Marjorie Benton

Quality improvement (QI) evidence-based practice (EBP) and research

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The purpose of this assignment is to differentiate quality improvement (QI), evidence-based practice (EBP), and research.

Create a graphic image or visual model differentiating quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. You can use PowerPoint, that creates a graphic. Be creative in your design. Include the following information in your graphic image or visual model:

  1. Compare and contrast quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. Identify at least one similarity and difference for each.
  2. Provide an example of quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research.
  3. Explain why quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research would be applied in a health care setting.
  4. This assignment requires a minimum of 4 scholarly sources.

Use APA style is required for the body of this assignment.

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

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It is focused on improving patient outcomes and family experience. It also benefits the staff and the organization (Carter et al., 2017). It is focused on improving patient outcomes and family experience. It also benefits the staff and the organization (Carter et al., 2017). Benefits clinicians, the scientific community, and the subjects on some occasions (Carter et al., 2017).
QI efforts are controlled by the organization but influenced by the Centre for Medicaid and Medicare services and others in different regions.   EBP efforts are strictly regulated by the organization. Research is regulated by IRB, state, and local laws, among others, based on the research design.
To reduce drug errors through an increase in nurse’s knowledge and skills for old patients. Nurses adopting the most effective strategies to reduce drug errors in old patients with dementia (Edwards & Axe, 2018) Determining the efficacy of nurse training in reducing drug errors in geriatric care
 Hand hygiene for clinicians and patients to prevent hospital acquired infections. Prevention of hospital-acquired infections through the improvement of nursing care measures and or hand hygiene. A comprehensive model of different strategies.

 

 Determine how the qualification of nurses influences the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections.

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Quality improvement (QI) evidence-based practice (EBP) and research

Marjorie Benton

Quality improvement

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The purpose of this assignment is to differentiate quality improvement (QI), evidence-based practice (EBP), and research.

Create a graphic image or visual model differentiating quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. You can use PowerPoint, that creates a graphic. Be creative in your design. Include the following information in your graphic image or visual model:

  1. Compare and contrast quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. Identify at least one similarity and difference for each.
  2. Provide an example of quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research.
  3. Explain why quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research would be applied in a health care setting.
  4. This assignment requires a minimum of 4 scholarly sources.

Use APA style is required for the body of this assignment.

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

Answer preview

It is focused on improving patient outcomes and family experience. It also benefits the staff and the organization (Carter et al., 2017). It is focused on improving patient outcomes and family experience. It also benefits the staff and the organization (Carter et al., 2017). Benefits clinicians, the scientific community, and the subjects on some occasions (Carter et al., 2017).
QI efforts are controlled by the organization but influenced by the Centre for Medicaid and Medicare services and others in different regions.   EBP efforts are strictly regulated by the organization. Research is regulated by IRB, state, and local laws, among others, based on the research design.
To reduce drug errors through an increase in nurse’s knowledge and skills for old patients. Nurses adopting the most effective strategies to reduce drug errors in old patients with dementia (Edwards & Axe, 2018) Determining the efficacy of nurse training in reducing drug errors in geriatric care
 Hand hygiene for clinicians and patients to prevent hospital acquired infections. Prevention of hospital-acquired infections through the improvement of nursing care measures and or hand hygiene. A comprehensive model of different strategies.

 

 Determine how the qualification of nurses influences the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections.

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Quality improvement

Marjorie Benton

Heart disease

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heart disease

1. Conduct an online search though the Cuyamaca Library Database,https://www.cuyamaca.edu/academics/library/index.php. Choose two research studies from the Cuyamaca College Library Database concerning an aspect of the disease you are researching. Pick a specific disease as there are many kinds of chronic diseases. For example, you will focus on only one type of cancer: skin cancer, breast cancer, or colon cancer, etc.,not all of them. The same goes for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.

2. Write a two-page essay, double-spaced, 12 font, and 1-inch margins. Write using an essay format. Do not use lists or bullets. Use the two pages for your essay. Please, only put your name at the top of the page.Include all the following within your essay: a) A description of the topic you researched. b) The signs and symptoms of the disease. c) The risk factors for the disease. d) What steps you can take to prevent the disease or condition. e) How to maintain a good quality of life if the disease is already present.

