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Case Study
An ambulatory health care system, Delta Healthcare, has difficulty assuring high levels of patient satisfaction. Delta’s patient satisfaction scores are in the 20th percentile nationally, staff and physician morale is low, and patients experience long waits for initial and follow-up appointments.
Your primary considerations include how you will define the problem(s) and assign accountability for their solution(s), as well as what type(s) of evidence are required to inform your analysis and recommendation
Your CEO has requested a one-page, high-level overview plan of how the executive team should approach this issue. What do you recommend? I WILL ATTACH CASE STUDY LATER..

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Title: Overview of Epidemiology Principles

Purpose: Identify basic epidemiology principles

Read this study abstract which overviews female breast cancer statistics. Identify distribution data: numbers of new cases, numbers of deaths, timeframe, populations/subgroups, age groups, etiology trends, disparities, and determinants. Identify the type of epidemiologic report that this abstract demonstrates (descriptive or analytic). Discuss ways that nurses can use this epidemiologic overview.

Website @ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24114568

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1. Discuss the activities in your area.
   1. What EBP activities have ARNPs in your area spearheaded?
   2. Have health care consumers benefited?

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Instructions:

1. Search and locate one systematic review or practice guideline in your topic of interest (Include the citation).
2. Evaluate the following:
   1. The systematic review or practice guideline relies primarily on studies conducted in the last five years.
   2. The review provides support for the importance of the study
   3. The authors have use primary, rather than secondary sources.
   4. Studies are critically examined and reported objectively
   5. The systematic review or practice guideline is organized so that a logical unfolding of Ideas is apparent that supports the need for the review
   6. The systematic review or practice guideline ends with a summary of the most important knowledge.

Write a paper on the role of the professional nurse in health policy. 

1. Discuss the professional nurse’s role in health policy.
2. Identify and articulate an action plan for nurses to increase involvement.

1. The main goal of treatment for acute glomerulonephritis is to:

encourage activity. encourage high protein intake. maintain fluid balance. teach intermittent urinary catheterization.

2. Nursing diagnoses mostly differ from medical diagnoses, in that they are:

dependent upon medical diagnoses for the direction of appropriate interventions. primarily concerned with caring, while medical diagnoses are primarily concerned with curing. primarily concerned with human response, while medical diagnoses are primarily concerned with pathology. primarily concerned with psychosocial parameters, while medical diagnoses are primarily concerned with physiologic parameters.

3. A patient who received spinal anesthesia four hours ago during surgery is transferred to the surgical unit and, after one and a half hours, now reports severe incisional pain. The patient’s blood pressure is 170/90 mm Hg, pulse is 108 beats/min, temperature is 99oF (37.2oC), and respirations are 30 breaths/min. The patient’s skin is pale, and the surgical dressing is dry and intact. The most appropriate nursing intervention is to:

medicate the patient for pain. place the patient in a high Fowler position and administer oxygen. place the patient in a reverse Trendelenburg position and open the IV line. report the findings to the provider.

4. To prevent a common, adverse effect of prolonged use of phenytoin sodium (Dilantin), patients taking the drug are instructed to:

avoid crowds and obtain an annual influenza vaccination. drink at least 2 L of fluids daily, including 8 to 10 glasses of water. eat a potassium-rich, low sodium diet. practice good dental hygiene and report gum swelling or bleeding.

5. The most common, preventable complication of abdominal surgery is:

atelectasis. fluid and electrolyte imbalance. thrombophlebitis. urinary retention.

6. A 78-year-old patient is scheduled for transition to home after treatment for heart disease. The patient’s spouse, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, plans to care for the patient at home. The spouse says that their grown children, who live nearby, will help. The best approach to discharge planning is to:

arrange nursing home placement for the couple. consult the spouse’s healthcare provider about the spouse’s ability to care for the patient. contact the children to ascertain their commitment to help. discuss community resources with the spouse and offer to make referrals.

7. During an assessment of a patient who sustained a head injury 24 hours ago, the medical-surgical nurse notes the development of slurred speech and disorientation to time and place. The nurse’s initial action is to:

continue the hourly neurologic assessments. inform the neurosurgeon of the patient’s status. prepare the patient for emergency surgery. recheck the patient’s neurologic status in 15 minutes.

8. For the evaluation feedback process to be effective, the medical-surgical nurse who is a manager:

conducts weekly meetings with staff members. considers staff members’ interests and abilities when delegating tasks. informs staff members regularly of how well they are performing their jobs. provides goals for staff members to meet.

9. An 80-year-old patient is placed in isolation when infected with methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus. The patient was alert and oriented on admission, but is now having visual hallucinations and can follow only simple directions. The medical-surgical nurse recognizes that the changes in the patient’s mental status are related to:

a fluid and electrolyte imbalance. a stimulating environment. sensory deprivation. sundowning.

Statistical application and the interpretation of data is important in health care. Review the statistical concepts covered in this topic. In a 750-1,000 word paper, discuss the significance of statistical application in health care. Include the following:

1. Describe the application of statistics in health care. Specifically discuss its significance to quality, safety, health promotion, and leadership.
2. Consider your organization or specialty area and how you utilize statistical knowledge. Discuss how you obtain statistical data, how statistical knowledge is used in day-to-day operations and how you apply it or use it in decision making.

In 750-1,000 words, develop an evaluation plan to be included in your final evidence-based practice project proposal. You will use the evaluation plan in the Topic 8 assignment, during which you will synthesize the various aspects of your project into a final paper detailing your evidence-based practice project proposal.

Provide the following criteria in the evaluation, making sure it is comprehensive and concise:

1. Discuss the expected outcomes for your evidence-based practice project proposal.
2. Review the various data collection tools associated with your selected research design and select one data collection tool that would be effective for your research design. Explain how this tool is valid, reliable, and applicable.
3. Select a statistical test for your project and explain why it is best suited for the tool you choose.
4. Describe what methods you will apply to your data collection tool and how the outcomes will be measured and evaluated based on the tool you selected.
5. Propose strategies that will be taken if outcomes do not provide positive or expected results.
6. Describe the plans to maintain, extend, revise, and discontinue a proposed solution after implementation.

Refer to the “Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal – Assignment Overview” document for an overview of the evidence-based practice project proposal assignments.

You are required to cite a minimum of five peer-reviewed sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.

My PICOT statement

In patients with ejection fraction less than 30% (P), is individualized heart failure education (I) more effective than standard discharge instruction (C) in reducing hospital readmission (O) over six months (T)?

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Discuss why it is important for a person working in health care to understand statistical concepts. Provide an example of how statistical data is used in your organization or specialty area today and what you are expected to do with this information as a practitioner.