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What best practices do we need to uncover as professional nurses to meet some of the challenges predicted for the future?

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Please answer the following questions (min 270 words) in APA format: (Please include resources in your work & cite references)- you should include at least 2 peer-reviewed journal reference.
Write about what you’ve learned, and how it will impact your life. Please answer the following:

(please use the highlighted items below as headers in your response).

1. As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, how do I see myself in shaping the nursing profession for the future?

2. What best practices do we need to uncover as professional nurses to meet some of the challenges predicted for the future?

Determine two examples in which your self-identity has provided you with privileges.

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As a social worker, you are both an ally for your clients and individual in need of allies in your work. For this assignment, prepare a written assessment that addresses the following elements:
Describe your Determine two examples in which your self-identity has provided you with privileges.. (Minority Female)
Determine two examples in which your self-identity has provided you with privileges.(not a Privilege but I can relate to minorities)
Then, explain two examples in which your self-identity has led to your oppression.
Consider which ally attributes you have or are currently working to achieve. Identify and explain an example from social work practice to illustrate a challenge to acting as an ally in practice.
Address barriers in your life and practice to acting as an ally (e.g. fear, internalized racism or bigotry, lack of skill, courage, or institutional support). Recommend advocacy approaches to ensure human rights to overcome these barriers.
Support your assignment with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.
Length: 2-3 pages, not including title and reference pages

What does research say about how meditation can improve health—physical as well as mental health?

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The health benefits of meditation – What does research say about how meditation can improve health—physical as well as mental health? How does it work? To what extent can meditation be used as an intervention or in conjunction with other treatment?

In your opinion, is the debt a problem? Explain. Can/should the government keep spending money and adding to the debt?

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Currently the U.S. National debt is around $27 trillion dollars, see the US Debt Clock (Links to an external site.). Most of this debt was incurred under our last three presidents, W. Bush ($5 Trillion) , Obama ($9 trillion), and Trump ($6 trillion). That means that in the last 20 years (likely your lifetime), $20 trillion has been added to our National debt. Take a minute to look at the biggest budget items and the debt per citizen.

In March, President Trump passed the $2.2 trillion dollars CARES Act in response to the Wuhan Corona Virus. Currently, Democrats are pushing for a second stimulus bill that would cost around $3 trillion dollars, but Republicans and the President are looking for something less substantial. Also, the Presidential candidates are talking about Medicare for all, which most experts say will add $30 trillion to our debt over the next 10 years. Furthermore, there has been additional campaign discussion to make college free, absolve student debt, and spend trillions on a “Green New Deal.”

In your opinion, is the debt a problem? Explain. Can/should the government keep spending money and adding to the debt? How can the government pay for all of these policies without raising the debt? In your opinion, what should the government spend money on? What is it wasting money on?

How do you keep the recipient and donor safe (are there guidelines)?

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All “nursing considerations” must be ATI-based (safe practices/processes for blood transfusion [pre, intra, & post])

  1. Blood transfusion
    1. History
    2. Human Blood groups
    3. Rh system
    4. Which blood groups can receive blood from whom?
    5. How do you keep the recipient and donor safe (are there guidelines)?
    6. Name types of Blood products (red, plasma, and plasma derivatives)
    7. Why do units of blood have citrate in them (what is it and what does it do)
    8. Indications and Nursing considerations
    9. Reference page in APA

Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision. 

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  • Create a 3-5-page submission in which you develop a PICO(T) question for a specific care issue and evaluate the evidence you locate, which could help to answer the question.

PICO(T) is an acronym that helps researchers and practitioners define aspects of a potential study or investigation.

It stands for:

  • P – Patient/population/problem.
  • I – Intervention.
  • C – Comparison (of potential interventions, typically).
  • O – Outcome(s).
  • T – Time frame (if time frame is relevant).

The end goal of applying PICO(T) is to develop a question that can help guide the search for evidence (Boswell Cannon, 2015). From this perspective, a PICO(T) question can be a valuable starting point for nurses who are starting to apply an evidence-based model or EBPs. By taking the time to precisely define the areas in which the nurse will be looking for evidence, searches become more efficient and effective. Essentially, by precisely defining the types of evidence within specific areas, the nurse will be more likely to discover relevant and useful evidence during their search.

