Discuss the different types of evidence and the importance of evidence-based interventions for safe, person-centred care to maintain or restore health and well-being.
1 Module overview1
1.1 Introduction
We have introduced UWLFlex – our new, online, flexible learning platform.
UWLFlex has been designed to complement face-to-face learning and build on our reputation for excellence in teaching, learning and student support. We will be able to deliver a University experience that is more collaborative, active, and relevant for an increasingly digital world thus enabling us to provide you with an improved student experience. UWLFlex will provide you with an enhanced range of online tools, to help facilitate your learning whether this takes place primarily on site or online.
1.2 Module summary content and aims
The Foundations of Evidence for Nursing Practice module is a core module to introduce key knowledge and skills to use diverse forms of evidence underpinning nursing and healthcare interventions and professional practice. This module helps you to build knowledge and skills in information literacy, essential concepts, research methods, evaluation and implementation
of research evidence-based information in order to provide safe, person-centred care to maintain or restore health and well-being.
The module adopts a blended learning approach, which combines face-to-face sessions in the classroom with a guided self-directed study independently and/or in a group using electronic learning materials. This learning approach will prepare you for study at level 5 in the second year. This module runs throughout the academic year to assist you in developing
the requisite skills that you will require throughout the course and during your professional practice.
The module team look forward to working with you on developing your knowledge and skills that are essential to achieve the year one learning outcomes.
Aims
This module aims to introduce key knowledge and skills to support the identification, use and implementation of evidence to underpin nursing and healthcare interventions and professional practice.
Summary of content of the module
Graduate level nurses require knowledge and skills in research in order to evaluate and apply evidence to practice. This module will introduce you to the essential concepts and skills which will be developed in the subsequent years of the course. Indicative content
includes:
➢ Principles of evidence-based care
• Types and sources of evidence
• Multi professional care
Module Study Guide: Foundations of Evidence for Nursing Practice
➢ Using evidence to understand individual experience of health and disease and the effectiveness of prevention and treatment:
• Principles of Qualitative research
• Principles of quantitative research
• Ethics of research
• Selecting and Using Critical Appraisal tools
➢ Information literacy
• Literature searching
• Plagiarism and academic integrity
• Approaches to referencing
1.3 Learning outcomes to be assessed
On successful completion of this module, you will be expected to be able to:
1. Discuss the different types of evidence and the importance of evidence-based interventions for safe, person-centred care to maintain or restore health and well-being.
2. Locate and reference appropriate information relevant to nursing and healthcare practice.
3. Appraise a piece of research and reach a judgement about its quality and applicability to practice using an identified appraisal tool
2.2 Assessment brief including criteria mapped to learning outcomes
Assessment 1
Formative assessment brief: Complete a Search Strategy template and submit to File exchange
The template is in your module Workbook as well as Under the Assessment Tab. It is linked to Learning Outcome 2.
Summative Assessment brief:
Module learning outcomes to be addressed:
Learning Outcome 2: Locate and reference appropriate information relevant to nursing and
healthcare practice.
Submission date:20/12/2021
Provide an annotated Bibliography of two primary research articles: one Qualitative and
one Quantitative.
This assessment task is part 1 of the two assessments towards developing your theoretical and
practical understanding of evidence-based practice.
You are required to engage in a literature search and submit an annotated bibliography (1,000
words).
In order to meet your learning outcomes, you will need to choose one from the following themes:
• Infection Control
• Hydration and Nutrition
• Person-centred Care
• Communication
Once you have a chosen theme, identify two research articles from a peer reviewed journal related
to nursing practice that highlights an area of practice that links to the themes above (L.O2). One
article must be based on QUALITATIVE and another QUANTITATIVE research methods. The
article you select MUST be primary research published with in last 5 years (systematic reviews
/opinions/ literature reviews are not allowed).
Essay structure Guidelines
1. Introduction (150) an introduction generally need to answer these 3 questions.
a. What? The introduction must begin by clearly explaining what the essay is about. This
section needs to explain in your own words what is required in the assignment brief given
above.
b. How? The second part of the introduction need to outline how the essay is structured.
You need to summarise the details given in point 2 below.
c. Why? An introduction needs to articulate why the topic under consideration is of
significance.
