...Nursing Research Utilization Project Proposal Abstract The issue of controlling and preventing hospital-acquired infections is a major problem in the Healthcare system. Most patients admitted to hospitals are at some risk of contracting a hospital-acquired infection (Paterson, 2012). Some patients are more vulnerable than others; these include the elderly, patients with defective immune systems, and premature babies. Hospital-acquired infections remain a major concern, and they can occur in any care setting, including acute care within hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, clinics, and long-term care facilities (such as nursing homes or rehab centers). Four categories account for 75% of all acquired infections in the acute care hospital setting. These are surgical site infections, central line-associated bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (Nassof, 2009). Urinary tract infections comprise the highest percentage (Paterson, 2012). These infections usually are spread by the contaminated hands of healthcare providers or the patient’s family members. They are also caused by contaminated surfaces or hospital equipment that has not been properly cleaned (Nassof, 2009). The rate of exposure to infectious materials could be reduced if healthcare providers adhered to certain standard precautions such as hand hygiene. The proposal for this nursing research utilization project is to educate nurses on the importance...
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...Nursing Research Utilization Project Proposal Tamra Sanders Nur/598- Research Utilization Project June 2, 2014 Patricia Dehof Nursing Research Utilization Project Proposal In the United States, 15-25% of patients who are in the hospital have urinary catheters and 75% of urinary tract infections are associated with a urinary catheter. The most vital risk for acquiring a catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI) is the extended use of a urinary catheter. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) causes an increase in morbidity, mortality, hospital cost, and length of stay. There are approximately 380,000 infections and 9000 deaths related to CAUTI’s per year. CAUTI’s can increase a patient’s hospital stay by 2-4 days. The cost, in United States hospitals, per year, is over 500 million dollars to treat CAUTI’s (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). Having a urinary tract infection can lead to unnecessary antimicrobial use, and the urinary drainage system of the urinary catheter can harbor multidrug-resistant bacteria, which can spread to other patients (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012).This paper, the nursing research utilization proposal, will focus on preventing CAUTI’s. The key resolution to prevent CAUTI’s is to implement a quality improvement (QI) program to improve the appropriate use of indwelling catheters and to reduce the risk of CAUTI’s based on health care organization’s risk assessment. A quality improvement program will make...
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...patient to the floor by staff or visitors.2 In 2008, and 2010, falls were identified as one of the top 10 sentinel event categories by the Joint Commission.3 Fall rates in hospitals range from 4 to 14 falls per 1000 patient days.4 With the adoption of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid rule, which no longer reimburses hospitals at the higher diagnosis related group for the care and treatment associated with patient falls that occur during hospitalization, a clearer understanding of what factors U Author Affiliations: School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Drs Kalisch and Tschannen and Ms Lee). This project was funded by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Center for Health Intervention, University of Michigan School of Nursing, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research (P30 NR009000). The authors declare no conflict of interest....
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...Family Values Paper Cynthia Dulaney Rucker NUR/542 Version 2 April 2, 2012 Melinda Church Family Values Paper Family Values Family is a term that is defined by each family member in different ways, it is based on someone’s personal belief, expectation, and experiences. The family role in the health care setting can vary based on the patient’s condition. In the dialsysis unit the families play a large role especially, for those individuals whom lose his or her ability to provide self-care and make self-care decisions. As a health care provider it is important to understand and remember that even though every day realities of families such as emotions, attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs are essential in the study of family and current family theory. Family System/Concept of Family For a family system to have a positive role in a dialysis facility, the family must serve as a system in support of the individual family member. The family often plays a role in assisting in the plan of care, as the individual suffering from kidney disease will have the support system needed in caring for themselves and will not have to serve as the sole provider of self- care. In some cases the ill individual cannot play a role in self-care. The family can play a role in the individual’s recovery by coming together as one to support healing, or simply identifying, and achieving individual health goals. All individuals in the dialysis unit develop a plan...
