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While the implementation plan prepares students to apply their research to the problem or issue they have identified for their capstone project change proposal, the literature review enables students to map out and move into the active planning and development stages of the project.

A literature review analyzes how current research supports the PICOT, as well as identifies what is known and what is not known in the evidence. Students will use the information from the earlier PICOT Question Paper and Literature Evaluation Table assignments to develop a 750-1,000 word review that includes the following sections:

1. Title page
2. Introduction section
3. A comparison of research questions
4. A comparison of sample populations
5. A comparison of the limitations of the study
6. A conclusion section, incorporating recommendations for further research

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Instructions

For this assignment, please identify an ethnically or culturally diverse restaurant, business (market, shop, or store), or place of worship in their community that serves a group of people different from their own upbringing and heritage.

• Engage respectfully with the organization—for example, you could eat a meal, shop for goods, or attend a worship/religious activity.
• Informally talk to the business owner/religious leader, employees, and/or people at the location to find out more about the group of people the organization typically serves. For example, if you choose a restaurant, ask the server about the food being served, how the food is prepared, how to eat it, to what extent is the real authentic/traditional to the culture, and what mealtime is like for that culture; seek to understand more about this group that is different from you. Consider a visit to a restaurant during non-peak meal times for the least disruption. If you choose a business or place of worship, proceed in a similar, respectful manner. Consider carrying out this activity with classmates or with family/friends.
• After completing this part of the assignment, develop a 2-page reflection paper (approximately 500 words) on your experiences. The paper should include the following:
  • A description of your initial reactions/feelings about the setting
  • A description of what you learned about members of your community who are different from you
  • Then identify 1-2 additional things you would like to know about this community/population
  • A description of what you learned about yourself during the experience
  • A discussion of what you learned and experienced in this activity relates to public health nurses and public health nursing practice
• Submit the completed paper to this assignment dropbox.

Rubric

1. Discussion Question: Write a discussion summarizing the difference between infective endocarditis and rheumatic fever. Include cause, effects, possible complications, and prevention.
2. APA Style
3. 3 paragraphs of 3 sentences each
4. 2 references not older than 2015

1) Minimum 6  full pages (Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per part)

              Part 1: Minimum 3 pages

              Part 2: minimum 3 pages

Submit 1 document per part

2)¨******APA norms, please use headers

          All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs

          Bulleted responses are not accepted

          Dont write in the first person 

          Dont copy and pase the questions.

          Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

         Submit 1 document per part

3)****************************** It will be verified by Turnitin (Identify the percentage of exact match of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks) 

********************************It will be verified by SafeAssign (Identify the percentage of similarity of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks)

4) Minimum 5 references per part not older than 5 years

5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question.

Example:

Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX

Q 2. Health is XXXX

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering: 

Example:

Part 1.doc 

Part 2.doc 

__________________________________________________________________________________

Part 1:  Oregon Medicaid Reforms (See sample)

Oregon Medicaid Reform

The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize students with health reform strategies adopted by states. Students will select a state health policy reform innovation and describe the rationale, how it was adopted (e.g., federal waivers, passage by state legislature), the funding structure, and (to the extent statistical data are available) its impact 

Oregon Medicaid Reform

Include (Mandatory):

1.   Rationale 

2.  Adoption of the Reform

3. Funding Plan

4.  Impacts

Part 2:  llinois Medicaid Reform (See sample)

Illinois Medicaid Reform

The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize students with health reform strategies adopted by states. Students will select a state health policy reform innovation and describe the rationale, how it was adopted (e.g., federal waivers, passage by state legislature), the funding structure, and (to the extent statistical data are available) its impact 

Illinois Medicaid Reform

Include (Mandatory):

1.   Rationale 

2.  Adoption of the Reform

3. Funding Plan

4.  Impacts

CASE STUDY

C.C is a nurse practitioner working in a small private high school. She provides comprehensive care to the students and staff at the school. She coordinates the health education program of the school and consults with the administration to identify the educational and health promotion needs of the population.

She works in a Catholic high school. She meets resistance about providing health education about some of the topics typically taught to the adolescent age group. Substance abuse prevention; HIV, AIDS, and sexually transmitted disease prevention; and pregnancy prevention are topics that are highly controversial at her school. However, C.C. realizes that it is imperative that she reach the teens about these difficult topics.

