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

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

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discussing your cultural background

 Psychology homework help
Create an 8- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation discussing your cultural background CAUCASIAN FEMALE(in addition, you should include a title slide and reference slide in your presentation). When discussing your culture, consider components of yourself such as race, ethnicity, religion, spiritual heritage, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, socioeconomic status, traditions, and family heritage. You are not required to include any information you do not feel comfortable sharing.
Include the following in your presentation:

  1. Communication styles of your culture (verbal and nonverbal)
  2. Parts of your culture you are proud of
  3. Parts of your culture that you would like to improve
  4. Stereotypes toward your culture
  5. Stereotypes held within your culture
  6. How your culture perceives substance use. Are there any traditional uses of substances that are deemed culturally acceptable?
  7. How your culture perceives counseling
  8. How your cultural background will influence your ability to counsel someone from your culture and someone from another culture
  9. Speaker notes that represent what would be said if giving the presentation in person

APA format is required for any information not originated by the student. Include at least two scholarly references in your presentation.

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question and answer

Please use your text,( Maisto, S. A., Galizio, M., & Coonors, G. J. (2021). Drug use and misuse (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, Inc) and   information from links posted with the questions, and any other resources you’d like to inform and support your answers. Good luck!

Please answer FOUR of the posted seven questions. Each answer should be at least one page and is worth up to 25 points. Details about expectations for full credit are at the bottom of this page. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

1) What are some ethical factors to consider when using placebo controls in experiments? What are some ethical factors in the administration of experimental drugs to patients? Can you think of ways that drug placebo effects can be incorporated into actual clinical care? 

– Text Chapter 5

– Link (Placebos without Deception) Links to an external site.

– Link Links to an external site.(Ethical Deliberations) 

– Link Links to an external site.(Ethics of Experimental Drugs)

– Link Links to an external site.(Ethics of Trial Drug Use)

2) Considering that adults in the low socioeconomic classes have a disproportionately high rate of smoking, what do you think about the equity of the high tax rates that the federal and local governments impose on tobaccos products? Why do you think individuals below the poverty level and with less education have such high rates of smoking? 

– Text Chapter 7

– Link Links to an external site.(CDC)

– Link Links to an external site.(Washington Post)

– Link Links to an external site.(Truth Initiative)

3) As part of a plea deal, Purdue Pharma recently pled guilty to 3 federal charges. Discuss their role in the opioid epidemic, your understanding of what they pled guilty to, and your opinion about what you learned. 

– Text Chapter 10

– Link Links to an external site.(Reuters)

– Link Links to an external site.(Oxycontin)

– Link Links to an external site.(DOJ)

– Link Links to an external site.(Legal)

4) What are some dangers of online pharmacies? What are some ways a person can take advantage of online pharmacies to obtain medications/drugs illegally? Do you think there is a way for online pharmacies to operate safely or will there always be too many loop holes?

– Text Chapter 14

– Link Links to an external site.(NCBI)

– Link Links to an external site.(Poison Control)

– Link Links to an external site.(What you need to know)

5) Should psychiatric inpatients be able to refuse psychotherapeutic medications in some or in all situations? Why or why not? 

– Text Chapter 13

– Link Links to an external site.(Refusing Medication)

– Link Links to an external site.(Noncompliant Patient)

– Link Links to an external site.(Legal Case Summary)

– Link Links to an external site.(Psychiatric Times)

6) What does Ben Cort mean when he says that Colorado did not decriminalize marijuana, but commercialized it? What did you learn from this chapter? Do you agree or disagree with Ben? 

– Text Chapter 11

– Chapter 1.pdfDownload – Chapter 1.pdf

7) Provide a summary about what you learned about concentrates. Do you think they should be legal? If so, do you think they should be regulated and marketed more carefully than they are now – how? 

– Text Chapter 11

– Chapter 5.pdfDownload Chapter 5.pdf

 

The criteria below will be used when evaluating your responses. As a rule, your responses should demonstrate reflective and critical thinking. 

1)  Responses demonstrate knowledge of the subject matter: Your responses should be meaningful – that is, they should indicate that you’ve reflectively and critically thought about the subject matter.    

2) Responses include precise statements supported by evidence (accuracy): Use the provided articles or other resources to support your arguments or opinions; remember to provide the source. Be sure to separate acknowledged, supported facts (bolstered by citations) from personal insights.  Both are valuable, but the two should be distinguishable in your writing.

For example:

  1. a)   Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability among the elderly” (Anspaugh, et al, 2006, p. 39)
  2. b)      Based on the news that I hear every day, I would argue that cancer is probably the leading cause of death.

3) Responses deal with the complexity of the issue; avoids oversimplification; responds to questions (depth). Responses should reflect the seriousness and gravity of the subject matter. Students should consider the intricacy or difficulty of the subject-matter and demonstrate the ability to expand upon ideas or opinions.  

4) Responses include correct grammar and spelling. Your attention to spelling and grammar will directly impact the meaning and value of your response. Take the time to proofread all of your responses.

5) Responses are understandable with clear meaning (clarity). When you write something, make sure that people will understand you. After you type a response, try reading it out loud. Sometimes sentences that seem to be okay when you’re typing don’t really work when you read them back.

