Research Summary Table Stephanie Adams Chamberlain College of Nursing NR505: Advance Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice Summer, 2014 Research Summary Table Author, Year Purpose Sample/Number of Participants (provide descriptive statistics Design/Level of Evidence Findings Limitations Perkins et al. (2013) The purpose of this study was to describe the attitudes of low-income or minority parents towards having their sons vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV). Convenience sample of 156 participants were approached in Boston at a university medical center that serviced low-income, minority population. There were 120 respondents(eth-nicities broken down): 68 black, 24 white, and 28 Latino. The average age of parents/guardians
Community Health and Population Focused Nursing C228 SZT Task 2 August 1, 2014 Measles p. 2 Measles, also known as Rubeola is a highly contagious acute viral illness. It is caused by a virus in the paramyxovirus family. In 1953, 549,000 measles cases were reported in the United Stated, along with 495 measles deaths, annually. Although 549,000 cases were reported, it is estimated that 3-4 million people or most every American was infected with this virus during their lifetime. After the implementation and licensure of the live measles vaccine in 1963 the number of cases significantly dropped by 1988 in the U.S...
Ethical Principles Paper: Cancer Cell Research University of Phoenix Not a lot of people are familiar with the story of Henrietta Lacks. Before taking this course, I had no idea who she was, and the contributions she continues to make to this world. Henrietta Lacks was a black woman born in Virginia on August 1, 1920. For several years, scientists have been looking for a way to grow human cells outside the body, but no cell survived for more than a couple of days outside of the body. Henrietta Lacks cells from her tumor made their way to the laboratory of a researcher named Dr. George Otto Gey.
That is, only items that are the same. Additionally, reliability test are higher for complete vs. half test formula postulations thus, with this instrument lengthy tests work best. Split-half The split-half form measures reliability by making two halves in the assonant test that are comparative in the same way as the
National Kidney Foundation stated, “Over 95,000 U.S. patients are currently waiting for an organ transplant; nearly 4,000 new patients are added to the waiting list each month.” On the other hand, there is valid argument regarding convicted felons should receive organ transplants . This controversy is not new. Organ transplantation has
More than half of the lives were lost from coronary heart disease, which claimed just around 500 out of every 100,000 men in the UK each year in the early 1960s. In 1961 the British heart foundation was founded, later on that year the first ever pacemaker was made and given to the British heart foundation. Two years after the charity is formed, the science committee has raised enough funds to award the first research grants and 34 research grants were funded, totalling £180,980 in total. In 1996 the first BHF nurse was employed, this improved the service of hospitals as it took responsibilities of other doctors when patients needed to be treated, nurses would take over tasks which doctors had to do. It flattens the structure of how the business operates.
They will be able to understand that not everyone fits in and is ‘popular’ at school, and how some are bullied because of it. But many of the concepts in ‘Cinnamon Rain’ will be foreign to the students, as they aren’t old enough, or have never been in that
The Red Cross supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood supply and provides blood for patients in approximately 2,700 hospitals across the United States ("Blood Facts and Statistics", 2014). In providing life-saving products, abiding by lawful regulations regarding the handling of blood is strictly for the safety of the public to avoid transfusing disease as in the 2008 case of a blood transfusion that resulted in a patient contracting HIV ("HIV Transmission Through Transfusion --- Missouri And Colorado, 2008", 2010). The Red Cross strives for excellence in quality and control but this was questioned in the early 1990’s. “After years of quiet complaints about the Red Cross’s blood business, the F.D.A. reluctantly decided to go public with its concerns in 1993, obtaining a consent decree that required the Red Cross to strengthen quality control and training and improve its ability to identify, investigate and record problems” (Strom, 2008).
Our teachers were very old and wise so they knew that this wouldn’t just be a learning experience for the 8th graders but also the 1st. They learned that civil literacy meant that they not only needed to worry about themselves but helping someone else out. I went through this stage as an 8th grader and was one of the best experiences of my life. I was able to socialize, have fun, go on field trips and other fun activities with my very own 1st grader. The thing is this doesn’t go on in every other grade school; those other kids that don’t get this option are stuck.
You try to make not a lot of noise somehow everyone still ends up staring as you walk out. The CAHSEE is worse because if you don't pass, you won't graduate. Congratulations LAUSD, you've managed to make our lives even more stressful than they already are. Some may see the CAHSEE as easy as ABCs but not everyone does. I think the CAHSEE is out of the question, there's already other tests in the end of year to make sure we're learning.