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The document consists of multiple copyright notices from Cengage Learning from 2012. It states that the content may not be copied, scanned, or duplicated without permission, except for authorized uses under a product license or on a password-protected classroom website.
The document consists of multiple repetitions of a copyright statement from Cengage Learning from 2012 restricting copying, scanning, or duplicating of the copyrighted content except as permitted by licenses for certain products/services or on password-protected websites for classroom use.
The document outlines copyright restrictions for content produced by Cengage Learning in 2012. It specifies that the content cannot be copied, scanned, or duplicated except as allowed by licenses for certain products or services, or on password-protected websites for classroom use.
The document states that the content is copyrighted by Cengage Learning in 2012 and may not be copied, scanned, or duplicated without permission either through a license associated with a product or service or on a password protected website for classroom use. It may only be used as allowed in such licenses or on such protected websites.
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The document discusses building effective teams through communication and partnerships. It defines key concepts such as groups, teams, commitment, communication and connectedness. It identifies communication barriers and pitfalls to avoid. Effective teams exhibit qualities like conflict resolution, shared mission, cooperation and commitment. Synergy within teams to produce extraordinary results is discussed. Leadership plays an important role in team effectiveness and communication skills are crucial for building strong teams that enhance patient safety and quality.
The document discusses the purpose and content of the materials and methods section of a scientific research paper. The materials and methods section describes the experimental approach used in the study and provides enough detail for other researchers to reproduce the results. It should include descriptions of the materials used, subjects in a study, experimental design, procedures, and methods, but not any results. Technical details like measurements, quantities, and sequences of procedures should be precisely explained. The section should follow guidelines regarding ethical conduct and use appropriate verb tense, voice, word choice, organization, and referencing of other works.
The document states that the content is copyrighted by Cengage Learning in 2012 and may not be copied, scanned, or duplicated without permission either through a license associated with a product or service or on a password protected website for classroom use. It may only be used as allowed in such licenses or on protected educational websites.
This document discusses the purpose and ownership of patient records in various healthcare settings like hospitals and physician offices. It covers provider documentation responsibilities like signatures, timeliness of entries, and amending records. Different types of patient record formats are described, including problem-oriented records and electronic health records. Guidelines for archiving records, record retention laws, and the roles of healthcare facilities and professionals in completing patient records are also summarized.
This document discusses key aspects of qualitative research design and methodology. It explains that qualitative research helps understand human experiences and meanings, provides insights into poorly understood concepts, and can stimulate social action. While not all descriptive research is qualitative, it focuses on interpretation and understanding. There is no single set of procedures, but mentorship yields high-quality results. Sample size is based on data usefulness rather than power analysis. Data collection may include interviews and observation, while analysis involves coding, categorizing, and identifying themes. Limitations like generalizability must be addressed.
This document discusses conflict and its management. It begins by outlining objectives around understanding conflict and effective approaches. It then defines conflict and describes its types as intrapersonal, interpersonal, and organizational. Several sections provide self-assessment questions to help readers understand their preferred conflict resolution styles such as avoiding, accommodating, competing, compromising, and collaborating. The document concludes by discussing assessing conflict resolution quality and providing an exercise to apply the concepts to an ongoing clinical conflict.
This document describes cohort and case-control study designs. Cohort studies follow groups over time to compare disease occurrence between exposed and unexposed groups. Case-control studies identify people with and without a disease and compare past exposures. Cohort studies are best when the entire population is identifiable, while case-control studies are more efficient when the population is large or undefined. The document provides examples of outbreak investigations that effectively used each design.
This document provides guidance on writing review articles. It discusses that review articles provide an overview of a research field by interpreting and evaluating multiple studies to further understanding of a topic. The document outlines that review articles should be understandable to scientists of other fields, summarize primary data, and highlight new ideas. It also discusses choosing a timely topic, organizing the paper with an abstract, introduction, main analysis section, and conclusion, and addressing common problems such as a lack of analysis, logical organization, and referencing errors.
This document discusses the purpose and ownership of patient records in different healthcare settings like hospitals and physician offices. It covers provider documentation responsibilities like signatures, timeliness of entries, and amending records. Different types of patient record formats are described, including problem-oriented records and electronic health records. Guidelines for archiving records, record retention laws, and the roles of healthcare facilities and professionals in completing patient records are also summarized.
