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 Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.

1. Reflect on your learning experience in this course. Which concepts stood out to you and made an impact? How do you envision using these concepts in your future nursing practice as a master’s prepared nurse?   
2. Describe how course learning activities and assignments will help you achieve Program Outcome 1: Provide high quality, safe, patient-centered care grounded in holistic health principles. 
3. Describe how course assignments or activities will help you achieve ONE of the sub-competencies from the advanced-level nursing education competencies from AACN Essentials Competency 1.3 Demonstrate clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base.

• 1.3d: Integrate foundational and advanced specialty knowledge into clinical reasoning.
• 1.3e: Synthesize current and emerging evidence to influence practice.

Case Scenario:

Patient Overview: A 45-year-old patient, Jamie, presents with muscle weakness, difficulty walking, numbness in the limbs, and occasional blurred vision. The patient’s symptoms have worsened over the past few months. During the examination, the healthcare provider notices a delayed reflex response in the lower extremities and decreased coordination.
Jamie mentions a family history of neurological disorders, specifically Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

Diagnostic Findings:

• MRI shows demyelination in regions of the central nervous system.
• Electromyography (EMG) results suggest slowed peripheral nerve conduction velocity.
• Blood tests show elevated levels of specific autoantibodies.

Correlation is the process of establishing a relationship between two or more factors. Correlation is an important concept that can be misused. One misuse is saying that factor A is caused by factor B just because correlation is found. Cause cannot be implied simply from correlation. Find two examples in scholarly articles within the last 10 years that use correlation analysis. One of the articles must use correlation to imply causation correctly and one article should not have justification to imply cause.

– Summarize both articles in at least 500 words.

– Explain why cause was appropriate in one article and not in the other.

– What would be needed for the second article to justify a statement of cause? 

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

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

Describe the key differences between each type of qualitative and quantitative research. Provide a workplace example in which qualitative and quantitative research has been applied and how it has been used within your organization.

Initial discussion question posts should be a minimum of 200 words and include at least two references cited using APA format.

Provide an example of experimental, quasi-experimental, and nonexperimental research from the GCU Library and explain how each research type differs from the others. Evaluate the effectiveness of the research design of the study for two of the examples provided.

Initial discussion question posts should be a minimum of 200 words and include at least two references cited using APA format.

Write a SOAP note about one of your patients and use the following acronym:

S =Subjective data: Patient’s Chief Complaint (CC).O =Objective data: Including client behavior, physical assessment, vital signs, and meds.A =Assessment: Diagnosis of the patient’s condition. Include differential diagnosis.P =Plan: Treatment, diagnostic testing, and follow up