2. Background (150)
a. Explain what evidence-based practise is and its importance in nursing
b. Provide an evidence-based rationale for your chosen theme and its relevance to
nursing practice.
3. Perform and summarise the search strategy (in narrative / full sentences) where relevant (200 words)
a. Identify the key concepts.
b. Sources searched with rationale i.e., databases.
c. Boolean operators used.
d. Truncation used for the search.
e. limiters used for the search with rationale
f. Inclusion criteria with rationale.
g. Exclusion criteria with rationale.
h. Terms used for the search.
i. Total articles search and describe how you obtained two primary research
articles for annotated bibliography?
4. Annotated Bibliography article 1 (200)
Each annotation will include:
a. Citation details (set out in the same style as an UWL Harvard referencing listSee Cite them Right for referencing guide)
b. A short statement that explains the main focus or purpose of the research paper
c. Briefly discuss the usefulness and/or limitations of the paper (e.g. reliability of the text, limitations of the paper, credibility of the author)
d. An evaluative comment on the paper that may take into account how the findings will improve nursing practice and benefit patient care.
5. Annotated Bibliography article 2 (200)
Each annotation will include:
a. Citation details (set out in the same style as an UWL Harvard referencing list See Cite them Right for referencing guide)
b. A short statement that explains the main focus or purpose of the research paper
c. Briefly discuss the usefulness and/or limitations of the paper (e.g. reliability of the text, limitations of the paper, credibility of the author)
d. An evaluative comment on the paper that may take into account how the findings will improve nursing practice and benefit patient care.
6. Conclusion (100 words)
a. Summary. Summarise the key learning points that have emerged from your
discussion above.
b. Recommendations. Make recommendations on what needs to be done in light of your findings and conclusions.
7. References list
Appropriate referencing is an important element of academic writing. Ensure that you have used the most up to date UWL referencing guide available from the library. Please be aware that the referencing guide is regularly updated.
Explain Singer’s Strong and Moderate Moral Principles
Topic : Peter Singer on Charity
Last summer, Prof. Rude and his family spent $2,000 to go on a vacation in Chile. Instead of booking the trip, he could have donated that money to a charity that likely would have saved a child’s life. According to Peter Singer, Prof. Rude did something morally wrong: he should have donated the money instead of going on vacation.
Part 1. Explain how Peter Singer would argue for this conclusion. • In the process of explaining your argument, make sure to explain Singer’s Strong and Moderate Moral Principles. Explain how the two principles differ by giving a case in which they issue different verdicts (one principle says an action is wrong and another says an action is not wrong). And explain which of the two principles Singer’s argument depends on.
Part 2. Give one or two of the strongest objections you can think of against Peter Singer’s conclusion. How would Singer respond? Is the reply convincing? • At least one of the objections you consider should be new – it should not be from the lecture.
Critically examine the role and responsibilities of the nurse in safeguarding people across the lifespan elucidating key concepts, policy and law that influence decision making
What am I required to do in this assignment?
Your critical incident analysis will be specific to your practice experiences and is aimed at exploring the impact this has on your development as a student nurse. You are required to select an example where you observed or participated in a safeguarding situation in practice in which a decision was made about a patient or service user. Once you have identified this practice experience, you should write an analytical account with the following elements:
Introduction
Context of your practice experience
Overview of your critical incident
Critical analysis of the safeguarding decision, related to key literature and evidence
Voice of the adult/child/relative and their experiences
Impact of the incident on your practice
Reflection and recommendations for future development
Conclusion
Key assignment details
Unit title & code NUR031-3 Advocacy, Empowerment and Protection
Assignment number and title Assignment 1 – Critical Incident Analysis
Assignment type CW-RW Written Assignment
Weighting of assignment 100%
Size or length of assessment 2000 words
Unit learning outcomes 1. Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding
Critically examine the role and responsibilities of the nurse in safeguarding people across the lifespan elucidating key concepts, policy and law that influence decision making.
