Essays on Pico

With specific reference to at least three readings given, explain how the early modern period can be understood as an "invention" or "discovery" of the modern age? The early modern period in the world’s history marks significant changes in culture, religion, worldview and people’s perception of themselves in the universe. Symbolically defined as the period between the fall of Constantinople in the late Middle Ages and the onset of the Age of Revolutions in the late eighteenth century, the early modern period is commonly described as the time of invention, the Age of Discovery and the Age ...

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Introduction Conscience is one of the most commonly experienced psychological faculty of an individual, but is also one of the least understood. For many years, little attention have been given towards understanding conscience; particularly on how it is shaped and who influenced the modern understanding of this concept. Nevertheless, conscience is an important phenomenon that requires significant attention primarily because it impacts all human judgment. The manifestation of conscience delineates man from other animals species as conscience is proof of man’s self-consciousness; an attribute that is only observable among human species. As a learned psychological faculty, ...

Introduction

Evidence-based nursing effectively defines the professional field today. Nursing practice will be vastly crippled and of high risk in the absence of research data as nursing knowledge is dependent upon empirical evidence derived from painstaking accumulation of nursing literature in various facets of nursing practice (Houser, 2015). Inevitably, the first step in the evolving capacity of nursing students in the conduct of nursing research and the utilization of findings of those already available, involves a proficiency in the search for rich clinical research databases (CRDs) and the building of a dependable list of these databases for future research endeavors. ...

ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Introduction This study evaluates the operating principles of vehicle fuel systems, vehicle ignition systems and pressure charging of engines. The report attempts to evaluate the operating features of actuators and sensors used in the ignition systems and engine management system of vehicles. It also analyzes the types of pressure charging systems, its shortfalls and how it affects the enhanced power of the engine. The secondary sources which form the bulk of this report are primarily research from various sources. The paragraphs below look into the sensors and actuators and the pressure charging systems.

Sensors and Actuators

Types of Sensors and function The ...

Healthcare environments are significantly prone to the risk of infection. Apparently, given the many avenues for possible infection that are evident in healthcare environments, there is an urgent need for intervention that such places demand. Several studies have revealed that all the people who participate in such environments stand a risk of getting infected, an aspect that further raises concern on the way those in charge of such places conduct their activities. The current paper identifies where the risk stems from, the possible interventions that should be initiated to curb the involved risks and it provided a reliable model ...

The main aim of this research proposal is to show that the clinical question warrants investigation. The clinical question asks whether toileting patients every hour reduce the incident of falls. Included in the paper are PICO question and evidence proposal. The paper uses Johns Hopkins Nursing EBP Model and Guidelines.

Change model overview

John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Process is an approach used to solve problems related to decision making, and it contains tools that give guidance to users. John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-based practice model involves the PET process which includes practice question, evidence, and translation. Application of the PET process includes ...

Introduction

Teenage pregnancy refers to the pregnancy in human females that are aged twenty years and below. Pregnancy in girls is caused by sexual intercourse after the girl has become viable, that can ovulate, which can even be before her first menstrual period but most cases occurs after the onset of her periods. This issue has many menaces alongside it, following the fact that most of the girls in this age bracket have not developed thus experience many obstetric issues. Moreover, many risks are associated with teenage pregnancy some of which include: premature labour, low birth weight, anaemia, and pre-eclampsia, ...

Introduction

Overweight and Obesity In the past 3 decades, obesity has been considered as one of the major health issues associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Many developed and industrialized nations have observed similar trends; however, the rate of obesity in the United States is considered to be the highest in the world (Choquet, H., & Meyre, D. 2011) Obesity is known to grow in an exponential rate within the United States. Based on a recent survey, 1 out of every 3 individuals in America are either overweight or obese. The data also revealed that the US was the only ...

The article “Pico Della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man” if a passage that is tailored to help explain why a man may be considered to be a very important creation of god, higher than all the other creations. However, the author of this piece goes ahead to try and show that there are those times and situations, where this kind of reason given seems not to help vividly explain the reason for a man to be considered to be the greatest creation that needs to be admired by all the other creations be it the stars or ...

