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• Synthesize the research findings from 3 research based articles (research studies) that relate to your area of interest or practice. Include a title page and reference page to the 3-4 page synthesis paper.

Info: I currently work in ambulatory surgery if that helps at all. Write 3 pages for the synthesis paper and 1 page to fill out the table. Paper will be turned in to turnitin.com for plagiarism check by instructor.

Talent of newly appointed head of academic sections and colleges deans, and propose development plan in order to bring their talents to the desired level.
research is suggested to follow the comparison method to gain from other universities experiences and identifies the best practice; therefor the research will be divided to 8 steps as follow:
1- Review the practice in the most prominent American universities, in developing management abilities and leadership of the newly appointed head of academic sections and college’s deans.
2- Compare the Prominent American universities practices and identify the best practice.
3- Review the development of design tools literature according to Human performance technology methods.
4- Design the talent evaluation and development tool.
5- Conduct a validation test by applying the designed to on 5 selected newly appointed head of academic sections and colleges deans.
6- Conduct a 360 evaluation test for the selected head of academic sections and colleges deans to find out the effect of the intervention on their talent development.
7- Tune up the tool according to acquired results.
8- Conclude the research by writing the finding and recommendation.

There are potential research studies everywhere. Anytime you care for patients, you may wonder if you are doing the best thing for them, if you are doing things the best way, or if there are other interventions that would work better for your patients. This assignment will help you identify potential research studies of interest to you.

Think about nursing skills that you have learned. Were you taught how to do the skills the way your instructors were taught, or were you taught how to do them because research has shown that patients have better outcomes when they are done that way? What questions do you have about the procedures or interventions?

Objectives
Students will:
1. Identify potential areas for research.
2. Link nursing practice to research questions.
3. Complete the first step of a literature review.

Assignment Guidelines
For this assignment, you will identify 1 question you have about aspects of your nursing practice. You will write them as research questions and interview other nurses to find out if they would be good research topics.

To prepare your paper:
Identify 1 question you have about nursing practice. Select an area of interest or that need additional study.
Consider the following example:
Another student worried about the effects of soaking the feet of diabetic patients during nail care. It seemed to him that soaking his patients’ feet dried them out even more, putting them at increased risk for infection.
Write research question.
3. To establish face validity approach 2 registered nurses who work in the area of your research inquiry. Ask each of the nurses the following:
Are they aware of any research in this area?
b. Would research on this topic be helpful to practice?

4. Using the feedback you received from the nurses you interviewede, revise your question.

When writing the Research Question Development Paper:
State the original question and briefly describe why you chose this topic.
Describe the nurses you interviewed. Do not give their names, but include their jobs and familiarity with research.
Summarize the feedback they gave you.
4. State the revised research questions. Identify the variables and the target population. You will utilize this question to complete your Literature Review and your Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice Project.
Development of Research Question Paper Grading Criteria
Concept/Criteria
Possible Points
Earned Points
Comments
State of and rational for original question
4
Describe nurses interviewed
2
Summarized information from interview
3
Discuss utilization of feedback in revision of question
10
Identification of independent
and dependent variables
5
Research question posed in appropriate format
7
Identification of target population
3
Grammar, spelling, APA format
6
Total
40

This is a copy of the discussion i posted on my topic of interest. Topic of interest is pain management in sickle cell disease

The area of evidence based practice of my interest is pain management in sickle cell disease patients. Sickle cell disease arises as a result of abnormal red cell mutation. According to evidence-based research, people who inherit two Hb S genes from their parents are more than likely to have sickle cell disease. Deoxygenated Hb S tends to deform the erythrocyte, morphing into an abnormal red cell shape known as sickle cell. Due to the abnormal shape of hemoglobin in sickle cell patients, circulation is often impaired. This blockade of blood flow normally leads to tissue ischemia and other co-morbidities manifesting in Sickle cell patients.

One of the major problems of sickle cell patients is pain which is mostly as a result of blood vessels being occluded. For most patients, the pain is often sporadic and it varies in frequency and severity. The pattern of pain, intensity and severity tends to vary over time for most patients which make management of pain a little complicated. Another major problem is the lack of objective pain index. In addition to the non-stable characteristic of pain, the mode of onsets and sites also varies among patients. For some, development of severe pain can occur within 10 minutes and resolve within a few hours; while in others, it can escalate over days. In addition to the above stated problems, self-medication and non-compliance also factors into why pain management in sickle cell patients is complicated.

Due to the fact that there is no objective pain index that can be used by care providers to assess patient’s pain, providers trust in the patient report as key to the management of sickle cell pain crises. Furthermore, Patient education on sickle cell disease and crises prevention is crucial to the effective management of pain in sickle cell. Patients should be encouraged to be active participant in their care and management of their disease process. In order to effectively manage pain in sickle cell patients, medication compliance and other management therapy should be well monitored by care provider.