Case Study 1 – Health Promotion in Adolescent  

C.C is a nurse practitioner working in a catholic high school providing comprehensive care to both the students and faculty. She also coordinates the school’s health education program and consults the faculty to identify specific health promotion and educational needs of this population. However, she is met with resistance when it comes to teaching certain controversial topics. These topics include sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse prevention, and pregnancy prevention. C.C understands that she must educate these students because the decisions that they make now may have lifelong consequences.  

Due to their rapidly evolving physical, emotional, and intellectual development, adolescents care can be more challenging than adult or children (Salam, Das, Lassi, & Bhutta, 2016). In order to promote heath for this age group one must educate them on a variety of different topics. The important topics for this age group include sexual and reproductive health, nutrition promotion, immunizations, substance abuse prevention, violence prevention, mental health, and prevention of unintentional injuries and accidents (Salam et al., 2016). A nurse practitioners’ objective for this group will be to provide holistic care and education.  

The first recommended health visit is for adolescents between ages 11-14 (” Adolescence,” 2020). The second recommended health visit is for those within the ages of 15-17 (” Adolescence,” 2020). The final recommended health visit is for those within the ages 18-21 (” Adolescence,” 2020). All three age groups require the same topics to be addressed during their health visits, however they may be prioritized by the individual need of each patient. Those topics include their emotional wellbeing, physical growth and development, risk reduction, safety, and their social determinants of health (” Adolescence,” 2020).    

Adolescence spend a lot of time away from home and often eat foods that are convenient typically consisting foods high in calories and sugar (” Adolescence,” 2020). Therefore, it is not unusual for them to skip meals and only snack. Adolescence also care a great deal about their body image. To initiate this conversation, I would ask the patient the following questions. How do you feel about the way you look? Do you feel like you weigh too little or too much? Are you teased about your weight? Are you doing anything to change your weight? Treatment for someone with an eating disorder warrants a multidisciplinary approach involving a primary provider, a nutritionist, and mental health professional (Walsh, Wheat, & Freund, 2000). Psychotherapy for the patient and for their family is an important intervention (Walsh et al., 2000). Depending on the severity of the patients eating disorder medical intervention may also be necessary.  

Adolescence experience a lot of new biological and physical changes during this time. Boys begin to go through puberty and girls start menstruation. During this time, they also see a growth spurt, some not as much as others due to biological factors. Both sexes begin to notice hair growth on different parts of their bodies. Violence among this age group is also very prevalent. Studies show homicides to be the number four cause of death for people between the ages of 10 and 29 (Golshiri, Farajzadegan, Tavakoli, & Heidari, 2018). Additionally, they may experience violence at school or at home from fighting or being bullied (Golshiri et al., 2018). As healthcare providers we must ensure that these adolescences are growing up in a safe environment. As a means of prevention, we can teach them to resolve conflict without violence, avoid risky situations, healthy dating behaviors, and to confide in their parents, teachers, and healthcare providers.  

References 

Adolescence Visits 11 Through 21 Years. (2020). Retrieved from https://brightfutures.aap.org/Bright%20Futures%20Documents/BF4_AdolescenceVisits.pdf (Links to an external site.) 

Golshiri, P., Farajzadegan, Z., Tavakoli, A., & Heidari, K. (2018). Youth Violence and Related Risk Factors: A Cross-sectional Study in 2800 Adolescents. Advanced biomedical research, 7, 138. https://doi.org/10.4103/abr.abr_137_18 

Salam, R. A., Das, J. K., Lassi, Z. S., & Bhutta, Z. A. (2016). Adolescent Health Interventions: Conclusions, Evidence Gaps, and Research Priorities. The Journal of adolescent health: official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 59(4S), S88–S92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.05.006 

Walsh, J. M., Wheat, M. E., & Freund, K. (2000). Detection, evaluation, and treatment of eating disorders the role of the primary care physician. Journal of general internal medicine, 15(8), 577–590. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.02439.x 

HA3220D – Health Information Systems

Develop a training plan and evaluation of training for a hospital that is implementing a new health care information system. 

1. Training Plan In a roughly 1 page double-spaced training plan, include:

Introduction What will this training cover? In what mode/format will occur?  

Training Strategies What training strategies will you use, and why do you feel they will be effective for a system implementation training program?

Probable Issues / Roadblocks to System Implementation and how you will use the training process to reduce their likelihood.

Key Elements that must be included in training for users of a health care information system.

This training plan should be a minimum of 1 page double-spaced in Times New Roman or similar 12-point font.