Capstone Project Milestone #1:

PICO Worksheet Purpose: To identify a problem or concern that nursing can change and develop a PICO question to guide the change project. Directions: Use the form below to complete the PICO assignment in Milestone #1. This includes filling in the table with information about your research question and your PICO elements. Step 1: Select the key PICO terms for searching the evidence. Clearly define your PICO question. List each element P (problem, population, or problem), I (intervention), C (Comparison with other treatment/current practice), and O (Desired outcome). Is the potential solution something for which you (as nurse or ...

Chamberlain College of Nursing

NR451 RN Capstone Course Term and Year The introduction of technology in the health industry helps medics to run services and procedures faster and safer. The reliance of technology in such services has grown over the past few decades, with hospitals investing heavily in upcoming technologies to increase their efficiency. Its benefits continue to make the industry grow with new medicines, vaccines and surgery procedures. It plays a major part in health care especially towards the weak, old or those in critical care. The medics can monitor their patients from the comfort of their home and provide effective medication ...

Part A

Hospital Acquired Infections Health care system is a very dynamic field that changes periodically; the practices that were deemed to be the most effective a decade ago may be rendered less useful or obsolete in the present day care. The changes are basically due to changes in patient needs, the emergence of new technologies, improved science research findings that develop new care methods as well as changes in healthcare policies and regulations. For example in the United States, the increase in the size of an aging population means an increase in number of patients that will suffer from chronic ...

Breast cancer is identified as the most common cancer among women in the world (Chlebowski, Chen, Anderson, Rohan, Aragaki, Paskett, and Prentice, 2013). The prevalence rates have increased in the recent past, a trend associated with lifestyle attributes such as improper diets and lack of exercise. In as much as genetics play a contributory role in the development of breast cancer, a significant part is associated with these changes. An interesting aspect is that the ailment affects women differently in relation to differences in racial and ethnic considerations. In this regard, Asian women are the least affected group in ...

Abstract:

The safety of the healthcare providers, and that of their clients, remains to be of uttermost importance. Thus, there is a need to draw close attention towards saving the lives of healthcare workers and those who dwell within the hospital facility through knowledge increase of the advantages of hand hygiene. This study takes into account some recent researches in connection to hand hygiene and the infections that may come about when the pathogens and the bacteria within the surface of the skin is not washed away. As there are about 2 million people who get infected every year, it is ...

Abstract

The safety of the healthcare provider (s) and that of its clients (patients) remains to be of uttermost importance. The increasing incidence of acquired infection within the health facilities due to the use of contaminated materials as well as transfer of communicable diseases is become notably identified scenario. Dealing with the incidences of acquired infection through the process of healthcare delivery is becoming a world health organizations’ (WHO) major concern, (Weston, 2013). Over the past decade the rising complains on the diseases related from acquired infection was identified. This shows that there is need to draw a close attention towards saving ...

Introduction

Evidence base practice is crucial in the health care of the patient. In fact, establishing the quality of care depend totality on evidence. To insure the important of evidence in practice, many studies have been done over the years. The research done in these studies gave the world a view about the importance of evidence based practice. Globally, it should be used as a standard in care given to patients. From this point, each nurse should be aware of how to link between traditionally practiced medicine and evidence based medicine. Evidence base practice (EBP) has been established since the 1900s. ...

versus silicone Foley catheters in reducing catheter associated urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients

Introduction

- Construction of PICO question - Identification of key terms - Description of the population, intervention, comparison, and outcome of the question.

Description of at least 2 EBP model(s) appropriate for focus area; critique similarities and differences of models.

Identification and description of articles obtained from searching and possible need for further refinement of question. Conclusion - Selection of an evidence grading system such as the one cited in the directions above and rate at least four studies, using the EB Review Matrix to record your assessments. - Describe the relationship between levels of evidence and ...

Introduction

The healthcare sector has changed significantly due to the rise of chronic and lifestyle diseases, and better educated clients who demand quality services. To meet these challenges nurses have embraced evidence based care to improve quality by enhancing aspects such as safety and efficacy of interventions. One of the most important aspects of delivering quality nursing care is ensuring that nurses have the necessary skills, knowledge and attitude needed to improve care. Giving nurses these skills, knowledge and attitude is the key goal of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) program. This essay evaluates the clinical management ...

