LM 11: Experimental research
This week instead of having a lecture, you’re going to learn about experimental research from real examples.

  1. Watch this video on an experiment on bias: https://vimeo.com/456230195/8768440076
  2.  How did researchers design an experiment to test bias? What were the three “phases” of the study?
  3.  What research methods that we’ve talked about in lecture did you notice being modeled in the video?
  4. Choose your own adventure! Pick one of the learning modules (just not the first one) developed by The Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) at the University of Washington. https://modules.ilabs.uw.edu/learning-modules/ Which module did you choose?
  5. Describe the experiments were cited in the module that you chose. If there were not any experiments, think of a way that a researcher could study this topic with an experiment.

Overview

Create a poster for a presentation about a quality improvement (QI) project or plan that builds on the work you completed in the first two assessments. Include an abstract of 100–250 words about the QI plan and key information in your poster.
Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, it is recommended that you complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
The ability to propose and promote quality improvements in care is a vital skill for a master’s-prepared nurse. One aspect of this is understanding strategies for implementing best practice changes in a team, department, or care setting. Another is understanding how best practices can help lead to a continuous quality improvement cycle. Additionally, it is important to grasp how successful change strategies can be leveraged to help in the creation or implementation of clinical best practices. Part of this is considering the audience when proposing quality improvement projects or new best practices. Another part of this is being able to effectively communicate the goals, rationale, and benefits of a project.
For this assessment you will create a presentation poster to communicate a quality improvement project.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 1: Design patient-centered, evidence-based, advanced nursing care for achieving high-quality patient outcomes.
    • Evaluate specific evidence that supports the quality improvement methods proposed.
  • Competency 2: Develop change strategies for improving the care environment.
    • Explain how the project is grounded in successful change strategies.
  • Competency 3: Apply quality improvement methods to practice that promote safe, equitable quality of care.
    • Propose quality improvement methods to promote continuous improvement related to a specific biopsychosocial consideration.
  • Competency 4: Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of interprofessional care systems in achieving desired healthcare improvement outcomes.
    • Analyze the way in which interprofessional teamwork will improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the quality improvement project.
  • Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
    • Communicate quality improvement considerations to relevant stakeholders in a way that is clear, concise, and compelling for the audience.
    • Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.

Assessment Instructions

Scenario

For this assessment, you may take one of two approaches:

  • The first is to build upon the clinical issue that was the focus of your Change Strategy and Implementation assessment, and turn it into a full, organization- or community-wide quality improvement initiative.
  • The second is to identify a new issue related to a biopsychosocial (BPS) clinical issue, or a clinical issue related to one of the items from the list of conditions, diseases, and disorders presented in the Resources section for the Concept Map assessment. The focus should be on a community rather than on a specific patient or health care setting.

As a master’s level nurse, your specific focus is on reviewing the implications of the data relevant to the clinical issue you are trying to address. Once you research this, review the aggregate data, and understand the BPS considerations relevant to the clinical issue, you can suggest strategies for improving the quality, equitability, and safety of care around the issue. You should act as an advocate for the value and need to pursue quality improvements to leadership and executives, as well as be able to present potential projects to a wide range of colleagues and community stakeholders.

Instructions

Create an abstract and a poster for a presentation to executive-level leadership of the organization, to the community, or to your colleagues that will sell them on your quality improvement plan.

Abstract Requirements
  • Your abstract should be 100–250 words.
  • It should summarize the key information in your poster.
  • Do not put your abstract on your poster itself; submit it as a separate document. Or, if you are using PowerPoint to help create your poster, create a new slide that is clearly labeled as your abstract.
Poster Requirements
  • Your poster should include the following sections:
    • Quality Improvement Methods.
    • Evidence Supporting QI Methods.
    • Change Strategy Foundation.
    • Interprofessional Team Benefits.
    • Overall Project Benefits.
  • There are templates in PowerPoint or on the Internet that can help you get a start designing your poster.

The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your presentation addresses all of them. You may also want to read the Quality Improvement Presentation Poster scoring guide and the Guiding Questions: Quality Improvement Presentation Poster document to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.

  • Propose quality improvement methods to promote continuous improvement related to a specific biopsychosocial consideration.
  • Evaluate specific evidence that supports the quality improvement methods proposed.
  • Explain how the project is grounded in successful change strategies.
  • Analyze the way in which interprofessional teamwork will improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the quality improvement project.
  • Communicate quality improvement considerations to relevant stakeholders in a way that is clear, concise, and compelling for the audience.
  • Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.

Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:

  • Assessment 3 Example [PPTX].

