Identifying And Interpreting Descriptive Statistics

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dentifying and Interpreting Descriptive Statistics

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Examine the survey results downloadable from the link below. Choose one of the items, determine the descriptive statistic that is reported, and indicate what it means. For example, “What is the highest level of education of this group?”

 

 

1. What is your initial level of education in nursing?

a. High school 54.7%

b. Associate’s degree 23.1%

c. Baccalaureate degree 21.9%

d. Graduate degree 0.1%

 

 

2. If you hold an associate’s or baccalaureate degree, what was your prior degree in?

a. Medical-related degree or certificate 63.1%

b. Teaching 16.2%

c. Accounting 0 .7%

d. Business administration 1.2%

e. Other 18.8%

 

3. Do you have a prior healthcare occupation in any of these fields?

a. LPN 19.1%

b. CAN 63.0%

c. EMT/paramedics 11 1%

d. Pharmacy technician 0.3%

e. Surgical technician 3.7%

f. Dental hygiene 2.9%

g. Other 0.2%

 

4. What is your age?

Average age is 41 years

 

20–24 4.1%
25–29 3.6%
30–34 13.2%
35–39 15.5%
40–44 17.6%
45–49 28.0%
50–64 21.4%
65 and over 0.2%

 

 

 

5. What is your gender?

Male 7.5% Female 92.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. What is your racial or ethnic background?

a. Hispanic (of any race) 3.0%

b. American Indian or Alaska Native 0.5%

c. Asian 2.5%

d. Black or African-American 15.8%

e. Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0.2%

f. White 69.1%

g. Race or ethnicity unknown 8.6%

 

 

7. What is your family status?

a. Married 70.5%

b. Widowed, divorced, or separated 18.1%

c. Never married 9.2%

 

8. Do you have children?

a. No children 56.2%

b. One child 24.9%

c. Two children 11.5%

d. Three or more children 5.6%

 

9. What is the time zone where you live?

a. Eastern 34%

b. Central 29%

c. Mountain 19%

d. Pacific 18%

 

 

10. Do you own your residence?

a. Yes 61%

b. No 39%

 

 

11. Please indicate how prepared you felt to enter nursing school.

a. Extremely prepared 15%

b. Prepared 37%

c. Neither prepared or unprepared 28%

d. Prepared 15%

e. Extremely unprepared 5%

 

 

12. Why did you decide to pursue a baccalaureate degree in nursing?

Themes from respondents

· Desire to help others

· Lifelong dream

· Ability to advance

· Availability of jobs

· Earning potential

· Loss of previous job

 

 

Class Survey: Hypothetical Data Results. Wk 6.docx

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Essay – Interrelationships Reflection

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Instructions
As we learned in Week 1, there is a difference between being educated and simply trained. The purpose of education is not only to determine what someone can do, but also what kind of person they become as a result of their education. Studies in the humanities will advance the communication skills, empathy, self-awareness, judgment, and professionalism of students, and they help students with becoming skilled at the social and cultural context of working with people.

In addition, studying the humanities can help students in the following ways:

  • Literature can introduce students to life situations with which they may not be familiar.
  • Drama can teach oral communication.
  • Philosophy can teach skills of analysis and argument.
  • Art, literature, drama. and music are expressions of human creativity, and taking part in some form of artistic activity, either as reader or viewer, is part of what makes us human.

For this assignment, choose a work of art that made an impression on you during this course. Then, address the following:

  • Include an image of or link to the work.
  • Identify the artist, the title, date completed, and the medium.
  • Explain how learning about the work will help you in your life and career. Consider the context in which the work was created and the meaning of the work.
  • Explain how one or more specific disciplines (literature, drama, philosophy, art, music) influenced you.
  • Examine the effect that you think this class could have on your career and personal life.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

  • Length: 2-2.5 pages (not including title page or references page)
  • 1-inch margins
  • Double spaced
  • 12-point Times New Roman font
  • Title page
  • References page (minimum of 1 scholarly source)

Exploring use of a complementary or alternative medicine treatment.

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Worldview & Decision-Making

Discuss how your worldview will impact your decision-making about one of the following:

1. Taking a daily medication to manage a health condition you wish you didn’t have.

2. Participating in an advance care planning discussion related to your preferences about life-sustaining treatment following a sudden neurological injury from which you are not likely to recover.

3. Exploring use of a complementary or alternative medicine treatment.

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.

