulary for the target audience, and uses figures of speech to communicate clearly.

The writer uses a variety of sentence constructions, figures of speech, and word choice in unique and creative ways that are appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope.

15.0 %Format

 

10.0 %Evaluating and Documenting Sources (includes use of appropriate style, correct citation format in-text and in reference section

Plagiarism; rarely follows any documentation format correctly; uses non-credible sources. No References section. Healthcare Cost and Quality Analysis Essay Assignment Paper

Uses documentation, but frequent formatting/citation errors are present; some sources have questionable credibility. Reference section is not correctly cited.

Sources used are credible and documented appropriately to the discipline; formatting and citation is usually correct, but some lack of control is apparent. Reference section is correctly cited.

Documentation is appropriate and formatting/citations are correct, although a few errors/typos may be present; most sources are authoritative. Reference section is correctly cited.

There are virtually no errors in documentation format or citation; all sources are authoritative. Reference section is correctly cited and at least 3 references are used

3.0 %Title page

No title page.

Healthcare Cost and Quality Analysis Essay Assignment Paper

Title page is incomplete or inaccurate.

Title page has minor errors.

Title page is complete.

2.0 %Page constraint

Information presented does not meet minimum assigned length of 500 words.

None

Information presented exceeds 1000 words.

None

Information is presented within word limit constraints of 1000 words.

Healthcare Cost and Quality Analysis Essay Assignment Paper

INTRODUCTION TO EPIDEMIOLOGY

Case Assignment

Before you begin this assignment, read through the Home page and the required readings.  Specifically, view the 
E-learning course – Introduction to epidemiology
 video
.

As a health officer, you have been asked to discuss the subject of epidemiology to high school students getting ready to enroll in Winterton College.

Your task is as follows:

Define to them the field of epidemiology.

Briefly list a historical evolution of epidemiology.

Explain the terms outbreak and epidemic.

The 
Introduction to epidemiology
 video discussed the Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in 1976.  Briefly describe the case in terms of time, place, and person; and, what should have been the first step the Pennsylvania Department of Health should have followed?

Length: 2–3 pages, excluding title page and references.

Assignment Expectations

Assessment and Grading: Your paper will be assessed based on the performance assessment rubric that is linked within the course. Review it before you begin working on the assignment.

Your work should also follow these 
Assignment Expectations
.

Please view the 
E-learning course – Introduction to epidemiology
 at 
https://www.cdc.gov/publichealth101/e-learning/epidemiology
/. This video presentation is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health 101 Series designed for those who are interested in the field of public health.

Capstone Project Milestone 3 PowerPoint Project: Educating Staff: Implementing Change Guidelines

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to create the 
Educating Staff: Implementing Change Project
 PowerPoint presentation. Your plan is to educate the staff that will be involved in the pilot program. You will need to educate them on the problem, show the supporting evidence, and how your pilot plan will be implemented.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes.

CO2: Proposes leadership and collaboration strategies for use with consumers and other healthcare providers in managing care and/or delegating responsibilities for health promotion, illness prevention, health restoration and maintenance, and rehabilitative activities. (PO2)

CO3: Communicates effectively with patient populations and other healthcare providers in managing the healthcare of individuals, families, aggregates, and communities. (PO3)

CO7: Integrates the professional role of leader, teacher, communicator, and manager of care to plan cost-effective, quality healthcare to consumers in structured and unstructured settings. (PO7)

Points

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Milestone 3 is worth 
200 points
.

You are required to use one of the required articles from the Week 3 Milestone 1
 assignment or you will earn a “0” for the assignment. In addition, assignments that do not follow the current guidelines or use the required article will be evaluated for evidence of an academic integrity violation.

After the due date, there will be no opportunity for revision or resubmission of assignments that have been uploaded to the submission area. It is your responsibility to submit the correct assignment to the correct submission area. Capstone Project Milestone 3 PowerPoint Project: Educating Staff: Implementing Change Guidelines

Directions

A tutorial with tips on completing this assignment may be viewed at 
https://atge.webex.com/atge/ldr.php?RCID=8912a4b3268463312e115abf9e73efd6(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Create an educational presentation for staff before the launch of your change project. This should inform the staff of the problem, your potential solution, and their role in change project.

