Evidence-Based Project, Part 1: Identifying Research Methodologies

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Is there a difference between common practice and best practice?

When you first went to work for your current organization, experienced colleagues may have shared with you details about processes and procedures. Perhaps you even attended an orientation session to brief you on these matters. As a rookie, you likely kept the nature of your questions to those with answers that would best help you perform your new role.

Over time and with experience, perhaps you recognized aspects of these processes and procedures that you wanted to question further. This is the realm of clinical inquiry.

Clinical inquiry is the practice of asking questions about clinical practice. To continuously improve patient care, all nurses should consistently use clinical inquiry to question why they are doing something the way they are doing it. Do they know why it is done this way, or is it just because we have always done it this way? Is it a common practice or a best practice?

In this Assignment, you will identify clinical areas of interest and inquiry and practice searching for research in support of maintaining or changing these practices. You will also analyze this research to compare research methodologies employed.

To Prepare:

Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry. Keep in mind that the clinical issue you identify for your research will stay the same for the entire course.
Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of interest, search at least four different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four relevant peer-reviewed articles related to your clinical issue of interest. You should not be using systematic reviews for this assignment, select original research articles.
Review the results of your peer-reviewed research and reflect on the process of using an unfiltered database to search for peer-reviewed research.
Reflect on the types of research methodologies contained in the four relevant peer-reviewed articles you selected.
Part 1: Identifying Research Methodologies

After reading each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template to analyze the methodologies applied in each of the four peer-reviewed articles. Your analysis should include the following:

The full citation of each peer-reviewed article in APA format.
A brief (1-paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer-reviewed article and/or how it relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the ethics of research related to your clinical issue of interest.
A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article.
A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the methodology used was qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed-methods approach. Be specific.
A brief (1- to 2-paragraph) description of the strengths of each of the research methodologies used, including reliability and validity of how the methodology was applied in each of the peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Resources

Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: An analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 26, 91108. doi:10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x

Hoare, Z., & Hoe, J. (2013). Understanding quantitative research: Part 2. Nursing Standard, 27(18), 4855. doi:10.7748/ns2013.01.27.18.48.c9488

Hoe, J., & Hoare, Z. (2012). Understanding quantitative research: Part 1. Nursing Standard, 27(15), 5257. doi:10.7748/ns2012.12.27.15.52.c9485

https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=19981

https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/evaluating/sources

http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/keyword/boolean

http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/keyword/searching-basics

The Strategic Business Plan

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SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FOR FULL DETAILS…..

Basically:

    Discuss the differences between a business plan and a strategic business plan. Why is this important?
    Choose an approved virtual business (ONLINE BUSINESS CONSULTING FIRM) from the list provided by your instructor to develop a strategic business plan.
    Conduct research and discuss what type of virtual business you will develop and how it differs from any competitors. Explain your perspectives.
    Discuss the components and process of building a strategic business plan for a virtual business.
    As a collective, construct and agree upon an outline for your strategic business plan.
    Describe the organizational identity of your virtual business.

Arete

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the question I need to answer is How and why did the Greek concept of arete transform elitism role into the challenging idea that humans must constantly work towards excellence and virtue? Who was the major influence is on this transition that occurred roughly between 800-350 BCE? What were the last major events that foster these changes?

Assess computer networks for regulatory compliance.

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Assignment Instructions

Part 1: Major Events Documentation

Scenario: You visit a retail establishment, shop around, and finally carry several products to one of the point of sale (POS) terminals distributed openly around the store. You produce a credit card, the salesclerk processes the transaction, bags your goods, and hands you the receipt. On your way to the exit, a store employee asks to see your receipt and checks the contents of the store bag. Document each of the major events just described and explain them in terms of the PCI compliance standard. Include this report in your assignment.

Part 2: PCI Compliance

This part of the assignment will cover PCI. Please refer to Figure B1 in your responses.

Respond to and address the following in essay style:

Suppose HGAs mainframe, depicted in Figure B-1, stored cardholder data in the private databases. What steps should be taken to protect that data in order to be PCI compliant?

HGAs mainframe has network connectivity. Assuming that cardholder data is transmitted across these networks, describe how data should be protected in transmission.

Users are located at various sites connected to the HGA network. Suggest appropriate access controls to restrict unauthorized users from looking at cardholder data.

The PCI specification notes that all systems and network devices connected to a system that stores, transmits, or processes cardholder data is in scope and must comply with PCI specifications. To avoid having the whole network subject to PCI specifications, how would you segment the network to reduce the scope of compliance?