...Epidemiology Paper Ericka Williams NUR/408 October 5, 2015 Willadene Walker-Schmucker Epidemiology Paper According to A Dictionary of Epidemiology (2014), Epidemiology is the science that studies the causes, patterns and effects of health and disease conditions in defined populations. Epidemiology is an evidence-based practice that identifies risk factors and targets preventative healthcare. Epidemiology is a quantitative science built on the working knowledge of probability, statistics, and sound research. Epidemiology research looks at the population to see how many people are infected by the disease and study the disease over time to see if there is a change and what affects the disease have on our population. It is a tool used to promote and protect the public’s health. Steps and Methods of Epidemiology The steps and methods of epidemiology are routinely collecting data, epidemiologic data, and collecting data for other purposes these methods study health-related events. Routinely collected data can vary depending on time and region, this is data collected in a general population, such as births, deaths, and infectious diseases, (Stanhope & Lancaster 2012). Epidemiologic data uses surveys in specific populations to answer questions of concern and interest (Stanhope & Lancaster 2012). Data collected for other purposes is for research or investigative purposes within a region or area of interest (Stanhope & Lancaster 2012). Epidemiological triangle The...
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...Core Competency: Evidenced-Based Practic C 08/13 Evidenced-Based Practice is ”the practice of nursing in which the nurse makes clinical decisions on the basis of the best available current research evidence, his or her own clinical expertise, and the needs and preferences of the patient.” (Mosby, 2009, p. 677). Utilizing Evidenced Based Practice is a way to give the best, most effective care to patients. This paper will discuss methods and results of a study and how the results were obtained. Next, I will discuss possible barriers to EBP, and ways to overcome these barriers; and finally, facilitators to EBP. The study that was used was “Clinical Nurse Specialists’ Approaches in Selecting and Using Evidence to Improve Practice.” The purpose of this study was to determine the method that CNS use to incorporate evidence in everyday practice. The method was a telephone survey with a 75% response rate. journals, internet, and online research data bases rather than their peers and experiences. The study also pointed out downfalls or barriers to EBP including financial resources and resistant organizational culture (Profetto-McGrath, Negrin, Hugo & Smith, 2010, p. 38). Although Evidenced-Based Practice is beneficial for improved patient care and outcomes, there are some barriers to using this source. First there is inadequate research that is up to date with some of the more complicated problems, studies that are not complete or hard to read and understand, and studies...
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...of contributing to the creation of shareholder value. It can be defined as follows: Marketing is the management process that seeks to maximise returns to shareholders by developing relationships with valued customers and creating a competitive advantage.” Doyle, P., (2000), Value-Based Marketing, Chichester: Wiley, p29. By reference to academic literature, critically evaluate Doyle’s definition of marketing. Using examples, indicate how a company could apply this definition to create and manage its marketing strategy. You are required to produce an academic paper which demonstrates your understanding of key aspects of the Principles of Marketing. The paper should have a sound theoretical and conceptual perspective, containing evidence of critical debate within an appropriate academic literature. A minimum of 4 academic journal articles should be referred to. The paper also needs to be grounded in a 'real world' business context, identifying application to strategy development. To do this, you may select an organisation with which you are familiar, or produce generic recommendations for practicing managers. Presentation and Marking Scheme 1. The paper should be based on the material studied in module sessions 1 to 7 inclusive. It should not take as its focus operational planning of marketing activities, which is covered in module sessions 8 to 14. 2. It should be of 2,000 words, excluding appendices. The word count for the assignment should appear...
