This week, you will submit summaries of quantitative and qualitative studies. The purpose of this assignment is to become familiar with published research, research designs, and methodologies. For the assignment, you will select two original or primary research studies: one quantitative research study and one qualitative study related to the field of nursing. You will write an abstract of each study.

• The selected articles should be original research studies.
• Review articles, concept analysis, meta-analysis, meta-synthesis, integrative review, and systemic review should NOT be used.
• Mixed-methods studies should not be used.

Assignment Instructions:

1. Your abstracts should begin with the APA Style reference to the research article that is reviewed
2. Your abstracts should be written in your own words. (The abstracts within the studies your choose will not answer all of the assignment questions.)
3. Your abstracts should be accurate, brief, clear, between 150–250 words, and include only the most essential information. 
4. Use current APA Style to format your paper and to cite your sources.
5. You are required to attach both research studies (the full articles) that you use to write your abstracts.The original research study articles may be copied onto a Word document or saved in a PDF format.

NOTE: Because submission of the original articles is part of the assignment requirements and is necessary for grading, any assignment submitted without the accompanying articles will be considered incomplete. An incomplete assignment will be initially assigned a zero. The student has the opportunity to submit articles to complete the assignment. However, if these are submitted after the due date and time, the late penalty will apply. After five days, submissions will not be accepted per University policy, and the grade will remain a zero.

Address the following questions in each of your abstracts:

1. What type of research is it (quantitative, qualitative)?

2. What was the research question(s) or hypothesis?

3. What is the sample (population), the sample size, and sample attributes (characteristics)?

4. What is the setting (facility type, location, and country) of the study?

5. What were the researcher’s results and findings? (Identify one that clearly measures the dependent variable or objective of the research.)

 

Safety and Transportation 

A community assessment begins with a basic windshield survey where each community subsystem is explored.  Explore the relationship of safety and transportation to determinants of health.

Click on the Enter Sentinel City® and continue your virtual experience by taking a bus tour of Sentinel City®.  Since this is your second tour, feel free to choose any bus speed and/or get off the bus at any time to walk around.  As you take the tour, write down your observations, specifically focusing on the following subsystem: safety and transportation.  Meet with Mayor Hill to discuss the subsystems: Safety and Transportation.  Meet with Officer Cooper in Acer Tech about neighborhood crime rates.  Compile your observations and any demographic information addressing each item listed in the first column of the rubric.  We encourage you to add other relevant characteristics you observe that may not be listed in the first column as you complete this activity. 

Reading and Resources

Harkness & DeMarco (2016) Read Chapters 4 & 5

Visit World Health Organization – Determinants of Health

• Visit Healthy People 2020 Determinants of Health
• Visit Healthy People 2020 Objectives
• Visit Health Disparities

Find the health rankings for the county where your practice learning site is located by visiting: “Health Rankings for Your State & County” 

Watch the Levels of Prevention Video

Additional Instructions:

1. All submissions should have a title page and reference page.
2. Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.
3. Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.
4. Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.
5. Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Submission Option

Paper

• 1 to 2-page paper. Include title and reference pages.

The overall goal of this assignment is to familiarize students with the main categories commonly found in a Data Management Plan (DMP).  Students will review a sponsor’s data management plan and then create a 5 – 6 page DMP for the study site (Good Clinical Trials). The DMP will be based on A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase 3 Clinical Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of XYZ Versus Corticosteroid for the Treatment of Lateral Epocondylitis. For this assignment, all data capture is electronic.

Please do not “cut and paste” from the SWP Data Plan example into the template; use your own words.  You will be penalized if you “cut and paste” from someone else’s work. 

Attached to the end of this assignment are:

Data management plan overview for your review

Sponsor’s DMP 

A Template for the Site DMP

Use the following format and sections in your site DMP:

DMP Title

Protocol Title

Overview  (1 – 2 paragraphs) (15 points)

Data Management Staff Roles and Responsibilities (Table Format) (15 points)

Site Policies: related to SOPs and staff training (15 points)

Data Access: access by staff role, security and safety measures; assigning and using passwords, etc.; entry and exit of data management systems (15 points)

Data Entry & Cleaning: prerequisites for data entry (required training & access), granting access, entering data, data security, quality control functions & procedures, and query generation. (15 points)

Monitoring Visits: preparing for monitor visits, protecting data, managing queries, responding to issues. (10 points) 

Database closure checks, quality assurance at closure and database lock, and database unlock. (10 points)

Data Archiving, Record Storage, Retention, and Transfer of final Materials: how and where records will be stored, access to records; length of retention, and how they will be destroyed (10 points)

Adverse & Serious Adverse Events: management of, reconciliation, process and who is responsible for what task related to documenting and reporting (15 points)

 Attached are the rubrics, please follow the rubric. CASE STUDY 1- Reflecting on week 2’s lessons in the syllabus, select a patient population (pediatric, young adult, adult or geriatric), and briefly analyze a common/acute EENT condition (Sinusitis, Pharyngitis, Epiglottitis, Infectious Mono, Epistaxis, Allergy rhinitis, Hearing loss, common eye conditions etc.…there are several to choose from), that may affect this population. Briefly tell how it impacts the patient’s quality of life and analyze the current research evidence on this topic and gold standard of care if any for your chosen population. (You may use an example from your clinical rotation (past or present) that you have encountered). Describe how you, the FNP, can/or have made a difference in the care of patients with this specific disease and tell of one specific patient care teaching that he/she may do to help minimize disease symptoms. 

Remember to review the syllabus expectations for initial discussion posts and peer replies!

Discuss the following questions: 1. What is Blockchain’s potential for application in the HR functions of recruitment and selection. 2. How might Blockchain technology impact job repositories. You are required to cite this week’s assigned readings in your paper. You may also cite prior week’s reading assignments and external sources if you wish.

Use the following headings to organize your paper: Introduction, Question 1, Question 2, Conclusion, References.