Category: Medicine and Health

How does the current literature relate to your aims/objectives/research questions? Can the literature inform your research? Is it that you have identified an existing gap within the literature that needs addressing via your questions?

a 2,500-word research (proposal)

Based upon: Effectiveness of Non-Invasive Ventilation, Versus Invasive Ventilation management of patients with Type 1 Respiratory failure in an Intensive Care unit – 15 patient group – (Hypothetical).

Guidance for writing up your Research Proposal.

It is helpful for those marking the assessment if you clearly label each part of your proposal with sub-headings suggested below – the word limits/numbers in brackets are not prescriptive, but merely included for guidance.

1. Introduction (100 words)
What is your overall focus and research aim? Do you have objectives? – To identify evidence defining the effectiveness of Invasive versus non-invasive ventilation.

2. Justification of Study (200 words)
Focus upon justification of the study. Why is the research question relevant to clinical practice, education or management? Why would it be of value to consider the topic? Is there a gap in current evidence? Is the existing research outdated now?

3. Literature Review (1000-1300 words)
Review the main body of literature to your research question.

The aim is to explore the nature of the problem and to formulate and refine your research question. Do not just import extracts from the literature, but be critical about what you have read and chosen to include.

How does the current literature relate to your aims/objectives/research questions? Can the literature inform your research? Is it that you have identified an existing gap within the literature that needs addressing via your questions?

4. Method (1000 words)

• Clearly outline the aim of your research and list more specific research questions.
• Critically appraise methodologies relevant to your research question demonstrating how your approach will help you to obtain an answer to your research question.
• Argue strongly in favour of the methodological approach that you consider most appropriate for your study – justify your chosen method by discussing why you have rejected alternatives and why your approach is appropriate.
• Provide a rationale for the method of data collection. Data reduction and analysis that you intend using with this approach.
• Highlight strengths and weaknesses with reference to your research question and chosen population. (600 words for the previous 5 bullet points)
• Discuss the sampling technique that you would use, highlight its strengths and weaknesses with particular reference to your research question (200 words)
• Discuss the ethical issues arising from the intended study (200 words)
• You need to conclude/summarise – as part of this you may also wish to discuss how you will disseminate your findings, given that they may have practice implications.
• Include a timetable for

i. Access/ethics
ii. Data collection
iii. Analysis
iv. Writing up (100 words)

Research Proposal Checklist
1. Justification – is it clear, concise and realistic?

2. Literature –
a. Has abroad range been considered? Relevance/depth/quality/is it current?
b. Have you analysed the issues raised, rather than just repeating what is published?
c. Have you concluded how your literature review informs and focuses the research problem?

3. Method – have you clearly stated and justified how you intend to do the research? Is you research aim listed? What are your overall research questions? Have you raised problems e.g. related to sample, access, ethics…?

4. Is your timetable realistic and manageable?

5. Have key issues been signposted?

6. Is your proposal reader friendly?

Use as many sources that you feel are appropriate for this piece of work

Which of the three issues Dr. Davis is taking to the Management Committee are procedural decisions and which are policy decisions? Be sure to explain your answer.

Week 4

BHMC323-H335 Operations Management (2215-DD)

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Introduction

Operational PolicyWeek 4 Welcome to Week 4!

This week you will apply what you have learned in the previous weeks.

During Week 4, students will:

Analyze and write about the case study related to operations and quality issues.

Topics this Week
Introduction
Content in Context
4.1 Organization Policies and Procedures Case Study (50 points)

Content in Context
Readings
Read:

Midwest Hospital Case Study (Available in the week 4 LibGuide.)

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4.1 Organization Policies and Procedures Case Study

Details:

Read the Midwest Hospital case available in this week’s LibGuide. Answer these questions about the case:

Which of the three issues Dr. Davis is taking to the Management Committee are procedural decisions and which are policy decisions? Be sure to explain your answer.

Write policy statements for those of Dr. Davis’ issues that pertain to policies and write procedures for those issues that pertain to decisions that are procedural.

Describe the following types of medical practice and explain the pros and cons of each: sole proprietorship, partnership, and group practice..

Describe the following types of medical practice and explain the pros and cons of each: sole proprietorship, partnership, and group practice.

The Essay needs to answer the question:

Describe the following types of medical practice and explain the pros and cons of each: sole proprietorship, partnership, and group practice..

Do not use headings in essays; use only paragraph form.

The structure of an essay begins with the introduction which is the first paragraph and it introduces the topic. It should include naming the main components of the answer. It should be at least 4 – 5 sentences. It tells the reader what the essay is about and mentions the main points. Then the body of the essay elaborates on each of the main points and it is at least 3 or 4 paragraphs of at least 4 – 5 sentences.The last paragraph of an essay is the conclusion and it is a summary of the main points of the essay. Before you write the conclusion, go back and read the question, then write the conclusion, summarizing the main points of the answer. It should be a full paragraph, usually 4 – 5 sentences. There is no new information in the conclusion.

Many of the essays i have received are not in an “essay” format.

The information MUST mostly come from the attached document although other sources can be used in addition.

 Add the citation unless you find additional information from a different source add that citation.

What is one hypothesis that the authors of this paper might have been testing? Do you think they accepted or rejected that hypothesis based on the data shown?

1. Is the paper titled “Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine” a peer reviewed publication? How can you tell?

2. Does this paper describe a randomized clinical control study or an epidemiological study? Identify at least one pro and one con of that type of study.

3. What is the sample size used in the study described in this paper?

4. Identify one example of a dependent variable in the study described in this paper.

5. Identify one example of an independent variable in the study described in this paper.

6. Identify one example of quantitative data listed in Table 1 of this paper.

7. Identify one example of qualitative data listed in Table 1 of this paper.

8. What type of data is age? Identify all that apply from the following list: binary, continuous, discrete, nominal, ordinal.

9. What is one hypothesis that the authors of this paper might have been testing? Do you think they accepted or rejected that hypothesis based on the data shown? (Note: you can answer this question from looking only at the title page, but it may be easier to look at the data shown later in the paper).

10. Based on what you’ve read about this paper, what do you think the conclusion or take-home message is of the paper?

Does the implementation of Nurse-Initiated Analgesia lead to an improvement in quality of care???

Here is my PICOT QUESTION: PICOT QUESTION
In adult patients with moderate to severe pain presenting to the ER, does the implementation of Nurse-Initiated Analgesia improve quality of care based on indicators such as safety, timeliness of care, and patient satisfaction compared to no intervention at all?

P: Adult patients presenting to the ER with moderate to severe pain.

I: Implementation of Nurse-Initiated Analgesia

C: Compared to no intervention at all

O: Does the implementation of Nurse-Initiated Analgesia lead to an improvement in quality of care???

chose this PICOT question as  experienced my workflow processes delayed during many occurrences due to lack of patient cooperation as a result of patient being in pain. Pain management in the ER is a huge concern that requires improvement. Pain management ultimately influences a patient’s satisfaction regarding provision of care. Pain management delays occur daily within the emergency department impacting quality of care. When a patient presents to the ER for pain, they typically wait an average of 3-4hours or more prior to receiving an analgesic. Patient reports of pain is subjective and each individual has their own level of pain tolerance. As a healthcare provider it is my duty to advocate for my patients. Nurse-initiated analgesia is a possible solution. Will permitting Nurse-initiated analgesia provide nurses Autonomy by means of either a medical directive or a standardized protocol, improve quality of care for patients based on indicators such as safety, timeliness of care, and patient satisfaction compared to no intervention at all?