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...Application of Evidenced-based Practice Regarding pediatric Patients and Otitis Media 1 Running head: Application of Evidenced -based Practice Application of Evidence-based Practice Regarding Pediatric Patients and Otitis Media Western Governors University Running head: Application of Evidence-based Practice 2 The nursing practice heavily relies on the evidence based clinical information to determine current standards of practice within the nursing scope of practice. A multitude of informational journals and peer reviewed articles are readily available to help guide the decisions placed into practice. The nurse is responsible for recognizing the quality of evidence collected to improve the standard of care patients receive. This paper will investigate four articles regarding the appropriate care and treatment of the pediatric population with otitis media. In addition, an appropriate recommendation for antibiotic therapy will be made based on information gathered during the research. To answer the question of whether a wait-and -see approach is recommended, an initial validation of the information collected must be determined. Four articles will be assessed based on the type of research collected as filtered, unfiltered, or general information. The source will be investigated as inappropriate or appropriate. Lastly, the articles will be classified...
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...be defined as follows: Marketing is the management process that seeks to maximise returns to shareholders by developing relationships with valued customers and creating a competitive advantage.” Doyle, P., (2000), Value-Based Marketing, Chichester: Wiley, p29. 1. What is marketing: discipline and function 2. What benefits of marketing to an organisation and customers, focus on organisation : creating growth and shareholder 3. How to create growth and then maximise share holder value: + developing relationships with valued customers: how to develop relationship, take an example +creating competitive advantage: how to, take examples Conclusion. By reference to academic literature, critically evaluate Doyle’s definition of marketing. Using examples, indicate how a company could apply this definition to create and manage its marketing strategy. You are required to produce an academic paper which demonstrates your understanding of key aspects of the Principles of Marketing. The paper should have a sound theoretical and conceptual perspective, containing evidence of critical debate within an appropriate academic literature. A minimum of 4 academic journal articles should be referred to. The paper also needs to be grounded in a 'real world' business context, identifying application to strategy development. To do this, you may select an organisation...
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...that the patient understands the information being given. #1 Database (or collection) (30 possible points): Title of source: ERIC-The Education Resources Information Center Location of source (URL): www.eric.ed.gov Owner or publisher:Institute of Education Services of the United States Deparment of Education. Describe (in your own words) the research database or collection of research including the purpose and the subject matter it covers: ERIC’s mission is to provide educator’s, researchers, and the general public a comprehensive, user-friendly, searchable database of education and research. This database allows anyone free access and simplified searches to 1.5 million records of publications including, dissertations, policy papers, books, journal articles, and other education-related materials. Explain how the source relates to your topic of interest: This database is...
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...Abstract An exploration of the importance of Evidenced-Based Practice (EBP), and how it ensures quality healthcare and positive patient outcomes. We will take a look at a simple procedure such as hand washing and show why it is an EBP protocol. Why Is Hand Washing So Important? Everyone in the world is responsible for good hand hygiene. As healthcare providers, it is important to teach our patience the importance of good hand hygiene to prevent spread of infection and or disease. By doing this, you are involving patients in their care and helping the greater cause of disease prevention. All healthcare facilities include hand hygiene protocols. Where I work, the hospital policy is that we wash our hands upon entering a patient’s room, put on gloves, remove gloves, wash hands upon leaving that patient’s room, then wash hand again upon entering the next patient’s room…and continue that routine with each patient. We were allowed to us hand sanitizer up to three times, in place of washing with soap and water, providing the patient is not on contact or any other special precautions. For the most part, most of do this, but I did not see everyone following this protocol, especially doctors. Most of the staff only use the sanitizer all of the time. The only time hand washing protocol seems to be followed fully is when I witness sterile procedures. This is a problem and causes increased occurrence of healthcare associated infections (HAIs), but it is difficult to ensure healthcare...
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...STATEMENT PAPER Natalie Farquharson University of Phoenix NUR/588 Developing and Evaluating Education Programs Kelly Crum March 05, 2013 EDUCATIONAL MISSION STATEMENT PAPER The purpose of a mission statement is to represent the overall goal of the organization, to guide the pathways to which they will practice, and provide an overall framework for continued practice. While most mission statements will differ, the overall goal is for continued success and best outcomes for that organization. Nursing Philosophies of an organization states thought on what is believed to be truthful about the specific profession and usually a theorist who best represents the goal and mission that the organization desires to achieve and maintain while practicing optimal patient outcomes. During my career, I have worked for a number of different hospitals and long term care facilities. Currently, I am employed full time at Memorial Healthcare System (MHS) in Florida who serves a large population in the South Florida area. According to Memorial Healthcare System’s philosophy, their nurses “reach their goals through professional collaboration and framework with peers and in partnership with patients and the community”. The nursing philosophy of the organization is evident in daily practice. “Nurses are involved in the art of nursing and are totally committed to producing the best care possible with the highest quality outcomes while showing and maintaining compassionate, evidenced based care,...