- Introduction End-of-life care is important for patients with advanced cancer. It entails palliative care, and friendly discussions with care givers and loved ones. This study will compare cancer patients who receive palliative care and those who do not receive end-of-life care in their last days I. Patients who receive end-of-life care live better compared to those who do not receive palliative care. From this source, profound information was gathered about cancer and ways to manage it in all stages. Physicians posit that cancer is a dreadful that requires great intervention. Notably, despite advanced medication and early treatment, the ...

Summary of Parts 1, 11 & 111

Section 1 outlined the PICO problem. It stated that human errors and poor communication among members of the preoperative, the operative team and the surgeon were the main reasons for these irregularities. Surgical time-out, accurate site marking and effective channels of communication among medical attendants are among the major guidelines to correct or lower incidences of wrong site surgery. While these guidelines are apparently effective theoretical; it is important to understand that the wrong site surgery cases are mainly caused by small errors during surgery and preoperative procedures. Thus, it is critical that an organization focuses on identifying the ...

Solutions to the Problem using PICO

P (participants) - nursing staff with high rate of turnover I (intervention) – proposed improvement in the effectiveness of interventions to promote nurse retention C (Comparator) - Doing nothing/ maintaining the status-quo

O (Outcome) - reduce job turnover in the healthcare sector

Therefore the PICO question will be: Does the proposed improvement in the effectiveness of interventions to promote nurse retention benefit or influence nursing staffs with high rate of turnover to reduce job turnover in the healthcare sector?

Solution

In order to get the solution, 517 nurses (P) participated in an interview that took the form of screened publication. The researchers used the PRISMA criteria to assess ...

Care Approach

Context of the Problem According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2014), the US is projected to face a shortage of nurses, which will intensify as baby boomers begin to age, making the need for healthcare to grow. This shortage is expected to grow and spread across the US from 2009 to 2030, despite recessions when jobs are normally few. One of the factors that will contribute to the shortage is the recurring problem of nurse turnover. It has been noted that there have been a problem in healthcare organization’s retention focuses to prevent nurse turnover ...

Human body has complex physiological mechanisms that keep the vital functions in a well orchestrated manner. Depending on the needs of the body, a precise balance of essential internal communications, pathways or networks and secretions is maintained. A deviation from the normal state due to genetically, biochemical and environmental effects could negatively impact the integrated body machinery. In addition, the impact of age could also become additive in precipitating the ill effects. Age is the most important factor that determines the severity of a given condition. A precise management of such condition is possible only through appropriate investigations. The present description is ...

Appendix B: PICO Worksheet and Search Strategy

PREFACE: In one to three sentences of common prose, describe the patient concern that made you interested in pursuing this PICO process. Must be documented A 17-year-old male presents with findings of latent pulmonary tuberculosis. He had not been vaccinated with BCG as a child, and his father had been diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis 4 months ago. The patient had started a prophylactic regime of Isoniazid (INH) 300mg daily, but he missed several doses. He asks if there is a shorter and more effective prophylactic regime, so that his younger teenager siblings reduce the risk of acquiring the disease. 1. ...

NURS 6052, Section number here, Essentials of Evidence-Based Practice

Month, Day, Year Indoor tanning nowadays is so trendy and everyone, particularly the Caucasians are really into it. It started in 1980 with an inspiration of Coco-Chanel, the famous designer with deep brown skin. Soon after this, the indoor tanning increases the number of interested people undergo on the procedure all-year-round. It becomes a “$2.6 billion industry” worth with approximately 28 million people are tanning every year. But on the other hand, many cases of indoor tanning exposure have been encountered at emergency department. According to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), there are approximately 30,000 hospital ERs ...

English 0812

However, many cultural critics, such as Pico Iyer, provide an opposing view point. According to Iyer, even though the American culture is dominant, its spread to other parts of the world is just an important part of globalization bringing various cultural influences together to create a multicultural world. Hence, the worldwide spread of American culture will not homogenize other cultures in the world. Therefore, keeping both the viewpoints in perspective, I will argue in this paper that the spread of the American culture around the world, in fact, has caused the global culture to become Americanized and is slowly contributing ...