This document discusses how to write the preliminary results section of a scientific paper or research proposal. The preliminary results section should establish the author's expertise in the topic area and credibility to perform the work by reporting on relevant previous findings. It should indicate knowledge gaps or problems to motivate the proposed work. Data should be interpreted for the reader rather than just reported, and organized chronologically or thematically with clear signaling of the purpose, methods, results and conclusions of previous studies. Word choice and verb tense should be precise, and the preliminary results should directly relate to and provide evidence for the proposed work.
This document discusses organizing and presenting data through frequency distributions and statistical charts/graphs. It explains that raw data must first be organized into a frequency distribution table that groups data into classes and tallies frequencies. Various types of statistical charts can then be used to present the data in a clear, understandable way, including histograms, frequency polygons, and ogives. The objectives are to organize data using frequency distributions and understand how to construct different types of charts and graphs for data visualization.
This document discusses managing costs and budgets in healthcare. It covers several topics:
- Factors driving up healthcare costs like unnecessary care, consumer attitudes, and changing demographics.
- The sources of healthcare financing in the US including government, private insurance, individuals and other sources.
- Major payment methods like cost-based reimbursement, prospective payment systems, and pay for performance.
- The impact of these financial factors on nursing practice and the need for nurses to think about costs and value of care.
This document discusses different types of healthcare organizations and the forces that drive their development. It describes characteristics used to differentiate organizations, such as their services, teaching status, and ownership model (e.g. for-profit vs. not-for-profit). The major types of organizations include hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, and accountable care organizations. Economic factors like reimbursement levels, social trends like an emphasis on wellness, and demographic changes like an aging population influence how organizations evolve over time. Understanding the type of organization helps with understanding the populations and services provided.
This document discusses quality management and risk management in healthcare. It defines key terms like continuous quality improvement, total quality management, and quality assurance. It also outlines the six steps of the quality improvement process: identify needs, assemble team, collect data, establish outcomes, select and implement plan, and evaluate. The document then presents a case study where a hospital unit sees an increase in patient falls. It walks through the risk management and quality improvement processes the unit would take to address the problem, like assembling an interprofessional team, collecting fall data, establishing outcomes to reduce falls, and creating and evaluating a fall prevention plan.
This document discusses translating research into nursing practice. It defines key terms like evidence-based practice, comparative effectiveness research, and practice-based evidence. It also outlines frameworks for translating research like the stages of diffusion of innovations and Stetler's research utilization model. Finally, it discusses strategies for individual nurses and organizations to facilitate applying research findings in clinical settings.
The document consists of multiple repetitions of a copyright statement from Cengage Learning from 2012 restricting reproduction, scanning or duplication of copyrighted content except as permitted by license for a product or service or on a password protected classroom website.
The document consists of multiple repetitions of a copyright statement by Cengage Learning from 2012 restricting copying, scanning, or duplicating of copyrighted content except as permitted by license for a product or service or on a password-protected classroom website.
The document discusses different approaches to setting prices, including exchange value, economic price optimization, and conjoint analysis. It states that conjoint analysis is a statistical technique used by marketers to determine how consumers value different product attributes and what combination of attributes will be most appealing to customers. The document also provides examples of attributes that could be analyzed for a mango juice product.
This document discusses the statement of cash flows, including its basic elements, structure, and how to develop it using both the direct and indirect methods. It covers cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities. It also discusses how the statement of cash flows can be used to calculate financial ratios and evaluate a firm's liquidity, ability to pay debts, cover dividends, and make capital expenditures.
The document discusses building effective teams through communication and partnerships. It defines key concepts such as groups, teams, commitment, communication and connectedness. It identifies communication barriers and pitfalls to avoid. Effective teams exhibit qualities like conflict resolution, shared mission, cooperation and commitment. Synergy within teams to produce extraordinary results is discussed. Leadership plays an important role in team effectiveness and communication skills are crucial for building strong teams that enhance patient safety and quality.
