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2. HLT 540 Grand Canyon Week 2 Assignment Evidence-Based Research Interview For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Evidence-Based Research Interview Details: Identify, analyze, and discuss the components that comprise a valid evidence-based research study. Based on the information compiled above, interview a health care leader about his/her experiences related to using evidence-based research to drive changes in practices in his/her facility.

3. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Grand Canyon Week 6 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com What are the indicators for using a t-test? Create a research scenario in which it would be correct to use a t-test, including the research question, sample size, and dependent and independent variables.

4. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Grand Canyon Week 7 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com What are the indicators for using an ANOVA? Create a research scenario in which it would be correct to use an ANOVA, including the research question, sample size, and dependent and independent variables.

5. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Grand Canyon Week 7 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com What are the indicators for using a regression analysis? Create a research scenario in which it would be correct to use a regression analysis, including the research question, sample size, and dependent and independent variables?

6. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 1 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Why do you think many healthcare practitioners are often unwilling to change practice patterns, based on research findings? Some practitioners criticize evidence-based practice as “cookbook care.” Considering these perceptions, how would you utilize your education and experiences in planning the implementation of a major change?

7. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 1 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Consider the question: “Why do physicians and nurses kill more people than airline pilots?” Apply your critical thinking skills to this argument and critique the statement. First, do you think it’s true? If it is, what do you think about their rationale? How would you address it if the question were posed to you in a forum?

8. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 2 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com What kinds of extraneous variables (not cited in the studies) do you think could have affected the relationships between the independent variables and the dependent variables in both the Messina et al. and Coyne et al. studies?

9. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 2 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com How effectively do you think the Coyne et al. study and the Messina et al. study both used their review of literature to help the reader understand why the research question was asked? How could they have done it more effectively?

10. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 3 Assignment 1 Coyne and Messina Articles, Part 1 Analysis For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Coyne and Messina Articles, Part 1 Analysis Details: 1) In a paper (1,000-1,250 words), compare and contrast the major elements of the reports by Coyne et al. and Messina et al., listed in the Module 2 Readings.

11. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 3 Assignment 2 Assessing a Research Study For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Assessing a Research Study Details: 1) Choose a research study article of interest to you. 2) Refer to the study you choose and complete “Assessing a Research Study.” 3) Identify an article that directly references your chosen study and compare it to your findings. Does this article refute or confirm the study’s findings?

12. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 3 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Given that there is a documented advantage to the use of an experimental and control group design, discuss why other designs are frequently used, and the situations that may prompt the use of one.

13. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 3 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Discuss your understanding of the concept of internal validity in a research study, and the impacts of several errors or biases that can reduce the study’s validity.

14. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 4 Assignment Coyne and Messina Articles Part 2 Statistical Assessment For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Coyne and Messina Articles Part 2 Statistical Assessment Details: 1) Write a paper of 1,000-1,250 words regarding the statistical significance of outcomes as presented in Messina’s, et al. article “The Relationship between Patient Satisfaction and Inpatient Admissions Across Teaching and Nonteaching Hospitals.”

15. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 4 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Why do you think so many people have problems with using, interpreting, or applying statistics in making business decisions?

16. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 4 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com As you have learned to evaluate different research studies, what elements seem the most important to you for evaluation of the research’s quality? Why?

17. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 5 Assignment 1 Broyles Textbook Practice Exercise For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Broyles Textbook Practice Exercise Details: Complete “Practice Exercise 1” (page 157) and “Practice Exercise 11” (page 180) in the textbook. For the data set listed, use Excel to extract the mean and standard deviation for the sample of lengths of stay for cardiac patients. Use the following Excel steps:

18. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 5 Assignment 2 Coyne and Messina Articles Part 3 Spearman Coefficient Review For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Coyne and Messina Articles Part 3 Spearman Coefficient Review Details: 1) Write a paper (750-1,000 words) regarding the use of the Spearman rank correlation coefficient by Messina, et al. in “The Relationship between Patient Satisfaction and Inpatient Admissions Across Teaching and Nonteaching Hospitals,” listed in the module readings.

19. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 5 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Discuss the concept of the normal distribution, why it is important, and what you think it means.

20. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 5 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com When students talk about “grading on the curve,” how does that apply to the normal distribution?

21. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 6 Assignment 1Yeung Analysis For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Yeung Analysis Details: 1) Refer to “The Use of Electro-Acupuncture in Conjunction with Exercise for the Treatment of Chronic Low-Back Pain” by Yeung, Leung, and Chow. 2) Complete “Yeung Analysis Worksheet.”

22. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 6 Assignment 2 Correlation between Two Variables For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Correlation between Two Variables Details: Use Excel to do a correlation between the following variables: 1) X – 2,5,5,6,6,7,8,9 2) Y – 1,2,2,3,4,4,5,5

23. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 6 Assignment 3 T-Test for Two Sample For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com T-Test for Two Sample Details: A drug company is measuring levels of oxygenation in patients after receiving a test medication. As the researcher, you are interested in whether Group I, which received the medication, has the same oxygenation levels as Group II, which did not. 1) Group 1: 2,3,3,4,4,7,8,9 2) Group 2: 1,2,2,3,4,4,5,5,6,8

24. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 6 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Discuss the differences between the concepts of correlation and causality, and why it is critically important to make sure that the differences are understood?

25. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 7 Assignment 1 Broyles Textbook Exercise 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Broyles Textbook Exercise 1 Details: 1) Use Excel to complete “Exercise 1” on page 247 (Regression Analysis) in the textbook. 2) Answer the questions at the end of the exercise. 3) APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

26. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 7 Assignment 2 Broyles Textbook Exercise 7 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Broyles Textbook Exercise 7 Details: 1) Use Excel to complete “Exercise 7” on page 208 (ANOVA) in the textbook. 2) Answer the questions at the end of the exercise. 3) APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

27. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 7 Assignment 3Roddy and Ganz Assessments For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Roddy and Ganz Assessments Details: 1) Use “Roddy and Ganz Worksheets” to complete an assessment of the research studies: “Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines: A New System to Better Determine True Strength of Recommendation” by Roddy et al., and “ICU Nurses’ Oral-Care Practices and the Current Best Evidence” by Ganz et al.

28. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 8 Assignment 1 Proposal Development Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 8 Assignment 1 Proposal Development Paper Write a proposal paper (1,250-1,500 words) for a major change project that you would like to lead. Identify a health care issue that interests you and explain why. Develop a rationale using evidence-based research, including:

29. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 8 Assignment 2 Stakeholder Scenario For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 8 Assignment 2 Stakeholder Scenario 1) Read and complete “Stakeholder Scenario.” 2) Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

30. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 8 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Re-visit the roadmap that you began at the start of your program of study. Complete information regarding this course. In the discussion, reflect on how this course meets your career goals. What have you gleaned from the course that will help you in your career path? Respond to at least two other classmates.

31. HLT 540 Competitive Success-- snaptutorial.com HLT 540 Week 8 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Discuss your thoughts about the ethics of using informed consent vs. blinding the subjects to the expected outcomes of the intervention. Should they be told? How much should they be told? How would the placebo effect be impacted if subjects are told which intervention is being applied to them?

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