You are encouraged to complete the Vila Health PCI(T) Process activity before you develop the plan proposal. This activity offers an opportunity to practice working through creating a PICO(T) question within the context of an issue at a Vila Health facility. These skills will be necessary to complete Assessment 3 successfully. This is for your own practice and self-assessment and demonstrates your engagement in the course.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.
    • Explain the findings from articles or other sources of evidence.
  • Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
    • Identify sources of evidence that could be potentially effective in answering a PICO(T) question.
    • Explain the relevance of the findings from chosen sources of evidence to making decision related to a PICO(T) question.
  • Competency 3: Apply an evidence-based practice model to address a practice issue.
    • Define a practice issue to be explored via a PICO(T) approach.
  • Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
    • Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.

Reference

Boswell, C., Cannon, S. (2015). Introduction to nursing research. Burlington, MA: Jones Bartlett Learning.

Professional Context

As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for locating and identifying credible and scholarly resources to incorporate the best available evidence for the purposes of enhancing clinical reasoning and judgement skills. When reliable and relevant evidence-based findings are utilized, patients, health care systems, and nursing practice outcomes are positively impacted.

PICO(T) is a framework that can help you structure your definition of the issue, potential approach that you are going to use, and your predictions related to the issue. Word choice is important in the PICO(T) process because different word choices for similar concepts will lead you toward different existing evidence and research studies that would help inform the development of your initial question.

Scenario

For this assessment, please use an issue of interest from your current or past nursing practice.

If you do not have an issue of interest from your personal nursing practice, then review the optional Case Studies presented in the resources and select one of those as the basis for your assessment.

Instructions

For this assessment, select an issue of interest an apply the PICO(T) process to define the question and research it.

Your initial goal is to define the population, intervention, comparison, and outcome. In some cases, a time frame is relevant and you should include that as well, when writing a question you can research related to your issue of interest. After you define your question, research it, and organize your initial findings, select the two sources of evidence that seem the most relevant to your question and analyze them in more depth. Specifically, interpret each source’s specific findings and best practices related to your issues, as well explain how the evidence would help you plan and make decisions related to your question.

If you need some structure to organize your initial thoughts and research, the PICOT Question and Research Template document (accessible from the “Create PICO(T) Questions” page in the Capella library’s Evidence Based Practice guide) might be helpful.

In your submission, make sure you address the following grading criteria:

  • Define a practice issue to be explored via a PICO(T) approach.
  • Identify sources of evidence that could be potentially effective in answering a PICO(T) question.
  • Explain the findings from articles or other sources of evidence.
  • Explain the relevance of the findings from chosen sources of evidence to making decision related to a PICO(T) question.
  • Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using the 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:

Additional Requirements

Your assessment should meet the following requirements:

  • Length of submission:Create a 3–5-page submission focused on defining a research question and interpreting evidence relevant to answering it.
  • Number of references:Cite a minimum of four sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than 5 years old.
  • APA formatting: Format references and citations according to the current APA style.

Do you believe that sex research benefits individuals and society or that it leads to moral decay?

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In Chapter 2, you learned about the research methods used in the study of human sexuality. You also learned about notable leaders and researchers in the field. Some of their work seems outdated now and some are still very relevant. It’s clear that research priorities and perspectives are shaped by society’s current and evolving norms, attitudes, and morals.

Please take about 30 minutes to compose an at least 500 word discussion post that answers each of the following questions:

Do you believe that sex research benefits individuals and society or that it leads to moral decay? In your answer, provide one possible way that it benefits individuals and/or society and one possible way that it could or has led to moral decay.
Do you believe that there are areas of sex research and/or sexuality that need more attention? What areas of sexuality should be prohibited from being researched? Be sure to justify your points.
Who do you believe should make the decision for funding sexuality research? For example, should those decisions be made by politically-appointed heads of research agencies, by scientists who are experts in the field, or by popular vote among members of the general population? Or by someone else? Be sure to justify your points.

Describe what Garfinkel means by “background assumptions”, based on what you read in Chapter 4.b.

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1.Read the section on “Ethnomethodology” in Chapter 4 of your textbook.2.Engage in an Ethnomethodological Experiment that breaks background assumptions. In other words, violate a norm.3.Include the following in your essay:a.Describe what Garfinkel means by “background assumptions”, based on what you read in Chapter 4.b.Discuss the setting in which your experiment is taking place.c.Describe the norm being violatedand what you did to violate it.d.Observe and report how others react to your behavior.e.Note your own reaction to your norm violation. Was it uncomfortable? Did you feel like you had done something wrong? Was it a positive feeling?