The document discusses the purpose and content of the materials and methods section of a scientific research paper. The materials and methods section describes the experimental approach used in the study and provides enough detail for other researchers to reproduce the results. It should include descriptions of the materials used, subjects in a study, experimental design, procedures, and methods, but not any results. Technical details like measurements, quantities, and sequences of procedures should be precisely explained. The section should follow guidelines regarding ethical conduct and use appropriate verb tense, voice, word choice, organization, and referencing of other works.
The document states that the content is copyrighted by Cengage Learning in 2012 and may not be copied, scanned, or duplicated without permission either through a license associated with a product or service or on a password protected website for classroom use. It may only be used as allowed in such licenses or on protected educational websites.
This document discusses the purpose and ownership of patient records in various healthcare settings like hospitals and physician offices. It covers provider documentation responsibilities like signatures, timeliness of entries, and amending records. Different types of patient record formats are described, including problem-oriented records and electronic health records. Guidelines for archiving records, record retention laws, and the roles of healthcare facilities and professionals in completing patient records are also summarized.
This document discusses key aspects of qualitative research design and methodology. It explains that qualitative research helps understand human experiences and meanings, provides insights into poorly understood concepts, and can stimulate social action. While not all descriptive research is qualitative, it focuses on interpretation and understanding. There is no single set of procedures, but mentorship yields high-quality results. Sample size is based on data usefulness rather than power analysis. Data collection may include interviews and observation, while analysis involves coding, categorizing, and identifying themes. Limitations like generalizability must be addressed.
This document discusses conflict and its management. It begins by outlining objectives around understanding conflict and effective approaches. It then defines conflict and describes its types as intrapersonal, interpersonal, and organizational. Several sections provide self-assessment questions to help readers understand their preferred conflict resolution styles such as avoiding, accommodating, competing, compromising, and collaborating. The document concludes by discussing assessing conflict resolution quality and providing an exercise to apply the concepts to an ongoing clinical conflict.
This document describes cohort and case-control study designs. Cohort studies follow groups over time to compare disease occurrence between exposed and unexposed groups. Case-control studies identify people with and without a disease and compare past exposures. Cohort studies are best when the entire population is identifiable, while case-control studies are more efficient when the population is large or undefined. The document provides examples of outbreak investigations that effectively used each design.
This document provides guidance on writing review articles. It discusses that review articles provide an overview of a research field by interpreting and evaluating multiple studies to further understanding of a topic. The document outlines that review articles should be understandable to scientists of other fields, summarize primary data, and highlight new ideas. It also discusses choosing a timely topic, organizing the paper with an abstract, introduction, main analysis section, and conclusion, and addressing common problems such as a lack of analysis, logical organization, and referencing errors.
This document discusses the purpose and ownership of patient records in different healthcare settings like hospitals and physician offices. It covers provider documentation responsibilities like signatures, timeliness of entries, and amending records. Different types of patient record formats are described, including problem-oriented records and electronic health records. Guidelines for archiving records, record retention laws, and the roles of healthcare facilities and professionals in completing patient records are also summarized.
This document discusses how to write the preliminary results section of a scientific paper or research proposal. The preliminary results section should establish the author's expertise in the topic area and credibility to perform the work by reporting on relevant previous findings. It should indicate knowledge gaps or problems to motivate the proposed work. Data should be interpreted for the reader rather than just reported, and organized chronologically or thematically with clear signaling of the purpose, methods, results and conclusions of previous studies. Word choice and verb tense should be precise, and the preliminary results should directly relate to and provide evidence for the proposed work.
This document discusses organizing and presenting data through frequency distributions and statistical charts/graphs. It explains that raw data must first be organized into a frequency distribution table that groups data into classes and tallies frequencies. Various types of statistical charts can then be used to present the data in a clear, understandable way, including histograms, frequency polygons, and ogives. The objectives are to organize data using frequency distributions and understand how to construct different types of charts and graphs for data visualization.
This document discusses managing costs and budgets in healthcare. It covers several topics:
- Factors driving up healthcare costs like unnecessary care, consumer attitudes, and changing demographics.
- The sources of healthcare financing in the US including government, private insurance, individuals and other sources.
