What determine the credibility of a study finding, SR conclusion ,or EbCPG recommendation?

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Use textbook to answer these questions: (Third Edition Evidence-Based NURSING The research practice connection Sara Jo Brown)

From chapter 11
1) Name 3 triggers for EBP projects
2) What kind of clinical questions are not answerable by evidence, particularly research evidence?
3) Explain what each of the letters in the PICOTS acronym stand for
From chapter 13
4) What determine the credibility of a study finding, SR conclusion ,or EbCPG recommendation?
5) What woulf make the recommendation of an EbCPG, the conclusion, of an SR, or the findings of a study clinically significant?
6) Name three issues that are considered when evaluating applicability.
APPLICATION
1. A 45 year old man with a family history of hypertension but who is not obese ask you whether daily brisk walks of one mile would help reduce his moderately elevated blood pressure.
You are not certain and decide to look for research evidence about this issue.. Put this into PICOTS format to focus your search.
2)You are working in a visiting nurses association and a woman who is receiving outpatient chemotherapy for chronic lymphocitic leukemia says that she doesn’t like the side effects she experiences with the drug she is taking to control nausea. She has heard that taking ginger can without side effect and wants to know what you think about that. You ask your supervisor but she isn’t sure either, but says that several other nurses have asked her about. She raises the issue in the staff meeting and the decision is made to develop an informational sheet for patient considering taking to control nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy.. You and two other nurses volunteer to look at the research evidence and develop a protocol draft. Put this clinical question in PICOTS format so you could look for research evidence about to use as a basis for the information sheet.

Please read this case study for my Nutrition class. Please answer all questions following the case study thoroughly. Please answer the question IN THE DOCUMENT. PLEASE cite the reference for the answer after the answer.

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Instructions for Case Study
Please read this case study for my Nutrition class. Please answer all questions following the case study thoroughly. Please answer the question IN THE DOCUMENT. PLEASE cite the reference for the answer after the answer. Please create an APA citation/reference page at the end of the case study. Please fill in the ADIME chart at the end of the case study – it is also a part of the case study so please complete it.
Here are a few sources you can MUST use to answer the questions:
• Textbook of pathophysiology, e.g. Kumar et al.: Robbins & Cotran: Pathologic basis of disease, or trustworthy online sources, e.g. Medscape.com.
• A useful starting point is medicalstudent.com, which leads you to further webpages
• For drugs:
o Pronksy et al.: Food Medication Interactions. (currently 18th edition)
o Medline Plus (.gov)(this is a starting point), http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/default.htm (sometimes helpful), rxlist.com, WebMD, epocrates (requires registration, free, worth the effort in my humble opinion)
• Nelms, Sucher, Lacey, Long Roth: Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology. 3rd ed., Cengage Learning 2014
ISBN-13:978-1-305-11196-7
• Nahikian-Nelms M, Long-Anderson S. Medical Nutrition Therapy: A Case Study Approach 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth; 2013.
Other Resources:
Kumar V, Abbas AK, Aster JC: Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 9th ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier/Saunders; 2015. ISBN: 978-1-4557-2613-4
Note: This is the main source for information on the various diseases, exceeding the information provided in the Nelms text.
Nutrition Care Manual: http://www.nutritioncaremanual.org/member-pricing This is another resource you should know about. The department now has this resource available for you in the computer lab Remsen 308.
Mahan LK, Escott-Stump S, Raymond, JL. Krause’s Food and the Nutrition Care Process. 13th ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier/Saunders; 2012. ISBN: 978-1-4377-2233-8
American Dietetic Association / American Diabetes Association. Choose Your Food: Exchange Lists for Meal Planning. 2008. (Either Diabetes or Weight Management booklet). You could purchase from AND website, www.eatright.org. The same resource is available with less shipping costs elsewhere.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/eat/fd_exch.htm#1 also shows exchange lists, as do many other sites (.edu can be considered reliable for this purpose).
Pronsky ZN. Food Medication Interactions. 17th ed. Birchrunville. PA 2012. (optional; encouraged if on Dietetics Track)
ISBN: 0-9710896-4-7. Note: Choose your source – prices vary greatly!
Alternatively, consult Epocrates, or rxlist.com for information on food-drug interactions.
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for Health Professionals. 7th ed. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins; 2011 (optional; if not purchased use online medical dictionary i.e. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp)
Wallach: Handbook of Interpretation of diagnostic tests. Current ed., Lippincott. Or any similar handbook on (human) diagnostic tests.
Professional journals in nutrition and bio-medical disciplines (available in paper or online)
§ PubMed – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
§ Full-text journals – High-Wire press – http://highwire.stanford.edu/
§ Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/
§ FDA on Dietary Supplements: http://www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/default.htm
§ Additional References from American Nutritional Society – www.nutrition.org
§ Rich website on the biology of aging and its relationship to diseases: American Federation for Aging Research http://www.afar.org/

Discuss the Overall Role of the Registered Nurse in the Management of a Patient with Chronic and Complex Conditions.

