p37-41w29_ART&SCIENCE 18/03/2011 15:20 Page 37 art & science literature review & Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia Scrase W‚ Tranter S (2011) Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 29‚ 37-41. Date of acceptance: December 29 2010. Summary Fever or pyrexia is a common clinical condition which nurses treat regularly. Fever and hyperpyrexia are defined in this article with a physiological explanation for this adaptive response
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Reliability and Validity Ebony Johnson University of Phoenix Reliability has to do with the quality of measurement and is the consistency of repeatability of measures. To define it precisely researchers first have to learn about the foundation of reliability- the true score theory of measurement. Then researchers need to understand the different types of measurement error because they play a key role in degrading reliability. Because reliability can only be estimated there are different types
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Goals and targets need to be set to enable outcome based care packages to be tailored to each individual. It involves putting the individual at the centre of every service required and not using a generic template. One size fits all has no place in the modern care systems. Instead at looking at the whole requirements it may be more prudent to break it into smaller pieces to ensure a successful outcome. It is ensuring holistically based approach is used to meet the needs of each individual. There are
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Case studies have been great tool for me to learn evidence based nursing that will be put into nursing practice. Retrieving information‚ recognizing deviations from “normal”‚ interpreting and prioritizing data to plan patient specific interventions are all skills that I have developed from case study analyses. Different from SIM where we have to think on our feet and rely on the skills that we have learned‚ theory case studies are written‚ allowing us to track a nursing issue through all the stages
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Evidence-Based Care Plan Lana Sakic Bellevue University Abstract Evidence-based care plans are an important and beneficial aspect of the healthcare world. Identifying the importance of evidence-based practice and the benefits it can provide in regards to quality management is vital. Overcoming barriers and enforcing this method of practice can help reduce healthcare costs and implement the highest quality of care. At the Asthma and Allergy Clinic‚ evidence-based care plans
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largely genetically determined (Nairne‚ 2009). Test-retest is typically appropriate for measures with stable attributes‚ but this test’s novel nature makes it an inappropriate technique in regard to reliability. In effect‚ its novelty diminishes after the initial testing‚ producing difficulties due to practice effects‚ reactivity‚ or both. Since it has just 20 questions‚ furthermore‚ it is easier for examinees to remember a significant portion of its items and therefore either to remember the answers
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Based on Stanovich and Stanovich’s (2003) framework for evidence-based practice in education‚ Memory Tutor and Wordle have markedly different evidence bases linked directly to their relative effectiveness‚ as well as the strength of the theoretical foundations upon which the techniques are based. The three factors upon which a teacher should found their evaluations of an educational practice can be reduced to the following: publication of findings in peer-reviewed‚ refereed journals; replication
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D2: Make justified recommendations for improving the validity of the marketing research used to contribute to the market development on a selected organisation’s marketing plans The organisation I have chosen to look at is Nike. The market research methods that they use are; street surveys‚ questionnaires and focus groups. When gathering market research‚ it is important to make sure that the data you get is valid‚ meaning it is trustworthy and reliable. By ensuring that the information is valid
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limitations associated with the data. It reviews the history of the UCR‚ NIBRS and the NCVS combined‚ it compares the similarities and differences. It measures the effectiveness of local law enforcement and provides the law with the data that can be used to fight crime. There are two methods of the collection of crime data: the traditional summary reporting system and the NIBRS. These two collect a vast amount of data that is accessed by the general public‚ media‚ researchers and others regarding the
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purpose of the study. To ensure that this was achieved‚ the survey needed to demonstrate validity and reliability. Validity‚ as described by Heale and Twycross (2015‚ 66)‚ examines whether the specific concept has been accurately measured. In contrast‚ according to Floss (2013‚1)‚ reliability refers to the consistency of the instrument to measure the concept. The instrument needed to feature external validity in order for the data collected to be generalised (Heale and Twycross 2015‚ 66). To ensure
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