Causes of Death Using the CDC website, conduct a search to compare the causes of death among two ethnicities of the same age or two different ages of the same ethnicity.   Topic 2:  Responsibilities of a Nurse   Discuss the following with regard to the role and responsibilities of a nurse in a community: […]

The attached dataset, provides some information about hospitals in 2011 and 2012, download the data and then complete the descriptive table. Please use the following format to report your findings. Table 1. Descriptive statistics between hospitals in 2011 & 2012   Hospital Characteristics   2011   2012   p-value   N   Mean   St. […]

Here are a few topics for MedicareNationalDataCSV dataset. Make sure to decide on a topic for assignment 1 and a different topic for assignment 2. Clearly identify what topic for what assignment you chose.   Between Black and White Population   – Comparing annual percent of Medicare enrollees having at least one ambulatory visit between […]

The main idea of the final exam is to evaluate students analytical skills.  For the final exam, students will need to use RStudio (2 % BONUS), Excel or any other statistical packages (approved by the faculty).   Question #1 (15 credits): [RStudio Users and Excel Users]   The FINAL EXAM dataset, provides some information about […]

Group Project This is not more than 20-page submission. In this assignment, students will go through the steps to set up a quantitative research study. The Instructor will divide the class into groups to complete the assignment in week 1.  Each group should submit 1 topic selection in week 1, and 1 final report. This […]

Quantitative Analysis For this assignment, students will be given data from quantitative analysis and will be asked to analyze it using Excel, RStuido (BONUS points)   Data set:   Minnesota Healthcare Database.xlsx   Medicare National Data by County   MN Hospital Report Data by Care Unit FY2013   MN HCCIS Imaging Procedures 2013   MEPS […]

Quantitative Analysis For this assignment, students should choose data from the quantitative analysis below and are  asked to analyze it using Excel, RStuido (BONUS points)   Data set:   Minnesota Healthcare Database.xlsx   Medicare National Data by County   MN Hospital Report Data by Care Unit FY2013   MN HCCIS Imaging Procedures 2013   MEPS […]

Nursing Interventions for Acute or Chronic Pain Relief Ms. Maria Hernandez is a a 63 year old female with chronic back pain. She recently experienced a fall on the ice and has swelling in her left ankle. She complains of 5/10 “aching” pain with ambulation. Her physician ordered an x-ray, which was negative for fracture. […]

Living With a Chronic GI Disease/Disorder   Select one chronic GI disease or disorder such Crohn’s Disease, IBS, or diverticulosis.   Briefly describe the disease.   What are the challenges that impacts a person living with this disease or disorder?   What two nursing interventions can help support this person to live “better” with the […]

Fever and Hypothermia Choose either pyrexia or hypothermia, then answer the following questions:   What is a cause for pyrexia or a reason for hypothermia?    Describe the pathophysiology of pyrexia or hypothermia, signs and symptoms, and treatments.   How would you use your critical thinking to develop a nursing diagnosis to normalize the patient’s […]