Clinical Question To evaluate the essence of inpatient nurse to patient staffing ratio The initiative indicates that there should be a minimum of nurses to patients This is designed with the aim of addressing the growing concerns that there has been harm on patients through inadequate staffing, thereby paving way to increase in complexity and severity of the illness during the care (American Nurses Association, 2014) Search Criteria/Results Search Criteria The research conducted ensured that extensive research was carried out on numerous databases such as PubMed, CINAHL and in different areas that related to nurse to patient ratio Search Results:…
The nation 's inner cities and suburbs appear to be racially segregated because of the policies of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) in the past. The HOLC was signed into law on June 13, 1933 by the request of President Roosevelt. HOLC devised an appraisal system that undervalued neighborhoods that were dense, mixed, or aging. In this appraisal system, the green A area, as the first grade, was a new, homogeneous, and suitable to live in; the blue B, as the second grade, was a “still desirable” places that had “reached their peak,” but was expected to remain stable for many years; the yellow B, as third grade, was a place that was described as “definitely declining”; the Red D, as the fourth grade,…
The article adequately assessed and provided evidence to my…
In early 2011 I received an approval for my research to explore a possibility of establishing new High school in Cutler Bay. My efforts resulted in a report that had comprehensive information and the recommendations to the key stakeholder in writing an application letter for a go-ahead to build a charter high school. I met with the Edvision application consultants, Cutler Bay Council, and the Charter school advisory committee. Throughout the entire month, I visited Florida department of education together with individuals from Edvision consultants in order to see the approval of the project go through.…
Evidence-Based Practice D1. My Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) project centered around aspiration during IM injections. Current practice varies between institutions and between healthcare professionals Aspiration has long been taught in the nursing profession as the golden rule and many nurses and medical assistants continue to perform this way. However, there are other practices who state that this is no longer the preferred method with some injection site exceptions. This discrepancy in procedure means that the need for further research and education is necessary.…
The end results of patient care: The guideline serve as an outline and recommendation for use of the Toolkit: Implementation of Best Practice Guidelines (2012), which provides an evidenced-informed process for a systematic, well-planned, implementation for the comprehensive care management of the diabetic patient with foot ulceration. Emphasize the processes used to provide patient care: The guideline process for use in patient care provides steps that begin with the comprehensive health history and performance of physical examination of the diabetic patient with or at risk for foot ulcerations. Furthermore, the following steps involved in the process of patient care include, but are not limited to, the below listed areas such as:…
Database searches produced four articles that addressed the effects of LSVT BIG therapy on PD patients. A comparison of the studies and their applicability to the PICO question follows. The articles by Dashtipour et al. (2015), Ebersbach et al.…
To: P. Gregory Gibson, Assistant Professor of English From: Rebecca L Johnston RLJ Subject: Project 5 Self-Evaluation Date: 6 May 2017 The purpose of this memo is a detailed overview, reflection, question/answer response and self-evolution conclusion of things I learned in Technical Writing class. Overview: I feel the purpose of technical writing focuses on the specific details of writing resumes, technical instructions, memos and accurate reports. This includes how to format and layout these documents.…
The objective of my study was to examine factors affecting hospice care (HC) use among long-term care facility (LTCF) residents. The study was guided by the following research questions: (a)What are the characteristics of the residents who receive hospice care in LTCFs? (b)What variables may predict the use of HC in LTCF residents? The detailed searching strategies of the integrative review for this study can be found in my last assignment.…
The 10th question asks about the value of the research. In considering how valuable the research was, the conclusion and recommendation of this study provided a new challenge to the clinical practice. In the conclusion the author states that none of the participants had a clear idea about the post operative pain management and they did not receive any information about it. Therefore, in this report the author recommends the health professionals to give adequate information about the pain management to the patient and if needed follow up services should be provided. This theory gives adequate information to the nursing practice.…
For example will assessment be initial/pre course, formative, summative or based on recognised prior learning. The assessor will need to decide the methods or activities to be used for assessment such as observations, performance evidence, discussion or witness/learner statement. How knowledge and understanding is going to be assessed also needs careful thought and could include tests, multiple choice questions, written assignment/task, a reflective journal, verbal questioning or naturally occurring evidence, all of which need to be fit for purpose and relate to the learner’s specific needs. Further considerations for assessment planning are to determine who will be assessing the learning/learner and how progress will be monitored and reviewed following feedback. 3.2 Evaluate the benefits of using a holistic approach to…
Using critiquing frameworks provides a systematic basis to identify if research is well designed and constructed; if there are any limitations and if the research can be applied to local practice (Glasper and Rees, 2013; Steen and Roberts, 2011). While the chosen studies were of different designs, a comprehensive, structured checklist from CASP with appropriate modifications was used to examine the quality and critique the integrity of the chosen papers (Appendix C). Unfortunately, it cannot overcome the problem of publication bias and the ‘grey literature’ (Bowling and Ebrahim,…
ASSESSMENT 4 - CRITICAL APPRAISAL (1800W +/-10%) INTRO (180 WORDS) This essay aims to critically appraise a quantitative research article with reference to “The personality of emergency nurses: Is it unique?” by Kennedy, Curtis, & Waters (2014). Critical appraisal is often defined as the methodical process used to analyse a research article’s validity through the assessment of its weaknesses and strengths.…
Critical Appraisal of Quantitative Research Introduction Abstract. The abstract consisted of one paragraph, total of ten sentences, which includes the purpose, design, sampling, and results. Researchers expanded on results but did not include conclusion.…
As I stated in my current performance management challenge for Personal Assignment #1, we are not meeting completion goals for appraisals where I work. We have established metrics for performance appraisals as part of our corporate objectives and ISO requirements. I report these out every two months. There are certain members of leadership who repeatedly miss review deadlines without consequences. A few years ago, merit increases were withheld for managers until their direct report reviews were completed, and increases were not retroactive.…