2. Demonstrate the following skills and abilities
Risk assess and critically evaluate situations where there is risk to an individual or group demonstrating sound judgement and articulate professional responses
Detailed guidance
You should briefly but clearly describe the situation you are discussing, giving enough detail for your reader to understand the context but not providing a purely descriptive account of the events
You should provide a rationale for why your incident is important for both practice and your development, and support this appropriate literature
You should clearly present your analysis of the incident and the critical aspects of this decision for patient and service user safety,
experience and wellbeing as well as risk management and support this with appropriate theory and literature from within the unit and your own additional reading
You should evaluate the effectiveness of the decision and support this with appropriate literature
You should consider the views and experiences of others within your work, with particularly reference to the voice of the service user
You should evaluate your reflection of the impacts of your analysis with literature, and analyse the impacts this will have on your own future practice
You should discuss and reflect on how your analysis could give new understanding in safeguarding practice and offer recommendations for your own development
You should support your work throughout with appropriate citations and references to the literature and present this in accordance with the requirements of the University of Bedfordshire referencing guidance
Write a report on a REAL case study business covering the following points:
Assessment Type: Business Analysis Report
This assignment will be focused on demonstrating a clear and thorough understanding of the different factors that impact a business in relation to entrepreneurship. Use a range of literature and sources from industry and academic sources to write clearly, analytically and critically. Use APA 7th edition referencing. Link to Referencing Guide
Assessment Brief:
Write a report on a REAL case study business covering the following points:
Entrepreneurial Analysis – How entrepreneurial is the business currently?
Predictions – How do you think the business will perform in the future if it continues operating as it is currently?
Proposals – How could the business be more entrepreneurial (as related to the concepts and points covered in the module)?
Proposal Validation – How do you think the business might perform in the future if it adopts the measures you suggested in your proposals?
The key areas of focus for this report include all the below areas covered in the module. The report should cover some but not all of these subject areas.
Leadership Strategy
HR, Teams and Diversity
Risk and Opportunity
Creativity and Innovation
Finance
Operations
Marketing
Which of the three essays most accurately explains the true source of our culture’s alienation from nature?
Prior to beginning work on this , review the articles by Lynn White, Tu Weiming, as well as the essay by William Cronon
PROMPT:
White, Weiming, and Cronon each critique forms of anthropocentrism, but they do so for somewhat different reasons. White focuses on Medieval Christianity, Weiming on the Enlightenment, and Cronon on Romanticism. One way to see the difference between their critiques is to ask, “What does
each author seem to be proposing as a solution to our current environmental crisis, and what does that solution imply about the author’s diagnosis of the original source of our crisis?” The reason these questions are linked is that you can’t solve a problem until you know what the cause is. While these authors all seem to blame anthropocentrism for part of the problem, their proposed solutions differ, which means that their critiques of anthropocentrism must differ in some way as well. This week we will work through these critiques together. After we have worked together to summarize how each author explains the ideological origin of our current environmental crisis, we will evaluate those positions in subsequent posts. Which of the three essays most accurately explains the true source of our culture’s alienation from nature?
Explain WHY it is important that event designers understand how to create authenticity
Assessment Details
Individual Essay – ‘Exploring the Role of Authenticity in Strategic Event Design’
In this module, we are focusing on the strategic design of business events to influence the cognitive, affective and behavioural impacts of attendees for optimal organisational outcomes. Cognitive impacts help attendees to better understand their organisation’s strategy, new initiative or product (internal) or to clarify and build brand awareness (external). Affective impacts are emotional impacts which will affect how attendees (both internal and external to the organisation) feel and identify with the brand or the company. Behavioural impacts change attendees’ behaviour towards a brand/company. For internal consumers/employees, behavioural impacts could be that they become more productive, more engaged and more loyal to the company. For consumers, behavioural impacts could be that they purchase more products from the brand and advocate or speak positively about the brand to others.
In both the experience design and strategic event design literature, authenticity is identified as a key influencing antecedent of positive event outcomes, both in terms of creating experience ‘intensity’ for the attendee and for the hosting organisation. In other words, if the event experience feels authentic to attendees, they are more likely to demonstrate positive cognitive, affective and behavioral impacts from the event, over time, thereby benefitting the host organisation in terms of event outcomes.
Using the academic and industry literature, write a 3,000 word essay discussing how the creation of authenticity is being used as a principle design aim in the creation of business events.
