...Appraising the Evidence Guidelines Purpose The purpose of this paper is to interpret the two articles identified as most important to the group topic. Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (POs #4 and #8) CO 4: Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and clinical significance related to evidence- based practice. (POs #4 and #8) Due Date Refer to the course calendar for due date information. The college’s Late Assignment policy applies to this activity. Total Points Possible 150 Points Requirements The paper will include the following. 1. Clinical question a. Description of problem b. Significance of problem c. Purpose of paper 2. Description of findings a. Summarize basics in the Matrix Table as found in Assignment Documents in e-College. b. Describe i. Concepts ii. Methods used iii. Participants iv. Instruments including reliability and validity v. Answer to “Purpose” question vi. Identify next step for group 3. Conclusion of paper 4. Format a. Correct grammar and spelling b. Use of headings for each section c. Use of APA format (sixth edition) d. Page length:...
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...NR449 Evidence Based Practice Required Uniform Assignment: Appraising the Evidence PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to interpret the two articles identified as most important to the group topic. COURSE OUTCOMES This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (POs #4 and #8) CO 4: Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and clinical significance related to evidence‐ based practice. (POs #4 and #8) DUE DATE Refer to the course calendar for due date information. The college’s Late Assignment policy applies to this activity. TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: 150 POINTS REQUIREMENTS The paper will include the following. 1. Clinical question a. Description of problem b. Significance of problem c. Purpose of paper 2. Description of findings a. Summarize basics in the Matrix Table as found in Assignment Documents in e‐College. b. Describe i. Concepts ii. Methods used iii. Participants iv. Instruments including reliability and validity v. Answer to “Purpose” question vi. Identify next step for group 3. Conclusion of paper 4. Format a. Correct grammar and spelling b. Use of headings for each section NR449 Evidence Based Practice c. Use of APA format (sixth edition) d. Page length: three pages PREPARING THE PAPER 1. Please make sure you do not duplicate articles within your group...
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...appraisal is the process of systematically examining research evidence to assess its validity, results and relevance before using it to inform a decision. q Critical appraisal is an essential part of evidence-based clinical practice that includes the process of systematically finding, appraising and acting on evidence of effectiveness. q Critical appraisal allows us to make sense of research evidence and thus begins to close the gap between research and practice. q Randomised controlled trials can minimise bias and use the most appropriate design for studying the effectiveness of a specific intervention or treatment. q Systematic reviews are particularly useful because they usually contain an explicit statement of the objectives, materials and methods, and should be conducted according to explicit and reproducible methodology. q Randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews are not automatically of good quality and should be appraised critically. www.evidence-based-medicine.co.uk Prescribing information is on page 8 1 What is critical appraisal What is critical appraisal? Critical appraisal is one step in the process of evidence-based clinical practice. Evidencebased clinical practice is ‘an approach to decision making in which the clinician uses the best evidence available, in consultation with the patient, to decide the option which suits the patient best’.1 To determine what is the ‘best’ evidence, we need critical appraisal skills that will help us to understand...
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...cards. 3- Submit a RE-2060-1 with employment information. 4- Complete a RE-2065-1 stating where one conducts the appraising. Steps to become a Certified Residential Appraiser 1- 200 hours of board approve courses pertaining to REAB including 15 hours of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. 2- Provide proof of higher education a 2 year associate degree or higher. An applicant can also provide 21 semester hours of English composition, Principles of economics, Finance, Algebra and economics. 3- Submission of application, fees and fingerprint cards. 4- A RE 2300 Form, stating that the applicant has 2500 hours of real property appraising over a period of 24 months. 5. Successful completion of the Residential National Exam. 6. Complete a RE-2065-1 stating where one conducts the appraising. Steps to become a Certified General Appraiser 1- 300 hours of board approve courses pertaining to REAB including 15 hours of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. 2- Provide proof of a 4 year bachelor degree or higher. An applicant can also provide 30 semester hours English composition, Micro and Macro economics, Finance, Algebra, Geometry, Statistics, Computer science, either Business law or Real State Law. 3- Submission of application, fees and fingerprint cards. 4- A RE 2300 Form with evidence of 3000 hours of property appraising over a 30 month period. 50% or more of this experience must be in nonresidential appraisal. 5- Successful completion...
