Submit by the due date and time listed in your syllabus.

This assignment will allow you to create an evidence-based practice project that includes the development of a PICO question and follows the initial steps of the Iowa Model.  You will share your findings using an APA formatted paper.

Submitting your assignment

- Save this document to your desktop as a Word document.
- Open the document from your desktop and review the assignment instructions and grading rubric.
- Create a separate Word document for your paper.
- Return to the course and upload your paper and your approved nursing research article to the assignment submission link.  Please note: if you forget to upload your nursing quantitative research article, a 5 point penalty will be applied to your paper.
- Make sure that everything is right before you submit. You only have one chance to submit this assignment, and that attempt is what will be graded. No corrections or resets will be permitted once you submit. This is necessary to ensure that the plagiarism checker works properly.

Grading Rubric

See the grading rubric for the assignment to understand exactly how you will be graded.

Instructions for Completing Your Assignment

- Step one:  Using the topic list from module 2, identify a nursing clinical practice topic that you would like to explore.  Impact of healthcare professionals’ education in preventing pressure ulcers

- Step two: Use the PICO(T) question in the final form approved by your instructor or coach. If your question was not approved in module 2, you may continue to dialogue with your coach or instructor up until Wednesday of week 4. If you still have not had a question approved by that time read the instructions for developing a PICO(T) question carefully and be sure to follow them. Coaches and instructors will not advise you regarding PICO(T) questions after Wednesday of week 4.

- Step three:  Search for a nursing quantitative research article that relates to your PICO question using Academic Search Complete, CINHAL, Pubmed, Google Scholar, or any other database that contains nursing research articles.  Please note: you can use the article that you submitted in Module Two to meet this requirement so long as it was approved.- The article you will find must meet the following mandatory requirements:- It must be based on the approved topic list unless other arrangements were made with your instructor or coach.
- It must be from a nursing research journal or have a nurse as an author.
- It must be no more than 5 years old from the current publication year.
- It must include implications and / or interventions that are applicable to nursing practice.
- It may not be a qualitative article, systematic review, meta-synthesis, meta-analysis, meta-summary, integrative review, retrospective study, evidence based practice project, or quality improvement article. For more information on how to recognize these types of article see Grove & Gray (2019) pp. 21-23.
- It may not be a clinical information article or “how-to” article.

- Step Four: Collecting More Evidence (Do the research)- Find a credible scholarly or government resource published within the past 5 years that provides you with at least two facts (ex. costs, morbidity, mortality, safety, or other related statistics) for why your clinical problem is important (provide statistics).  (The internet is a great place to get this information…just don’t forget to cite this information and add it to your reference page).
- Find a clinical practice guideline that relates to your question.  It must have information that relates to the role of the nurse.  The guideline must be the most recent version or published within the past five years. (It is true that guidelines are not always updated within 5 years so you will need to discuss this.) There are several websites listed in your textbook that can help with searching for guidelines. The UTA library also has resources for clinical practice guidelines. If the source you use is not actually a clinical practice guideline you will lose a substantial amount of points on your paper.
- Find a clinical “how-to” article, a nursing professional practice website, a systematic literature review, a meta-analysis, or some other credible academic resource published within the past 5 years that relates to your practice question.
- Hint: Did you notice that you will be finding a total of four different sources of information for your PICO question?  To re-cap, these four sources are:- Statistics you are reporting in paragraph one.
- Nursing quantitative research article for paragraphs 2, 3, and 4
- Clinical Practice Guideline (paragraph 5)
- A source of your choosing (paragraph 6)

