Throughout the RN-to-BSN program, students are required to participate in scholarly activities outside of clinical practice or professional practice. Examples of scholarly activities include attending conferences, seminars, journal club, grand rounds, morbidity and mortality meetings, interdisciplinary committees, quality improvement committees, and any other opportunities available at your site, within your community, or nationally.

You are required to post at least one documented scholarly activity by the end of this course. In addition to this submission, you are required to be involved and contribute to interdisciplinary initiatives on a regular basis.

Submit, by way of this assignment, a summary report of the scholarly activity, including who, what, where, when, and any relevant take-home points. Include the appropriate program competencies associated with the scholarly activity as well as future professional goals related to this activity. You may use the “Scholarly Activity Summary” resource to help guide this assignment.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center

The purpose of this assignment is to analyze statistical tests and interpret the results. 

Review the “Health Care Research, Analysis, and Utilization Scenarios” document and select either the Hospital or Home Care scenario to utilize in the assignment. Additionally, review the “Health Care Research Statistical Data Set” attachment provided and address the following questions.  

Complete a 500-750 word written analysis of the statistical data that addresses the following questions:

1. Review the case study scenario selected and analyze the data set results by providing your interpretation of the research data presented.
2. Demonstrate data literacy by providing a rationale for the indicated statistical tests that best applies to the data set provided.
3. Discuss what the accepted confidence intervals are in health care research, why they are useful, and why it is important to organize, prioritize, and report statistical results.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

MS Health Care Administration

4.3: Demonstrate data literacy through organizing, prioritizing, and reporting statistical data.