Chamberlain • Nursing

With the focus on qualitative design and sampling, this is a great opportunity to compare and contrast quantitative and qualitative research approaches. For each of the following areas, apply information that considers one advantage and one disadvantage regarding • control over study conditions with the quantitative research approach; • control over study conditions with the qualitative research approach; • extending or generalizing results from a sample to a larger group or population ...

The focus of the Week 3 discussion is on two important elements of quantitative research studies- design and sampling. The approach or design, quantitative or qualitative, also applies to EBP projects. Both quantitative and qualitative have diFerent designs or traditions that fall under these two broad categories. Select a single-study quantitative research study article related to your specialty track and provide the permalink to the article. Then discuss each of the following items. • Iden...

The focus for Week 2 is on questions: PICOT/PICo and practice questions. o Using the area of interest from Week 1, identify the following. o Will you be using a quantitative or qualitative approach for your EBP project proposal? o Explain why this approach is the best one to provide information for your area of interest. o Create a PICOT/PICo question using the PICOT/PICo format for quantitative and PICo for qualitative approaches. o Identify your practice question, being sure to include th...

For this discussion the focus is on presenting the area of interest for the evidence-based practice proposal that is required for this course. • State your area of research or evidence-based practice (EBP) interest from NR 500; remember that the topic must be consistent with your specialty track. • State your MSN program specialty track and defend how your selected area of research or EBP interest from NR 500 is consistent with your selected MSN program track. • Would you like to change yo...

1. Question: The population of a city on February 15, 2005, was 36,600. The city has a passive surveillance system that collects hospital and private physician reports of influenza cases every month. During the period between January 1 and April 1, 2005, 2,200 new cases of influenza occurred in the city. Of these cases, 775 persons were ill with influenza according to surveillance reports on April 1, 2005. The prevalence rate of active influenza as of April 1, 2005, was: 2. Question: The popula...

Chapter 1-4 ----------------- 1. Question: Which of the following is a condition which may occur during the incubation period? 2. Question: Chicken pox is a highly communicable disease. It may be transmitted by direct contact with a person infected with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). The typical incubation time is between 10-20 days. A boy started school 2 weeks after showing symptoms of chicken pox including mild fever, skin rash, and fluid-filled blisters. One month after the boy returned t...