Literature Review Matrix

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TO PREPARE

  • Review and download the Literature Review Matrix found in the Resources.
  • Research the Walden Library to review at least four peer-reviewed articles on evidence-based practice applied in clinical decision support (CDS). The Walden Library recommends the following:
    • Select the Nursing Research databases in the Walden Library.
    • Search “decision support” in Box 1, and add a diagnosis, condition, population, system, etc., in Box 2. It helps to keep concepts separate.
    • Limit the search results to Peer Reviewed Scholarly Journals only—in the left column of the results screen. Consider limiting results by publication date.
    • For more information about specific theories and models, search SAGE Knowledge for specialized encyclopedias.
      The textbook is an excellent source of examples.
  • For each article you find, fill in the columns of the Literature Review Matrix.
  • Review the resources.
  • Consider the models and theories used in your selected articles.
  • Reflect on which of the evidence-based practices you would recommend for quality improvement in your workplace.

THE ASSIGNMENT

Part 1: Literature Review Matrix

Submit your completed Literature Review Matrix that contains the four research articles you researched and reviewed.

Part 2: Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Recommendation

Develop a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint presentation in which you present your research and data to support your clinical decision support (CDS) recommendation for quality improvement.

Based on your research, address the following in your presentation:

  • Synthesize your findings from your four articles, focusing on applicable models and/or theories relevant to CDS, quality improvement in your workplace, and on applicable evidence-based practice in nursing.
  • Recommend CDS or information to consider in clinical decision making and explain your rationale for the recommendation. Be specific.
  • Justify your recommendation. Be specific and provide examples.
  • Recommend how you would address possible limitations or challenges, including:
    • Explain how you would avoid alert fatigue.
    • Explain under what conditions you would allow an override to an alert.
    • Explain how you would monitor compliance.
    • Identify factors that might contribute to continuous overrides.
    • Justify conditions under which an override may be necessary.
  • Provide references in APA style at the end of your presentation—the reference slide or slides do not count toward your assignment total.

For the PowerPoint presentation in this Assignment, use the APA PowerPoint template provided in the Learning Resources and follow the guidelines in the Assignment for where to provide your references and other APA required items.

Analysis with correlation and regression item options

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According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake in the Greater Bay Area is 63%, about 2 out of 3, in the next 30 years. In April 2008, scientists and engineers released a new earthquake forecast for the State of California called the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF).

As a junior analyst at the USGS, you are tasked to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to support the claim of a linear correlation between the magnitudes and depths from the earthquakes. Your deliverables will be a PowerPoint presentation you will create summarizing your findings and an excel document to show your work.

Concepts Being Studied
  • Correlation and regression
  • Creating scatterplots
  • Constructing and interpreting a Hypothesis Test for Correlation using r as the test statistic

You are given a spreadsheet that contains the following information:

  • Magnitude measured on the Richter scale
  • Depth in km

The PowerPoint presentation should answer and explain the following questions based on the spreadsheet provided above.

  • Slide 1: Title slide
  • Slide 2: Introduce your scenario and data set including the variables provided.
  • Slide 3: Construct a scatterplot of the two variables provided in the spreadsheet. Include a description of what you see in the scatterplot.
  • Slide 4: Find the value of the linear correlation coefficient r and the critical value of r using α = 0.05. Include an explanation on how you found those values.
  • Slide 5: Determine whether there is sufficient evidence to support the claim of a linear correlation between the magnitudes and the depths from the earthquakes. Explain.
  • Slide 6: Find the regression equation. Let the predictor (x) variable be the magnitude. Identify the slope and the y-intercept within your regression equation.
  • Slide 7: Is the equation a good model? Explain. What would be the best predicted depth of an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.0? Include the correct units.
  • Slide 8: Conclude by recapping your ideas by summarizing the information presented in context of the scenario.

Along with your PowerPoint presentation, you should include your Excel document which shows all calculations.

Create a PowerPoint presentation that instructs your audience on the functions involved with and the controls needed to manage the supply chain AND thematerial flow for this product.

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Assignment Prompt:

· Begin by researching another product in which you have an interest. Look for a product for which you can find an online resource that provides some insight into the flow of materials to make this product.

