What are the philosophical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives in the research articles that were chosen?

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Theory, Research, and Practice in Nursing

Signature Assignment Description/Directions: Presentation

A nurse on the research and practice committee is preparing for an update on evidence-based practice (EBP). There is a need to address the potential changes with several EBP policies. This presentation will examine the EBP policies as well as reasoning and rationale as to why changes may be needed.

  • Choose an EBP topic and two scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles
  • Compare the difference between theory, research, and practice in nursing
  • Choose a theory that best correlates with the EBP practice change that you would like to make
  • Compare and contrast the quantitative and qualitative research article that you choose for the EBP topic
  • What technology did you use to locate the articles? Databases? Search terms?
  • What are the philosophical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives in the research articles that were chosen?
  • What are the ethical and scientific integrity issues related to the research?
  • How did your nursing knowledge advance through the utilization of research?

This PowerPoint® (Microsoft Office) or Impress® (Open Office) presentation should be a minimum of 20 slides, including a title, introduction, conclusion and reference slide, with detailed speaker notes and recorded audio comments for all content slides. Use at least four scholarly sources and make certain to review the module’s Signature Assignment Rubric before starting your presentation. This presentation is worth 400 points for quality content and presentation.

Total Point Value of Signature Assignment: 400 points

Tappen, R. M. (2016). Advanced nursing research: From theory to practice (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learnin

 How the company has used the specific form of advertising  How effective the company’s use of this form of advertising is, and why

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This assignment addresses corporate advertising. As noted in your text, corporate advertising may take on a variety of forms, which include the four forms listed below. For this exercise, you are provided with an example advertisement from a company utilizing each type, as identified below. The image of each ad can be found within this folder.

The first question is general—asking you to describe different types of corporate advertising.

1. In your own words, briefly give a general definition for each of the four forms of corporate advertising (in your own words—do not quote the book): image advertising, event sponsorship, advocacy advertising, and cause-related advertising.

The following four types of corporate advertising serve as the four remaining questions in this exercise. For each one of the examples of corporate advertising, your response should include the following:

 How the company has used the specific form of advertising  How effective the company’s use of this form of advertising is, and why

2. Image Advertising – Positioning: Harley Davidson Ad

3. Event Sponsorship: Corona presents Kenny Chesney Ads

4. Advocacy Advertising: Parkview Trauma Center Billboard Ad

5. Cause-Related Advertising: Pampers Unicef Ad

Consider Chapter 17’s material when creating your responses. Then, please provide your answers to the following questions in the Web Exercise submission area within this folder.

Do you believe that leaders should be held up to a higher standard of ethicality than their followers? Why or why not? (Illustrate with examples). 

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Choose ONE topic from the list below and post an original comment. After your original comment is made, reply to two students who have made a comment on any of the topics.

Prior to engaging in this forum, read and reflect on required and/or recommended course content for weeks 1 – 3. (Chapter 1 – 3 content, articles and videos)

Discussion Questions 

 Topic A: Leadership Characteristics

1) Leadership Importance:  Why do you think leadership is important?

2) Leadership Characteristics: What, in your opinion, are the top five characteristics (please rank them 1 through 5) of an effective leader? Do you think that your ranking of the top five leadership qualities would change for leaders in different circumstances? Why or why not? (Illustrate your answer with examples).

Topic B: Leadership Traits & Ethics

1) Leadership Ethics: In the discussed ethical leadership stances (pages 59-61) which one do think is better and why? Do you believe that leaders should be held up to a higher standard of ethicality than their followers? Why or why not? (Illustrate with examples).

2) Big Five Model of Personality: Take any modern day leader from politics or business and asses that leader on how do you see the Big Five traits in them?

Topic C:  Leadership Behavior & Motivation

1) The Motivation Process:  (see Exhibit 3.5) Scenario:  In this workplace, team members are not inspired; they are bored and not very productive.  Please outline how the Leader can motivate individuals as well as the entire team.  What will “drive” positive and spirited behavior; and how would you measure success?

2) Leadership Styles: Do you agree with the University of Michigan leadership style or the Ohio State university style OR do you think that there is need for a third approach? Why or why not? (Illustrate with examples).

How well do you manage these aspects of your health now?

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Please choose one assignment from the following options to submit for this week’s response. Please type up your response according to the guidelines listed in the syllabus (12 point, Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins and double-spacing), and upload your assignment as a WORD or PDF attachment at the bottom of this assignment.

Your response will be evaluated on the basis of: a) how well you demonstrate an understanding of and engagement with the course material; b) the clarity and quality of your writing; c) your overall effort on the assignment. Remember that quality of writing is valued over quantity. The assignment will be graded on a scale of 0-10 points, and the grader’s comments and grade should be available to you within one week of the original posting date.

The weekly assignments correspond with the assigned readings and lecture material from the last two weeks. The questions posed in each option are designed to help guide your thinking and response. You are not required to respond to all (or even any) of the listed questions, although your responses should be organized in some way. As with any writing assignment, providing sufficient background information to your topic and offering specific examples to support your views will make your ideas clearer and more convincing.

You are welcome to write beyond the minimum page requirement for the assignment.

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Option 1:

In a 2-page response, write out your plan for staying healthy at the university. As options, you may want to consider your physical, emotional, spiritual, psychological and sexual health. How well do you manage these aspects of your health now? How will you continue to manage your health in conjunction with your studies, work, social life and other things that eat up your time and attention? Do you have any specific health targets you’d like to achieve? How do you plan to meet your goals, and what campus resources can you use to help you in this process? You need not address all of these questions in your response, they are offered as a means to help you start thinking about this topic.