37134After confirming and dating a pregnancy, you must collaborate with patients to develop a personalized care plan. These pregnancy care plans are integral to prenatal care as they help to ensure the mother and child’s well-being throughout the entire pregnancy. Pregnancy can be a wonderful, yet difficult time for women as a woman’s body goes […]

37122To prepare: Select a health topic of interest to you that is relevant to your current area of practice. The topic may be your Course Portfolio Project or a different topic of your choice. Using the Walden Library, locate two articles in scholarly journals that deal with your portfolio topic: 1) Select one article that […]

37121Course Project: Part 2—Literature Review This is a continuation of the Course Project presented in Week 2. Before you begin, review the Course Project Overview document located in the Week 2 Resources area. The literature review is a critical piece in the research process because it helps a researcher determine what is currently known about […]

37120To prepare: Take a few minutes and peruse the information found in the article “Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit” listed in this week’s Learning Resources. As you check out the information located on the different tabs, identify key concepts that you could use to improve a workflow in your own organization and consider how […]

37119To prepare: Review the steps of the systems development life cycle. Think about your own organization, or one with which you are familiar, and the steps the organization goes through when purchasing and implementing a new HIT system. Consider what a nurse could contribute to decisions made at each stage when planning for new health […]

37118To prepare Review the Learning Resources focusing on the implementation of EHRs in an organization. Reflect on the various approaches used. If applicable, consider your own experiences with implementing EHRs. What were some positive aspects of the implementation? What suggestions would you make to improve the process? Reflect on the reactions of others during the […]

37117To prepare: Reflect on the comments made by Dr. Mauk in this week’s media presentation on the value of qualitative research in nursing. Locate the journal Qualitative Health Research in the Walden Library. From this journal, select an article of interest to you that was published within the last 3 years. Review the information on […]

37116To prepare: Review the information in Chapter 10 of the course text on rigor and validity. Read the method section of one of the following quasi-experimental studies (also located in this week’s Learning Resources). Identify at least one potential concern that could be raised about the study’s internal validity. Metheny, N. A., Davis-Jackson, J., & […]

37115To prepare: Review the information in the course texton quantitative research designs. Focus on the information in Box 9.1, “Guidelines for Critiquing Research Designs in Quantitative Studies” located on page 210 of the course text. Select a topic from the list below and search the Walden Library to find two different quantitative research studies addressing […]