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...Alzheimer’s disease Research Grants Project Proposal The risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a form of dementia in which mental capabilities of an individual rapidly deteriorates, increases with age. Singapore is currently facing an ageing population and if a medical cure is not found soon, the number of cases of dementia patients is expected to increase by approximately 20,000 every 5 years from now. Hence, research is definitely needed in order to learn more about AD and hopefully find a cure. There are several possible post-translational modification (PTM) mechanisms that modify protein structure and function. 3 of such processes are Phosphorylation, Glycosylation and Proteolysis. PTM works with other mechanisms to control eukaryotic gene expression. Such mechanisms include alternative splicing, and histone modification. Alternative splicing is the process where exons created during transcription are joined in multiple different ways during RNA splicing. Histone acetylation loosens chromatin structure and enhances transcription, while DNA methylation reduces transcription. From the Fig 2 above, we can see that the greater the phosphate content in tau protein in the brain, the greater the risk of AD. Hence, excessive phosphorylation increases the risk of AD. Phosphorylation of tau protein regulates its activity to bind to microtubules and stimulate their assembly. A normal level of phosphorylation is required for tau protein optimal function, whereas tau...
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...Nursing Research Utilization Project Proposal Sally Martin Torres NUR 598 September 11, 2011 Dr. Veta Massey Nursing Research Utilization Project Proposal Section D: Methods of Implementation Health care throughout the history has shown many changes. Every change brings in challenges in a workplace because change is more often met with resistance. It also brings in innovative ideas that steers the organization’s advancement and performance. The major motivation of change in this organization is to sustain a successful future in its continuum. For change to succeed, brilliant strategy, and clever implementation are necessary (Gandossy and Sonnenfield, 2004). Organizing the Plan The problem that was stated in Part A of this proposal was medication error and the organization is aiming at reducing the incidents of administration errors that involve medications. Although there are three proposed solutions, the one that gained the highest priority is the use red disposable apron during the medication rounds. This type of innovation is cost-effective, requiring short staff in-service by the nurse clinical educator, it is maintenance free, and does not require space for storage. This intervention will also allow a less difficult data collection for measuring outcomes. Every institution requires the approval of the Chief Nurse Officer (CNO) to pilot an intervention. The intervention will be introduced in a small 30-bed medical-surgical unit which will last for four months...
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...Nursing Research Utilization Project Proposal: Topic Selection Amanda Reese NUR/598 June 16, 2015 Patricia Dehof Nursing Research Utilization Project Proposal: Topic Selection Dementia is a broad spectrum umbrella word that encompasses many disorders that affect a patient and memory loss. There is Alzheimer’s type dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, delirium and more. As the general population in the United States gets older dementia becomes more and more of a problem. Generally speaking healthcare staff is not adequately educated and trained in dementia and the proper treatment of patients. There are several courses that are offered but there are very few policy and procedures in health care facilities regarding training people to care for dementia patients, and there are very few dementia programs within hospital settings. Topic Selection The topic selection for this paper is the need for dementia programs and policy and procedure related to the care of the dementia patient. The goal for the facilities would be to establish a care team that would be knowledgeable in the care of the different types of dementia. The team would be able to educate families as well as staff and be a resource. A team could examine the best ways to prevent injury to the patients that are in an unfamiliar hospital care environment and help work with the family to aid in the transition between home, the hospital and back again. With the knowledge the team has they can institute a policy and familiarize...
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...|[pic] |Syllabus | | |College of Nursing | | |NUR/598 Version 4 | | |Research Utilization Project | Copyright © 2011, 2009, 2005, 2004, 2001, 2000, 1999 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This is a graduate research course that focuses on the use of a body of nursing knowledge and scientific knowledge in the nursing practice setting. Students develop a proposal to address a problem or concern in the nursing practice, propose an evidence-based solution, develop an implementation and evaluation plan, and describe implementation strategies for the proposed solution. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be...
