This is a qualitative study conducted at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler as a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a lifestyle behavioral intervention to increase physical activity among patients with moderate to severe COPD. (Wortz‚ K. 2012) 54 patients of age 45 or older were randomly selected from April 2010 through January 2011 using a patient registry database with a coded diagnosis of COPD along with physician referrals. Data collection consisted
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Introduction and Purpose Statement Defined In this week’s assigment‚ I am turning my attention to article B‚ to evaluate the introduction and purpose statement. The authors reporting on a qualitative study use the introduction to provide the audience with a narrative to introduce the topic‚ to identify that the topic is well-established‚ beginning with the general problem‚ then focusing on a specific problem and its consequences (Creswell‚ 2009; Harley‚ Buckworth‚ Katz‚ Willis‚ Odoms-Young & Heaney
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many different factors that guide the nursing profession from the law‚ the American nurses association (ANA)‚ to one’s own personal values. A nurse must be able to practice within the regulations that the state has set forth and follow the standards of care‚ scope of practice and code of ethics that the ANA has established. A nurse should also have his/her own principles and philosophy of nursing to help guide why he/she is in the nursing profession. 1) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice‚
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This work contains ACC 306 Week 5 Exercise 20-18 Classifying accounting changes Business - Accounting Week 5 Required Readings a. Chapter 20: Accounting Changes and Error Corrections b. Chapter 21: The Statement of Cash Flows Revisited Discussions 1. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. Ethical Dilemma. From Chapter 20 complete Ethics Case 20-5 and post the answers to the discussion board by Day 3. 2. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. Where’s the Cash? From Chapter 21 complete
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Nurse-sensitive indicators are helpful tools in enhancing the quality of nurses‚ which will improve patient outcomes‚ nursing outcomes‚ in addition to performance measurement (Montalvo‚ 2007). According to the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators TM (NDNQI) (2014)‚ this is a national nursing database‚ which provides reports of processes‚ structure‚ and outcomes quarterly and annually to evaluate nursing care at the unit level (Montalvo‚ 2007). There is a need for a database that can be
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What evidence supports the use of the intervention? The current practice of evidence based nursing and supporting the use the intervention is essential for the provision of care of patient care‚ evaluating‚ implementing and optimizing the highest quality care to our patients and knowing the parameters used doctors established in our country‚ relying on ANA and‚ trying to optimize patient outcomes. The studies and investigations that have been made and are still being shown the best results when the
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Competency Differences Between ADN and BSN Prepared Nurses April 11‚ 2014 Competency Differences Between ADN and BSN Prepared Nurses The difference in competencies between nurses prepared at an associate degree level versus a nurse prepared at the baccalaureate degree level has been a debated controversy since the 1960’s and steadily growing in the United States over the past decade. While both levels of degrees will permit a nursing student to take the NCLEX exam‚ there are differences
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competences between associate degree prepared nurse versus the baccalaureate prepared nurse. Maureen N Iwuoha Grand Canyon University: September 5‚ 2014 Differences in competences between associate degree prepared nurse versus baccalaureate prepared nurse. Competency is the measured degree of performance that integrates skills‚ ability‚ judgment and knowledge as defined by the American nurses association‚ in other words competency is the ability of an individual to do a job
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Ward (1994) using interview methods in a qualitative case-study design‚ examined the special leadership practices of three elementary school principals while implementing the special education programs. The three principals‚ 2 to 3 of their regular education teachers and the entire special education staff were interviewed by the researcher and the field notes were also used the to complement the interview data. It was found that the principals had three types of leadership actions and beliefs. They
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Cultural Competency and Cultural Humility in Nursing Practice Lisa Watson UMASS Boston Online Professional Issues in Nursing NU 360 Ms. Carol Moran November 08‚ 2012 Abstract You may not like how the Presidential election turned out‚ but the victory of the Democrats was won partly by focusing on going after the Hispanic vote. The Hispanic population who voted for President Obama put him over the top to win. Hispanics identified with Obama. Somehow‚ he made a connection with this
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