The format for this proposal will be a PowerPoint presentation. Capstone Project Milestone 3 PowerPoint Project: Educating Staff: Implementing Change Guidelines

Tutorial: For those not familiar with the development of a PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft website may be helpful. 
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-FX101782702.aspx(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
 The Chamberlain Student Success Strategies (SSPRNBSN) offers a module on Computer Literacy that contains a section on PowerPoint. You can access SSPRNBSN from  your Canvas course list.

The length of the PowerPoint presentation should be 15-20 slides; excluding the title and reference slides.

Below are the main topics or bullet points for your slides:

Title slide

Description of the Ace Star change model that you have used for this project.

Practice Issue (Using the one of the required articles)

Scope of the problem—use basic statistics from what you know of the problem in your work area.

Your team/stakeholders

Evidence to support your need for change—from your Evidence Summary

Action Plan

Timeline for the plan

The nurse’s role and responsibility in the pilot program

Procedure (what steps are to be taken to complete this change process, from start to finish?)

Forms that will be used (if applicable)

Resources available to the staff—including yourself

Summary

References

Citations and References must be included
to support the information within each topic area. Refer to the APA manual, Chapter 7, for examples of proper reference format. Citations are to be noted for all information contained in your paper that is not your original idea or thought. Ask yourself, “How do I know this?” and then cite the source. Scholarly sources are expected, which means choose peer-reviewed journals and credible websites. Capstone Project Milestone 3 PowerPoint Project: Educating Staff: Implementing Change Guidelines

Guidelines

Application: Use Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 or later.

Length: The PowerPoint slide show is expected to be 
between 15-20 slides
in length (not including the title slide and reference list slides).

Submission: Submit your by 11:59 p.m. Sunday by the end of Week 6.

Late Submission: See the Policies on late submissions.

Tutorial: For those not familiar with the development of a PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft website may be helpful. 
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-FX101782702.aspx(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
 The Chamberlain Student Success Strategies (CCSSS) offers a module on Computer Literacy that contains a section on PowerPoint. The link to SSP CCSSS may be found under your course list in the student portal. Capstone Project Milestone 3 PowerPoint Project: Educating Staff: Implementing Change Guidelines

Best Practices in Preparing a PowerPoint Presentation

The following are best practices in preparing this presentation.

Be creative.

Incorporate graphics, clip art, or photographs to increase interest.

Make easy to read with short bullet points and large font.

NR451_Milestone3_2  Rubric

Criteria

Ratings

Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe Problem

Summary of change model discussed. Practice Issue is stated. Scope of the problem includes information and/or statistics as it relates to your work area and scope of problem to healthcare as a whole discussed. Team and stakeholders and their role/reason chosen is discussed as is logical.

30.0 pts

Summary of change model and Practice issue addressed. Information as it relates to work area, scope of problem to healthcare as a whole, is discussed. Team, stakeholders and role/reason chosen is discussed and is logical.

26.0 pts

One of the elements of the problem summary/practice issue listed in the first column is missing OR lacks detail.

24.0 pts

Two of the elements of the problem summary/practice issue listed in the first column are missing OR lack detail. Capstone Project Milestone 3 PowerPoint Project: Educating Staff: Implementing Change Guidelines

11.0 pts

Three of the elements of the problem summary/practice issue listed in the first column are missing OR lack detail.

0.0 pts

None of the elements were present.

30.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe Evidence

Discussion of the evidence is done in terms of themes of the multiple views given in the Systematic Review. Pertinent information is summarized. Sources are not listed individually but as an Evidence Summary synthesized into concepts discovered. Include the optional scholarly source if used.

35.0 pts

Discussion of the evidence is done in terms of themes the author/s pull from the multiple articles in the approved Systematic Review. Pertinent information is summarized. Sources are not listed individually but as an Evidence Summary synthesized into concepts discovered. (Include the optional supplemental scholarly article, if used.)

31.0 pts

Discussion of the evidence is adequately described and contains all elements in the first column.

28.0 pts

Discussion of the evidence is briefly described.

13.0 pts

Discussion of the evidence provides a minimal description OR is missing one or more elements from the first column.

0.0 pts

There is no discussion of the evidence.

35.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe Action Plan

Plan of action described. Important elements are discussed and logical. Timeline is thorough and contains all elements. Timeline is logical and appropriate.

35.0 pts

Plan of action described. Important elements are discussed and logical. Timeline is thorough and contains all elements. Timeline is logical and appropriate.

31.0 pts

Plan of action described but not all important elements included OR timeline is present but doesn’t contain all elements.

28.0 pts

Plan of action and timeline are briefly described.

