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Discuss the importance of protein in our diets.
Discuss the shape of a protein and how this dictates function.
List and discuss the many functions of proteins in the human body.
What is protein balance, and why is it important to understand this concept in health and recovery.
Discuss the process of calculating Body Mass Index (BMI).
Discuss the body’s use and storage of energy.

Annotated Bibliography: The Annotated Bibliography Will include 15 sources formatted according to MLA 8TH EDITION (Modern Language Association). Each entry must include a summary of 100 to 150 words.
My thesis for the paper is: Although there are some disadvantages, using marijuana medically and recreationally is not as harmful as consuming or producing other legal substances and should be legal globally.

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Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Research and evidence – based practice (EBP) both aim to improve healthcare practices; however, they are two different methods. Research is an inquiry that generates new knowledge to contribute to the community, while EBP searches for the best clinical evidence available and applies it into practice (Melynyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2019). In addition to that, the scope of interest of research is to generalize to populations beyond organization, while EBP focuses on a specific unit or patient population within an organization (Harris Health System, 2020). Additionally, the designs for research are quantitative such as randomized control trials or qualitative. In contrast, EBP follows models such as the Iowa model (Harris Health System, 2020). The sample size for research varies depending upon the study question and when analyzing data, it involves complex with inferential analysis to promote generalizability of results (Harris Health System, 2020). The sample size for EBP should be large enough to observe feasible data that show changes, and when analyzing data, it involves descriptive statistics or statistical process control charts to observe trended clinical data (Harris Health System, 2020).

I would identify a research as being an evidence – based intervention project if it utilizes previous clinical evidence and appraisal of data. In contrast, creation of knowledge in a nursing research project focuses on answering a question that has not been previously explored and there is no available clinical evidence (Harris Health System, 2020). Overall, research involves exploration, discovery of data that are collected and analyzed and outcomes that are interpreted to generate new knowledge or validate existing knowledge based on a theory (Conner, 2015). Unlike research, EBP focuses on applying evidence into clinical decision – making and utilizes the best evidence available to make decisions about patient care (Conner, 2015).

References:

Conner, B. (2015). Differentiating Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality

Improvement. Retrieved from https://www.myamericannurse.com/differentiating-research-evidence-based-practice-and-quality-improvement

Harris Health System. (2020). Differentiating Between EBP, QI, and Research. Retrieved from

https://www.harrishealth.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/nursing/differentiatingbetweenebp-qi-research.pdf

Melynyk, B., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2019). Evidence – Based practice in nursing and

healthcare: A guide to best practice. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wolters Kluwer

Something as small and simple as a mole or a discolored toenail can offer meaningful clues about a patient’s health. Abnormalities in skin, hair, and nails can provide non-invasive external clues to internal disorders or even prove to be disorders themselves. Being able to evaluate such abnormalities of the skin, hair, and nails is a diagnostic benefit for any nurse conducting health assessments.

This week, you will explore how to assess the skin, hair, and nails, as well as how to evaluate abnormal skin findings.

Learning Objectives
Students will:

Apply assessment skills to diagnose skin conditions
Apply concepts, theories, and principles relating to health assessment techniques and diagnoses for the skin, hair, and nails
Learning Resources
Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)

Required Media (click to expand/reduce)

Assignment 1: Lab Assignment: Differential Diagnosis for Skin Conditions

Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Properly identifying the cause and type of a patient’s skin condition involves a process of elimination known as differential diagnosis. Using this process, a health professional can take a given set of physical abnormalities, vital signs, health assessment findings, and patient descriptions of symptoms, and incrementally narrow them down until one diagnosis is determined as the most likely cause.

In this Lab Assignment, you will examine several visual representations of various skin conditions, describe your observations, and use the techniques of differential diagnosis to determine the most likely condition.

To Prepare
Review the Skin Conditions document provided in this week’s Learning Resources, and select one condition to closely examine for this Lab Assignment.
Consider the abnormal physical characteristics you observe in the graphic you selected. How would you describe the characteristics using clinical terminologies?
Explore different conditions that could be the cause of the skin abnormalities in the graphics you selected.
Consider which of the conditions is most likely to be the correct diagnosis, and why.
Search the Walden library for one evidence-based practice, peer-reviewed article based on the skin condition you chose for this Lab Assignment.
Review the Comprehensive SOAP Exemplar found in this week’s Learning Resources to guide you as you prepare your SOAP note.
Download the SOAP Template found in this week’s Learning Resources, and use this template to complete this Lab Assignment.
The Lab Assignment
Choose one skin condition graphic (identify by number in your Chief Complaint) to document your assignment in the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan) note format rather than the traditional narrative style. Refer to Chapter 2 of the Sullivan text and the Comprehensive SOAP Template in this week’s Learning Resources for guidance. Remember that not all comprehensive SOAP data are included in every patient case.
Use clinical terminologies to explain the physical characteristics featured in the graphic. Formulate a differential diagnosis of three to five possible conditions for the skin graphic that you chose. Determine which is most likely to be the correct diagnosis and explain your reasoning using at least three different references, one reference from current evidence-based literature from your search and two different references from this week’s Learning Resources.
By Day 7 of Week 4
Submit your Lab Assignment.

Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK4Assgn1+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 4 Assignment 1 Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
Click the Week 4 Assignment 1 link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK4Assgn1+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Students will critically review and analyze 3-4 research articles on the specific topic of their choice, with in-depth discussion, justification, and analysis of methodology and methods. Students are required to provide a summary of the review at the end to demonstrate a well-developed understanding of the validity and reliability/trustworthiness of the research studies.

For this assessment:

Identify a research problem related to the topic of your interest

Analyze and critically Review 3-4 research papers that are most relevant to the research problem.

Argue and Justify whether the methodology and methods are appropriate to address the research problem.

Students are required to articulate, discuss, and justify the strengths and weaknesses using support from other relevant literature.

Assessment criteria:

Select three-four research articles that provide relevant evidence for your topic. Your articles must be ? 7 years old.
Your assignment must have an introduction, a body (which is the content of your analysis), and a conclusion.
USE at least 10 additional peer-reviewed journal articles with APA FORMAT APA guidelines (Links to an external site.) to support your analysis. Information cited from unreliable websites, pamphlets, or magazines is not acceptable for this paper.
Assessment Tool

This critical appraisal tool is provided as an aid that you might like to use when analyzing the article. You might find it useful to use these sub-headings to analyze or appraise and review the article for this assignment. Consider the strengths and limitations (critically appraise) your selected research paper using the following items.

Authorship
Consider the strengths and limitations of the authors’ expertise, based on their cited qualifications and affiliations, and whether there might be possible conflicts of interest or possible grounds for bias in the paper.

Research Questions, aim or hypothesis
Identify the research question/s, aim or hypothesis underpinning the research and discuss the author’s justification/s as to why their study was needed. In considering the authors’ justifications consider whether –
the significance of the research topic or problem is identified
the current state of research on the topic is discussed
gaps in the current research/ literature on the topic have been identified

Research Design
Identify and analyze the research design and consider whether the choice of design is appropriate for answering the stated research question, aims, or hypothesis.

Research Methods
Identify, analyze, and synthesize the methods the researchers used for selecting study participants, collecting the data, and data analysis.

Results and limitation of the study
Identify the results, conclusions, and limitations of the research.

Evaluation and Implication into practice

My topic is: Shared decision-making in health care and advance care planning

I need to explain the effect of the healthcare communication topic (Research at least one scholarly article on topic) 2 references

I DO NOT NEED TO HAVE TWO PAGES, I NEED TO HAVE 1 1/2 PAGES OF WRITING (NOT INCLUDING THE REFERENCE)

First, explore the history of nursing and choose two events/topics from history related to nursing (ie education, practices, important people, etc.) and explain each one in detail and why they are important to the nursing profession.
Next, research two professional nursing organizations and discuss the following for each organization chosen:
. The name of the organization and why this organization is important to nursing
. What resources they provide to members
. Cost of membership and how many members are part of the organization
. Current issues the organization is working on
. Finally, after researching this question answer in detail: Why are Professional Organizations in general important to nursing as a profession?

describe the role of culture in health,illness, and healing and medical anthropology’s contributions to individual and public health in domestic and international contexts .
-describe the local and global political,social,and economic factors that individual and public health to shape programs and policies
basically briefly summarize crosscultural research findings in various anthropology and anthropology related journals

Please read Traditional Male Circumcision in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Systematic Review of Prevalence and Complications, and, after doing so, address the following question:
Is there a line between protecting cultural traditional healing and protecting people’s lives/health? If so, what is the line? Who determines it?

Chapter 16 Marketing

One key component of this course is the Nursing Home Compare portal (the “Portal”). However there are limitations of the Portal. The Portal focuses on statistics and facts and there is a significant delay before new data is available. But what about the typical consumer? Consumers also focus on perception and value. This is where the Portal may have some shortcomings.

Thanks to today’s modern world of social media, perception and the impression of value are at our finger tips. Before many of us make decisions on where to spend our time or our money, we go online. The same is now true for researching a LTC facility. Sites like Yelp and Facebook have become an important source in the selection process.

The attached article discusses the impact of social media on nursing home selection. It also goes into detail about the short comings of the Portal.

For this written assignment, discuss:
• What are the benefits of using social media?
• What are the disadvantages?
• How reliable are these sources?
• What should nursing home administrators do?
• What should the government do?
• Optional: Besides social media and the Portal, what are some other sources for valid information?

Required Textbook:
Title: Effective Management of Long Term Care Facilities, 3th Edition
Author: Douglas A. Singh
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett
ISBN 13: 978-1-284-05271-8
Copyright: 2015