Outcome measures provide a way to evaluate the success of physical therapy treatments, providing a way for comparing outcomes related to different intervention approaches. The use of standardized tests and measures early in an episode of care establishes the baseline status of the patient/client, providing a way to measure the change in the patient's abilities. Each outcome measure is created to look at a different population or injury classification. Two outcome measures that can be used in the…
Undergraduate Learning Outcome Reflection Analyzing an article and reciprocating a counterargument which supports or refutes the author’s original argument was an assignment exceedingly familiar. High schools emphasize the fundamentals of formulating an effective argument, but this guidance loses relevance once college begins. Teachers’ and professors’ concepts contradict one another; the concepts that one teaches, the other does not necessarily invalidate, but goes about explaining in a…
Positive patient outcomes are a very important part of nursing. These outcomes are achieved by providing holistic care of the patient, as well as treatment of the underlying disease. There are four different models of patient care; Total Patient Care, Primary Care, Patient-Centered Care, and Team Nursing. Each model carries a different level of risk for obtaining adverse patient outcomes. King, Long, and Lisy (2015) stated, “The organization of the work of nurses, according to recognized models…
of the classroom. I recognize that my perspectives and what and how I teach coincide together, and ultimately affect my students. This leads me to identify four performance-based outcomes on diversity and global perspectives that I would like to improve on, to become a better teacher. The four performance-based outcomes for teacher: Diversity and global perspective are: recognize the historical and current status of relations between minority-majority population and how it affects the…
of patient safety, nurses can work proactively to facilitate effective interdisciplinary solutions that positively affect patient outcomes" (Allen, et al., 2015). As nurses we are faced with the daily challenge of insuring we provide safe and effective care to each of our patients. Each patient brings new elements to this challenge as we work to improve their outcomes and increase the overall standard of care that we provide. As we are the advocate for the patient we must continually reassess…
religious reasons. These wars had caused massive destruction, loss of lives, and kingdoms taken over. The Crusades were a great impact on history, and had many positive/negative outcomes. As you may know, the Crusades had caused some positive and negative outcomes. Today, however, we will be focusing on the negative outcomes. In the packet that I received, there were many documents that focus on all the negative things that happened during this time period. In the first document of this packet,…
The first issue that I am going to cover is patient outcomes; in terms of quality healthcare for patients. One of the issues that is arising in health care today is the quality of healthcare and how we define it; people question how is healthcare defined and evaluated (Harvard Business Review, 2011). What is impeding our healthcare system is the lack of a common language that is being used across different healthcare facilities; or to “measure the same things the same way” (Harvard Business…
The three main items that we must focus on are capacity, faculty qualifications, and student learning outcomes assessment (cite textbook). A committee will be formed to address each of these items and a hard copy will be presented to the NCAA prior to the beginning of each semester. If UNC Chapel Hill follows the guidelines for one year, the students will…
Developmental Outcomes of Parenting Styles How do parents impact their child’s development? This is a question that has thoroughly been discussed by researchers. Parenting is one of the most challenging tasks an adult undertakes. It requires a lot of patience, time, and money. Depending on the style of parenting it can affect a child’s psychological well-being and attachment patterns. There are four parenting styles, permissive, authoritarian, authoritative, and neglectful. Uti, Sakamoto,…
Outcomes matrix: Application to Indonesia’s policy making processes Understanding Indonesia’s policy making context When talking about the Rugby World Cup final game, there will be commentators discussing and predicting about what each team might and might not do. Some interesting and precise predictions could arise because the game’s rules are strict and certain. In addition, there are referees to lead the game based on the game 's rules. Interestingly, any policy making context is quite…