Discussion Rubric
Criteria Ratings Points
Identification of Main Issues, Problems, and Concepts 5 points Distinguished

Identify and demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the issues, problems, and concepts.

 4 points Excellent

Identifies and demonstrate an accomplished understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts.

 2 points Fair

Identifies and demonstrate an acceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts.

 1 points Poor

Identifies and demonstrate an unacceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts.

 5 points
Use of Citations, Writing Mechanics and APA Formatting Guidelines 3 points Distinguished

Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Exceptional use of citations and extended referencing. High level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors.

 2 points Excellent

Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. Moderate level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors.

 1 point Fair

Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need more precision and attention to detail.

 0 point Poor

Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. An unacceptable use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need serious attention.

 3 points

Roles In Advanced Practice Nursing

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Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to explore the roles and competencies of the advanced practice nurse (APN).

Activity Learning Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:

  1. Examine roles and competencies of advanced practice nurses essential to performing as leaders and advocates of holistic, safe, and quality care. (CO1)
  2. Explore the process of scholarship engagement to improve health and healthcare outcomes in various settings.

Requirements:

  1. The  Roles in Advanced Nursing Practice paper is worth 150 points and will be graded on the quality of the content, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.
  2. Submit the paper as a Microsoft Word Document, which is the required format at Chamberlain University. You are encouraged to use the APA Academic Writer and Grammarly tools when creating your assignment.
  3. Follow the directions below and the grading criteria located in the rubric closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted under the Q & A Forum or emailed to your faculty.
  4. The length of the paper should be 3-6 pages, excluding title page and reference page(s).
  5. Support ideas with a minimum of 2 scholarly resources. Scholarly resources do not include your textbook. You may need to use more than 2 scholarly resources to fully support your ideas.
  6. You may use first person voice when describing your rationale for choosing the CNP role and your plans for clinical practice.
  7. Current APA format is required with both a title page and reference page(s). Use the following as Level 1 headings to denote the sections of your paper (Level 1 headings use upper- and lower-case letters and are bold and centered):
    • Roles in Advanced Practice Nursing (This is the paper introduction. In APA format, a restatement of the paper title, centered and not bold serves as the heading of the introduction section)
    • Four APN Roles
    • Rationale for Choosing CNP Role
    • Plans for Clinical Practice
    • Role Transition
    • Conclusion

Directions:

  1. Introduction: Provide an overview of what will be covered in the paper. Introduction should include general statements on advanced practice nursing roles, general statements on the role transition from RN to APN, and identification of the purpose of the paper.
  2. Four APN Roles: Describe the role, educational preparation, and work environment for the four APN roles (CNP, CNS, CRNA & CNM). Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
  3. Rationale for Choosing CNP Role: Describe your rationale for choosing the CNP advanced practice role versus one of the other roles.
  4. Plans for Clinical Practice: Discuss your plans for clinical practice after graduation. Explain how your understanding of NP practice has changed after researching the four ANP roles.
  5. Role Transition: Discuss your transition from the RN role to the NP role. Describe two factors that may impact your transition. Discuss two strategies you will use to support a successful transition from the RN to your NP role. Provide reference support from at least one scholarly source. The textbook is not a scholarly source.
  6. Conclusion: Provide a conclusion, including a brief summary of what you discussed in the paper.

INtroduction-

Provides an overview of what will be covered in the paper. Introduction should include:

  1. general statements on advanced practice nursing roles
  2. general statements on the role transition from RN to APN
  3. identification of the purpose of the paper.

Four APN roles-

Describes the role, educational preparation, and work environment for the four APN roles

  1. CNP
  2. CNS
  3. CRNA
  4. CNM

Provides support from at least one scholarly source.

Rationale for choosing CNP role-  Describes the student’s rationale for choosing the CNP advanced practice role versus one of the other roles.

Plans for clinical practice-  Discusses the student’s plans for clinical practice after graduation. Explains how student’s understanding of NP practice has changed after researching ANP roles.

Role transition-

Discusses the student’s transition from the RN role to the NP role.

  1. Describes two factors that may impact the transition.
  2. Discusses two strategies student will use to support a successful transition from the RN to your NP role.  Provides reference support from at least one scholarly source. The textbook is not a scholarly source.

Conclusion-  Provides a conclusion, including a brief summary of what was discussed in the paper.