- Major payment methods like cost-based reimbursement, prospective payment systems, and pay for performance.
- The impact of these financial factors on nursing practice and the need for nurses to think about costs and value of care.
This document discusses different types of healthcare organizations and the forces that drive their development. It describes characteristics used to differentiate organizations, such as their services, teaching status, and ownership model (e.g. for-profit vs. not-for-profit). The major types of organizations include hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, and accountable care organizations. Economic factors like reimbursement levels, social trends like an emphasis on wellness, and demographic changes like an aging population influence how organizations evolve over time. Understanding the type of organization helps with understanding the populations and services provided.
This document discusses quality management and risk management in healthcare. It defines key terms like continuous quality improvement, total quality management, and quality assurance. It also outlines the six steps of the quality improvement process: identify needs, assemble team, collect data, establish outcomes, select and implement plan, and evaluate. The document then presents a case study where a hospital unit sees an increase in patient falls. It walks through the risk management and quality improvement processes the unit would take to address the problem, like assembling an interprofessional team, collecting fall data, establishing outcomes to reduce falls, and creating and evaluating a fall prevention plan.
This document discusses translating research into nursing practice. It defines key terms like evidence-based practice, comparative effectiveness research, and practice-based evidence. It also outlines frameworks for translating research like the stages of diffusion of innovations and Stetler's research utilization model. Finally, it discusses strategies for individual nurses and organizations to facilitate applying research findings in clinical settings.
The document consists of multiple repetitions of a copyright statement from Cengage Learning from 2012 restricting reproduction, scanning or duplication of copyrighted content except as permitted by license for a product or service or on a password protected classroom website.
The document consists of multiple repetitions of a copyright statement by Cengage Learning from 2012 restricting copying, scanning, or duplicating of copyrighted content except as permitted by license for a product or service or on a password-protected classroom website.
The document discusses different approaches to setting prices, including exchange value, economic price optimization, and conjoint analysis. It states that conjoint analysis is a statistical technique used by marketers to determine how consumers value different product attributes and what combination of attributes will be most appealing to customers. The document also provides examples of attributes that could be analyzed for a mango juice product.
This document discusses the statement of cash flows, including its basic elements, structure, and how to develop it using both the direct and indirect methods. It covers cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities. It also discusses how the statement of cash flows can be used to calculate financial ratios and evaluate a firm's liquidity, ability to pay debts, cover dividends, and make capital expenditures.
The document is comprised entirely of repeated copyright notices for Microsoft Corporation from 2012 stating that all rights are reserved. It does not contain any other substantive information beyond asserting Microsoft's copyright over the content.
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This document discusses various types of international arbitrage opportunities and interest rate parity. It defines locational, triangular, and covered interest arbitrage, and explains how each type works to equalize prices and eliminate arbitrage profits. It also introduces interest rate parity, which exists when exchange rates adjust such that covered interest arbitrage is no longer feasible due to offsets in interest rate differentials. Factors like transaction costs, political risks, and tax laws can affect whether interest rate parity holds in practice.
The document discusses experience design and proposes that designers consider expanding their focus beyond just usability and the user experience, to also take into account the full context and journey. It suggests experience design should create systems that serve as catalysts for experiences, not just experiences unto themselves. The document questions whether traditional notions of experience design sufficiently account for the full context and asks what's next for designers.
Week 1 - Lecture 1 - The Entrepreneurial Lifebradhapa
The document is a lecture on entrepreneurship that defines key terms like entrepreneur, small business, and opportunity. It describes different types of entrepreneurs such as founders, franchisees, artisan entrepreneurs, and opportunistic entrepreneurs. It also discusses motivations for becoming an entrepreneur like necessity or passion, and characteristics of successful entrepreneurs like commitment, leadership, and risk-taking.
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This document contains a PowerPoint presentation on organizing in management. It discusses topics like the basic elements of organizing, designing jobs through job specialization and alternatives like job enrichment. It also covers departmentalization based on functions, products, customers and location. It describes establishing reporting relationships through concepts like the scalar principle and span of management. The presentation is copyrighted material from Cengage Learning intended for classroom use in management courses.