13.0 pts

Plan of action and timeline are minimally described.

0.0 pts

Plan of action is not present. The timeline is not present.

35.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe Nurse’s Role

The nurse’s role in the pilot plan is described and clear. Procedures for the pilot plan are clear and concise, from start to finish.

25.0 pts

The nurse’s role in the pilot plan is described and clear. Procedures for the pilot plan are clear and concise.

22.0 pts

The nurses’ role is described but not clear OR procedures are discussed but not clear.

20.0 pts

The nurses’ role and procedures are discussed but are not clear.

10.0 pts

The nurse’s roles and procedures are minimally discussed and lack detail.

0.0 pts

Nurses’ roles are absent. Procedures are absent.

25.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe Resources

Tracking process described and/or form for tracking the outcomes during pilot plan is included. Resources the nurses will need to help implement the plan are included. At least three resources are included. The nurse investigator, the team, internet resources, or other resources the staff needs is included.

20.0 pts

Process description and/or form for tracking outcomes during pilot study is included. Resources (to help with the project) the nurses need are included. At least three resources included. The nurse investigator, the team, internet resources, or other resources are included.

18.0 pts

Process description and/or form for tracking outcomes included. At least three resources the nurses need to help with the project are included but the resources were not the best suited resources for the project.

16.0 pts

Process description and/or form are missing 2 or more elements from the first column. Capstone Project Milestone 3 PowerPoint Project: Educating Staff: Implementing Change Guidelines

8.0 pts

Process description and/or form are missing multiple elements from the first column and lack detail.

0.0 pts

Process description and/or form for tracking outcomes is absent. No appropriate resources are listed.

20.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe Summary

Summary slide reiterates the problem and purpose of the plan along with the measurable goals in terms of success.

10.0 pts

Summary slide reiterates the problem; purpose of the plan; and, measurable goals.

9.0 pts

Summary slide reiterates the problem AND purpose. Goals are stated but are not measurable.

8.0 pts

Summary slide reiterates the problem OR the purpose, but not both. Goals are stated.

4.0 pts

Summary slide reiterates the problem OR the purpose, but not both. Goals are not mentioned.

0.0 pts

Summary slide is not shown.

10.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOverall Presentation

Presentation is presented in a clear and logical manner. PowerPoint is appealing to the eye and includes creativity. Font is easy to read. Speaker notes are present.

20.0 pts

Presentation is presented in a clear and logical manner. PowerPoint is appealing and includes creativity. Font is easy to read. All elements addressed.

18.0 pts

Presentation is accurate and covers most elements.

16.0 pts

Presentation content is accurate and can be followed, but lacks flow and creativity.

8.0 pts

Presentation lacks organization and creativity. Is difficult to follow.

0.0 pts

Presentation lacks any attempt at organization and comes across as chaotic.

20.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMechanics

Includes title slide. Grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure are correct. References are properly cited in APA within the presentation. Reference slide includes all citations. Evidence of spell and grammar check.

25.0 pts

Excellent mechanics. Includes title slide. Grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure are correct. References properly cited within the presentation. Reference slide includes all citations within the PowerPoint presentation. Evidence of spell and grammar check. Minimal errors in all.

22.0 pts

Good mechanics and formatting considering the elements in the first column.

20.0 pts

Fair mechanics and formatting considering the elements in the first column.

10.0 pts

Poor mechanics and formatting considering the elements in the first column.

0.0 pts

Very poor mechanics and formatting such that the presentation was difficult to follow and comprehend.

25.0 pts

Total Points: 200.0

Use 
speaker notes
(found under the section View and “Notes” in the PowerPoint template you choose. These are for your personal use to use as a reference if you are giving your presentation to an audience and they help faculty identify what you will speak to your audience about. Capstone Project Milestone 3 PowerPoint Project: Educating Staff: Implementing Change Guidelines

Review directions thoroughly.

Cite all sources within the slides with (author, year) as well as on the Reference slide.

Proofread prior to final submission.

Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission. Capstone Project Milestone 3 PowerPoint Project: Educating Staff: Implementing Change Guidelines

Staffing of nurses essay

Books Required Economics and Financial Management for Nurses and Nurse Leaders, 2nd Ed Author: Susan J. Penner RN MN MPA DrPH CNL ISBN: 978-0826110497 Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2013

. APA format please

Staffing of nurses is always a big problem to most healthcare providers. As a future Manager of a hospital unit, what are some of the challenges you think you will face and how will you overcome them? Staffing of nurses essay

How can the QSEN competencies for nurses be implemented

Core Competencies for Nurses

This week’s graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO8 Selects evidence for best practice when planning professional nursing care for individuals, families, aggregates, and communities. (PO 8)

Explore the website for the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative at 
http://www.qsen.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
. How can the QSEN competencies for nurses be implemented into your workplace or professional nursing setting? If you are not currently employed as a nurse, consider a previous work setting that would have benefited from implementation of the QSEN competencies. How can the QSEN competencies for nurses be implemented

Change project: patients with type 2 diabetes, lifestyle modification essay

Change project: In South Florida patients with type 2 diabetes, does lifestyle modification such as diet and physical activity help lower HBA1C compared to

those who do not make life style changes.

Write a literature review of your change project topic using peer-reviewed articles, books, and evidence-based guidelines. Identify and cite all sources of data according to APA guidelines. The goal is to review and critique the most current research to support your change project; this research will help drive the focus of your research.Summarize the key findings and provide a transition to the methods, intervention, or clinical protocol section of your final paper. Describe any gaps in knowledge that you found and the effects this may have on nursing practice as it relates to your change project topic. The literature review should be a synthesis of how each article relates to your change project. Also, when writing your literature review, remember to include subtopics to your main topic and gather data on these areas as well. For example, if you are doing a project on cancer, then subtopics for cancer treatments should be included.

A minimum of 10 Peer-reviewed articles

Literature is supported by scientific evidence that is credible and timely. Subtopics

are used to support the main topic.

Presents a thorough and insightful analysis of significant findings related to the change project topic. Ideas are synthesized and professionally sound and creative. Insightful and comprehensive conclusions and solutions are present

Your integrative literature review should be at least 6 pages. Change project: patients with type 2 diabetes, lifestyle modification essay

Quantitative Research Designs: Dr. Kristen Mauk – Quantitative research for evidence-based practice

Discussion: Quantitative Research Designs

In order to find the best information on a topic, not only should you develop a question and search for resources, but you should also know how to analyze the value of the resources that you identify. There are different ways to evaluate resources, such as using the hierarchy of evidence, which you explored in Week 4 of this course. Another way to evaluate resources is to consider the appropriateness of the research design. Understanding how research designs contribute to the quality of a study is essential for being able to analyze resources when conducting a literature review or locating evidence for practice.

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In this Discussion, you consider the different research designs and evaluate how these designs have been used to research a specific topic. You also consider strategies for selecting an appropriate research design.

To prepare:

Review the information in the course texton quantitative research designs. Focus on the information in Box 9.1, “Guidelines for Critiquing Research Designs in Quantitative Studies” located on page 210 of the course text.

Select a topic from the list below and search the Walden Library to find two different quantitative research studies addressing that issue:

Caregiver stress

Anxiety in children

Sleep apnea

Depression in college freshmen

Rural health care issues

Post-traumatic stress syndrome

Traumatic brain injury in veterans

Health effects of environmental contaminants

Bipolar disorder

End-of-life ethical issues

Alternative medicine

For each of the sources that you select, identify the type of quantitative research design used, and evaluate whether it is the most appropriate approach to the research. Quantitative Research Designs: Dr. Kristen Mauk – Quantitative research for evidence-based practice

Consider the ramifications of choosing an inappropriate design for a research study.

By Day 3

Post the topic you selected, references for the two sources you identified, and the quantitative research design used in each. Critique the appropriateness of the design used and justify your comments with information from the Learning Resources. Discuss the ramifications of choosing an inappropriate design for a research study.

Required Readings

Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2017). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer. Quantitative Research Designs: Dr. Kristen Mauk – Quantitative research for evidence-based practice

Chapter 8, “Planning a Nursing Study”

This chapter focuses on the necessary steps for planning a research study. It describes different research designs and their key features and discusses how to plan for data collection.

Chapter 9, “Quantitative Research Design”

This chapter explores quantitative research in greater depth including the importance of experimental design and the role of randomization in conducting research. The chapter also describes quasi-experimental design and observational research. Quantitative Research Designs: Dr. Kristen Mauk – Quantitative research for evidence-based practice

Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012m). Quantitative research for evidence-based practice. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes.

In this video, Dr. Kristen Mauk explains specific quantitative research designs, methods, and considerations related to her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) project. She discusses how she developed her research design and how she used sound quantitative research methods throughout her project.