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...RESEARCH PROPOSAL PART I: BASIC INFORMATION PROJECT TITLE: “TRACER STUDY OF GRADUATES OF THE COLLEGE OF HOME SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY OF IFUGAO STATE UNIVERSITY POTIA CAMPUS, ALFONSO LISTA, IFUGAO: S.Y 2006 – 2011” STUDY TITLE: TRACER STUDY AS A PARADIGM FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF QUALITY COURSE PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT FOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT AT IFUGAO STATE UNIVERSITY, POTIA CAMPUS. RESEARCH PROPONENTS: 1. Sheila Mae F. Alojado 2. Jericoh B. Ticgue 3. R-jay S. Villarta Adviser: Dr. Patricia A. Alguyon IMPLEMENTING / FUNDING AGENCY: Ifugao State University PROJECT DURATION: June 2012 – October 2012 PROJECT LOCATION: COLLEGE OF HOME SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, IFSU Potia Campus FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT: Introduction It must be acknowledged that Ifugao State University, Alfonso Lista Campus has some of the best higher education institutions in the Region with well equipped workshops and laboratories and professionally staffed with a variety of scholarly professionals. These institutions turn out a large number of associates, graduates and post graduate students in various disciplines and professions. In addition with these, institutions reform their curricula and course programmes at regular intervals to be able to keep abreast with the needs of the rapid technological, societal and institutional changes to be able to meet the requirement of clients. However, once these graduates are pushed out of the walls of the institutions...
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...Request for Proposal (RFP) Purpose World Community Grid is seeking proposals from research organizations interested in harnessing the immense power of Internet-connected computers to accelerate humanitarian research. Our goal is to support innovative efforts that will benefit most from this technology and promise to deliver significant results on the most pressing issues facing the global community. To meet this goal, World Community Grid plans to implement as many as five research projects per year. Background Grid technology joins together many individual computers, creating a large system with massive computational power that exceeds the power of a few supercomputers. This capability can be applied, on a global scale, to very large and complex problems for the benefit of humanity. In 2003, the IBM Corporation was one of the sponsors of a smallpox study that took advantage of grid computing. This study, using today’s largest available supercomputers, would have taken years to complete. With grid computing, this study was completed in less than six months and identified 45 potential smallpox-treatment candidates. World Community Grid: A Philanthropic Initiative As a result of the smallpox study success, IBM sought partners to create World Community Grid as a wholly philanthropic initiative, with the vision that it would be the world’s largest public computing grid tackling projects for the benefit of humanity. The name was chosen carefully to represent the endeavor’s reach (worldwide)...
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... Page 21 3 CHOOSING A TOPIC AND THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL Objectives On reading this chapter you should: • • • • • • • • understand the importance of choosing a research topic that lends itself to a ’do-able’ project; be able to evaluate potential topics; be able to formulate a valid research question (and hypothesis); understand the importance of creativity, and its relationship to innovation in formulating your research question; understand the integral role played by the research question; understand the vital role of the research proposal; be aware of the common pitfalls to be avoided in writing a successful proposal; and be able to write a logical and persuasive research proposal. Overview Chapter 3 deals with the practical issues of choosing an appropriate topic for your research project, and with the all important task of developing a research proposal. Section 3.1 deals with the practicalities of evaluating topics from your potential list, in order to choose the most appropriate for your project. Section 3.2 focuses on how to formulate a good research question. The role of the research question and different types of questions are dealt with in Section 3.3. Section 3.4 highlights the functional importance of the research proposal, which is often neglected by undergraduate students. The proposal acts as an exercise in thought, a reference point for supervision, and also as a motivational device. Section 3.5 deconstructs the proposal into its major components in order to...
