A descriptive cross sectional survey targeting 139 doctors and 355 nurses from seven hospitals in the same location were selected to describe their knowledge and reported practice of procedural pain in the neonatal infant and their management techniques. Questionnaires were handed out during scheduled staff meetings. The questionnaires included seven procedures and four gestational age categories. There were 8 open-ended questions and 24 fixed choice questions that were used to assess the nurses
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What is the key feature of a cross-sectional study? Present the strengths and weaknesses of the approach. Select two other peers’ postings and debate their rational. Cross sectional study is known for some time being used in a very general sense to help classify‚ (Ridner‚ 2007) all or any study that is not involve any kind of follow up of a research subjects like for instant like there is a study in which a group of subjects are than recruited over a very long amount of time. But is never ever been
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Salma Siddiqui‚(17) conducted a cross sectional study in Al kharj‚ 2001 ‚which included a sample of 634 patients attending the military PHCC‚ it showed that the prevalence of smoking was 34.9%. A cross sectional study conducted by Kelishadi et al‚(18) in 2007 which included 217 non-smoking and 210 smoking youths in Isfahan‚ Iran. The study revealed that the starting age of smoking was 14.5SD ±2.4 years. The study also highlighted that the factors favoring the occurrence of smoking instances
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Cross Sectional Management Plan Layla Gullick LeTourneau University MBAC 6163 Dr. Hammond 6/27/2011 Cross Sectional Management Plan Country selected: South Africa Executive Summary South Africa is a democratic state that is located on the southern tip of Africa and it’s bordered by two oceans. South Africa‚ often called the “rainbow country”‚ is a haven of people of different races co-existing together. The capital city is called Pretoria. With the highest population
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further reflected by the quasi-legal force accompanying the code‚ whereby non-compliance results in censure or loss of professional status.2 The significance of professional ethics as a prerequisite for successful dentistry is also supported by the cross-sectional study by Al-Zain et al.‚ where 505 dental students and interns gave it a 4.48±0.46 on a 5-point Likert scale.2 Hence‚ the literature compatibly reveals that ethical conduct forms an imperative component of dental practice‚ serving to benefit patient
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Both naturalistic observations and cross-sectional studies are effective methods of research. In a naturalistic observation‚ the psychologist observes the subject without interfering. In a cross-sectional study‚ “data is collected from groups of participants of different ages and compared so that conclusions can be drawn about differences due to age.” They are similar in the way the data is obtained and they differ in the number of subjects and the usual age and maturity of the subjects. First‚
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October 29‚ 2016 I was competing in the IHSA cross country sectional meet in an effort to advance my team to the state finals which was the following week. I finished the race and was immediately rushed to an urgent care facility where I found out I had pneumonia. The week leading up up to the race I was home sick several days with an upper respiratory infection but knew I had to get back to training in order to support my team as I was the number three runner. Seven days later I raced at the State
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The article “Anthropometric Cross-Sectional Comparisons of College Football Players and Potential Health Implications” focuses on the change in body weight and height of college football players from 1950 to 2010 and looks at the implications an extreme size may have on the health of those football players. The health implications that were viewed included “injury‚ heat stress‚ obesity‚ and general health stress” (Jacobson). The positions focused on were line positions (offensive linemen [OLs]
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Smith-Ch-13.qxd 2/22/2008 9:16 PM CHAPTER Page 219 13 Cross-Cultural Approaches to Leadership Zeynep Aycan Arabs worship their leaders—as long as they are in power! —House‚ Wright‚ and Aditya (1997‚ p. 535) The Dutch place emphasis on egalitarianism and are skeptical about the value of leadership. Terms like leader and manager carry a stigma. If a father is employed as a manager‚ Dutch children will not admit it to their schoolmates. —House et al. (1997‚ p. 535) The Malaysian leader is expected
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LONGITUDINAL STUDY A longitudinal study is an observational study which involves repeated observations over long periods of time‚ sometimes even decades. Longitudinal studies are often used in Sociology to observe changes in life times or through generations. Longitudinal studies can also be used to study change in the lives of organisations and institutions as well as individual people. Longitudinal studies include: • cohort study - made up of subjects with something in common‚ such as where
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