The essay will follow this structure:
Introduction:
Describe the structure, content and purpose of your essay. The purpose of your essay is to discuss and assess how the creation of authenticity is being used as a principle design aim in the creation of corporate events.
Provide a definition for authenticity, using the academic and industry literature to highlight key understandings of this objective.
Explain WHY it is important that event designers understand how to create authenticity.
Indicate that the key outcome of your synthesis of the available literature will be to form conclusions and make recommendations about how authenticity can be achieved in event design, across different types of corporate events.
Main Body: Authenticity as a Design Principle – Theoretical and Practical Implications
Consider how authenticity is being described in the academic and industry literature in relation to event design and different types of corporate events. To get you started, please see:
1. Pg. 144 in Berridge, G. (2007). Events Design and Experience. Oxford: Elsevier.
2. Pg. 1 Concept 1 in Quinn, B. (2013). Key Concepts in Event Management. London: Sage.
3. “With a specific focus on the audience, Brown and Hutton (2013) identify three pillars of design – to capture the audience, to provide the foundation for an optimal experience and to deliver the event objectives – but they also highlight the importance of additional principles such as emotions, authenticity and surprise amongst others” (p. 22, Orefice, 2018).
4. You will notice in your reading of the literature, that authenticity is linked with many aspects of event design. Examples below:
1. These interactions represent so-called ‘moments of truth’ as they shape consumer’s overall perception of the event (Evans, 2015).
Evans, N., (2015). Strategic Management for Tourism, Hospitality and Events. London: Taylor and Francis.
2. See C&IT Incentive Travel Report 2017 for authenticity in incentive events. “There is a movement towards experiences and authenticity, it’s about going somewhere and ensuring you are immersed in the local culture.”
3. Pg. 332 in Bladen at al. (2018) in reference to destination and venue selection for corporate events –
“Increasingly, the authenticity and uniqueness of a destination plays an important role in the process of choosing a destination for an event that will give delegates the ‘Wow effect’…….Authenticity and uniqueness are not only a crucial aspect of the destination, but also of the venue where an event will take place.”
5. You should be able to find discussions of authenticity when exploring themes of Value Creation, Co-Creation, Storytelling and Narrative, Destination Selection, Influencer Marketing, the creation of Personas (see Event Audiences), Emotions, Intensity of Experience, Branding Theory, level of participant immersion or participation, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), meaningful experiences, memorable (affective impacts) experiences, etc. Choose the few themes that interest you most and provide illustrative examples from industry case studies to reinforce your key arguments where possible.
Throughout your exploration of this topic, highlight key aspects of the pursuit, achievement and outcomes of authenticity in strategic event experience design. Reinforce key arguments about WHY it is important that event designers understand how to create authenticity, why attendees must have authentic experiences, and how organisations benefit from hosting events which are perceived to be authentic (three distinct perspectives here).
Please ensure that your essay has a strong academic foundation including theory, empirical evidence and references. If you use material from case studies or company websites remember that these need to be properly quoted and referenced just like all other materials.
Conclusions
Provide a summary of your key findings related to the pursuit, achievement and outcomes of authenticity in relation to strategic corporate event design, including key understandings of how to define an authentic experience or encounter.
write a Letter to the Editor of the local paper that includes an evaluation of the issues that would be the focus on need for quality improvement
Improving Population Health—Letter to the Editor
There are mechanisms in place that are used to improve population health, including (1) health statuses and outcomes, (2) determinant factors, and (3) interventions that address determinant factors and improve outcomes (Joshi et al., 2014 p. 549). How health care is provided and how it can be improved is the focus of this assignment, which lends itself to a perfect opportunity for you to put your analysis skills into practice. The Learning Resources section this week provides you with data from the patient experience of care that also sheds light on expectations that have and have not been met. The Healthy People 2030 data provides measurements and goals for health care into the future, along with reasons for achieving those goals.
For this Assignment, you will read a scenario, analyze an existing problem using the data/resources provided, and make recommendations to address the issues.
To prepare:
Review all Learning Resources for the week that relate to improving population health.
https://health.gov/healthypeople/tools-action/browse-evidence-based-resources/evidence-based-resources
https://hcahpsonline.org/en/facts/
The Assignment:
Read the following scenario:
The community of Springfield (population approximately 100,000) is made up of hardworking, mostly older, factory laborers who contributed to both the city and county growth from the late 1950s through early 2005. Since the plant closed, many of the former workers have little to look forward to. There are few jobs available, and they are now aging; most are 60 years of age or older.