It is basically a literature review assignment. The topic could be any of the following topics. I will put all of them so you can choose among them. The topics are: Designing manufacturing process, managing people, managing quality, process and delivery system maintenance.
It is very important to detect a fairly new idea in each of the mentioned topics and develop the literature review in the same field. This explanation communicates the topic to an operation manager, makes clear important areas of theory and states why the topic would be important to the operations management.
Besides, the effectiveness of this new idea must be discussed and applied in any sample kinds of businesses (International/ domestic companies). For example quality management new ideas if applies for Mac Donald what will be the effects.
Furthermore, all the references should be new and up to date.

The executive summary needs to be approximately 500 words, the report needs to be approximately 1000 words including introduction, body and conclusion. and the Appendices for 1500 words. Plagiarism no more than 20%.

instructions:

business-level case analysis written up in correct report format on an organisation. The case study is on Netflix.

Executive Summary: Assessment of Netflix current 2015 business level and corporate
strategy and the capacity of Netflix to sustain competitive advantage.

Body: Findings from external and internal analysis utilising the Business Systems Model
and Drivers of Industry Development (referring to appendices).

Conclusion: Key strategic issues/findings (at least 2) related to the Netflix’s current 2015 performance, issues it faces and options and recommendations for the future.

Appendices: Only two (2) analytical tools must be used to be capable of completing this report.
1. The Components of a Business System (p.82 of text) including analysis of the Resource Base/ Stock of Assets (tangible and intangible, relational and competencies see text p. 93), Activity System (complete a generic value chain analysis p. 91 of text) and Product Offering / Value Proposition (pp. 82-91) must be used.
2. Drivers of Industry Development analysis (text p.257) must also be undertaken.

Any data and information completed during research should be placed into appendices. The report should refer to these appendices but focus on the findings in the body. The findings are discussed in the report body and linked to a central argument about the firm’s current performance, issues it faces and options and recommendations for the future. The report must be underpinned with solid contemporary research showing an understanding of strategy process, content and context.

**Extensive description of data without critical evaluation and analysis will score very low marks.**

When identifying key strategic issues should consider the extent of alignment between the organisations internal capabilities and its changing industry and market. “Gaps” should be identified and options to address those “gaps” evaluated. This involves the use of both analysis and critical thinking.

Both the above assessment of the company’s alignment with its environment and the evaluation of future strategic options must be underpinned by the individual’s competent use of appropriate business and industry level analytical tools. The report however should only include the conclusions and summative discussion from this analysis (detailed results from the analysis should only be presented in appendices not in the body).

Recommendations for the organisation need to be provided as a result of the individual investigation. An explanation needs to be provided as to how and why this recommendation is the one that will provide the company with sustained competitive advantage (supported with theory and data analysis.

Assessment: Preparing a survey questionnaire
This assignment asks you to prepare a survey questionnaire on a topic that interests you. Your assignment should be around 2,000 words (10 per cent below or above is fine). The topic area should be within the social sciences, particularly within the scope of sociology. Topics might include:
– perceptions of climate change and mitigation policies
– support for public transport in a local government area
– attitudes toward asylum seekers among Australians
– attitudes to roles of religion in Australian society
– priorities for welfare and government spending
– social networks and friendships
– family life in Australia today

Develop a report with five other sections to explain how you have
Developed your questionnaire.
1. Research question/problem and scope of research (up to 500 words)
This section should double as an introduction. Outline your research question or problem.
You should include: some discussion of prior research in this area (and whether survey
research was involved); a discussion of what you would like to establish from the survey
research, and why the survey method would be sensible for this research. Introducing key
hypotheses would help here.
2. Sampling frame, sampling methods and sampling problems (up to 500 words)
Please provide details about: your sampling frame; the method for selecting individuals to
survey (respondents), including any decision in favour of random or non-random sampling;
and, any problems that may be encountered in sampling for this study. These can include
problems of locating the sample, ethics, locating small and/or vulnerable populations,
problems with response rates etc.
3. Administration and fieldwork decisions (up to 500 words)
You might choose to discuss: preferred method of administering survey (telephone, faceto-face
interviews, mail survey, and internet) and possible problems with your chosen
mode); decisions about survey format, briefing/handling an interviewer team, and
anticipated problems with survey response patterns (who does not respond, timeliness of
responses etc.); coding and managing data files. You can also canvass ethical issues.
4. Questionnaire (up to 500 words excluding the questionnaire itself)
Include a questionnaire as an appendix, simply formatted, with up to 30 items. (This can
include items with multiple parts like matrix questions). You should include a discussion
about design matters, perhaps drawing on the following: decisions about the type of
questions (Likert scales, forced choice, open-ended questions, and scales) and the
balance between attitudinal, factual/behavioural and demographic items; question order;
handling problems of non-response; handling problems of cognitively complex questions
and avoiding ‘socially desirable’ responses and other response biases; managing
problems of validity and reliability; and, other problems you envisage.
Note: You can use questions from other surveys but provide the sources. Making up some
of your own is also encouraged.
5. Opportunities for triangulation
This section should double as a conclusion. Briefly sum up before commenting briefly on
the opportunities for combining results with other social research methodologies to either
validate or deepen the findings of this project.

you have been invited to do some commissioned business research (which means no problems about access to an organisation).

