Question 1 The nurse practitioner knows that a highly valuable assessment tool for evaluating urinary incontinence and contributing factors in daily life is:   A)           the interview   B)            a voiding diary   C)            the physical exam   D)      […]

When performing a visual acuity test, the nurse practitioner notes 20/30 in the left eye and 20/60 in the right eye. The next step is to   Have the patient return in 2 weeks for a follow-up vision screen Dilate the eyes and retest Refer the patient to an ophthalmologist Document this as a normal […]

Welcome to the Collaboration Cafe. The Nurse Tim Webinar this week was How to Succeed as a Nurse Educator in a Faculty Role presented by Dr. Diane Billings. Discuss with your classmates, three key points from the webinar that will be instrumental in your success as a nurse educator.   Your instructor will be monitoring […]

Self-Assessment of NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies The Self-Assssment of Core Competencies is due on Sunday of Week 1 at 11:59 p.m. MT. The guidelines and rubric are listed below as well as in the downloadable document.   Self-Assessment Guidelines and Rubric (Links to an external site.)   Self-Assessment Worksheet (Links to an external site.) […]

Self-Assessment of NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies   The Self-Assessment of Core Competencies is due on Wednesday of Week 8 at 11:59 p.m. MT. The guidelines and rubric are listed below as well as in the downloadable document.   Self-Assessment Guidelines and Rubric (Links to an external site.)   Purpose:   The purpose of this […]

The purpose of this assignment is to assist the learner in applying instructional methods in the development of a Teaching Plan. The target audience will be learners within an academic setting or a healthcare setting (patients are not an appropriate target audience). The plan will include development of measurable learning outcomes/objectives for the target audience, […]

If a regression analysis was to be completed on body mass index (BMI), what could be an independent variable in that analysis? Why? If we could, what other independent variables should be included in the analysis? What statistic(s) would show the value of that regression in understanding BMI?   Alternatively, find an article that uses […]

Describe a hypothesis test study that would help your work or conclusions in some way. Describe what variable would be tested and what would be your guess of the value of that variable. Then include how the result, if the null were rejected or not, might change your conclusions or actions in some way.   […]

Confidence Intervals In everyday terms, a confidence interval is the range of values around a sample statistic (such as mean or proportion) within which clinicians can expect to get the same results if they repeat the study protocol or intervention, including measuring the same outcomes the same ways. As you ask yourself, “Will I get […]

Many variables in medicine follow a normal distribution where there are approximately an equal number of values below the mean as above the mean. Describe two variables that you work with that would probably follow a normal distribution. Also note which of the two variables would be likely to have a larger standard deviation and […]