The Memorial Hospital has been in existence since the mid-1950s and has several primary care physicians and nurse practitioners, a couple of general surgeons, and one cardiologist, but no cardiac surgeons.
Many nurses are recruited from the nearby community college, and the hospital serves as the facility for clinical rounds in their education.
The community is pretty sedentary, with the exception of an occasional game of horseshoes. Cigarette smoking is prominent.
Serious concerns surround the continued existence of the hospital because many residents seek and obtain health care services elsewhere.
Compare the population of this city to other problem areas using the Healthy People sources. The town’s population is approximately 100,000, making the comparison straightforward.
From this week’s Learning Resources, write a 2-page Letter to the Editor of the local paper that includes:
• An evaluation of the issues that would be the focus on need for quality improvement
• An analysis of existing problems/issues based on data/resources provided
• 2 or 3 recommended strategies to address each quality improvement issue
Explain how these symptoms are affecting the client’s daily functioning.
Disorders Related to Sexuality and Gender Presentation
Summarize your client scenario.
Describe the assessment technique you would use with this client.
Describe the presenting symptoms.
Explain how these symptoms are affecting the client’s daily functioning.
Identify the diagnosis, and explain how you arrived at this diagnosis for this client.
Justify a chosen treatment approach for this client with supporting research.
briefly describe how the person you interviewed responded to the Heinz dilemma
For this discussion you should begin by interviewing an older child or teenager (if you don’t have access to a person in this age range, you can work with an adult) about Kohlberg’s “Heinz & the Drug” dilemma found on pages 389 & 90 in Levine & Munsch. Specifically, read the dilemma to the person you are interviewing and carefully record his/her response. Then using the chart on page 390 and the discussion on pages 389 to 391, determine what level the response corresponds to.
In your discussion post, (1) briefly describe how the person you interviewed responded to the Heinz dilemma; (2) Discuss how you rated this response and why and (3) Explain whether you feel Kohlberg’s approach is an accurate way to measure moral judgment and why. Please do not use the real name of the person you interviewed in your response. Instead use a general description such as “For this assignment, I interviewed an 11 year-old female about the Heinz dilemma.
What does it mean to you to have a “sea ethic” or a water ethic?
Global Water Resource Use and Sustainability
In place of this week’s quiz, we have another more substantive writing assignment than the typical weekly reflection since the material is more “cerebral”. We have asked you to contemplate the human dimension of water resources this week with a lecture, a survey, and several assigned articles. After you have completed this week’s assigned reading/viewing, please submit a 500-750 word (minimum) essay that aligns with the weeks topic, “how we think about water” (this is just the topic – choose your own title). Please remember to submit only your own work (Turnitin is enabled). Choose the perspective for your essay after reflection on the week’s assigned content and make it personal to the extent that you are comfortable. You may also want or need to do a bit of your own research for your essay (please cite your sources, if you do so). We suggest composing your essay on a word processor and copying or pasting it into the assignment window (this way you won’t lose your work), and don’t forget to click “submit” when you are finished. You might consider one of the following perspectives for your essay (feel free to go with something else):
Choose one aspect of water equity or environmental justice; and describe how this aspect relates to vulnerable populations, geographic scales or types of community organizations. What personal experiences have you had and what specific approaches may be applicable to mitigate this aspect of inequity?
Of the cultural, philosophical and/or faith-based perspectives of water presented in the assigned readings, which perspective(s) speak to you, and why?
Which of the 4 water ethics perspectives do you most identify with, and why?
What does “water denial” mean and how does it play out in your own community, Minnesota or some other location that you are familiar with?
Write about your own faith-based, culture-based, or other-based perspective of water. Describe the basis for this perspective and what your experience has been.
What does it mean to you to have a “sea ethic” or a water ethic?
What is “water denial” and do you see this in your own experience?
Find your own article on human perspectives of water/water resources and summarize the theme and findings of the article, and why it is of interest to you (don’t forget proper citation).