Introduction

Identifying and describing a researchable Problem Essential hypertension is a term used to describe high blood pressure of unknown etiology. According to Messerli, Williamsand Ritz (2007) this condition increases the risks of cerebral damage, renal dysfunction and cardiac disease. In industrialized nations there is a 90% risk of developing hypertension during an individual’s life time. It means blood pressure readings above 120/80 moving towards 140/90(Messerli et.al, 2007). Approximately, 43 million Americans are hypertensive and using antihypertensive medication. This is 24% of the adult population. There are racial variations with blacks showing an incidence of 32.4%; whites 23.3% and ...

Health Care

Introduction Research question, aims and objectives Literature search strategy Appraisal of key study Identification of key themes Literature search strategy

Action plan

Conclusion Introduction The national framework for people survey document provides data supportive of a need pertaining to primary health care alignment of strategies when planning medical interventions for elderly populations across the world. Oman is no exception since every geographic location has its peculiar aging characteristics that must be addressed in designing health promotions programs and planning health care interventions for this vulnerable population(Department of Health, 2000) Hence, the role of ...

How Effective is Parent Education Classes Related to Exercise and Nutrition Compared With No Education Classes Decrease the Risk of Developing Obesity and the Health Problems Associated With Obesity.

Abstract

Obesity is a pandemic that is affecting many children. If not controlled, this condition will lead to complications when the child is in adulthood. Obesity causes diabetes of they are not controlled. There is a need for parents and nurses to help obese children as they develop. Nurses should help children in their diets as they do not understand the dietary causes of obesity. Nurses should assist obese through advices that will ...

Introduction

- Identifying and describing a researchable Problem

Identifying 5 questions

Preliminary PICO question and description of each variable Conclusion 10 key words that can be used in literature review search Introduction

Identifying and describing a researchable Problem

Essential hypertension is a term used to describe high blood pressure of unknown etiology. According to Messerli, Williams and Ritz (2007) this condition increases the risks of cerebral damage, renal dysfunction and cardiac disease. In industrialized nations there is a 90% risk of developing hypertension during an individual’s life time. It means blood pressure readings above 120/80 moving towards 140/90 (Messerli et.al, 2007). Approximately, 43 million Americans are hypertensive ...

Identifying Researchable Problem: Falls and Incontinence

Nursing practice has evolved a lot in the past century to meet the changing health care need s of the world’s population. One of the most significant changes has been the rise of Evidence Based Practice (EBP). EBP is the tendency to used evidence drawn from scientifically rigorous studies to make decisions on patient care. For instance, nursing practice code and hospital regulations require nurses to maintain hygiene in the hands to prevent the spread of hospital acquired infections and promote wellbeing in patients. Hygiene can be maintained through rubbing hands with alcohol wipes which are antiseptic or washing ...

ARTICLE 1

In “Parental predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption in treatment-seeking overweight children” M L Vanhala, J Laitinen, K Kaikkonen, S Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, and R Korpelainen explored the role of family dietary behaviors in the design intervention of the effective treatment of childhood obesity. The study involved fifty-four treatment seeking overweight and 65 normal-weight 8-year old kids and their parents. The study accessed the children’s and parents consumption of FBV using a food frequency questionnaire. The study used voluntary recruitment mechanism where willing participants were recruited by school nurses to participate in family-based treatment for overweight kids. The cities target includes ...

PICOT QUESTION

PICO question is defined as a method or technique of formulating researchable questions, which guides nurses and clinical researchers in coming up with evidence based research nursing practices (Matzo & Sherman, 2010). The PICO question formulation allows for establishment of evidenced based and current researchable questions that comes up with effective disease diagnosis and treatment protocols. The research question format consists of “P”, which describes the Patient or the Problem being investigated, “I” represents the clinical Interventions, “C” which represents comparison of known interventions with non known Intervention, and “O” which represents nursing or clinical Outcomes (Polit &Hungler, 2005). The ...

Introduction

The present problem is that nutrition and hydration are not considered priority nursing interventions and are performed in a suboptimal manner as shown in many studies (Begum & Johnson 2010; Godfrey et al 2012; Ross et al. 2011). Food and feeding times are institutionalized and fail to consider the preferences of the patient and other needs that may be linked with dining. In order to learn the most appropriate interventions in providing patients with nutrition and hydration, there is a need to perform a literature search and determine whether this topic has already been extensively studied or if further research is needed. The ...

