Individual Research Critique: Stereotyping and Nurses’ Recommendations for Treating Pain in Hospitalized Children Kimberly Moody Loyola University-Chicago In your own words‚ describe the purpose this article. The purpose of the study conducted by Griffin‚ Polit‚ and Byrne (2007) was to determine if stereotyping affected the nurses’ perception of pain in children and altered their treatment. The study looked at three characteristics of children‚ gender‚ race‚ and level of attractiveness‚ to assess
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Presentation of a Research Article Lestia Reese John Lynch Psychology of Adjustment March 03‚ 2013 1The purpose of the article of descriptive phenomenological study was to identify and describe the essential meaning structure in the experience of postpartum depression (PPD). 2They interviewed four women diagnosed with major depression and analyzed the data with Giorgi’s descriptive phenomenological method. Their analysis revealed two essential meaning structures of PPD. The first structure
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Activity based costing Activity based costing is an accounting method that is created to provide manager with cost information and other that potentially affect capacity. Activity based costing is used to determine product costs for management report. This method is commonly use as a complete to the company costing system. There are two activity based costing system that most organization use. The two are the official costing system that used for preparing external financial reports and activity
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Descriptive research plays an important role in educational research because it has greatly increased our knowledge about what happens in the classroom. What is descriptive research? Descriptive research can involve collecting quantitative information‚ or it can describe categories of information such as patterns of interaction when using technology in the classroom. Although it may employ fundamentals of both quantitative and qualitative research‚ descriptive research does not fit neatly into the
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MODULE 2: RESEARCH ARTICLE CRITIQUE Vandana G. Kotapally Grand Canyon University: SPE 557 04/25/2012 Abstract Causes of dyslexia or reading disabilities have been hotly debated by researchers and educators. Knowledge regarding the causes of reading disabilities is important as they define the strategies that will used to help students with dyslexia learn. Dyslexia is caused by differences in the information processing patterns of learning disability students. Language and phonological skills
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Protein Article Research Kristen Roberts Immunity is the ability of a body to resist infection or to counter the harmful toxins produced by infecting organisms (Martin‚ Hine 2008). Antibodies and white blood cells are defensive cells and substances‚ these things produce an immune response. If such an encounter such as‚ bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites occur can make the macrophages engulf the microorganism and secretes cytokines and chemokines. This attracts immune cells to the infected
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Absorption Costing vs. Variable (Direct) Costing Absorption cost systems are widely used to prepare financial accounts. These systems are designed to absorb all production costs (variable or fixed) into costs of units produced. Absorption costs techniques allow manufacturing costs to be traced and allocated into product costs. There are different types of absorption costing systems: job order costing‚ process costing‚ and ABC costing. In job order costing‚ costs are assigned to products in batches
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The Quality Management Theory with an emphasis on Kaizen and EFQM Susan Baer Liberty University Online Abstract The intent of this literature review is to research the theory of quality management with an emphasis on the use of kaizen and the European Quality Management Model (EFQM). Through the use of scholarly articles based on research within the field of quality management in both the domestic and global business arenas‚ the reader will understand the history and significance of the use
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increasing quality and reducing waste. Continuous improvement is one of the tools that underpin the philosophies of total quality management and lean production. Through constant study and revision of processes‚ a better product can result at reduced cost. Kaizen (the translation of kai (“change”) zen (“good”) is “improvement” or “change for the better”) has become a foundation for many continuous improvement strategies‚ and for many employees it is synonymous with continuous improvement. In continuous improvement
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cost the services they render. Product costing is the accounting process of determining all business expenses pertaining to the creation of company products. These costs can include raw material purchases‚ worker wages‚ production transportation costs and retail stocking fees. A company uses these overall costs to plan a variety of business strategies‚ including setting product prices and developing promotional campaigns. A company also uses product costing to find ways to streamline
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