3. Use citations within your essay for each of your sources. (Author’s last name, Date)4. Please include a reference list/Works Cited for your three sources at the end of your essay. Include all the following: Authors, Date, Article Title, Journal, Publisher, URL. MLA format is acceptable. The Works Cited goes on page 3 and is not part of your 2-page essay.Do not overuse quotations. Be sure to use citations for every quotation.r, even when you paraphrase, you need to use a citation.

Requirements: 2 page essay

The disease: heart disease.

Note: You must use the articles (not books) from the website. If you select an article but you are not able to access, you can check it online.

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There are several environmental, lifestyle, and biological factors that cause arrhythmias. In their article, John Hopkins Medicine notes that exercise may reduce or increase the onset of arrhythmias among people predisposed to the disease. Their study found that people who engaged in rigorous exercise after had an onset of the disease as early as age 30 while those who did little to no excise delayed the onset to age 40. Biological factors like genes can also lead to arrhythmias. A healthy individual with the genetic mutation for Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) has a higher risk of developing arrhythmias than those who do not. As such, patients with a family health history of the disease need to take precautionary measures early enough in life.

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There are several environmental, lifestyle, and biological factors that cause arrhythmias. In their article, John Hopkins Medicine notes that exercise may reduce or increase the onset of arrhythmias among people predisposed to the disease. Their study found that people who engaged in rigorous exercise after had an onset of the disease as early as age 30 while those who did little to no excise delayed the onset to age 40. Biological factors like genes can also lead to arrhythmias. A healthy individual with the genetic mutation for Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) has a higher risk of developing arrhythmias than those who do not. As such, patients with a family health history of the disease need to take precautionary measures early enough in life.

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Heart disease

Marjorie Benton

Research studies

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Question Description: Below is a list of common ethics concerns with regard to research studies. Take time to review this list and reflect on ways each might apply to your selected research topic.

Informed consent with adults
Informed consent with children – assent
Deception of participants
Confidentiality
Beneficence
Conflict of interest
Respect for persons
Equity
Justice
Privacy
Vulnerable populations

For this assignment, summarize:
Specific ethical concerns that might influence or need to be taken into consideration with regard to your specific research simulation and why? (TOPIC: Poverty in Children’s Educational Attainment)

How you might address the ethics concern(s) you identified, i.e., modify or add to your research simulation?

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I can address ethical issues concerning the confidentiality and anonymity of participants by taking several measures. First, I can engage the children in creating pseudonyms for themselves used to identify them. This fun activity will not only break the ice but bring the aspect of creativity in this step. Secondly, I can ensure that the pseudonyms and the responses are visible to authorized persons only, such as data collectors and any supervising staff. I can ensure that the interviews between the data collectors and children are done in a private setting where third parties cannot see or hear any information discussed between the two parties.

In conclusion, It is the responsibility of the researchers to ensure that they are aware of ethical concerns surrounding their studies and devise possible ways to address them. My study focuses on children and is likely to attract concerns about informed consent and confidentiality. I intend to have signatures of parents or guardians for informed consent of their children’s participation in the study as well as the child’s verbal approval. I plan to conduct private interviews, have pseudonyms, and restrict access to information in my attempt to promote confidentiality and anonymity.

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Research studies

Marjorie Benton

Case studies in research design

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Students are required to make main posts (three to four paragraphs) that address the specific discussion and peer review posts (responses to his or her classmates’ posts that are two to three paragraphs each).  All posts must utilize and cite material from the unit’s course information/readings, including complete internal citations and a reference list.  Each post is worth 8 points.

What are substantive postings? Substantive postings include:

  • Responding to discussion questions as well as discourse between students related to subject matter within the course. This includes posting responses to others’ answers within a Discussion Area. A response may express agreement with or challenge to the point of view expressed, supported by references (citations) to the text or lecture.
  • Contributing to the discussion based upon course content, theory, or personal experiences, not simply personal opinion.