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Emily is eight years old and lives with her mother, step-father and seven month old brother. She has just been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease after experiencing frequent bouts of abdominal pain, diarrhoea and weight loss over the past six months. She also has a history of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus which was diagnosed when she was six years old. Emily is currently prescribed subcutaneous glargine and actrapid for her Diabetes and has just been commenced on corticosteriod and antibiotic therapy for her Crohn’s disease.Emily was admitted to hospital 5 days ago for further management of her Chron’s disease which has not been responding to therapy. Emily has been experiencing ongoing abdominal pain, diarrhoea and vomiting and has continued to loose weight. Whilst in hospital Emily has been receiving sliding scale insulin titrated to her BGLs, IV hydrocortisone and overnight enteral feeds via a nasogastric tube. Emily has been upset several times during her admission as her mother has been unable to stay with her at night. Her step-father has works permanent night duty and her mother has been unable to find someone to care for Emily’s brother. Emily is due for discharge tomorrow, prior her discharge her NGT and IVC will be removed
This part of the assessment task requires you to develop a nursing care plan for the patient in the provided case study. In order to do this, you will need to consider the role of the interdisciplinary team and registered nurse in the mangement of this patient. 

In addition to a brief introduction and conclusion, Part B of your report should include:

A discussion of the importance of the guiding priniciples of self-management, empowerment and advocacy in the collaborative management of the patient and her family.
A discussion of the role of the registered nurse in the management of this patient and her family and an analysis of the ways in which the registered nurse could collaborate with other members of the interdisciplinary team to co-ordinate the provision of comprehesive nursing care to the patient and his/her family.
A nursing care plan that contains five (5) nursing interventions that would be appropriate for the patient at this stage of her presentation. This should be completed using the template provided in the additional upload
Each intervention must be supported by a rationale that explains at least one or all of the following: how it will address the underlying pathophysiology, how it is keeping with the guiding principles discussed in your report and/or how it is consistent with current best practice.

Your report must adhere to academic writing conventions. Sub-headings may be used, but dot points and tables should not be included in the main part of your report.

You should support your discussion with a MINIMUM 12 recent (less than 7 years old) and credible sources. Credible sources include, peer reviewed journal articles, text-books, evidence summaries, best practice guidelines, government documents, health facility clinical guildelines and policies/procedures and websites containing content aimed at health professionals. 

Marking criteria
Discusses the Guiding Prinicples used to Plan Nursing Care for People with Chronic and Complex Conditions
(15 marks)

Discusses the Overall Role of the Registered Nurse in the Management of a Patient with Chronic and Complex Conditions.
(10 marks)

Analysis of Opportunities for Collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team and Co-ordination of Care.
(20 marks)

Plans and Justifies appropriate Nursing Interventions for a Paitent with a Chronic and Complex Condition
(25 marks)

please adhere to the marking criteria
2000 words excluding table

Critically analyse the application of the theory to the field of practice, that is, explore the strengths and limitations of the theory in relation to the field of practice.

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First and foremost, this topic revolves around the AUSTRALIAN society. So focus, examples and pointers should be within and related to the AUSTRALIAN context.

This is also a paper for a Social Work degree course and is under a subject called ‘Contemporary Practice Approaches’. Hence, the context and relevant literature or references should be related to Social Work Theories and applied WITHIN the context of Australia.

Overview

This essay requires you to critically analyse ONE social work theory and critically apply this to one field of practice. The field of practice in this essay would be ‘depression experienced by young people in Australia’. This essay requires situating your analysis in contemporary social work theory debates. The types of Social Work Theories that could be applied are (for example);

– Cognitive behavioural therapy

– Empowerment Theory

– Strengths Perspectives Theory

– Solution focused Theory

Hence, choose ONE theory that could be best applied and analysed in the context of ‘depression experienced by young people in Australia’.

Expectations

This essay has two parts that will inform each other. You are asked to examine one theory and argue why you think it is an appropriate theory or not to use in the field of practice (depression experienced by young people in Australia). The following outline will assist in structuring the essay.

Part One: Reviewing a Theory (approx 1000 words)

This should include:

– Describing the social work theory you have selected.

– Exploring influences on the development of the theory, that is, how has it historically been situated in social work, what is its relationship to social work values, purpose and professional identity.

-Exploring modern/postmodern influences of the theory.

Part Two: Applying the theory to field of practice (approx 1500 words).

This should include:

– A brief description of the field of practice – what do you know about it? (i.e: What do you know or can explain about depression experienced by young people in Australia?)

– Critically analyse the application of the theory to the field of practice, that is, explore the strengths and limitations of the theory in relation to the field of practice.

– Your conclusion to why you think the theory is applicable or not to the particular field you have examined.

NOTE: think about concepts such as power, gender, culture, purpose, truth etc. to help your critical analysis, that is, points of contention between different theories will help you engage in CRITICAL discussion rather than a descriptive discussion.

This essay is asking for CRITICAL ANALYSIS and this will be the focus of marking and grading. It is about showing your ability to contribute to theoretical discussions and debates that currently inform social work. This is an academic paper and so needs to be written in the third person. It also needs to draw on a range of social work references that engage with your theory, field of practice, and theoretical debates.