 

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Information Systems Powerpoint

Please complete 15 slide powerpoint. 

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Current Issues For Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

Current Issues For Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

Prepare a 1,400-word paper using the findings from the Regulated Scope of Practice Learning Team assignment to guide you in addressing the questions below: The 2 states used in learning team are Arizona and south Carolina. Please paper based on those 2 states only. Paper needs to address questions below. All questions Needs to be addressed in the paper.
1.How do the state-specific regulations impact NPs?
2. What regulatory barriers continue to exist for NPs in each state?
3. Where has progress been made, if any?
4. What remains to be done?
5. Explain the four different roles of the advance practice registered nurse: nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist, and the certified registered nurse anesthetist.
6. What professional opportunities are available to develop interprofessional relationships within advanced practice nursing?
7. Describe at least one ethical issue that may be faced by an NP. Explain how you as an NP would address the issue.
8. Describe concepts of profession and professionalism as they pertain to the APRN. What is different as an RN for a profession and professionalism as compared to an APN?
9. Analyze historical factors contributing to the development of advanced practice nursing roles.
10. What has happened over time that has made APRNs what they are today?
Cite and reference using APA guidelines. Master Level Writing Please….
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Operations Management homework help

In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you selected and focused on for the Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness assignment.
 
Using the corporation you chose from the Week 3 assignment, Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness, examine the industry in which the entity operates. Use any or all of the following resources to conduct research on the company:
 
Company website.
Public filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filings & Forms page.
Strayer University’s online databases.
The Lexis Advance database.
Other miscellaneous sources. Note: the company’s annual report will often provide insights that other resources may not include.
Use the External and Internal Environments Template [DOC] to ensure that your assignment meets the requirements.
 
Requirements
Write a 4–6 page paper in which you do the following:
 
Choose the two segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose.
Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.
Considering the five forces of competition, choose the two that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose.
Evaluate how well the company has addressed these two forces in the recent past.
With the same two forces in mind, predict what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.
Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation.
Give your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your answer.
Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses.
Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your choices.
Determine the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
Go to the Strayer University Online Library to locate three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
 
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows:
 
Analyze the effects of the general environment, competition, threats, opportunities, strengths, and weaknesses relative to a corporation.
By submitting this paper, you agree: (1) that you are submitting your paper to be used and stored as part of the SafeAssign™ services in accordance with the Blackboard Privacy Policy; (2) that your institution may use your paper in accordance with your institution’s policies; and (3) that your use of SafeAssign will be without recourse against Blackboard Inc. and its affiliates.
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Computer Science homework help

While this weeks topic highlighted the uncertainty of Big Data, the author identified the following as areas for future research. Pick one of the following for your Research paper:
 
Additional study must be performed on the interactions between each big data characteristic, as they do not exist separately but naturally interact in the real world.
The scalability and efficacy of existing analytics techniques being applied to big data must be empirically examined.
New techniques and algorithms must be developed in ML and NLP to handle the real-time needs for decisions made based on enormous amounts of data.
More work is necessary on how to efficiently model uncertainty in ML and NLP, as well as how to represent uncertainty resulting from big data analytics.
Since the CI algorithms are able to find an approximate solution within a reasonable time, they have been used to tackle ML problems and uncertainty challenges in data analytics and process in recent years.
Your paper should meet these requirements:
 
Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook.
Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.
 

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How do spiritual beliefs impact political ideologies and the policy process? How have they affected the health policy reform process? Give examples and support your reasoning with appropriate references.(300-400 words)

Nursing Ethics Policy

APA format (heading, title page, in text citation, references page)

How do spiritual beliefs impact political ideologies and the policy process? How have they affected the health policy reform process? Give examples and support your reasoning with appropriate references.(300-400 words)

What is the role of a religious ethic in public policy today? Should a religious ethic or theistic worldview take priority over that of others? How can religious policy decision makers remain true to their personal values while respecting the views of individuals with differing cultural and spiritual beliefs? (300-400 words)

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Complete a nursing theorist video analysis/reflection of one of the nursing theorist videos provided in the course.

  1. During weeks 3 and 6, you will complete a nursing theorist video analysis/reflection of one of the nursing theorist videos provided in the course. We highly recommend that you watch as many of these videos as you can throughout the course. This is a great opportunity for you to see and hear directly from the actual theorists that you are reading about in the text. Click on the Nursing Theorist Video Link in the main menu on the left to see the collection of videos.After watching one of the theorist videos, reflect about what you have learned. Compose a paper that addresses the following:
    1. Explain why you chose to watch this particular theorist’s video.
    2. Describe the parts of your personal philosophy where you agree or disagree with this theorist.
    3. Is there anything that surprised you in the video? If so, what surprised you?
    4. Would you recommend this video to another student? If so, why would you recommend it?
    5. What value did you receive from watching it?
    Your paper should be 2–3 pages in length, in APA format, typed in Times New Roman with 12-point font, and double-spaced with 1″ margins. If outside sources are used, they must be cited appropriately.Points Possible: 50
  2. By submitting this paper, you agree: (1) that you are submitting your paper to be used and stored as part of the SafeAssign™ services in accordance with the Blackboard Privacy Policy; (2) that your institution may use your paper in accordance with your institution’s policies; and (3) that your use of SafeAssign will be without recourse against Blackboard Inc. and its affiliates.
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Prevention of pneumonia