Choose three of the pseudoscience strategies listed in the Pseudoscience section in the textbook and describe/explain each of them.

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Fall 2020 online Unit 1 Paper #1—Pseudoscience

Goals:

Reading about a concept is not easily remembered unless you relate it to real life situations–called the self-reference effect (you will read about memory aids in Chapter 6).  Writing assignments in this class are intended to help you remember psychological concepts from each chapter through applying them to your own experiences.

Required format for your papers:

Papers must be written and stored in Microsoft Word.  The documents you create must be uploaded into Canvas before the due date/time.  Use Microsoft Word so I can easily open and grade them.  Canvas will accept only .doc, .docx, or .pdf formats.  Please don’t store and upload your documents using other word processors.

Writing assignments must be at least 1 ½ pages long.  Grades are partially based on length.

Margins must be 1-inch at the top, bottom, and sides (for most word processors, the default is 1 ½ inches, be sure to change margins to 1 inch).

Papers must be double-spaced and written in 11-point Ariel or Times New Roman font

Not following the format rules will result in low scores, rejection of your paper, or a zero.

Do not include a title page.  Write your name at the top of page one at the top 1-inch margin.  Begin writing on the next line.  Don’t include the date, my name, the due date, or other information you have been trained to use.

Do not double space twice between your name and the body of your paper, don’t double space twice  between paragraphs.

Paragraphs are identified by indenting the first line.

Use complete sentences and logical paragraphs. Paragraphs are required to separate your thoughts so that the reader (me) can follow your thinking.  If you have little experience writing college papers or have received low grades on writing assignments in the past, you need to know that I am a grammar, spelling, and logic nerd.  I will reduce your score if I cannot understand what your paper is about, if I have to read it multiple times to try to understand, if your paper is not in logical order.  A clue to good writing is to write like you are explaining something to a friend who is not at all familiar with the topic.    See the Syllabus for information about JCCC’s Writing Center for help.

The writing assignments are my only link to each student’s personality.  I enjoy reading them.  The guidelines will ask you to describe and explain concepts or information from the textbook.  That means to describe and explain your thoughts and ideas thoroughly.  Simple definitions are not what I want—I want to read about your thoughts and ideas rather than read the textbook definition of a concept.

When you have finished writing your paper, re-read it using the questions I ask in the Guidelines as a check list to be sure you have written about all of the assigned topics.

Plagiarism reminder:  Be conscious of the tendency to copy.  Sometimes we justify copying from the textbook or other sources “because we couldn’t say it as well ourselves.”  Don’t fall into that trap.

Specific guidelines for Unit1 Paper #1:

In the Science versus Pseudoscience section of the textbook on page 21, your will find 7 pseudoscience strategies that are used to convince us that are used to convince us that something that is not true is true.

This is an election year and we are consistently bombarded with campaign ads that try to convince us that one candidate is better than the others.  First, choose one ad that you have seen, heard, or read and describe it as completely as you can.  Include information about where you saw or heard it and who sponsored the ad if you are able to read the fine print, or whether there was no sponsor listed.

Second, choose three of the pseudoscience strategies listed in the Pseudoscience section in the textbook and describe/explain each of them.

Third, describe/explain how each of those three strategies were used in the campaign ad you chose.  Be sure to explain thoroughly so I understand how you are applying the strategies to the ad.

Re-read your paper, check the spelling, grammar, format, and be sure the paper is understandable and logical.  Be sure that you discussed all three of the parts of the assignment.

Compile financial ratios for performance, efficiency, liquidity and solvency for company and at least three competitors

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A report based on very detailed research into company accounts

Requires full mastery of all Excel techniques and formulae

Single company valuation study.

1) Analyse company’s business activities

  • Use your own explanation of how company’s business model works – DO NOT COPY COMPANY’S STATEMENTS

2) Identify key drivers of business model and competitiveness

  • Use independent data on company’s markets
  • Assess future prospects for these markets

3) Compile financial ratios for performance, efficiency, liquidity and solvency for company and at least three competitors

  • Ratio analysis over the past five years
  • Comparing these ratios – draw your own conclusions, NOT just descriptions

4) Detailed forecasts of income statement and balance sheet for next five years and in perpetuity

  • Justify your forecast and support with statistics

5) Apply valuation techniques, with full spreadsheet support (see tutorials)

  • Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM),
  • Discounted Dividend Model (DDM),
  • Discounted Cash Flow (DCF),
  • Relative price multiples of earnings and cash flow.