Discipline: Nursing

Care TransitionsCare Transitions

  Post a response to the discussion board. Respond to the following prompts and, if it’s relevant, include your own personal experience: What are some barriers and challenges to the transition of care from one level to another? Describe at least two. Examples: transition from hospital to primary care follow-up or long-term care to home […]

Political AgendaPolitical Agenda

Rather than focus on the treatment of chronic disease, policies that influence population health tend to emphasize prevention and wellness; the reduction or elimination of waste and the eradication of health disparities based on race, ethnicity, language, income, gender, sexual orientation, disability and other factors. The reasoning is that good health belongs to the whole, […]

Measurement Tools/InstrumentsMeasurement Tools/Instruments

  In this DB, you will continue with the example in Module One Discussion Board. For example (this is just an example), the researcher decides to include temperature as a dependent variable (to support CAUTI) and needs to identify a measurement method for temperature. The researcher decides to use Bard Foley Catheters (Series 400 Temperature […]

Reliability and Validity in Research InstrumentsReliability and Validity in Research Instruments

  Assignment 3: Reliability and Validity in Research Instruments  Instructions Quality measurement in research is essential. Measurement involves assigning numbers to concepts, objects, events or situations following a set of rules derived by the researcher through instrumentation or the use of tools for measurement. These measurements should be accurate and consistent. Chapter 16 in Gray […]