When politics and medical science intersect, there can be much debate. Sometimes anecdotes or hearsay are misused as evidence to support a particular point. Despite these and other challenges, however, evidence-based approaches are increasingly used to inform health policy decision-making regarding causes of disease, intervention strategies, and issues impacting society. One example is the introduction of childhood vaccinations and the use of evidence-based arguments surrounding […]

  Write a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two qualitative research studies. Use the “Research Critique Guidelines – Part 1” document to organize your essay. Successful completion of this assignment requires that you provide rationale, include examples, and reference content from the studies in your responses. Use the practice problem and two qualitative, peer-reviewed research article you identified in the Topic 1 assignment to […]

Discussion Topic  Two  Week  10:  The Discussion:  Discuss the costs associated with the increased utilization of health care. Include a discussion of unnecessary care, consumer attitudes, healthcare financing, pharmaceutical usage, and changing population demographics and disease patterns. Must address the topic. Rationale must be provided. May list examples from your own nursing practice. 150-word minimum/250-word maximum without the references. Minimum of two references (the course […]

   The Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to relate the concepts of critical thinking to your professional practice. Read      the article attached below: Critical Thinking at the Bedside:      Providing Safe Passage to Patients. MedSurg Nursing, 22(2),      85-93, 118 by Robert and Petersen (2013). Reflection      can be an important strategy in critical thinking. It allows for      evaluation of events and consideration of how an […]

  In a Microsoft Word document of 4-5 pages formatted in APA style, describe the information collected about a person with a chronic illness. Please note that the title and reference pages should not be included in the total page count of your paper. Using the information from the interview you conducted in Week 2: List the support needs of your participant beginning with the […]

   Three topics I found interesting in Chapter 12 were religion, sacred, and profane. Overview: This purpose of the week 10 discussion board is to examine the education system and religion. Answer prompt 1. Then select and answer one prompt from prompts 2-3. Refer to Chapter 12 to answer the prompts. Instructions: Respond to prompts in paragraph form (200-400 words)  Prompt 1: Describe 3 topics from Chapter […]

The first step of the evidence-based practice process is to evaluate a nursing practice environment to identify a nursing problem in the clinical area. When a nursing problem is discovered, the nurse researcher develops a clinical guiding question to address that nursing practice problem. For this assignment, you will create a clinical guiding question know as a PICOT question. The PICOT question must be relevant to […]

   Based on the information collected in the Research Method, formulate the Results section of your selected topic. Do not forget that your Results section needs to provide a visual (table, graphic, figure, etc.) and a narrative paragraph that helps your reader understand the information presented in the visual. Please do not interpret the results!     Structure    6. Results a. Take the sources identified […]

Find someone who will let you feed them a full meal to get practice doing this. Listen to their requests for what they want to eat next, and when they need a drink, etc. Write about the experience and submit. Needs to be done as if they were you patient but at the same time not your patient. So it can be a family member […]

  Assignment: Exposing the Gaps—How Does the United States Compare in Key Determinants of Health? When the health of a population is measured by various mortality indicators such as life expectancy, infant or child mortality, or the chances of surviving to retirement, surprising trends emerge. Health, as measured by longevity, appears to be declining in substantial segments of the U.S. population, especially for women (United […]