Abstract

Censorship has been a debatable issue for decades with critics viewing it as an infringement on the rights that have been enshrined in many constitutions of many countries; this is the main reason why the notion of censorship in any sector is met with extreme resistance; however, it is a part of history that those holding positions of power often use this idea to suppress what they feel are ideas that might lead to opposition or other fundamental ideas that might threaten their hold over the people; when it comes to literature it is important to consider the effect that this ...

Dear sir/ Madam Ambassador

I am humbly writing this letter to kindly request you to grant me a visa that will enable me to visit EQUITORIAL GUINEA for a touristic trip. My purpose for travel is tourism, to see beautiful sights especially the museums, National parks and architectures. I am also looking forward to experience the foods, learning the culture of the natives and meeting new people. My trip would take 7 days, and my list of activities I am planning to undertake within my trip is as follows. On my first day, I am planning to visit Arena Blanca the only white beach ...

Introduction and background

Depression is a global health problem but which can be contained using non-pharmacological and pharmacological approaches (Dhingra and Parle, 2011). It is the leading cause of mental disability in the whole world and it remains one of the most undertreated health issues in old age (Barry, et al, 2012). In United States, a tenth of the adult population is affected by depression each year and it is estimated that by the end of this decade depression will be the second leading cause of health disability (Dhingra and Parle, 2011). According to Dhingra, in 2011, depression was the fourth most costly disease ...

Preventing Ventilator-associated pneumonia

P __Population/patient = Critical care patients on ventilators I __ Intervention/indicator = increased frequency of hand washing and strict disinfection as measures to prevent the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critical care patients. C__Comparator/control = Critical care patients in whom this intervention is not performed. O __Outcome = Ventilator associated pneumonia is prevented in critical care patients.

T__Time of discharge

In line with the PICO format, the PICO question would be, "how does increased frequency of hand washing and disinfection affect the development of ventilator assisted pneumonia in critical care patients?" In carrying out this research, ...

1. Define your question using PICO: Patient/Problem, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome.

Patient/Problem: Children and young people under 19 years old who have nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting). Sub group to include patients with Special needs (learning disabilities, emotional and ADHD)

Intervention: Parent’s choice bed wetting Alarm alone (body worn, bed, vibrating, wireless, voice recorded, multi-tone, bell and pad)

Comparison: Choice compared to clinician’s choice: Treatment with medication desmopressin an ant diuretic hormone or arginine vasopressin Outcome: Reduction/change in number of wet nights, Dry for 14 consecutive nights, Dry for 6 consecutive months (continuing success), Dry for 2 consecutive ...

Begin working on your final project early over the span of the next seven weeks. It is divided into two sections worth a total of 300 points with a grading rubric for each section. Please keep and save project files, updating them as necessary, completing each sectional requirement.

Length of report for Section I should be a minimum of 300 words using the APA guidelines for citing all sources used. Label each Section I & II.

Section one - Fedora Installation (100 points)

As part of your textbook, there is a Fedora Installation DVD that came along with it, located at the end or back of the textbook. Fedora is a Linux-based ...

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Objectives/Aims

1) The aim of the experiment was to scrutinize food samples for the presence of microorganisms using the Australian Standard (AS) techniques to establish quality and safety of food produce for consumption. 2) The experiment is also aimed at comparing standard and new techniques of food sampling. This will assist in establishing the most efficient, convenient, cheap, reliable, sensitive and easy to use technique in analyzing food samples for the presence of microbial organisms.

Introduction

Microbial organisms in food can either be useful or poisonous if consumed. For years now, microorganisms have been used in the ...

Overview/ Summary

The ‘Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Oncology Nurse’s Knowledge and Attitudes’ is a research paper whose main purpose is to describe the knowledge and attitudes of a number of oncology nurses on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The research paper takes the design of a description and also a cross- sectional design. The research used a sample of 850 of nurses picked at random from the Oncology Nursing Societies. All these nurses were RNs who were directly involved with health care. The setting of the research was at a national medical center and research institute. The main variables of the research were complementary and alternative ...