Critiquing Research II Broward College NUR4165 DR. Davis April 19‚ 2013 Critiquing Research II Research Design In the Journal of Clinical Nursing’s article “Incidence and risk factors for pressure ulcers in the intensive care unit” a prospective‚ non-experimental‚ quantitative design is used. The design was suitable to verify the occurrence of pressure ulcers within 48 hours of admission and indentify possibilities for pressure ulcers grade 2-4 in a long-stay surgical Intensive Care Unit population
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Definition of Health One can define health negatively‚ as the absence of illness‚ or positively‚ as fitness and well-being. Health also implies good prospects for continued survival. The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"(Health‚ 2006). This writer defines health not only as the absence of illlness but also as being healthy as it relates to health promotion. Health
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I: Origins of Psychology Within the discipline of psychology‚ there are several perspectives used to describe‚ predict‚ and explain human behavior. Describe three major psychological perspectives and name at least one leading theorist for each. Neuroscience: Views the behavior from the perspective of the scientific functioning. How individual nerve cells are put together. how the functioning of the body affects all the self conscience and conscious for example hopes‚ happiness‚ anger‚ and
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applying the concept of utilitarianism there two that distinguish how the person wanted to handle the situation. Utility act is an idea that provides judgment that maximizes the overall benefit and minimizes harm. When applying utilitarianism act to health care‚ there is a scenario when a mother who suffered a stroke which damaged medulla oblongata which caused her to be in a coma under life support. The family already knows the mother is brain dead. In order to maximize the positive‚ the family pulled
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1916-0615 Operational Research in the Wine Supply Chain Luigi Moccia Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte Prestazioni‚ Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche‚ Via P. Bucci 41C‚ 87036 Rende (CS)‚ Italy‚ e-mail: luigi.moccia@icar.cnr.it Abstract—This article is a survey of operational research contributions to the operational‚ tactical‚ and strategic planning of the wine supply chain. It is divided into three parts. The introduction motivates the interest of investigating this research stream. The
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Design Your Own Healthcare Organization The design of an organization is a “formal‚ guided process for integrating the people‚ information‚ and technology of an organization” (Glickman et al.‚ 2007). A good organizational design increases the likelihood that an organization will succeed; that its’ values will be realized and its mission will be attained. An organization begins with a strategy or a purpose‚ is followed by its philosophy or values‚ then identifies the mission and
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ROLE OF RESEARCH IN HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE Research is wide and diverse. It may focus on people (eg. why men are more aggressive than women) on the structures of society‚ (eg. the family) or may study hidden structures (eg‚ memory). The word "research" has several meanings: 1. Research is a systematic‚ formal rigorous and precise process employed to gain solutions to problems and/or to discover and interpret new facts and relationships. (Waltz and Bausell‚ 1981‚ p.1). 2. Research is the
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World Changer In my discussion I will share two important definitions of world changer and include challenges that are related to health and health care needs‚ with the issues that pertain to nursing. World changer can have different meanings to many different people. The one definition that I related to personally was actually a quote from President Abraham Lincoln “ By serving others and putting others’ needs before oneself‚ only then can anyone truly impact the world with change.” - Abraham
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According to the Mosby’s Medical‚ Nursing‚ & Allied Health Dictionary health is defined as a condition of physical‚ mental‚ and social well being and the absence of disease or other abnormal conditions. It is not a static condition; constant change and adaptation to stress result in homeostasis. Rene Dubos has been quoted in nursing education as saying “The states of health or disease are the expressions of the success or failure experienced by the organism in its efforts to respond adaptively to
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There are many hospital departments‚ staffed by a wide variety of healthcare professionals‚ with some crossover between departments. For example‚ physiotherapists often work in different departments and doctors often do the same‚ working on a general medical ward as well as an intensive or coronary care unit. Each department tends to be overseen by consultants in that specialty with a team of junior medical staff under them who are also interested in that specialty. Accident and emergency this department
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