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...Mississippi University for Women NU 459 Dr. Linda Mills January 25, 2016 Nursing Theorist Shape Modern Nursing Every industry that has been able to survive and build upon its earlier growth has been able to do so because of research, theory, or evidenced-based practice. This statement cannot be more true about the wonderful world of nursing. The world of healthcare continues to change. The airline industry and nuclear power industry have prided themselves on finding ways to standardize processes and decrease accidents and improve employee and public safety. The automotive industry was charged with producing more energy-efficient vehicles. In nursing the goal is to utilize theory and evidenced-based practice to improve the quality of life of communities and people that entrust their care to nurses. Nursing has been forever indebted to many theorists of the modern nursing era. Two notorious individuals that linger in one’s mind are Sister Callista Roy and Madeleine Leininger. These two ladies have helped to transform nursing because of their contributions to evidenced-based practice, nursing research, and nursing theory. Nurses today have a tremendous amount of theory and history to reflect upon. This paper will focus on Sister Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing and Madeleine Leininger’s Transcultural Nursing Theory. Sister Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing states that one is at his or her best when one is allowed to adjust and get familiar...
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...patients and their standard of care .In order to enhance the quality of patient recovery nurses must have different level of education. This paper is focused on competences between nurses prepared at the Associate level versus baccalaureate degree level.Using a patient identification situation, The paper will also describe on differences in nursing care and approach to decision making by associate and Baccalaureate degree level. Differences in Competencies between ADN and BSN Nurses According to AACN and other researchers the education has a significant influence on nurses ability to deal with various situations in patient care system and other health care settings. The author has argued that there is a strong relationship between baccalaureate education and lower mortality rates. According to Olga Yakusheva and her associates at the university of Michigan reported that the increased numbers of graduate nurses on health care setting helped to decrease the death by 10.9%.It is obvious fact that the nurses at graduate level have more skills and knowledge towards patient care with evidenced based practice than undergraduate level nurses. Furthermore, the interprofessional communication capacity of bachelor level nurses is higher than undergraduate nurses so that they are more capable to provide best care based upon the patients need. The researchers at the university of Toronto proved that hospitals with higher number of graduate nurses...
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...Ethnography Scoring Guide – Also use this to guide the development of your pieces Interviews: 3 Generations You will be assessed on the thoroughness of the interviews you conduct with your family members (or historical research if you cannot contact all members of your family). Full marks will be earned if the interview questions or interview summary covers most aspects of questions provided and the responses recorded have enough depth to provide sufficient data for the other parts of the assignment. • Presentation is formatted according to instructions ▪ Indication whether responses are: __verbatim ___ summaries of conversations ___provided by a parent • Q & A are listed by universal aspects of culture (i.e. categories) • Nearly all questions were asked/ responses are provided for all questions • Responses provide sufficient data for the other parts of the ethnography • A rich narrative is provided within the answers; thoughtfulness is clearly exhibited • Personal Interview/ Parent Interview/ Grandparent Interview Completed |Rating |Exceeds Standards |Meets Standards |Approaches |Insufficient Evidence; D or | | |A+, A |A-, B+, B |B-, C+, C, C- |below | |Content |1. Asked and answered |1. Asked and...
