Assignment:

Reflect upon the patient experience, patient safety, and healthcare cost as well as Joint Commission’s role in quality healthcare. Write a paper that addresses the following questions:

• How      would you apply the principles of the Triple Aim initiative to improve      quality, safety and satisfaction in the acute care or long-term care setting?       
• Reflect      on your current or future role in healthcare. How you would you, in the      role of director of nursing or healthcare administrator contribute to      improving cost effective quality care, patient satisfaction, and patient      safety?
• What      practices would you apply to minimize medical errors among front-line      nursing staff?

Assignment Expectations

Length: 1500-2000 words in length

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimal word amount for this assignment.  Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of two (2) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.

M3: Lesson 9 – Discussion

1. Create an original posting with a minimum of 250-300 words.
2. Back up your arguments with reliable evidence.

Hypothesis and Variables

Scenarios:

A researcher wonders how well the sense of smell functions during sleep. In general, we know that our sensory systems operate at a higher threshold during sleep. That is, a more intense stimulus is required to elicit a response during sleep than during wakefulness. Furthermore, we are less responsive during some stages of sleep than during others. Experiments using sounds suggest that we are less responsive during stages 3 and 4 sleep (deep sleep) than during stages 1, 2, or REM sleep (lighter sleep). Thus, the 4 – 16 researcher predicts that research participants will be less responsive to odors during stages 3 and 4 sleep than during the other stages of sleep. The researcher devises a system for delivering odors while college students sleep in the laboratory. Peppermint fragrance is delivered at specific times through a modified oxygen mask that the students wear while they sleep. Electrodes are attached to each student’s scalp, face, and chin to determine sleep staging. Electrodes are also attached to each student’s chest to record heart rate. A change in heart rate following presentation of the odor is used to indicate that the participant detected the odor.

Instructions:

1. Read the scenario above and answer the following questions:
   1. What is the research hypothesis?
   2. What is the independent variable?
   3. Is the independent variable a qualitative variable or a quantitative variable?  Explain. 
   4. Why might the researchers want to use multiple dependent variables?
   5. Describe one limitation of this study. 

Module 3 – Discussion (Lesson 8)

Instructions:

1. Please visit the Time to Change  website. 
2. Summarize in a minimum of at least three (3) paragraphs what you learned about Mental Health. 
3. Discuss any ideas you may have to support Mental Health awareness and how to improve its outcome.
4. Include and cite references to support your answer. 

M3: Lesson 11 – Discussion

1. Create an original posting with a minimum of 250-300 words.
2. Back up your arguments with reliable evidence.

Qualitative Research Designs

Instructions:

1. In your own words, discuss what it meant by the qualitative research approach to knowledge generation.
2. What are the characteristics of qualitative research studies?
3. Locate a nursing related journal article that used a qualitative research approach.  Using what you know about qualitative research, answer the following questions:
4. What was the problem area and research question?
5. What were the study’s concepts, independent variables, dependent variables, and operational definitions (if any)?
6. How did the author overcome the limitations of doing a qualitative study?
7. Did the author question any collective subjective beliefs? If so, what were they?
8. Did the qualitative study incorporate “human concern” for the client with effective nursing practice?  Explain, providing examples from the study. 

Reply separately to two of your classmates Powerpoint / video posts (See both attached classmates Powerpoint, PP#1 Narrative therapy, and PP#2 Feminist Therapy). 

Here is a great video explaining what a Feminist therapy is and how it is used.                                              An Overview of Feminist Therapy
https://youtu.be/H3Bx6cWXZBY

Here is a great video explaining what Narrative therapy is and how it is used.
Grande, T. (2018, February 20). What is narrative therapy? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoMfpmTJ28c&feature=emb_logo

INSTRUCTIONS:

Your responses should be in a well-developed paragraph (300-350 words) to each peer. Integrating an evidence-based resource!

Note: DO NOT CRITIQUE THEIR POSTS, DO NOT AGREE OR DISAGREE, just add informative content regarding to their topic that is validated via citations. 

– Utilize at least two scholarly references per peer post. 

Please, send me the two documents separately, for example one is the reply to my peers Post #1, and the second one is the reply to my other peer Post #2.

– Minimum of 300 words per peer reply.

– TURNITIN Assignment.

Background: I live in South Florida, I am currently enrolled in the Psych Mental Health Practitioner Program, I am a Registered Nurse, I work in a Psychiatric Hospital.