This unit students are required to make one main post in each of the discussion questions, with one peer review post in either question (3 total posts- 2 main and 1 peer).

INDICATE, BY NUMBER, WHICH QUESTION YOU ARE RESPONDING TO WHEN MAKING YOUR POSTS.

Question 1

Explain the usage of case studies in research design, including relative to your research proposal?

Question 2

What are you most interested in studying? In one sentence state the essence of this study, then write your research title. Using your formulated research topic to help determine your research question, list five key terms and use these to do a database search for peer reviewed journal articles. What were the outcomes of your database search? How did you modify your search terms to achieve a successful search? Which databases were most useful to you and why?

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Based on the proposed research, I am interested in exploring public administration areas and their contribution in handling domestic issues, including domestic violence and abuse. The essence of this study is to identify whether there are adequate measures implemented by the public administration areas in providing support interventions to the affected victims.  Hence, the research title is public administration areas handling domestic violence and child abuse and their support measures in addressing this social problem. Using the formulated research title, the five key terms to use when locating peer-reviewed articles are “public administration areas handling domestic issues,” “the government’s role in addressing domestic violence,” “support interventions by public administration areas in solving domestic abuse,” “role of public administrators in handling domestic violence and abuse” and victims of domestic violence and their insights regarding the support received from public administrators.”

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Case studies in research design

Marjorie Benton

Conditions for the Central limit theorem

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I need one paragraph explaining the conditions for the Central limit theorem. About 250 words is enough.

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Individuals assigned in a random sample are entirely by chance; thus, they should not impact other values. The Central limit theorem also holds a 10% condition. Based on this assumption, the sample needs to be drawn without replacement, and it should not exceed 10% of the population selected. The last condition of this theorem is that the sample size must be adequately large. However, the central limit theorem does not define how large the size should be, although a standard model is recommended for a large enough sample size. The theory can only be applied with a sufficiently large sample, especially with a skewed population.

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Conditions for the Central limit theorem

Marjorie Benton

Ethical Research

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As we begin to learn about research we should study-examine and discuss the below topical areas.

1. What is the role and importance of ethical research and how does it impact issues within your current job

2. What types of common research methods are generally applied in scholarly research proposals and what criteria generally applies to the particular issue(s) under investigation for a study

3. Explain the importance of ethics within any research proposal and explain the reasoning for methods and integrity in the concept, design and application of a proposed research study as well as protecting any participants.

As researchers, it is important to underscore the methods and required provisions in research and the human subject protections outlined within the study.

Part One: For this weeks DB, complete do your own investigation and answer questions 1-3 above.

Part Two: Complete a search of U.S. Department of Justice Press Releases and locate at least 3 real world examples of unethical-illegal conduct on research fraud.

Please utilize a recent scholarly journal (date range 2020-2022) and have approximately 350 word count excluding references for each topical area assigned.

Requirements: 2 PAGES

I am an Elementary School Social Worker. Just for issues

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Another research fraud reported by the department of criminal justice is scientific research misconduct. Duke University accepted to pay $ 112.5 million in settlement of its violation of research ethics through falsified reports. The case involves violations of the integrity of federal funding decisions. Research funding should be used honestly and efficiently (U.S. Department of Justice, 2020, March 25). In this case, the defendant knowingly falsified data, and hence the issuance of the punishment was deterrence of the violations in the research funding process. The commitment is to ensure that the credibility of the research process is preserved and all similar underlying issues are evaluated through a clear jurisprudence. The ruling also determined that the restitution also included $33,750,000 for compensation of the whistleblower for the commitments involved. Dr. Eric T. Poehlman, a former tenured research professor at the University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine in Burlington, was asked to pay a comprehensive settlement for falsifying and fabricating data. Materially false statement in the grant application is a key issue.

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Ethical Research

Marjorie Benton

Data and outcomes via research

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Hi everyone,

We will find gaps in research (problem statements) for all sorts of activities in life, social structures and in the workplace.