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...minute video (avi or mp4 format) (no video = no marks) 800 (+-10%) words report (not including bibliography or Moodle forum) Not respecting the word count will result in a reduction of 5 percent of the total value of this assessment. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Task: Dr. Fons Trompenaars has developed a model that describes countries from a cultural perspective using 7 dimensions. Advertising agencies use these dimensions to understand their target audience better and tailor their advertisements based on these dimensions. Advertising agencies from abroad do not always understand the culture of this region. You, as an advertising consultant, have been asked by your manager to analyse the Gulf Arab audience using some of the dimensions of this model and develop a 1 min video to sell a product or service of your choice to the Gulf Arab audience based on its cultural make up. You need to write a report that justifies the communication you have used to sell the product or service to the Gulf Arab audience based on your research on the cultural make up of the Gulf Arab audience on the dimensions: Universalism vs. Particularism, Neutral vs. Affective, Achievement vs. Ascription and Individualism vs. Collectivism. Your company has asked you to set up a virtual discussion group as a resource for this project to familiarise yourself with Trompenaars’ Model. You will discuss the cultural make up of the Gulf Arab Audience by using the Trompenaars Cultural Dimensions mentioned above via the Moodle Forum...
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...quickly, it can make us very uncomfortable. Most of the time change is difficult and the leader and the follower will stress because there would be resistance from the followers. The team would question why they would have to leave their comfort zone to experience what they do not know what the outcome would be. The leader must be ready to present to the followers all the objectives for the change and the reason must be genuine. A committee may be formed to research on the way the change will be executed. The outcome of the committee findings will be presented to others, so in a way the idea is not going to sound as if it is it from the leader only or that the leader is imposing on the followers. Two models of change will be discussed in this paper: they are Lewin’s model of change and IOWA model. Lewin’s model of change explained the stages of change process using the changing of ice block. His model was described using these terms unfreezing which is the (comfort zone), change which is the (discomfort zone) and refreezing which is the (new comfort zone) (Lewin, 1951). The leader must know why change is necessary and motivation for change must be generated before change can occur. The correlation is that if you don’t like the shape of ice and would like to change the shape, you first melt or unfreeze it to make it...
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...Information Literacy and Evidence-Based Practice During my search for information on the diabetic topic I did find a lot of information but I was not sure if all those sites were given me good information. I had to legitimately research my topic, make patient repetition, careful filtering, and the separation of drivel from verified content, all performed with a critical and skeptical mindset. I combined soft and hard research that requires the most work, because the Diabetic topic broadens my search requirements. Not only that I needed to find hard facts and figures, but I have to debate against very strong opinions to make my case. I search the American Diabetes Association I used the CRAAP test to verify that the information I was getting was reliable before I used it in my research paper and I found their information was current, the information was related to my topic and was a appropriate to my patient. It is a reliable source of information for diabetic who is willing to know more about the disease. I stick to the first google results page. I start with the main keywords it helps me find exactly what I am looking for. I used some google shortcuts like pdf to search only those files. I Use site: www.example.com to search within a specific data base. I Use google scholar, I change keywords as I go. I usually find that some words are more commonly used than others and lead me to more results, so I change my keyword to adapt. I used the American Diabetic Association...
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...| Introduction I discuss the paper in the following pattern: section I summarizes the main points of the paper. Section II analyzes the paper in light of literature that agrees and disagrees with different arguments Section III will provide conclusion based on the analysis and critiques to the paper while discussing the main contribution to academic knowledge. I. Study Summary The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between corporate governance on dividends payout in Canada to better understand "why companies pay dividends". In the light of agency theory, Adjaoud and Ben-Amar tested two competing hypothesis, which are outcome and substitution hypothesis. They chose Canada to examine the relationship between corporate governance and corporate dividend payments for two reasons; first, the comparability between Canada and USA from the perspective of stock market development, and legal protection offered to minority shareholders. Secondly, the difference between Canada and many other law countries in the concentration of ownership and the frequent use of dual class share. The two variables in the relationship are the dividend policy, the dependent variable, and the corporate governance, the independent variable. Adjaoud and Ben-Amar used the dividend payout as a proxy for dividend policy and Globe & Mail annual corporate governance rating as a proxy for corporate governance quality. The sample data used in the study was comprised of 714 firm-years...
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