2. Create an evaluation tool to measure user satisfaction with the training process. You may model it on common questions asked on a customer satisfaction survey, but you should also create questions that can be used to improve the training process and learn more about users’ needs, knowledge, and skills.

Evaluation of Plan Effectiveness Criteria

Over the past nine weeks, you selected an aggregate and conducted a risk assessment of its health, developed a care plan to address those health risks, planned to implement one intervention in a small group from the aggregate, and considered the effectiveness of the intervention on the health of the small group. It is time now for you to present your final submission of this Capstone project.

In a Microsoft Word document of 6-7 pages formatted in APA style, you will describe your project and evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention you implemented.

Include the following in your paper:

• A detailed description of the aggregate.
• A description of the aggregate’s strengths and weaknesses.
• A risk assessment of the aggregate.
• Diagnoses based on the risk assessment.
• A detailed care plan for the aggregate.
• A description of how at least one intervention was implemented in the aggregate to address an identified issue.
• An evaluation of the effectiveness of the intervention (this section should be 2-3 pages of your paper) and include the following:
  • Did I implement the intervention as planned? If not, what were the reasons?
  • Are there visible signs of success (for example, reduced health issues)? If yes, describe.
  • Interview/measure outcomes for two or three members of your group to determine/measure the effectiveness of the intervention(s).
    • Include transcripts of the interviews with the participants from the group in the appendix of your paper.
  • Finally, compare the projected effectiveness of your plan before implementation with the actual effectiveness after implementation.
  • You may want to use the responses to the above two criteria to measure the actual effectiveness of the intervention.

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format. Please note that the title and reference pages should not be included in the total page count of your paper.

• Use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources.
• This handout will provide you the details of formatting your essay using APA style.

Assume the provider in the case study included in the Compassionate limit setting for the high risk, non-adherent patient population, article is a nurse practitioner who works for the hospital where you are a CEO. The Nursing Ethical Guidelines and the International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics apply to Nurse Practitioners. Select one of these sets of ethical guidelines for nurses and describe how you think the guidelines dictate that the nurse practitioner should act in this case.  As the CEO, guided by the ACHE’s Code of Ethics, do you believe the ACHE’s code is consistent with the Nursing ethical code you chose to apply in this case?  Why or why not?  Your post should be between 200 to 300 words and include at least 2 references using APA format).  Initial post due date: 10/29/2020

Minimum of 250 words with at least one peer review reference in 7th edition apa style

 Compare and contrast the use of parametric and nonparametric statistical tests. 

Assignment: Evidence-Based Project, Part 1: Identifying Research Methodologies

Is there a difference between “common practice” and “best practice”?

When you first went to work for your current organization, experienced colleagues may have shared with you details about processes and procedures. Perhaps you even attended an orientation session to brief you on these matters. As a “rookie,” you likely kept the nature of your questions to those with answers that would best help you perform your new role.

Over time and with experience, perhaps you recognized aspects of these processes and procedures that you wanted to question further. This is the realm of clinical inquiry.

Clinical inquiry is the practice of asking questions about clinical practice. To continuously improve patient care, all nurses should consistently use clinical inquiry to question why they are doing something the way they are doing it. Do they know why it is done this way, or is it just because we have always done it this way? Is it a common practice or a best practice?

In this Assignment, you will identify clinical areas of interest and inquiry and practice searching for research in support of maintaining or changing these practices. You will also analyze this research to compare research methodologies employed.

To Prepare:

· Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry. Keep in mind that the clinical issue you identify for your research will stay the same for the entire course. 

· Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of interest, search at least four different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four relevant peer-reviewed articles related to your clinical issue of interest. You should not be using systematic reviews for this assignment, select original research articles.

· Review the results of your peer-reviewed research and reflect on the process of using an unfiltered database to search for peer-reviewed research.

· Reflect on the types of research methodologies contained in the four relevant peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Part 1: Identifying Research Methodologies

After reading each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template to analyze the methodologies applied in each of the four peer-reviewed articles. Your analysis should include the following:

· The full citation of each peer-reviewed article in APA format.

· A brief (1-paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer-reviewed article and/or how it relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the ethics of research related to your clinical issue of interest.

· A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article.

· A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the methodology used was qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed-methods approach. Be specific.

· A brief (1- to 2-paragraph) description of the strengths of each of the research methodologies used, including reliability and validity of how the methodology was applied in each of the peer-reviewed articles you selected.