Additional Requirements

  • Length of submission:
    • Abstract: 100–250 words. Your abstract should be succinct and precise.
    • Poster: Make sure your poster fits entirely onto a single poster template page (or slide) and contains all of the sections described in the assessment instructions.
  • Number of references: Cite a minimum of 5–7 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your considerations and plans. Resources should be no more than five years old.
  • APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style.
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Online Discussion #2: CRM Technology Exploration

Background
Once you have a clear idea of who your target customer really; what customer-centric functions you want to perform in sales, marketing and service (strategy); and how you want to perform them (process), you are ready to select the best technology to enable these functions. Choosing the right technology can be a daunting task because the options are limitless.
In this discussion, you will explore the various CRM technology providers on the market today. Although there are several companies that dedicate themselves to researching and recommending the best CRM solutions, I have used two credible sources: Gartner and DestinationCRM (CRM Magazine).
Gartner is a technology advisory organization. They offer unbiased and objective research, analysis and consulting in all areas of technology. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant (Links to an external site.) research methodology provides a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers in fast-growing markets: Leaders, Visionaries, Niche Players and Challengers. Check of the hundreds of different ‘categories’ available at https://www.gartner.com/en/research/magic-quadrant (Links to an external site.)
CRM Magazine’s Market Awards acknowledge leading vendors, influential leaders, rising stars, and elite practitioners of the CRM industry. 2018’s winners were announced in the September 2018 issue of CRM magazine (Links to an external site.), as well as online at http://www.destinationcrm.com/ (Links to an external site.)
The Market Leader Awards list the top five vendors in nine categories based on a composite score that includes revenue, company growth, market share, customer wins, reputation for customer satisfaction, depth of product functionality, and company direction. Leaders are rated in the following categories:

  • Enterprise Suite CRM
  • Midmarket Suite CRM
  • Small Business Suite CRM
  • Business Intelligence
  • Sales Force Automation
  • Incentive Management
  • Marketing Solutions
  • Data Quality
  • Consultancies

Please see the Categories page (Links to an external site.) for more details on each category.
Your Task
After you have reviewed Module 6 and the websites noted above, please answer these questions:
Question 1. Based on the case information, what CRM solution (s) would you initially recommend for Ajanta Packaging and why? Assume that Ajanta does not have CRM technology solutions in place today.
Question 2. Discuss two (2) concepts/ findings that were new to you as a result of this exploration.
Question 3. Pose a question you have about this topic, i.e. something that you are interested in learning more about and that you couldn’t find information on.
NOTE: This exploration is critical for Case #1. To take full advantage of this exploration, read the Laurs & Bridz case first to make some initial observations as you go through the material.
You have to do 3 replies.

Need an argumentative essay on Cover letter, resume and other assignments. Needs to be 5 pages. Please no plagiarism. 2. Practice Reflection Form Name: Jane Smith CNO Registration no: L4T 3P4 Area of practice: Occupational Health Position in nursing: Occupational NurseSource Of InputMy Areas of StrengthsMy Areas for ImprovementSelfI am competent with knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions.I have strong communication skills, both written and verbal.I am strong in clinical leadership skills.I have an ability to work long hours and under pressure.I am flexible, enthusiastic and strong team player.I have an ability to deliver consistently positive results. Improve confidence to deal with painful and stressful situations in practice.Lack of IT skills related to preparing patient’s documents, charts.PeerMy peers view is that I’m a strong team player when we are working as a team. They have mentioned that I have a special ability to resolve problems of patients when they are in serious situations. Further my peers mentioned that I can create good patient/nurse relationship with paying attention to each and every individual patient.I need more confidence in the job activities when I’m dealing with my subordinates and patients.I need to improve the techniques on patient care and reducing risk in healthcare delivery level.I need to develop collaborative ways and trustworthiness when dealing with patients. Resources I used to reflect on my practiceI used ‘changing patients’ worlds through nursing practice expertise’ online modules.National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery (National Council) Report.I referred Health Professions Act (HPA) &amp. nursing practice standards online report…. In this stage skills needed to be wide which is covering all the areas of nursing practice such as clinical skills, communication and consulting skills, IT skills and leadership skills (Donner, &amp. Wheeler, 2000).3. Thirdly PDP should get approved by the practice manager or an appraiser. In this scenario it is better to give awareness to the healthcare practice manager about the professional development needs. Thus it will support to the management to set the training and development needs as against the existing resources and employees.

Write your New Product Launch Review by answering the following questions (hint: see Product Contribution Report, Some Product Details Report and Industry Benchmark Report):

  1. How many units of your new MP3 Player did you sell? How did this differ from your Sales Forecast in your New Product Launch Plan? How does this compare to the other products in this market segment?
  2. What was the Awareness index for your new MP3 Player? How does this compare to the other products in this market segment?
  3. What was the Product Contribution for your new product?
  4. With reasons, explain whether your Pricing Strategy for your new MP3 Player was successful. How did your competitor’s prices impact your success?
  5. Do you believe your New Product Launch went to plan? Why or why not? What would you have done differently?
  6. What will you change about the strategy of your new product going forward?

