Category: Health Care and Life Sciences

Background Research (3% due midnight October 4th): You are to prepare a brief summary of key information from 3 research articles related to the ways leisure/recreation can be a resource for coping with stress and/or enhancing health and wellbeing, e.g., for promoting resilience, improving mood, enhancing sense of belonging, etc. Prepare a summary of research evidence for each of the 3 articles, that includes summarized key points/facts from the article that provides evidence of how leisure/rec can contribute to student coping, 2
health/wellbeing. Each summary should: begin with the article citation (APA 6th ed format), use bullet points to summarize key points/facts, be approx. 1/2 page, and 1.15 spacing. (See Appendix B Part 1 for grading rubric) (3%)

Answer the following questions about your assigned article: 1) Please provide reference page 2) Article is provided in the additional materials box.

1) What is the study design and type of the article (descriptive, correlational, quasi-experimental, or experimental)? What is one strength and one weakness of this study design?
2) What is one element that could have been controlled better to improve the validity of the study? (review threats to the four types of validity statistical conclusion, internal, construct, and external).
3) What was the specific sampling method used in this study? Were the inclusion and exclusion criteria clearly explained? Were the sampling method and inclusion criteria appropriate for this study?
4) Was power analysis or effect size (in QuanTitative studies) or data saturation (in QuaLitative studies) reported to verify the adequacy of the sample size?

Recall a clinical or personal challenge that you have faced, such as an illiterate patient or defiant patient. Knowing what you know now about critical thinking, how would you approach the situation differently?
How might you have approached it when you were less experienced?

Include two, scholarly, in-text references.  One must be from your assigned text. Conceptual Foundations (2020)

Friberg, E. E. (2020). Conceptual foundations: The bridge to professional nursing practice (7th Ed). St. Louis:  Mosby Elsevier.  ISBN: 978-0-323-55131-1

Research the health-illness continuum and its relevance to patient care. In a 825 word paper (title page, headers, and references not included), discuss the relevance of the continuum to patient care and present a perspective of your current state of health in relation to the wellness spectrum. Include the following:

1. Examine the health-illness continuum and discuss why this perspective is important to consider in relation to health and the human experience when caring for patients.
2. Explain how understanding the health-illness continuum enables you, as a health care provider, to better promote the value and dignity of individuals or groups and to serve others in ways that promote human flourishing.
3. Reflect on your overall state of health. Discuss what behaviors support or detract from your health and well-being. Explain where you currently fall on the health-illness continuum.
4. Discuss the options and resources available to you to help you move toward wellness on the health-illness spectrum. Describe how these would assist in moving you toward wellness (managing a chronic disease, recovering from an illness, self-actualization, etc.).

Use at least 3 scholarly sources. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is not required.

What is expected: A discussion on the importance of the health-illness continuum in relation to health and the human experience in patient care is presented. The discussion demonstrates that the health-illness continuum is important to patient care. Strong rationale is offered for support. A thorough explanation of the relationship between the health-illness continuum and the ability of a health care provider to promote the value, dignity, and flourishing of patients is logically and convincingly presented. The explanation draws clear connections between the role of the health care provider and the promotion of human flourishing. Strong rationale is offered for support. A well-developed discussion of personal state of health is included. The discussion demonstrates strong personal insight into behaviors supporting or detracting from health and well-being. The author clearly establishes where personal health falls on the health-illness continuum. Options and resources available that would be extremely helpful to help the author move toward wellness on the health-illness continuum are presented. The author clearly establishes how these will assist in moving toward wellness. Insight into wellness as it pertains to the health illness continuum is demonstrated. Thesis is comprehensive and contains the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear. Clear and convincing argument that presents a persuasive claim in a distinctive and compelling manner. All sources are authoritative Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error.

I would also like each team to introduce the reader to the case study by creating a “Case Study Write-Up” as an addendum to your answers. Your write-up should include the following parts (again a few bulleted sentences for each section is fine):

Background Statement
Major Problem and Secondary Issues
Organizational Strengths and Weaknesses
Solutions and Recommendations
Evaluation

The subject is on ADHD and just fill out the fill out chart provided. The articles must be current (within the last five years), and one article must be quantitative, and one article must be qualitative.

Article choice is very important, therefore:

Articles used for this assignment cannot be used for the other assignments. The selected articles should be original research studies. Review articles, concept analysis, meta-analysis, meta-synthesis, integrative review, and systemic review articles should not be used.
Mixed-methods studies should not be used.
There are two parts to this assignment.