· Then, create a PowerPoint presentation that instructs your audience on the functions involved with and the controls needed to manage the supply chain AND thematerial flow for this product.

· Your PowerPoint presentation should include the following:

1. A  minimum of 15 slides (Excluding the title and reference pages) 2. A template appropriate to Materials Management 3. An introductory slide that informs your audience of the subject 4. Art, photographs, clip art, tables, charts, and/or graphics to enhance every slide.  ALWAYS include a source citation for all artwork you upload from online. 5. Your slides should refer to a minimum of 3 references. Cite and reference (on the last page) according to APA 7 6. Use bullet lists, not lengthy paragraphs 7. Speaker’s notes OR Narration – Either Insert the speaker’s notes a t the bottom of each page to expand on and explain your main points in each slide, or you may also insert an audio narration for each slide instead of the speaker’s noes.  Use bullet lists for these notes to make for easier following during the presentation. 8. Include a summation slide as the next to last slide.  This summation should tell your audience the main take-away points you want them to remember.  This is one of the most important slides in your presentation, spend some time thinking through what you want your audience to remember from your presentation. 9. The last slide is for references, include a  minimum of three authoritative resources you have used and cited to support your main points

 

Assignment Instructions:

There is no template for this assignment, however citations and references should use the APA 7th edition Form and Style Guide for your presentation . Don’t forget to include a minimum of 3 authoritative sources to support your main points in this assignment.  Check your grammar, spelling, and clarity carefully before submitting it

Deliverable 1 – Earth’s Four Spheres Presentation

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Deliverable 1 – Earth’s Four Spheres Presentation

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Assignment Content

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Competency

Describe the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and how they interact.

 

Student Success Criteria

View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane.

 

Scenario

Each of us has directly or indirectly been impacted by a natural disaster or severe weather event. For this assignment you will be required to recall a personal, real-world experience about the power of one of the Earth’s four spheres that you have experienced in your lifetime, creating a mixed media PowerPoint presentation that brings this event to life. The goal is to illustrate the interconnectedness of the Earth’s four spheres to human health and safety, to the current state of our climate, and to the mitigation of such disasters in the future as the consequences of climate change continue to worsen.

 

Instructions

In a well-organized presentation using PowerPoint, you will construct a visual presentation that illustrates the power of a natural disaster/geologic event in history from the standpoint of a personal experience. Consider a time in your life when you have been impacted, either directly or indirectly, by a natural disaster or severe weather event.

 

Your presentation should include the following elements as well as a robust discussion of each in the slides’ speaker notes section:

 

· Discuss background, history, and location of your chosen event/disaster. (Where did this event occur? How many people were impacted by this event?)

· Specify measures taken to mitigate the event/disaster. (What was the response of the community/state/country to this event?)

· Discuss how we might mitigate a similar event/disaster in the future. (How can we mitigate disasters to more fully protect human health and safety?)

· Be sure to include images/maps/statistical information from your chosen event/disaster.

 

Resources

Please click  here  for information on Academic Search Complete.

 

Please click  here  for information about using speaker notes in PowerPoint.

 

Please click  here for information on the Science Reference Center.

 

Please click  here  for information on how to use the Online Library.

 

Please click  here  for information about using speaker notes in PowerPoint.

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Including your final healthcare marketing and communication plan, and prepare a 3- to 4-slide presentation that addresses the following:

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Congratulations! Your final healthcare marketing and communication plan has been accepted and you are now ready to launch the plan. This is your moment to shine!

To begin, review your work in the course, including your final healthcare marketing and communication plan, and prepare a 3- to 4-slide presentation that addresses the following:

  1. Summarize the key ideas from your final healthcare marketing and communication plan.
  2. Select what you feel are the best elements from the plan and briefly discuss them. Also discuss any challenges you encountered as you developed your plan.
  3. Discuss the ethical considerations you included as you executed the plan.

Note: You may use PowerPoint or a comparable program to complete your presentation. For assistance, refer to the PowerPoint Office 365 (2019) tutorials. After clicking the link, log in using your SNHU credentials, click the Search icon in the top navigation, and search for PowerPoint. View the tutorials for the version you are using.