Assignments
You are working in an ICU where a 16-year-old girl is in critical condition after an auto accident. Her mother comes in and begins to sing, sprinkle tobacco around the bed, hang eagle feathers and crystals around the room, and move her hands back and forth above the girl’s body. The girl’s nurse tells the mother that visiting time is over and that she should take all these dirty things out of the room. The mother insists on staying by the bedside and says that if she had placed rosary beads or Bibles in the room she would not have been questioned.
• What cultural and spiritual issues are evident in this situation? • Apply cultural competence to this case • Discuss complementary therapies evident in this situation • How would you incorporate spiritual care? • How would you approach this situation? • What principles would guide you?
Instructions All discussion boards should be submitted in APA style (7th edition). Please familiarize yourself with APA and how to cite references. The following website is a quick and helpful tool to use when writing in APA style. Both initial discussion board posts and response posts require at least one outside and peer- reviewed article as a reference in your posts. Outside means a resource other than the textbook used in the course. Please choose a reliable source, sources such as Wikipedia are unacceptable.

 Course Outcome covered in this Assignment:
Analyze financial models of reimbursement and their effects on patients and health care providers.
Directions
For this Assignment, you will distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid. Your paper must include the following topics:

  • Provide a brief history of both Medicare and Medicaid.
  • Define the populations that they are intended to serve.
  • Determine whether your state has expanded Medicaid.
  • Articulate the reasons that states choose not to participate in Medicaid expansion.
  • Analyze your role in your specialized area of nursing practice when interfacing with Medicare and/or Medicaid recipients.

The word count for your paper, excluding the title page and references page, will be 800–1200 words. You must include a minimum of (5) different scholarly references.
Assignment Requirements
Before finalizing your work, you should:

  • be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
  • consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
  • utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Your writing Assignment should:

  • follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
  • be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
  • display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and
  • use APA formatting and citation style.

Directions
For this Assignment, you will distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid. Your paper must include the following topics:

  • Provide a brief history of both Medicare and Medicaid.
  • Define the populations that they are intended to serve.
  • Determine whether your state has expanded Medicaid.
  • Articulate the reasons that states choose not to participate in Medicaid expansion.
  • Analyze your role in your specialized area of nursing practice when interfacing with Medicare and/or Medicaid recipients.

The word count for your paper, excluding the title page and references page, will be 800–1200 words. You must include a minimum of (5) different scholarly references.
Assignment Requirements
Before finalizing your work, you should:

  • be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
  • consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
  • utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Your writing Assignment should:

  • follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
  • be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
  • display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and
  • use APA formatting and citation style.
In the realm of marketing, a successful branding strategy is one of the most important contributors to organizational success. A solid branding strategy can help add visibility and credibility to a company’s products.
Similarly, nurse-scholars can build a personal brand to add visibility and credibility to their work. You can begin building your brand by developing and maintaining an academic portfolio. Such an activity can help share the results of your efforts and contribute to your success. This week’s Discussion asks you to consider and share strategies for building your portfolio.
To Prepare:

  • Reflect on strategies that you can pursue in developing portfolios or portfolio elements that focus on academic achievements.
  • Review one or more samples from your own research of resources focused on portfolio development.

Post an explanation of at least two strategies for including academic activities and accomplishments into your professional development goals. Then, explain how those goals may align with the University’s emphasis on social change. Be specific and provide examples.

Support main post with 3 of more current, credible sources and cite source within content of posting and on a reference list in proper APA.

For this discussion, you will need to address all of the questions below and be sure to participate fully by responding to your classmates as well. Citations should be used to support your analysis and references should be included in APA format. Be sure to review the Discussion Question Guidelines before you begin!

This week, you will be creating a small research paper based upon a career that you wish to pursue. This assignment will help you do research on this topic and to paraphrase your information which means to put it in your own words. This also builds upon research you did in UVC1000 in Weeks 4 and 5. Use the skills you have and try new research techniques. Document (write down and share) what you tried and how successful you were.

Part I

  1. Using a search engine like http://google.com and the SUO Online Library, conduct a basic Internet search to find résumés and articles from your degree field and information about the field. If you cannot find an article about your degree field, perhaps you could find an article by someone in the field.
  2. Post a discussion below that includes the following components:
    1. Identifies the career you chose and explains why you chose it.
    2. Shares two references from the Internet and two references from the SUO Online library that you looked at. Include the URL and the publication, title, author, and date published if available. In the library, you can use the Cite or Citation buttons to give you APA formatted references, just do not include the last line: “Retrieved from: http://wherever.com” information because resource URLs do not work to link back to the library. If you need help with locating material, please contact the Online Librarian (Ask a Librarian) or your instructor.
    3. Explain what search terms you used and the criteria you used to determine if the information was credible.
    4. Compare your experience searching on the Internet and searching in the Online Library. Please try advanced search options and report on them. This can be very eye opening.

