What is evidence-based nursing practice and why is it important?
- Create an original posting with a minimum of 250-300 words.
- Back up your arguments with reliable evidence.
Asking the Relevant Clinical Questions
Evidence-based nursing is a process founded on the collection, interpretation, appraisal, and integration of valid, clinically significant, and applicable research. It is not about developing new knowledge or validating existing knowledge, but rather translating existing evidence so that it can be applied to clinical decision making. This process starts with formulating a sound PICO question. PICO is a format for developing a good clinical research question prior to starting a review or research. It is a mnemonic used to describe the four elements of a sound clinical foreground question.
Scenarios:
#1 A nurse in the PACU is interested in ways to decrease the use of pain medication in post-op patients. She’s wondering if classical music or guided imagery might be efficacious.
#2 A 17-year-old African American woman, just diagnosed with hepatitis B, has been taking acetaminophen for headaches. Her mother has heard that acetaminophen can cause liver problems, and she asks you if her daughter should continue taking the drug for her headaches, considering her hep-b diagnosis.
#3 You are on a hospital committee exploring best practices in inpatient oncology nursing. The first question to come before the committee is, “how can we improve patients’ sleep quality and quantity without resorting to sleep medication?” The committee decides to explore relaxation techniques (e.g., massage; music), noise reduction, bed/pillow comfort, and ambient temperature changes. Your assignment is to find the best practices to reduce noise levels on the unit.
#4 A 53-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis wants to possibly change her medication to short-term low-dose corticosteroids instead of NSAIDS, which are upsetting her stomach. Will the corticosteroids be as effective?
#5 Jeff, a smoker of more than 30 years, has tried to quit unsuccessfully in the past. A friend of his recently quit with acupuncture. He wonders if he should try it.
Instructions:
- Choose one (1) clinical scenario above, and answer the following questions:
- What is evidence-based nursing practice and why is it important?
- What is the PICO process?
- Formulate a well defined clinical question that will yield the most relevant and best evidence.
- Describe the background of the question
- Present the question using PICOT format
- Indicate what will be the best study to answer the clinical question.
Discussion 4 – how the brain coordinates our movements
1. Do you think that conscious (voluntary) movements must be organized differently from unconscious (involuntary) movements? What does the evidence tell you?
2. Can you point to any body movements that do not involve reflexes–or some reflexes that do not involve bodily movement?
3. Post responses of 75 to 100 words each to two of your fellow class members.
You are the manager of a firm that receives revenues of $20,000 per year
You are the manager of a firm that receives revenues of $20,000 per year from product X and $70,000 per year from product Y. The own price elasticity of demand for product X is -2, and the cross-price elasticity of demand between product Y and X is -1.5.
How much will your firm’s total revenues (revenues from both products) change if you increase the price of good X by 1 percent?
Critically evaluate a scholarly article related to multiple regression
For this Assignment, you will continue your practice as a critical consumer of research. You will critically evaluate a scholarly article related to multiple regression.
To prepare for this Assignment:
- Use the Course Guide and Assignment Help found in this week’s Learning Resources and search for a quantitative article that includes multiple regression testing. Also, you can use as guide the Research Design Alignment Table located in this week’s Learning Resources.
For this Assignment:
Write a 3- to 5-paragraphs critique of the article (2 to 3 pages). In your critique, include responses to the following:
- Why did the authors use multiple regression?
- Do you think it’s the most appropriate choice? Why or why not?
- Did the authors display the data?
- Do the results stand alone? Why or why not?
- Did the authors report effect size? If yes, is this meaningful?
Use proper APA format, citations, and referencing.
What are some of the drawbacks to greed?
Include the list of references used. Use headings/number the questions.NO Plagiarism
Please answer the following questions.
- What are some of the drawbacks to greed?
- How can you combat greed is your own personal / business life?
- Is there a way to help others deal with greed?
- Ego, greed, or misguided thinking, which is the toughest to combat in your life? In the workplace?
- Can you think of other issues that might lead to unethical behavior?
- Does culture really care about greed, ego, or misguided thinking? Does it care about ethical behavior?
The art of lawyering involves the act of being a zealous advocate for your legal client.