Use the Speaker Notes to elaborate on your responses, and upload your presentation to this discussion.

Deliverable 2 – Environmental Issue Presentation

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Competency

Analyze the root causes, effects, and solutions of environmental problems

Student Success Criteria

View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane.

Scenario

You are an environmental lobbyist who has been asked to make a presentation to your state’s legislature. You will gather data about a local or regional environmental issue unique to your area or home state and prepare a PowerPoint Presentation. You may focus on any environmental issue, but the area of focus must be in your local area or home state. The environmental issue may be related to land, water, or air.

Instructions

Choose a Superfund website that is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). You can use this search engine to find a Superfund site in your state.

Each assignment leading up to the final assignment is evaluated and graded independently. Your instructor will provide specific grading criteria for each step of the project prior to its due date.

The Superfund website will have information about contaminated areas, how they became contaminated, and who is responsible for the contamination, as well as clean-up plans for the contamination.

Your PowerPoint Presentation should include:

Your voiceover narration using Screencast-O-Matic for each slide as well as references in APA format

The issue (background information from the website, contamination, clean-up)

The major players and stakeholders involved (the people who created the problem, the people who can fix the problem, and the people who are most impacted by the problem)

Possible controversies (differences in opinion about the issue)

Impact of this environmental issue to the surrounding environment (nearby rivers, streams, farmland, animal habitats, etc.)

Managing a Health Care Crisis

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Week 3 Assignment – Managing a Health Care Crisis

Overview

This assignment asks you to review a real-world scenario to assess your ability to outline the appropriate actions of someone in managerial epidemiology.

Scenario

The situation at the regional Good Health Hospital has become overwhelming since the outbreak of COVID-19. It appears that there are 15 cases of the disease with more cases each day.

To better understand the situation, the hospital has been in constant communication with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

After a meeting yesterday with the chief administrator, Joe Wellborn, it has been decided that a more detailed process must be created to manage the situation.

Research has indicated that hospitals operating in the Tampa Bay area are also filling to capacity with COVID-19 patients. This substantiates the need for further communication and collaboration with the county and state health departments.

As a health care manager, it is your job to both manage the situation and make a detailed record of the circumstances and your process in a report from an epidemiological management perspective.

Instructions

For this assignment, create a PowerPoint presentation with 6–7 slides for the hospital administration outlining the steps to be taken to manage the situation. Please include the following:

  1. Summarize the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the response to the situation summarized above.
  2. Include the key elements when addressing the situation in a hospital.
  3. Summarize two specific actions an epidemiological manager would take to prevent future occurrences.
  4. Outline who should be notified and what information needs to be sent in each notification. This may include local and state health agencies as well as the CDC.
  5. Each slide should contain speaker notes. Be sure to use your own words and cite where necessary.

Resources

From Managerial Epidemiology:

  • Chapters 1, 3, 4, and 12.2.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment:

  • Analyze the importance of managerial epidemiology roles and responsibilities in infection prevention and control in health care organizations.

Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation for key stakeholders to solicit their approval of your strategic plan. Address the following in your presentation: 

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Throughout this course, you have been using different analysis strategies to determine best practices for developing your business plan. It’s time to develop a strategic plan that will help you determine where your business is now, where you want to take it, and how you will get there. Your strategic plan will help you implement and manage the strategic direction of your company. Additionally, you will communicate the direction of your company to stakeholders.

Develop a strategic plan for the company you have used throughout this course and share it with stakeholders.

Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation for key stakeholders to solicit their approval of your strategic plan. Address the following in your presentation:

  • An introduction with mission and vision statements
  • Core values, ethics, and social responsibility principles
  • Analysis of the company’s:
  • Internal environment (e.g. strengths and weaknesses related to resources, trademarks, patents, copyrights, or current processes)
  • External environment (e.g. opportunities and threats related to market trends, economic trends, demographics, or regulations)
  • An evaluation of the internal and external environment’s impact on achieving the company strategy
  • Create a strategic objective for the company.
  • Create short- and long-term goals for achieving the company’s strategic plan.
  • Determine methods for collecting data and measuring the success of the strategic plan.

Include APA-formatted in-text citations and a reference page.

Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed documents. Note: You may include your textbook as 1 of the sources.

Submit your assignment.

Choose three psychological tests from the Mental Measurements Yearbook of Tests in Print database in the Purdue Global Library to assess the test taker. Describe each test in detail, including the construct(s) it measures, the type of scale it uses, the item type(s), the number of items, and other test characteristics.

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I need help developing a 10 slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes. Use the scenario below to develop a valid, reliable assessment plan appropriate for the testing situation and test taker. In your presentation, you will describe your assessment plan and explain your choices.

The scenario is:

Applied Behavior Analysis:

Tyler just turned three years old. His parents have concerns about Tyler’s development compared to his peers. Tyler only says three words regularly, including his name, by which he refers to himself instead of using personal pronouns. Tyler prefers to point to objects he wants instead of talking and often becomes frustrated when caregivers cannot understand what he wants. While Tyler can walk, he often falls when trying to run. Tyler’s parents have requested an evaluation to determine whether he is meeting developmental milestones and what services, if any, may help him.

Instructions:

In 10 slides

  • Summarize the reasons for the assessment referral. Feel free to add details to the original scenario description if needed.
  • State the main objectives of your assessment plan. You could approach your objectives in multiple ways, depending on what you identify as the main assessment needs in the given situation. Your objectives should include three to five main goals to achieve using the assessment tools.
  • Choose three psychological tests from the Mental Measurements Yearbook of Tests in Print database in the Purdue Global Library to assess the test taker. Describe each test in detail, including the construct(s) it measures, the type of scale it uses, the item type(s), the number of items, and other test characteristics.
  • Provide evidence-based explanations for each test you chose.
    • Provide evidence that each psychological tool is reliable (e.g., demonstrates test-retest, parallel-forms, alternative forms, split-half, internal consistency, or inter-scorer reliability).
    • Provide evidence from scholarly sources demonstrating that each tool is valid (e.g., evidence of face validity, content validity, criterion-related validity, and construct validity).
  • Explain what types of recommendations this assessment plan would allow you to make.
  • Describe any limitations to your assessment plan for the assessment purposes.
  • Use scholarly sources to support your choices.
  • Cite three or more scholarly sources.

Identify two other types of organizations with which your health care organization can partner to address the issues identified in the surveys.

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For this assignment, you will create a presentation that details an organizational transformation. The Organizational Transformation presentation allows you to demonstrate your understanding of the reading assignments, class discussions, your own research, and the application of new knowledge gained throughout the course. The assignment focuses on leadership roles, strategic planning, motivational strategies, the role of human resources, and the importance of cultural competency, strategic alliances, and community reputation as it relates to the health care organization.

For this assignment, you will prepare a 15- to 20-slide PowerPoint presentation with detailed speaker’s notes of 100 to 150 words for each slide, not including the title and reference slides.

The presentation will be created from the perspective of an upper-level administrator of the following type of health care organization:

· Long term care facility

In your PowerPoint Presentation, address the following:

Leadership and management

· Analyze the role of leadership that contributes to the organizational culture. For example, upper leadership knows problems exist, but do nothing to stop the behavior.

· Discuss the semi-controllable and non-controllable forces that influenced the performance issues identified in the surveys.

Strategic plan

· Create three new strategic goals for the organization.

· Explain the projected outcomes for each goal.

Motivation

· Discuss three methods of motivating the employees to adopt the new strategies and overcome the resistance to the recommended changes.

· Explain your reasons for choosing the methods identified.

Human resources management

· Create a new job description to oversee the plan.

· Define the qualifications and traits this person will need to fulfill the duties.

· Discuss the pros and cons of hiring from within the organization versus hiring externally.

Cultural competency

· Discuss the role bias in care has on the survey results.

· Explain the value of having a culturally diverse staff.

· Discuss the communication barriers that may exist in a culturally diverse staff.

· Examine at least two methods to overcome those barriers.

Strategic alliances

· Identify two other types of organizations with which your health care organization can partner to address the issues identified in the surveys.

· Discuss the services offered and how those services will support the needed changes within your organization.

Community reputation

· Analyze how the changes will impact the organization’s reputation in the community.

 

 

*Seven credible sources

*APA Formatting