Note that from this week on throughout your college career, the grading criteria that mentions information literacy includes the requirement of providing references in APA format to support your ideas.

Part II

Using one of the articles you identified in your Internet or library search, do the following:

  1. Copy and paste an example of a paragraph from one of your resources. Any directly copied information needs to be in quotation marks. Include an in-text citation for this paragraph—see the example below. (n.d. stands for no date)

    One recruiter’s advice is simple: Don’t obsess over the skills section to the point of embellishment. “In adding a skills section to their résumé, a lot of people have a tendency to exaggerate their level of expertise in various technologies,” says Scott Hajer, senior corporate recruiter for Software Architects. Hajer continues, “They figure the more keywords, the more exposure” (Hoffman, n.d., para. 3).

    “Although many people think that the more keywords in their résumé, the better, it isn’t good to exaggerate your technology skills so only include keywords for skills that you already have” (Hoffman, n.d.).
  2. Include the full reference at the bottom of your posting. In reality, you would only have either a quotation or paraphrased information, not both. Paraphrasing is what you strive for in college with an in-text citation which will lead you to the full reference on the References page. You might have several of the same in-text citations for an article in your paper but only one full reference for that article on the References page. See the example below for the full reference for the quote above.

    Hoffman, A. (n.d.). Tips to show your IT skills on your technology resume. Retrieved from http://career-advice.monster.com/resumes-cover-letters/Resume-Writing-Tips/Show-Your-Skills-on-Your-IT-Resume/article.aspx.
  3. Describe any challenges you had paraphrasing and citing the information.

***Note: Your final project (Week 5 Project) is a personal résumé based on specific Word formatting skills. The résumés you researched this week will help you create a résumé suitable for your field of study. Save them in your folder so you can find them later. If you choose to work ahead on your résumé, please see Week 5 Project for the requirements for it.

In your discussions with your classmates you could:

  • Share tips on doing research on the Internet and in the Library. Check out others’ Web sites and let them know your opinion on their credibility and why you feel that way. You can also share good resources on this topic with others.
  • Remember to respond substantively to a minimum of two other students and to your instructor.
  • Work on different ways to paraphrase and try to practice citing sources by helping others when you see potential errors.

Remember to respond substantively to a minimum of two other students and to your instructor and to include references of URLs to Internet resources you found helpful (tell us how they were helpful), page names for the online lectures, page numbers for the textbook, and/or specific examples in Microsoft Word, sharing the steps and tools you used.

lbaugh, J. 2003. “Keeping Nurses in Nursing: The Profession’s Challenge for
Today.” Urologic Nursing 23 (3): 193–99.
Albright, L. E., J. R. Glennon, and W. J. Smith. 1963. The Use of Psychological Tests
in Industry. Cleveland, OH: Howard Allen.
Algier, A. J. 2013. “L+M Offers Bonuses, Urges Vote on Contract.” The Westerly Sun. Pub-
lished December 12. www.thewesterlysun.com/news/westerly/3132613-129/
lm-offers-bonuses-urges-vote-on-contract.html.
Allen, D. G., T. V. Mahto, and R. F. Otondo. 2007. “Web-Based Recruitment: Effects
of Information, Organizational Brand, and Attitudes Toward a Web Site on
Applicant Attraction.” Journal of Applied Psychology 92 (6): 1696–1708.
Alonzo, A. 2014. “YRC Union Workers Approve New Labor Pact.” Kan-
sas City Business Journal. Published January 26. www.bizjournals.com/
kansascity/news/2014/01/26/yrc-union-workers-approve-new-labor-pact.
html?page=all.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. 2014. “Nursing Shortage Fact
Sheet.” Updated April 24. www.aacn.nche.edu/media-relations/fact-sheets/
nursing-shortage.

Q2

Write a 1,000-1,250 word paper examining how the Conceptual – Theoretical – Empirical (CTE) structure translates into nursing practice based on one of the middle range theories

Write a 1,000-1,250 word paper examining how the Conceptual – Theoretical – Empirical (CTE) structure translates into nursing practice based on one of the middle range theories that has been formulated or derived from your preferred conceptual model of nursing. Translate and apply the selected theory to nursing practice using actual examples. Evaluate the theory using the CTE steps below:
Evaluation of the conceptual-theoretical-empirical linkages.
Evaluation of the selected theory.
Evaluation of the empirical indicators.
Evaluation of research findings.
Evaluation of the utility and soundness of the practice theory.