For this project, you will take on the role of a nurse practitioner treating a patient with a chronic condition. Your patient is not completely satisfied with the treatments you’ve tried and asks about a specific alternative therapy. Unfamiliar with these sorts of therapies, you decide to do some research before making recommendation. In this case, you get to decide what condition your patient has and which intervention he or she is interested in trying. Your objective is to determine whether or not you would recommend the regular treatment either alone or in combination with alternative treatment. The paper should not be more than 4 pages excluding the title page and references. APA format is required with a professional paper.   

1.  How much do American consumers really care about the labor issues of the people who produce the products we use
2. When given a choice between a $200 laptop and a $1,000 laptop, do we always concern ourselves if the $200 laptop was made in a factory where people worked 12 to 18 hours in unsafe conditions? 
3. Describe how you make choices as a consumer.  

Comment1

Extraneous Variables are undesirable variables that influence the relationship between the variables that an experimenter is examining. These variables are undesirable because they add error to an experiment. A major goal in research design is to decrease or control the influence of extraneous Variables as much as possible. (Psychology world, 2017). The extraneous variables can be hold constant by creating a standardized environment and procedure so that all variables are the same in each condition and therefore cannot be confounding. These variables exist in all studies and can interfere with obtaining a clear understanding of the relationship among the study variables. For example, if a study focused on the effect of relaxation therapy on the perception of incisional pain, the researchers would have to control the extraneous variables, such as type of surgical incision and time, amount, and type of pain medication administered after surgery, to prevent their influence on the patient’s perception of pain. Selecting only patients with abdominal incisions who are hospitalized and receiving only one type of pain medication intravenously after surgery would control some of these extraneous variables. Controlling extraneous variables enables researchers to determine the effects of an intervention or treatment on study outcomes more accurately. (Grove, Gray & Burns, 2015).  

Comment2

Quantitative research is a type of formal, objective type of research and generates numerical information about concepts and relationships between variables and includes descriptive, correlational, quasi-experimental and experimental (Burns & Grove, 2011). 

The type of quantitative research used is based on the amount information the researcher has on the subject before the experiment. If a researcher knows little about the topic they may begin with descriptive to gather better information then move on to correlational, quasi-experimental or experimental studies (Burns & Grove, 2011). Descriptive research is typically without manipulation and leads to further quantitative studies (Burns & Grove, 2011). 

Correlation studies describe relationships between variables in a positive, negative relationship or no relationship such as smoking cigarettes negatively affecting the smoker’s life span however does not study to which a degree or the exact cause and often will lead to a more extensive study such as quasi-experimental or experimental research (Burns & Grove, 2011). 

Quasi-experimental research examines relationships to better determine a cause-and-effect relationship between variables and involve implementing a treatment to a concern and evaluating the effects (Burns & Grove, 2011). Quasi-experimental research involves less control of variables than strict experimental research and often utilize humans or patients as a variable and is most often used in nursing research (Burns & Grove, 2011). An example of quasi-experimental research can include a certain exercise program for cardiac rehab patients post CABG and the effects on improving the health or assisting in the rehabilitation. 

 Please guide by the questions down below. writing needs to cover all 5 questions. do not skip questions. 

Write a 300 word message in which you:
1.Reflect upon what you have learned about evidence-based practice during the past eight weeks. 

2.Describe how your understanding has changed. 

3.Comment on how the literature search process that you have used in this course differs from the rules for systematic reviews. 

4.Locate one systematic review or clinical guideline using the  AHRQ  website https://www.guideline.gov/

5.Identify the guideline’s purpose.

This is a 2-part post; both parts are required.  

Part 1: Although you will not be implementing your project in this course, it is vital to appreciate all of the barriers you might encounter with implementation of an EBP project. Choose two of the following articles (your choice).

Implementing evidence (Gallagher-Ford,et. al., 2011).pdf  

Sustaining Evidence (Melnyk et. al., 2011).pdf  

Share several things you learn from the assigned article, and then relate that learning to your project.  

My project will be about Proper use of layers of linen resulting in reduction of skin breakdown in acute care setting. 

Part 2:  Listen to The Tipping Point lecture (23:18 minutes)    https://app.ilosvideos.com/view/RHN8PcZPnWxe 

Read the lecture handout Tipping Point.pdf  

In terms of possible future implementation of your project, apply one of the Tipping Point Principles in describing the methodology of your capstone project (discuss either The Law of the Few, The Stickiness Factor, or The Power of Context). 

[You need citations for each journal article.] 

(Please use citation below for Tipping Point Lecture/video) Gladwell, M. (2015). 

The tipping point: How little things can make a big difference. Retrieved from https://app.ilosvideos.com/view/RHN8PcZPnWxe (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.