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...Student Project Activity – Week 1 A. Week 1: Section 1.0 Executive Summary B. TCOs Addressed: TCO 10: Given a description of a new business, new product, service or project develop, present and defend the budget. C. Project Activity Overview – Scenario / Summary: You have been asked to create a budget proposal for one of these businesses: Papa Geo’s Restaurant, The Cutting Edge Landscaping, or Wireless World Electronics Retail Store. This week you will begin working on the proposal by drafting the Executive Summary. Use the Budget Proposal Template.docx. D. Deliverables: Save the first paragraph of Section 1.0 Executive Summary Draft as YourName_Project_WK1.docx and upload to the Week 1 Project Dropbox. E. Project Tasks: Task 1: | Download the Budget Proposal Template.docx from DocSharing. | Task 2: | Download the Course Project Description.docx. from DocSharing. | Task 3: | Review the three different business scenarios. | Task 4: | Select the business for which you will create a budget proposal. | Task 5: | Draft the first paragraph of the Section 1.0 Executive Summary. | Task 6: | Save the Draft and submit to the dropbox. | F. Grading Criteria | Description | Suggested Points | The business is briefly described in one paragraph. | 3 | The business description is in your own words. | 3 | The business description appears in the Executive Summary section...
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...MBA 5652, Research Methods Course Syllabus Course Description Business research methods will guide students in advancing their knowledge of different research principles and their applicability in social research. Students will investigate a business-related issue in their content area and design a publishable research proposal. Course Textbook Zikmund, W. G., Babin, B. J., Carr, J. C., & Griffin, M. (2013). Business research methods (9th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western. Course Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Design and plan a research study. Apply statistical methods to business research. Apply research techniques to commerce and business issues. Differentiate between descriptive and inferential statistics. Devise the sampling theory into appropriate sampling distributions. Write and test a hypothesis. Contrast and compare descriptive, correlational, and qualitative non-experimental research. Contrast and compare experimental and quasi-experimental research. Write a publishable research proposal paper using APA guidelines. Apply ethical research standards. Credits Upon completion of this course, the students will earn three (3) hours of college credit. Course Structure 1. Unit Learning Outcomes: Each unit contains Learning Outcomes that specify the measurable skills and knowledge students should gain upon completion of the unit. 2. Unit Lesson: Each unit...
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...Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for Health Research and Development ZAMBOANGA CONSORTIUM FOR HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DOST- IX Compound, Capt. F. Marcos St. cor. Gen. Alvarez St. Pettit Barracks, Zamboanga City 7000 DETAILED RESEARCH PROPOSAL Part I Procedural Documents: these include individual pages containing the cover sheet, Standard Application Form for Ethics Review (SAFER), clearances, endorsement from the agency head, and the curriculum vitae. There should be no pagination on these documents as they are meant to stand-alone. Cover sheet – Please use a separate sheet. This contains the following information: 1. 2. 3. 4. Revision date and number Title of the study Study number – (to be provided by PCHRD) Signatures and dates: a. Author(s) / Contact numbers b. Implementing agency / Contact numbers(This refers to the agency/ies implementing the research proposal) c. Cooperating agency / Contact numbers (This refers to the agency/ies, which is/are expected to cooperate/contribute to the research work.) A. Standard Application Form for Ethics Review (SAFER) – Please use a separate sheet. This contains the following information: (For Ethics Review Committee use only) 1. 2. Reference Number– (to be provided by ZCHRD) Contact details of Program/Project leader (This indicates the name of the program and/or project leader, his/her designation or title in his/her agency, field of specialization and his/her mailing address, telephone and...
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...surfaced over the past few years that definitely make the task of finishing a graduate degree so much easier. (This Guide is a companion to the Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal.) Usually a guide of this nature focuses on the actual implementation of the research. This is not the focus of this guide. Instead of examining such aspects as identifying appropriate sample size, field testing the instrument and selecting appropriate statistical tests, this guide looks at many of the quasi-political aspects of the process. Such topics as how to select a supportive committee, making a compelling presentation of your research outcomes and strategies for actually getting the paper written are discussed. Of course, many of the ideas that are presented can be used successfully by other graduate students studying under the guidance of other advisers and from many different disciplines. However, the use of this guide carries no guarantee - implied or otherwise. When in doubt check with your adviser. Probably the best advice to start with is the idea of not trying to do your research entirely by yourself. Do it in conjunction with your adviser. Seek out his/her input and assistance. Stay in touch with your adviser so that both of you know what's happening. There's a much better chance of getting to the end of your project and with a smile on your face. With this in mind, enjoy the guide. I hope it will help you finish your graduate degree in good shape. Good luck and good researching...
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