Let’s examine what-how will our research work today could impact society say 5-10-25-50 and 100 years from now and are there hidden gaps and mysteries/secrets that will unveil more evidence that we are unable to find today.

We should recognize few studies if any are able to answer all possible issues today and into the future, we note these as limitations to the research study under examination.

Many times, gaps are opportunities to seek ways to bridge those gaps, by examining data and research to find creative ways to improve situations.

Societal issues always seem to draw considerable attention and folks like the process of cultivating hope. We understand the term hope is a choice as we can change thinking by examining data and outcomes via research.

We will observe that to make the necessary public policy change (statements) we find the importance of applied research to tackle the issue under investigation.

This weeks DB assignment, seek out a scholarly research topic that interests you (encouraged to apply the topic to your current job-profession) and develop a problem statement for your job and how can apply-use the research data on a current issue-problem to your current career-profession.

In the problem statement, you should think about completing the statement by starting below:

The problem is that_____.

If you state your problem in this way, it will give you the ability to focus in on an interesting problem or issue to help solidify your thinking about a problem that can be researched.

Next simple step, you can also write justification summary style sentences about why this is a problem in your life (perceived problem-issue) and or workplace etc. *Note not all issues or problems can-should become research projects.

Next, what would be the advantages and disadvantages of the research problem and question under review and include any potential limitations of the study.

The work should contain significant work to justify the idea-concept at least 350 word count.

Requirements: 350-500 words

I am a Social worker at a elementary school in Mississippi

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Advantages and Disadvantages of the Research Problem and Question Under Review

Exploring the influence of African American family systems on teachers’ performance in elementary schools is good for different reasons. First, in Mississippi, the population of African Americans is significant, and hence it represents an important population for the case study. African Americans represent a minority group with unique family characteristics, including parents’ education level, socioeconomic status, family structure, family size, and religion. Hence the research problem and the question under review provide insight into the social factors impacting teachers’ performance.

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Data and outcomes via research

Marjorie Benton

Strained Research

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Assessment Description

Review “Case 3.1: A Strained Research Team,” located in Chapter 3 of the textbook, Leadership: Theory and Practice. Post a 250-300 word response to the questions located at the end of the case. In your response, be sure to address the strengths and weaknesses of the three-skill approach in this situation.

Requirements: 200 words

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Dr. Wood can be effective once his human skills improve to better relationships with team members and motivate them to perform their functions. Instead of drawing attention to himself as competent, he should inspire the rest to improve performance. Dr. Wood has effectively worked with small groups (Northouse, 2021). There are major barriers to the successful completion of the project, and hence teamwork and individual commitment are necessary. Effective leadership is necessary to relieve the stress and anxieties caused by negative experiences.

Question 3

Dr. Wood has demonstrated excellent performance in problem-solving skills and knowledge. Despite the time and budget constraints, he has managed to establish effective solutions to meet the project deliverables (Northouse, 2021). For instance, he has sourced funds to meet the costs, but there is a concern about the incidence being used to leverage personal credit.

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Strained Research

Marjorie Benton

Reliability and Validity

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However, in scholarly research, the rules are more strict and we are required to follow protocols so the data is as accurate and it can be applied to our issue under investigation.

Here is our DB discussion topic:

For this weeks assignment, please indicate two types of reliability (e.g., test-retest) and one type of validity (e.g., concurrent) and provide a definition of each then an example of when and how it would be applied in a research scenario. You are encouraged to apply this topic to your current job or profession.

Be sure to respond to at least 2 of your classmates’ posts.

The original work should be at least 350 word count

Requirements: 350 words

I am a social worker at a elementary school in Mississippi

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Validity measures whether a specific test has measured what it is supposed to measure. This is to ensure that the results recorded can be accurately interpreted and applied. Criterion-related validity is one type of validity that is used to measure to which extent the results of a used measure correspond or align to the results of other valid measures that apply a similar concept (Van Iddekinge et al., 2019). For example, during the hiring of new social workers, the school assesses different criteria that are likely to predict whether the new social workers would be effective in their job. Social workers who do well on the test are more likely to do well if employed than those who do poorly on a test.

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Reliability and Validity