Part 1: Complete a Rapid Critical Appraisal Checklist

Select one each: qualitative and quantitative research articles.
Create a Rapid Critical Appraisal Checklist for the two research articles (one column per article).
Complete with brief, concise, summarized informatio

Visit http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/nursing-and-health-care/801. from the Foundation of Critical Thinking.  Select an article that interests you from An Introduction to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools.
Summarize the article and apply it to a clinical practice experience. Share on the discussion forum the chosen article summary.  Do not select one that another classmate has chosen
Include two, scholarly, in-text references.  One must be from your assigned text. Conceptual Foundations (2020)

Discussion Topic:  Visit the website http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/ and select a particular ethnic group from the Cultures tab.  Do not duplicate ethnic groups but choose one different from your classmates.
Describe this chosen ethnic group and describe how you would tailor your teaching to the particular group.
What will be included in the assessment of the learner?
Include two, scholarly, in-text references.  One must be from your assigned text. Conceptual Foundations (2020)

This is the book: 6th edition is ok.
Friberg, E. E. (2020). Conceptual foundations: The bridge to professional nursing practice (7th Ed). St. Louis:  Mosby Elsevier.  ISBN: 978-0-323-55131-1

Respond to the Subject below following the following topics. By adding substantive addition.
1.First substantive addition: content Demonstrates high level of understanding related to original post. Adds information relevant to nursing practice. Demonstrates critical analysis. Based in evidence (2 points)
2. First substantive addition: Writing mechanics Integrates at least one citation/reference from evidence-based source other than required textbook. Fewer than four writing mechanics errors. Flows clearly and logically. (2 point
3. Second substantive addition: content Demonstrates high level of understanding related to original post. Adds information relevant to nursing practice. Demonstrates critical analysis. Based in evidence (2 points
3. second substantive addition: Writing mechanics Integrates at least one citation/reference from evidence-based source other than required textbook. Fewer than four writing mechanics errors. Flows clearly and logically. (2 point

Pathophysiology helps us understand the ‘whys’, enabling you to better generalize that knowledge to similar situations. This is a big part of critical thinking and clinical judgment! When you truly understand the rationale behind what you see and what you do, light bulb moments occur, and nursing process makes sense!! When you understand the whys, critical thinking expands, and you will able to generalize that knowledge of pathophysiology to a variety of patient scenarios. And when you can do that, patients often experience better outcomes! Not everyone you will care for has a single, or definitive medical diagnosis. Not all individuals with a diagnosis fit the textbook scenario. As nurses we assess individuals with unique signs and symptoms we dont assess a stroke or MI we assess people! There are many signs and symptoms that have a variety of causes. And there are many health alterations that manifest in multiple ways, particularly when there are other comorbidities. This makes it imperative that the nurse is able to think about a whole situation critically and figure out what is going on from a pathophysiologic perspective. For example, when a person presents with tachypnea it could be related to COVID 19, asthma, ARDS, heart failure, anemia, over exertion, fever, neurologic injury, gastric distension, activity intolerance, complications of diabetes, anxiety, acid base imbalance, drug overdose, and more. When a person presents with confusion, it could be related to a stroke, MI, heart failure, cerebral hypoxia, neurologic injury, anxiety, medication change, infection, and more. The nurse must look at the whole situation and think critically to help the patient. All confusion is not the same, all breathing challenges are not the same! And appropriate intervention depends on the through assessment of the specific situation. Understanding the why of your intervention helps you to generalize interventions to similar situations. For example, why did you administer pain medication? In the situation of an MI, why did you administer morphine? To reduce pain; reduce the workload of the heart (and so decrease myocardial oxygen demand); relax smooth muscle (and so decrease BP and reduce cardiac workload); and reduce circulating catecholamines (and so reduce the heart rate and myocardial oxygen demand). Why did you administer acetaminophen when a person has a fever? For comfort, but also to decrease the work of the heart, the work of the lungs, and sometimes to reduce fluid loss and maintain vascular volume. Why is supplemental oxygen helpful when a person experiences activity intolerance? Why doesnt the administration of oxygen help in situations of ARDS?? Often 12 our interventions have cascading type effects. When you understand the whys of assessment findings and interventions, critical thinking expands, and you should be able to generalize that knowledge of pathophysiology to a variety of patient situations. And when you can do that, patients often experience better outcomes!

Evidence-Based Project, Part 4: Critical Appraisal of Research

Realtors rely on detailed property appraisalsconducted using appraisal toolsto assign market values to houses and other properties. These values are then presented to buyers and sellers to set prices and initiate offers.
Research appraisal is not that different. The critical appraisal process utilizes formal appraisal tools to assess the results of research to determine value to the context at hand. Evidence-based practitioners often present these findings to make the case for specific courses of action.
In this Assignment, you will use an appraisal tool to conduct a critical appraisal of published research. You will then present the results of your efforts.
To Prepare:
    Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you selected in Module 2 and the four systematic reviews (or other filtered high- level evidence) you selected in Module 3.
    Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you selected in Module 2 and analyzed in Module 3.
    Review and download the Critical Appraisal Tool Worksheet Template provided in the Resources.

The Assignment (Evidence-Based Project)

Part 4A: Critical Appraisal of Research
Conduct a critical appraisal of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected by completing the Evaluation Table within the Critical Appraisal Tool Worksheet Template. Choose a total of four peer- reviewed articles that you selected related to your clinical topic of interest in Module 2 and Module 3 (PLEASE SEE ATTACHED FILE).
Note: You can choose any combination of articles from Modules 2 and 3 for your Critical Appraisal. For example, you may choose two unfiltered research articles from Module 2 and two filtered research articles (systematic reviews) from Module 3 or one article from Module 2 and three articles from Module 3. You can choose any combination of articles from the prior Module Assignments as long as both modules and types of studies are represented.

Part 4B: Critical Appraisal of Research
Based on your appraisal, in a 1-2-page critical appraisal, suggest a best practice that emerges from the research you reviewed. Briefly explain the best practice, justifying your proposal with APA citations of the research.