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... it makes nonexperimental research studies suitable for nursing research. Also there are many variables that can technically be manipulated but manipulation is forbiden on ethical grounds. The major disadvantage is that the result obtained and the relationships between the dependent and independent variables can never be absolutely clear or error free. It is true that non experimental nursing research studies are conducted for comparative purposes using non randomly selected groups which may not be homogenous and in fact often dissimilar in different traits and characteristics’ which affects the authenticity and lead to faulty generalization of the research finding. According to Polit, D. (2014): Essentials of Nursing Research Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice (8th Edition), page 160, descriptive correlational design studies tend to describe the relationships between variables without attempting to infer the casual connection. It therefore does not explain the underlying cause of the variable of interest....
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...Sam is a recently graduated health professional, who during his time at university has been taught about evidence based practice (EBP). His first experience of implementing the five steps of EBP, asking an answerable question, acquiring the evidence, appraising the evidence, applying the evidence and assessing the process Liamputtong (2010), will be critically analysed in this essay. An encounter of qualitative and quantitative approaches to research, and how Sam can apply the evidence generated from a quantitative approach to evidence based clinical practice will be detailed below. Evidence based practice can be defined as clinical decisions for individual patients derived from the most appropriate evidence available (Facchiano & Snyder, 2012). It is a nurse’s care of duty to use appropriate clinical practice that will best suit the needs of the patient. Implementation of EBP based on an understanding of research findings is a requirement of competency standards for Australian and New Zealand nurses and midwifes (Borbasi & Jackson, 2012). Sam noticed conflicting practices while watching a routine wound clean; tap water was used instead of saline solution by one of his fellow nurses. This made Sam begin to think about what evidence there was to support using water, or if the nurse should have used saline instead. Sam decided to research this topic further, which comprised of him asking a targeted question that he could then translate into research. The clinical question...
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...improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish” (“Standards for general practices,” 2015). A method of improving the quality of services and achieving a high standard of clinical practice involves appraising staff performance. Clarke, Harcourt & Flynn (2012) states that in the health sector, a key role in implementing clinical governance is by appraising the performance of staff, this in turn, is critical to containing health care costs and ensuring and improving quality patient care. The intentions of performance appraisals are to maintain and improve a high standard of patient care, however, there are many studies concluding that performance appraisals are not always effective and may even be considered destructive (Bouskila-Yam, & Kluger, 2011). Evidence suggests that appraisals provide minimal satisfaction, as at times can be perceived as unfair, poorly structured and judgmental towards some employees (Spence & Wood, 2007). The reader believes that if performance appraisals were conducted in a manner to suit all parties involved, then appraising staff would be beneficial and critical to improving clinical governance, thus, patient quality care. In the readers’ experience, performance appraisals have not been well presented or conducted by management staff; thus, the reader believing in the appraisal system as ineffective in promoting clinical governance...
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...Running head: QUANITATIVE RESEARCH REPORT Quantitative Research Report M. Ellen Kingsley Grand Canyon University NRS-433V May 06, 2011 The Quantitative Research that this student chose is titled; Interventions to Promote Physical Activity in Chronically Ill Adults. Physical activity in chronically ill adults is a topic that is very important to study, people, in general, do not realize the importance of exercise and if there is proof that exercise is beneficial to people with long term illnesses then maybe, by nurses, the patients can be persuaded to be involved in more exercise which would improve their health and quality of life, including improving their illnesses without more medications. Nurses provide a lot of client education and also promote health in all of their clients and can improve the health and well-being of their clients that they serve. The main research question in this article is not stated outright. This author believes that the research question would be; what are the health benefits of physical activity in chronically ill adults? Also another question could be added; which strategies and practices are most effective in increasing physical activity in chronic illness. The hypothesis of this study was not stated. This author interprets the hypothesis would be; Physical activity in chronically ill adults will improve health and wellness to these clients. This article discussed the implications of findings that describe the strategies...