This document provides an overview of flexible budgets and overhead analysis in managerial accounting. It defines static and flexible budgets, and explains how to prepare flexible budgets before and after the fact. It also describes how to calculate variances for variable and fixed overhead, including spending, efficiency, and volume variances. The goals are to help managers evaluate performance using flexible budgets and understand the meaning of overhead variances.
The document discusses various microbiology techniques for culturing microbes including inoculation, isolation, incubation, inspection, and identification. It describes how to produce pure cultures through methods like streak plating and describes different types of culture media including solid, liquid, enriched, selective, and differential media. The goals are to transfer microbes to produce isolated colonies, grow them under proper conditions, observe characteristics, and identify organisms through comparing data.
The document provides instructions for creating a research poster, including reviewing sample posters and an article on best practices. It discusses font size, logo placement, poster size, image and graphic quality, and elements that make a poster engaging. A sample student research poster is also included, with sections on the problem, methodology, results, conclusions, and references. The poster summarizes a study on the occupations of school-aged children who have siblings with cognitive or behavioral disabilities.
The document provides instructions for creating an effective research poster. It discusses reviewing sample posters to understand best practices like font size, logo placement, size of the poster, and quality of images. It also recommends considering what makes sample posters visually engaging and how one's own poster could be improved.
Position Your Body for Learning implements evidence-based measurements to assess optimal positioning for learning. The document describes three simple assessments - "roll", "rattle", and "rumble" - to determine if desk height matches elbow rest height and chair height matches popliteal height. It explains that proper ergonomic positioning through adjustments can improve students' attention, fine motor skills, and performance on standardized tests. The document provides a form called "Measuring for Optimal Positioning" to document student measurements and identify furniture adjustments needed.
The agenda outlines a thesis dissemination meeting that will include welcome and introductions, a syllabus review, project summaries from students, breaks, a presentation on APA style and thesis document preparation from the writing center, library resources overview, and discussion of thesis resources and dismissal. The document also lists various thesis course, poster, article, and conference resources that will be made available to students.
This document discusses program evaluation, outlining key concepts and approaches. It describes the purposes of program evaluation as determining if objectives are met and improving decision making. Formative and summative evaluations are explained, with formative used for ongoing improvement and summative to determine effects. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are appropriate, including experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental designs. Stakeholder involvement, utilization of results, and addressing ethical considerations are important aspects of program evaluation.
The document outlines topics from Chapter 6 of a course, including similarities and differences between intervention planning for individuals and community programs, best practices for developing mission statements and effective teams, and issues related to program sustainability. It also provides examples and activities for developing SMART goals, vision and mission statements, and sustainability plans for a fall prevention program. Resources and considerations are presented for each step of the program development process.
Compliance, motivation, and health behaviors stanbridge
This document provides information about compliance, motivation, and health behaviors as they relate to learners. It introduces several occupational therapy students and their backgrounds. The objectives cover defining key terms and discussing theories of compliance, motivation concepts, and strategies to facilitate motivation. The document then matches vocabulary terms to their definitions and discusses several theories of behavior change, including the health belief model, self-efficacy theory, protection motivation theory, stages of change model, and theory of reasoned action. Motivational strategies and the educator's role in health promotion are also outlined.
Ch 5 developmental stages of the learnerstanbridge
This document provides an overview of developmental stages of the learner from infancy through older adulthood. It begins with introductions of the presenters and learning objectives. Key terms are defined. Development is discussed in terms of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial characteristics at each stage: infancy/toddlerhood, early childhood, middle/late childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle-aged adulthood, and older adulthood. Teaching strategies are outlined for each developmental stage. The role of family in patient education is also addressed.
This document summarizes the content covered in Week 2 of a course on community-based occupational therapy practice. Chapter 3 discusses using theories from related disciplines in community practice and identifying strategies for organizing communities to meet health needs. Chapter 4 covers understanding relevant federal legislation, including laws supporting reimbursement and those focused on education, medical rehabilitation, consumer rights, and environmental issues. The document also lists vocabulary terms and guest speakers for the week.
