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Post an explanation of at least two strategies for including academic activities and accomplishments into your professional development goals. Then, explain how those goals may align with the University’s emphasis on social change. Be specific and provide examples.

Critical Research Appraisal Assignment

Goal:

You will critically appraise a research design

Content Requirements: 

You will select one research report with a qualitative design and one with quantitative design and answer the following questions regarding the following categories:

1. Discuss what is meant by the term Qualitative Research
   • Briefly, describe the characteristics of qualitative research and identify nursing issues/phenomena that lend themselves to a qualitative research approach.
   • Compare and contrast three different qualitative research methodologies.
   • Briefly, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research evidence for informing nursing practice.
   • Communicate how this research design used in research.
2. The study, sampling, data collection, analysis, rigor, findings and limitations
   • Identify the purpose of the study.
   • Briefly, describe the design of the study and explain why you think it is either appropriate or inappropriate to meet the purpose.
   • Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were not addressed.
   • Identify the sampling method and recruitment strategy that was used.
   • Discuss whether sampling and recruitment were appropriate to the aims of the research.
   • Identify the data collection method(s) and discuss whether the method(s) is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.
   • Identify how the data was analyzed and discuss whether the method(s) of analysis is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.
   • Identify four (4) criteria by which the rigor of a qualitative project can be judged.
   • Discuss the rigor of this study using the four criteria. 
   • Briefly, describe the findings of the study and identify any limitations.
   • Use the information that you have gained from your critique of the study to discuss the trustworthiness and applicability of the study. Include in your discussion any implications for the discipline of nursing.
3. Discuss what you understand by the term Quantitative Research – Use the following dot points to guide your discussion (give reasons for your argument and support with references):
   • Describe the characteristics of quantitative research.
   • Identify nursing issues/phenomena that lend themselves to a quantitative research approach
   • Differentiate between observational and interventional research designs and also between experimental and quasi-experimental designs.
   • Briefly, outline the difference between inferential and descriptive statistics and their relationship to levels of measurement.
   • Communicate how this research design used in research.
4. Critique the Quantitative Research Report – Use the following headings to guide your critique (in all discussions and explanations give reasons for your argument and support with references):
   • The study
     • Identify the purpose and design of the study.
     • Explain what is meant by ‘blinding’ and ‘randomization’ and discuss how these were addressed in the design of the study.
     • Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were not addressed.
   •  Sampling
     • Explain the sampling method and recruitment strategy that was used.
     • Discuss how the sample size was determined – include in your discussion an explanation of terms used.
   • Data collection
     • Briefly, outline how the data was collected and identify any data collection instrument(s).
     • Define the terms validity and reliability and discuss how the validity & reliability of the instruments were/were not addressed in this study and why this is important.
   • Data analysis
     • Outline how the data were analyzed.
     • Identify the statistics used and the level of measurement of the data described by each statistical test – include in your discussion an explanation of terms used.
   • Findings and limitations
     • Briefly, outline the findings and identify any limitations of the study
     • Use the information that you have gained from your critique of the study to briefly discuss the trustworthiness and applicability of the study. Include in your discussion an explanation of the term statistical significance and name the tests of statistical significance used in this study.

Submission Instructions:

• Clear and concise, no improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
• Formatted per current APA and 4-5 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
• Incorporate a minimum of 3 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles  or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.

PowerPoint Presentation: Theoretical Framework to Support Evidence-Based Practice 

Goal:

The purpose of this assignment is to identify a theory or model which can be used as a framework for a future evidence-based project

Content Requirements: 

1. Review literature regarding issues or concerns within your selected area of advanced practice nursing.
2. Select a theory or model which is relevant to your selected area of advanced practice nursing.
3. Offer a meaningful context for evidence-based practice surrounding the issue or concern which you identified.
4. Identify and describe a theory or model, and explain its relevance to the issues or concerns within your selected area of advanced practice
5. Explain how the theory or model can be used as a framework to guide evidence-based practice to address the issue or concern, and discuss the unique insight or perspective offered through the application of this theory or model.

Submission Instructions:

• The PowerPoint presentation is original work and logically organized. It should consist of 10-15 slides excluding the title and reference.
• The PowerPoint presentation should be clear and easy to read. Speaker notes expanded upon and clarified content on the slides.
• The PowerPoint presentation should be formatted per APA guidelines and references should be current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions)
• Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work. Journal articles and books should be referenced according to current APA guidelines (the library has a copy of the 7th Edition APA Manual)

Theories & Conceptual Models

Evaluate theories and conceptual models from nursing and related fields for use in advanced nursing practice.

**Assignment Requirements***

• Should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources/references within past 5 years. Reviewed on TURNITIN, no repeat work.

Learning Theories & Principles and Quality Health Care

Which learning theories and principles do you think are most useful to the advanced practice nurse (APN) in providing high quality health care to clients, and why?

**Assignment Requirements***

• Should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources/references within past 5 years. Reviewed on TURNITIN, no repeat work.

Conduct a Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation on a patient (Create/make up a psychiatric patient encounter) you saw during clinicals using the template provided in the Learning Resources.

· Include at least five (5) scholarly resources to support your assessment and diagnostic reasoning.

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