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...policy and guidelines, critique the systematic review by (Taylor & Rew, 2010) in terms of discussing methodology and provided a comprehensive overview of (Taylor & Rew, 2010) article(Hoag-Apel, 1998) (NSW Health, 2005). Finally, this review will attempt to recommend a change in practice in terms of the research question of what are the suggested interventions for workplace violence in the ED conducted by studies from 2004 ? Based on best evidence based practice and research(Hoag-Apel, 1998) . Although healthcare professionals and exclusively nurses are at higher risk of workplace violence, NSW legislation doesn’t reflect the increase risk associated or current international concerns(Hoag-Apel, 1998) . In NSW it is part of a legislative requirement that staff receive sexual harassment training, however, even though there are higher incidents of workplace violence then sexual harassment in nursing it isn’t a legislative requirement that staff are educated(Curtis, Ramsden & Friendship,2007) . Current NSW legislation doesn’t reflect current evidence based...
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...Appraising Research in Second Language Learning: A practical approach to critical analysis of quantitative research Graeme Keith Porte John Benjamins Publishing Company Appraising Research in Second Language Learning Language Learning and Language Teaching The LL< monograph series publishes monographs as well as edited volumes on applied and methodological issues in the field of language pedagogy. The focus of the series is on subjects such as classroom discourse and interaction; language diversity in educational settings; bilingual education; language testing and language assessment; teaching methods and teaching performance; learning trajectories in second language acquisition; and written language learning in educational settings. Series editors Birgit Harley Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Jan H. Hulstijn Department of Second Language Acquisition, University of Amsterdam Volume 3 Appraising Research in Second Language Learning: A practical approach to critical analysis of quantitative research by Graeme Keith Porte Appraising Research in Second Language Learning A practical approach to critical analysis of quantitative research Graeme Keith Porte University of Granada John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam / Philadelphia Dr Graeme Keith Porte is currently Senior Lecturer at the University of Granada in Spain, where he lectures on Second Language Writing and Applied Linguistics Research Design...
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...readership can relate" (McCaslin & Wilson, 2003). The problem statement should include not only the topic that originally prompted the research, but it should also state the reasons that lead to formulating new questions about the identified dilemma (Polit & Beck, 2010, p. 151). The researcher’s interest is also reflected in the issue under inquiry within the context of qualitative research. There has to be a rational need for investigation, a valid reason behind the questioning, and a degree of reliability for the source of motivation or need, as explained by McCaslin &Wilson (2003) "Your objective, your reason for conducting your study, derives from some issue of importance to you that can be substantiated through a body of evidence from the literature. Once you recognize what that issue is, you have a rudimentary problem statement" (p. 451). The problem statement should be critiqued based on completeness of presentation with all the necessary elements: (Polit and Beck, 2010, pp. 150, 152) The problem should be easily identifiable and should be scrutinized under the elements of identifying the nature of the problem, context or background, the dimensions of the problem should be given (is it an extensive problem?, how many people are involved), as well as any information that is identified as still needed in order to conduct the research. Quantitative research also requires certain elements to be present within the problem statement. As with qualitative research, identifying...
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...Evidence to Action: A Model Analysis Tera J. Gwaldis, RN St. Johns River State College July 8, 2015 Discussion In order to understand evidence-based practice (EBP), it is important to recognize that EBP is detrimental to the quality improvement of patient outcomes while also helping to control the cost of health care. EBP is an approach to problem-solving and clinical decision- making that incorporates the best available evidence from well-designed studies based on clinician experiences and patients’ principles, values and preferences (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2015). The assessment of the effectiveness of EBP models can help to decide which models would be most practical and applicable to the actual practice setting. The Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice stands out as a model that will be carefully deliberated for the reason that it can be used successfully to initiate a practice change at the unit and organizational levels. The Iowa model is used throughout a multitude of clinical and academic settings. This model merges research utilization and quality improvement using processes that are innately clear and logical to nurses and is unique in that it uses the concept of “triggers” meaning that evidence-based practice may possibly be prompted by either facts or data from an outside organization, or by specific clinical problems (Brown, 2014). The Ace model uses an interdisciplinary approach for conveying knowledge for use in healthcare and nursing practice...