This document outlines the topics and activities to be covered in Week 3 of a course on community health and health promotion program development. It will describe processes of environmental scanning, trend analysis, and the key steps of community health program development. Students will learn about needs assessments, theories in health promotion planning, goals and objectives, and the ecological approach. They will develop implementation strategies at different levels of intervention and learn the purposes of program evaluation. Readings, discussions, and activities are planned, including a scenario analyzing a sheltered workshop using SWOT analysis. Key terms and concepts are defined.
This document outlines the topics that will be covered in the first two chapters of a course on community-based occupational therapy practice. Chapter 1 will discuss the history and roles of OT in community-based practice as well as characteristics of effective community-based OTs. It will also cover paradigm shifts in OT. Chapter 2 will address concepts in community and public health, determinants of health, and strategies for prevention. It will discuss OT's contributions to Healthy People 2020 and its role in health promotion. The schedule includes lectures, small group work, and a guest speaker.
This document discusses how to critically appraise quantitative studies for clinical decision making. It covers evaluating the validity, reliability, and applicability of studies. Key points include assessing for bias, determining if results are statistically and clinically significant, and considering how well study findings can be applied to patients. Study designs like randomized controlled trials, case-control studies, and cohort studies are examined. The importance of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in evidence-based practice is also covered.
This document discusses the importance of clinical judgment in evidence-based nursing practice. It states that research evidence must be considered alongside patient concerns and preferences. Good clinical judgment requires carefully examining the validity of evidence and how it is applied to specific patients. The fit between evidence and each patient's unique situation is rarely perfect. Nurses must understand patients narratively and use judgment over time to determine the most appropriate care based on evidence and the patient's needs. Experiential learning and developing expertise in caring for particular patient populations enhances a nurse's clinical grasp and judgment.
This document discusses qualitative research and its application to clinical decision making. It describes how qualitative evidence can inform understanding of patient experiences and perspectives, which are important components of evidence-based practice. The document outlines different qualitative research traditions like ethnography, grounded theory, and phenomenology. It also discusses techniques for appraising qualitative studies based on their credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The key point is that qualitative evidence provides insights into human experiences, values, and meanings that can help inform clinical decisions.
This document discusses critically appraising knowledge for clinical decision making. It explains that practice should be based on unbiased, reliable evidence rather than tradition. The three main sources of knowledge for evidence-based practice are valid research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient choices. Clinical practice guidelines are the primary source to guide decisions as they synthesize research evidence. Internal evidence from quality improvement projects applies specifically to the setting where it was collected, unlike external evidence which is more generalizable. Both internal and external evidence should be combined using the PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycle for continuous improvement.
This document discusses implementing evidence-based practice (EBP) in clinical settings. It emphasizes that engaging all stakeholders, including clinical staff, administrators, and other disciplines, is key. It also stresses that assessing and addressing barriers like knowledge, attitudes, and resources is important. Finally, it highlights that evaluating outcomes through quantifiable measures can help determine the impact of EBP changes on patient care.
This document discusses clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), including how they are developed based on evidence, how they can standardize care while allowing flexibility, and how to evaluate and implement them. It notes that CPGs systematically develop statements to guide regional diagnosis and treatment based on the best available evidence. While CPGs provide time-effective guidance, the commitment of caregivers is most important for successful implementation.
This document discusses key aspects of writing a successful grant proposal. It explains that grant proposals request funding for research or evidence-based projects by outlining specific aims, background, significance, methodology, budget, and personnel. Successful grant writers are passionate, meticulous planners who can persuade reviewers of a project's importance and address potential barriers. The most important initial question is whether a project meets the funding organization's application criteria. Proposals need compelling abstracts that explain why a project deserves funding and clearly written background and methodology sections. Common weaknesses that can lead to rejection are a lack of significance or novel ideas and inadequate description of study design.
The document discusses ethical considerations for evidence implementation and generation in healthcare. It outlines key ethical principles like beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy and justice. These principles form the foundation for core dimensions of healthcare quality according to the Institute of Medicine. The document also differentiates between clinical research, quality improvement initiatives, and evidence-based practice. It notes some controversies around applying different ethical standards to research versus quality improvement. Overall, the document provides an overview of how ethical principles guide evidence-based healthcare practices and quality improvement efforts.