Choose one of the two tasks listed below (A or B), and write short answers to the following. Please note that this is a report. Should be in a report format, covering your discussion to the 5 quesions

1. What type of research method would you believe to be appropriate? Justify your choice.

2. What type of instrument(s) would you use? How would you validate your instrument(s)?

3. How would you analyse and present your results? In this connection, what skills would you need to call on or acquire?

4. How would you handle questions of ethics in doing the research?

5. What particular problems may be associated with commissioned research?
Tasks

A. A small company is having high staff turnover, and wishes to investigate underlying reasons.

B. A company wants an evaluation of employees’ satisfaction with its human resource management policies, including a comparison between the attitudes of workers at different job levels.
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Writing Exercise:
Write one quantitative and one qualitative abstract of two research studies found in your online search. Use the guidelines provided in this chapter for the elements to include in your abstracts.

You can find the research about Obesity in African, or Gulf, or Arabian countries or in the worldwide

• Did the author include a reference to the research study using a format consistent with a style manual?
• Did the author mention the problem addressed within the study?
• Is the central purpose of the study stated?
• Is information about the sample, population, or subjects provided?
• Are the key results summarized?
• Is the journal article clearly a report of a research study (instead of an essay, opinion paper, typology, or synthesis of past research)?
• Is the abstract no longer than a short paragraph (i.e., less than one page, double spaced)?

The title

Working title for the project?
What questions did the authors answer
What key words will you use to search the literature based on this topic and title?

What type of literature will you try to identify?

When choosing a research design, the design to use depends on the question you’re asking. For this Discussion, you will work a bit backwards: you will be given a design and then determine the research question that would be appropriate to the design. By looking at the design from both ends, you will learn this vital concept in more depth than if you had only approached it in one way.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Analyze the design given in terms of appropriateness, assumptions, strengths and weaknesses, and threats to internal and external validity. See the Application for more detail.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 3 a 3- to 5-paragraph analysis of your assigned quantitative research design. Your analysis should include:
A brief description of the design and where it is most appropriately used
Week 1 Individual Discussion Assignment
For the Week 1 discussion you are to post a 3-5 paragraph analysis of an individually assigned quantitative. Below is a table of individual quantitative design assignments.
The assumptions for the design

For this assignment, you need to find a peer-reviewed academic journal article that researches an electronic media topic with a quantitative research method using statistical analysis of the data. How to find a peer- reviewed academic journal article is covered on the first day of the course. The article you use must have been published within the past three years and this article must not be included in the annotated bibliography list from last semester (look this up on Blackboard). Every student must use a different article for this assignment. Please send an email containing a pdf file of the article (no URL links) to instructor to gain approval to use the article for the assignment.
This assignment is a basic exercise to see if you can follow the structure of conducting scholarly research as presented in an academic journal article. After reading and digesting the article a few times, write a paper outlining the following items:
1) Explain what is being researched in the article (the initiating issue or problem) and why the author(s) is/are researching this topic. Identify the topic under investigation and how the author(s) was/were attempting to progress mass media research.
2) How did the author(s) take the topic or issue and get to the research questions and/or hypotheses to guide the methodology of the study? Explain how the authors took the concepts from their initiating inquiry and created observable constructs using a theoretical perspective (theory).
3) Explain which research method is being used. (Note: statistics are tests of data, not a research method). Essentially, you are explaining what the authors observed and how the observed phenomena were measured (which should be explicitly stated as formal research questions and/or hypotheses). Explain how the data were collected.
4) Explain how the findings of the study progress the specific field of research. Since this article is published in a peer reviewed academic journal it is assumed that it has value to the field, explain that value. Do not get caught up in any limitations or suggestions for future research. Remember scholarly research rarely changes the world, but is a small step toward greater understanding of a small specific topic of the field. Identify what that small step was with this article.
This assignment should not summarize the article but analyze how the author(s) of the article went from a basic question of inquiry to an organized study with findings and conclusions. The point of this assignment is for you to demonstrate a basic understanding of what was done in the study and why the study was done this particular way to progress the field of mass media research. Do NOT make the assignment any more than that. Do NOT critique the merits or make judgments about the quality of the research.
This journal article review should not exceed five pages in length. The APA bibliographical reference for the article should be at the top of your essay. If you use other sources beyond the article in your review, then you must list the references at the end in the APA format. Outside sources are not required to complete the assignment.