Topic: Questions

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all references must be not older than five years, citation should be accordingly APA style and please check grammar, I have to submit the work to turnitin, so please cite according to APA style.. Each question should have the reference use cited independently. I will attach the question on a word document as well.
Review the differences in descriptive, explanatory, predictive, and prescriptive studies and select one of the predictive or prescriptive articles that you find. What are the independent variables (IV), dependent variables (DV), and mediating variables (MVs) that you find in the article? How do determining IVs, DVs, and MVs help you discern the theory tested in the research? In your particular article, what risk factors are identified, or what recommendations are provided?

Complete a PICO(T) search on bicycle safety. What does the research say about this issue? Select one of the articles from your search. Identify the descriptive statistics. Is anything missing? To what extent are minorities included in the study (or is that demographic information available?)? How does the descriptive data help you understand the research?
Describe the inferential tests that were used (e.g., t-tests and chi-squares). Given the p-values related to the tests, how do you interpret the results? Are statistically significant findings also clinically significant? What are the recommendations, based on this paper? Share some alternate explanations (mediating or intervening variables) for the results of the study.

Mr. Lowell, the nursing executive at St. Louis Medical Center in Summerville, hears about your consultant work for the cities of Ironridge and Summerville and he asks you to help him evaluate the hospital’s evidence-based practice program and recommend an EBP model. He strengthened the staff education department a few years ago with a new MSN-prepared director who could use a consultant to get the evidence-based practice program off the ground.

Week 6 TD 1 – Research Summaries

Preliminarily, you need to help the staff understand the differences between various translation documents. Therefore, in this TD, compare and contrast two of these five types of research summaries: Meta-analysis, meta-synthesis, systematic research reviews, clinical practice guidelines, and care protocols. What are the differences in their purposes, audiences, and authors?

Week 6 TD 2 – EBP Models

Compare and contrast two of the models in the Week 7 lesson. Which would you recommend in this situation and why? (The ACE Star Model, The Joanna Briggs Model, The Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care)

Week 7

Mr. Lowell is especially concerned about a costly high infection rate in surgical patients at St. Louis Medical Center, along with a lack of concern about patient’s psychological needs. He has read about the efforts of the QSEN Institute (https:// https://qsen.org/) to promote quality and safety and was surprised to see that patient concerns are inherent in the quality improvement conversation. He asks you to help the new staff education director and the clinical practice council study both problems.

Week 7 TD 1 – Quality, Safety, and Costs

How would you explain the relationships between quality, safety, and costs to the director and staff? How would you demonstrate the importance of nursing care in addressing this issue? What outcome variables would you recommend?

Week 7 TD 1 - Patient and Family Concerns

Mr. Lowell wants to adopt a caring model at St. Louis Medical Center and asks you to find the latest information on patient and family engagement. What does the literature say about patient and family engagement (Hint: use that phrase in your search) and what would you recommend? What types of research back up these recommendations?

Along with your fellow consultants, you have completed your work in Ironridge and Summerville. As usual, you reflect on the experience.

Week 8 TD 1 – Applying Evidence-based Practice

What specific skills and knowledge that you gained through this experience will be most important as you take on your future roles in nursing? Describe a concrete way in which you anticipate using these skills and knowledge.