 

Quantitative Research for Evidence-Based Practice Program Transcript

NARRATOR: Quantitative research includes any study or project that involves

the use of numerical data or information that can be described using numbers.

But having an effective research design is critical for the validity and success of

all quantitative research ventures. In this video, Doctor Kristen Mauk speaks

about the design of her DNP project, which explored the effect of education on

new nurses in a rehabilitation unit.

Doctor Mauk’s project can be considered a quantitative study, because it

involved comparing the numerical results from tests that nurses completed

before and after receiving educational materials, and then performing statistical

tests to check for significance in the findings.

KRISTEN MAUK, PHD: I found a unit that was nearby, and they had opened a

brand new rehab unit. And I collaborated with the nurse manager to see what

would be the best methods for them to learn. And she said that her rehab staff

didn’t really have a lot of training specifically in rehab. They were experienced,

wonderful nurses, but they were opening a new unit.

Well, my background was rehab, and I decided, ooh, well here was a good

problem. Would education make a difference in their knowledge about

rehabilitation? So that was my question. I designed, in collaboration with the

nurse manager and the administration and using all those techniques about

being a change agent, and communication, and people skills, we designed a

project that fit that unit.

So first I went to the literature and found that, yes, knowledge makes a

difference. If you’re educating nurses, yes, they will– if you give them education,

that will result in better knowledge. So I designed a pre- and post-test using a

tool that was already in existence to measure rehab knowledge. And I took 15

basic competencies of rehabilitation as set forth by the Association of

Rehabilitation Nurses. Quantitative Research Designs: Dr. Kristen Mauk – Quantitative research for evidence-based practice

Case Study 1  Marsha and Clement are both carriers of sickle cell disease, a disease that is autosomal recessive. Their first child, Amelia, does not have the disease. Marsha and Clement are planning another pregnancy, but they are concerned about their second child having the condition. Clement’s dad died from complications of sickle cell disease shortly before Amelia was born.  1.Draw a Punnett square to determine the likelihood of Marsha and Clement having a baby with sickle cell disease. What is the chance the baby will be a carrier of the disease, just like the parents? 2.Marsha suggested to the nurse at the local family planning clinic that if the baby were a boy he might have a higher risk for developing the disease, just like his grandfather. If you were this Practitioner, how would you respond? 3.When Amelia, who does not have sickle cell disease, grows up and marries someone who does have the disease, how likely is it that her children will have the disease?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Family Settings Versus Individual Settings

Review the media, Johnson Family

Compare the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for families to cognitive behavioral therapy for individuals

Analyze challenges of using cognitive behavioral therapy for families.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Family Settings Versus Individual Settings

Johnson Family Episode 3 Program Transcript

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MALE SPEAKER: No, no, no, no. Not here. Not here.

FEMALE SPEAKER: Take me home.

MALE SPEAKER: I can’t leave. It’s my frat party. I actually– But I’ll tell you what, let me take you upstairs. You can use my bed. OK?

FEMALE SPEAKER: Sure.

MALE SPEAKER: All right. Come on, Talia. I got you.

FEMALE SPEAKER: I remember him lying me down on a bed and then he started kissing me. I think I kissed him back. And then he started taking off my pants. I told him to stop, but I must have passed out. When I woke up later, I didn’t have anything on. I just grabbed my clothes and got the hell out of there. I feel like such a fool. I had too much to drink. I don’t know why I let it happen.

FEMALE SPEAKER: Thank you for sharing. It sounds like you still feel responsible for what happened. Has anyone else had similar feelings about something that’s happened to them?

FEMALE SPEAKER: There was this guy once, I told him no just like you. I told him really loud, but it didn’t matter. He did what he wanted anyway. He raped me. And for some reason, I blamed myself for it. It took a long time and a lot of help to realize I was wrong. It wasn’t my fault. Just like it’s not your fault. That frat boy, he’s the one to blame.

FEMALE SPEAKER: When it happened to me some of the people in my life, people I loved, they said it was my fault. Said that I shouldn’t have been where I was. Said it wouldn’t have happened otherwise. But it wasn’t my fault. It wasn’t. But to have people that you trust say those things about you, it’s confusing. It hurts.

FEMALE SPEAKER: Thank you for sharing your thoughts and being supportive. It’s important in a group like this.

FEMALE SPEAKER: Is it? Is it really? I’m not so sure. It hurts talking about it like this. It just, it keeps hurting

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Family Settings Versus Individual Settings