Business Law class:
The art of lawyering involves the act of being a zealous advocate for your legal client. This means being able to think about the strongest arguments for your side and how to counter the likely positions of opposing counsel. In the world of Corporations or “business law,” the act of lawyering happens both in the court house as well as much earlier on. This goes from the corporation’s inception through all of its various actions and dealings with other parties. Your text mentions that some of those actions and dealings are sometimes viewed as acts of corporate social responsibility (CSR), which some view as extraneous or even illegal.
1. Why is this? Why do some view acts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as extraneous or even illegal?
2. Provide a counterargument.
3. What is your personal opinion?
To receive credit, you must post a thoughtful, well-worded response of at least 5 sentences in answering these three questions.
In the United States, two primary sources of law govern contracts
Business Law class:
In the United States, two primary sources of law govern contracts: the common law and the Uniform Commercial Code. I have provided a cell phone services contract from AT&T.
6A (SKIM AND ANALYZE) AT&T Terms of Service (Table of Contents).pdf
6B (SKIM AND ANALYZE) AT&T Terms of Service.pdf
6C (SKIM) AT&T Additional Terms for Enterprise Customers.pdf
Using the language from Chapter 6, please analyze the services contract —
- As a preliminary matter, is this contract governed by the UCC or common law?
- Define each of the following terms: offer, acceptance, and consideration. Next, discuss where each of these terms appear in the AT&T services contract.
- Define each of the following terms: performance, breach, and remedies. Next, discuss where each of these terms appear in the AT&T services contract.
To receive credit, you must post a thoughtful, well-worded response of at least 10 sentences.
The disease is Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).
The disease is Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).
The paper should be 2-3 pages in length and follow APA 7 style.
Your paper should discuss the following:
Pathology: Describe the disease or condition, discuss the incidence/prevalence, and identify risk factors
Clinical manifestations: Describe the signs and symptoms of the disease
Diagnostic tools: Identify and describe any thoracic imaging that are useful in the diagnosis of the disease
Treatment: Describe in detail potential treatment options and outcomes
Disease management: Identify any published guidelines for the long-term treatment of the disease
Patient education: Describe how the RCP can educate a patient with the established diagnosis
Special considerations: Identify any points that are distinct to the disease
Please use at minimum, Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care textbook, as a resource for the project. This is an opportunity for you to be creative! Please include visual aids (chest x-ray images, graphs, charts, etc.) that support your findings.
What are the strategically relevant factors for the industry and your company within this macro-environment?
Tesla . What are the strategically relevant factors for the industry and your company within this macro-environment? What strategic moves are rivals likely to make and why? What factors are driving changes in this industry and why? Keeping in mind the role that interpreting environmental factors will play in analyzing a case, what do you see as the most important external data you would want this organization to have in any strategic planning process, and why? How does this discussion board relate to our coursework this week? Be specific.
Your response to the question should be 250-300 words. You must have at least one course (our text) and one non-course scholarly/peer reviewed source in your post. Sources require in-text citations and must be incorporated into the body of the post in addition to a full APA citation at the end of the post.
Define motivation and explain three motivational theory
Assignment Question(s):
Part-1
1. Define motivation and explain three motivational theory from the chapter. What kinds of needs motivate employees? Is a good reward good enough? How do other factors affect motivation?
2. What are the types of incentives I might use to influence employee behavior? How
can I use compensation and other rewards to motivate people?
Use at least 3 scientific references to support your answers. Follow APA-style when referencing.
Part-2
Students sometime report negative experiences when working with teams, particularly if they have experienced a social-loafer in the group. Some argue that social loafing is less prevalent in the workplace because the rewards and sanctions are more closely aligned to individual performance. An interesting argument for individuals’ willingness to work and contribute in a group has been posed by Fishbach and colleagues. They argue that identification with others in the group and the group goal is fundamental to an individual’s choice to opt into and participate effectively within the group.
3. How important do you think group identification really is to an individual’s motivation to work on a task? Do you think this could differ between individuals? What other factors would be relevant?
4. Can you identify an alignment between the argument posed by Fishbach and colleagues to other models or theories of motivation posed throughout this chapter?
5. What strategies could you use to improve group identification, goal commitment and member motivation when working in a group?
Assignment guidelines:
1- use their own words.
2- APA style guidelines.
3- Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook along with at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
4- A mark of zero will be given for any submission that includes copying from other resource without referencing it.
Write at least 4-5 pages in length, excluding the title page, abstract and required reference page, which are never a part of the minimum content requirements