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...Important to All Managers? 5 Line and Staff Aspects of Human Resource Management 6 Line Managers' Human Resource Duties 6 Human Resource Manager's Duties 7 New Approaches to Organizing HR 9 Cooperative Line and Staff HR Management: An Example 9 Moving from Line Manager to HR Manager 10 THE TRENDS SHAPING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 10 Globalization and Competition Trends 11 Indebtedness ("Leverage") and Deregulation 12 Technological Trends 12 Trends in the Nature of Work 13 Workforce and Demographic Trends 14 Economic Challenges and Trends 15 IMPORTANT TRENDS IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 16 The New Human Resource Managers 16 Strategic Human Resource Management 18 High-Performance Work Systems 19 Evidence-Based Human Resource Management 19 19 • EVIDENCE-BASED HR: Why Should You Be Evidence-Based? Managing Ethics 20 HR Certification 20 THE PLAN OF THIS BOOK 21 The Basic Themes and Features 21 CHAPTER CONTENTS OVERVIEW 22 Part 1: Introduction 22 Part 2: Recruitment and Placement 22 Part 3: Training and Development 22 Part 4: Compensation 23 Part 5: Employee Relations 23 The Topics Are Interrelated 23 4 VII viii CONTENTS CHAPTER SECTION SUMMARIES 24 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 24 INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACTIVITIES 25 EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISE: HELPING "THE DONALD" 25...
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...Introduction In 1997-1998, manufacturing company AMP of Canada implemented the Enterprise Resource Planning suite SAP to replace a critical business system, the heavily customised and Y2K non-compliant JBA( Harold Kerzner Project Management Case Studies, 3rd Edition, Wiley). By September 1998 AMP of Canada faced a critical decision-point: whether to go live with a basic SAP implementation which still faced problems in testing and training( Harold Kerzner, Instructor’s Manual Accompanying Project Management Case Studies, 3rd Edition, Wiley). This report reviews the case studies outlining AMP of Canada’s situation with a view to: Appraising the decision to invest in SAP; Evaluating the suitability of the implementation approach taken; Assessing the likely implications of the decision to go live on the business and upon the investment decision. and Appraising the expected outcomes and benefits of the project, based on the above This report is based on a template supplied for the ANU course COMP3120 Managing Software Development, and is submitted in partial compliance with the assessment requisites for that course. The author of...
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...Efficacy of ABA intervention research: Can you trust it? Isaac Lynn Abstract Autism interventions are loudly proclaimed to be effective, yet evidence-based research is often non-existent. In the absence of quality research, interventions such as the most widely utilized in autism, ABA, is touted to be absolutely effective and possibly the only answer for gains to be made in changing autism. Unfortunately, this may diminish the ability of the individual with autism to change in a positive manner. Additionally, immense monetary bills compound the problem. Caregivers may even bankrupt themselves trying to save their child or family member paying high premiums for ABA services that may or may not actually effectively change or manage behaviors of individuals with autism. This paper will discuss whether or not ABA research actually proves the effectiveness of ABA interventions. ABA interventions are defined as “those in which the principles of learning theory are applied in a systematic and measurable manner to increase, reduce, maintain and/or generalize target behaviors” (Education, 2007). ABA includes methodology such as reinforcement of target behaviors, shaping and chaining new behaviors, fading inappropriate behaviors, response and stimulus prompting, discrimination training, programming new behaviors, ideas and attitudes...
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