I NEED A POSITIVE COMMENT BASED IN THIS ARGUMENT..BETWEEN 100 -120 WORDS

Knowledge of nurses about the intervention for the prevention of pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation: This article seeks to investigate the knowledge of pneumonia prevention interventions. There seems to be a disconnect between the evidence research has made available and clinical practice. One strength is that the method used allows for honest results. However, the weakness is that the study was conducted at one hospital, in one unit so the generalizability is unknown.

Wagner, B. V., Alves, E. F., Brey, C., Waldrigues, M. C., & Caveião, C. (2015). KNOWLEDGE OF NURSES ABOUT THE INTERVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH MECHANICAL VENTILATION. Journal Of Nursing UFPE / Revista De Enfermagem UFPE, 9(5), 7902-7909. doi:10.5205/reuol.6121-57155-1-ED.0905201521

Evaluation of a bundle to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in an intensive care: This article is aimed at evaluating compliance with a bundle to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in an Intensive Care Unit. Bundles are only effective if used appropriately and consistently. Nurses must understand and comply in order to reduce VAP in the ICU setting. One strength is that samples were taken from many settings and consisted of nearly 1,500 participants. One weakness is that VAP bundles are not universal and vary between facilities.

Guterres da S, Raquel Kuerten de S, Eliane Regina Pereira do N, Kátia Cilene Godinho B, Cibele D’Avila Kramer C. (2014). Evaluation of a bundle to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in an intensive care. (3):744

Ventilator-associated pneumonia bundled strategies: an evidence-based practice: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an ongoing challenge for critical care nurses as they use current evidence-based strategies to decrease its incidence and prevalence. This article aims to provide a review of the literature on VAP bundle (VAPB) practices, describe the etiology and risk factors and define bundled practices, discuss an explanatory framework that promotes knowledge translation of VAPBs into clinical settings, and to identify areas for further research and implications for practice to decrease the incidence of VAP. One strength is multiple resources were used to provide reliable results. One weakness is that though bundles were proven effective overall, it does not specify or account for the different interventions that are in each bundle.

O’Keefe-McCarthy, S., Santiago, C., & Lau, G. (2014). Ventilator-associated pneumonia bundled strategies: an evidence-based practice. Worldviews On Evidence-Based Nursing, 5(4), 193-204

Critical care nurses’ knowledge of, adherence to and barriers towards evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: There is an ongoing need for improvements in education and effective implementation strategies. Barriers in prevention of VAP include education or lack thereof and appropriate and consistent implementation. Strength is that it includes all barriers and provides a clear picture of the issues. A weakness is it relies on nurses to be honest about lack of compliance with existing bundles.

Jansson, M., Ala-Kokko, T., Ylipalosaari, P., Syrjälä, H., & Kyngäs, H. (2013). Critical care nurses’ knowledge of, adherence to and barriers towards evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia – A survey study. Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, 29216-227

Practical Nursing Assistants and Pneumonia Prevention Associated with Mechanical Ventilation in ICU: Assesses the knowledge of nurses in pneumonia prevention practices associated with mechanical ventilation in patients hospitalized in  intensive care unit. It identified the importance of the nurses´ role to care practices in the care of critically ill patients and the importance of recognizing the clinical findings to establish a diagnosis. The results provide subsidies for a reflection on the role of nurses in intensive care healthcare practices in the prevention of pneumonia in patients who are undergoing mechanical ventilation. One strength is that it includes the roles of support staff and their contributions to compliance. A weakness is that the roles of support staff are given through the opinions of ICU nurses.

Oliveira Gonçalves, É., Santos de Lima, M., de Lima Melo, J., Rodrigues Pontes, M. S., Barros Sousa, A. O., & Pinheiro Albernaz, M. (2015). Practical Nursing Assistants and Pneumonia Prevention Associated with Mechanical Ventilation in ICU. Journal Of Nursing UFPE / Revista De Enfermagem UFPE, 9(12), 1069-1077

Bundle to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Collective Constructive: This article reports on a qualitative convergent care research, which was aimed at the collective construction of a bundle to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia by nursing and physiotherapy professionals at the intensive care unit. The construction of the VAP bundle was guided by the evidence-based practice criteria and consists of four preventive care acts: oral hygiene with 0.12% chlorhexidine; headboard elevated (30-45º); endotracheal cuff pressure between 20-30 cmH2O; and care with the aspiration of tracheal secretions. The implementation of these recommendations can support healthcare practice, contributing to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia rates. A strength is it provides evidence of what an effective bundle is and how it can reduce incidence of VAP. A weakness is it does not provide evidence for each individual intervention or others that are included in bundles at other facilities.

Da Silva, S., do Nascimento, E., & de Salles, R. (2013). Bundle to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Collective Constructive. 21(4), 837-844

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