- Step Five: Write up your findings in APA format and submit them to assignment portal by the due date and time listed in your syllabus.  Here’s how to write up your findings:- Start with a 7th edition APA cover page. An example is provided by the instructor. The paper itself (not including cover page and references should be six pages or less)
- Paragraph #1: This is your opening paragraph. Start with an introduction statement. What is your PICO question? Describe why was it important (share the dollars, morbidity / mortality, statistics, safety stats you found with citation)? Paragraph #1 does not have a heading. You should put the title of your whole paper in the center in bold font where a heading would go. For the rest of the paragraphs, use the following headings: Summary of Research Article, Major Variables, Strengths and Weaknesses, Practice Guideline, Fourth Resource, Conclusion.
- Paragraph #2:  What did your nursing quantitative research article add to your knowledge on this topic?  State the design. Researchers use all sorts of different terms to describe designs, but you should use one of the broad terms mentioned in our textbook (descriptive, correlational, predictive correlational, model testing, experimental, or quasi-experimental). State the sampling method (also using one of the sampling method terms discussed in your textbook), and setting of the study (this should only take one sentence: e.g. “Smith and Johnson conducted a predictive correlational study using a convenience sample from a psychiatric outpatient clinic.”). State the major findings of the study (maximum 3 findings). The findings you share should come from the results or discussion settings and should be relevant to your PICO question and your practice as a nurse.
- Paragraph #3. Mention the major research variables in your article. Do not include demographic variables unless they are important to the results of the study. For each major variable, give a conceptual and operational definition (if the authors did not give a conceptual definition you can say “not given”). However, you can always say something about the operational definitions for variables because the authors must discuss the way in which variables are measured. Give the level of measurement for each variable (nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio).

- Paragraph #4: Using the skills you have learned in your critique of a research article, describe two strengths or two weaknesses (or one strength and one weakness) that you found as you read this article.  Go back to what you learned in your article critique about sampling methods, measurement methods (ex. questionnaires), and data collection (how did they collect the data to make sure you are being thorough in your assessment. Be specific, so that your instructor, if reading the article, can find them too.  Do not re-state the limitations provided by the authors of your study unless they have to do with the study’s sampling, measurement methods, or data collection.  Do not discuss the research design or the descriptive or inferential statistics used by the authors as a strength or weakness of the study, as this is not related to with the study’s sampling, measurement methods, or data collection.- Paragraph #5:  What is the name and of the clinical practice guideline that you found?  Give a weblink and an APA citation for the guideline. Share at least three facts that you found within the guideline that are relevant to the PICO question and your practice as a BSN nurse and cite the guideline appropriately. Make sure the source you cite is actually a clinical practice guideline with advice directed toward healthcare professionals.
- Paragraph #6: Identify the fourth resource you found (clinical “how-to” article, a systematic literature review, or a meta-analysis) that relates to your practice question.  Share at least three facts that you found within this source that is relevant to the PICO question and your practice as a nurse, and cite appropriately.
- Paragraph #7 (and #8 if needed): re-state your PICO question and briefly summarize what you have learned through your search. Include information from each of your sources, and be sure to cite them all. Then, give specific recommendations for nursing practice. What would you recommend, if anything, as a change in practice for nurses?  Why?  Remember, this is your closing paragraph(s).
- Note to students about writing up your findings:
- This is a formal APA paper.  Look at the Rubric for more APA information for this paper.
- Your paper must be between four and seven pages (double spaced). Use the following headings for paragraphs 2 through 7: Summary of Research Article, Major Variables, Strengths and Weaknesses, Practice Guideline, Fourth Resource, Conclusion. These headings should all be centered.
- Don’t use first person language (I, my, we, etc.) and don’t directly address the reader (you need to, etc.).
- Turn your paper (as a word document) and article (in pdf format) that you used for paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 in to the assignment submission link in Module Four at the due date and time listed in your syllabus.
- Possible points for this assignment: 100 points
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Choose one of the newly issued or updated financial accounting and reporting standards by FASB.

Your choice of accounting standard or regulation should be made after the year 2010 and you are required to discuss the following.

- Critically summarize major changes and compare them with the situation before the new standard or regulation was made. Your answers must include the intentions/goals of the new standard or the regulation and your opinion on the new standard or the regulation (e.g., Do you agree with the direction of the new rule? Do you think the new rule has been achieving the intended goals or will achieve the goals? Are there any obstacles to overcome to achieve the goals? etc. (you may include more subjects if you think they are suitable and necessary))

- How does the new standard or the regulation affect accounting professionals such as i) financial statement preparers, ii) auditors, iii) investors/creditors, and iv) regulators?

Requirements: 3 pages single-spaced
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Chapter 3 DQ 1

Chapter 3 DQ 1

1. What are the benefits of time management? Please explain.

Chapter 3 DQ 2

Chapter 3 DQ 2

2. PROCRASTINATION is the big 'P' word. What happens if you procrastinate? Please share any experiences you may of had.

Chapter 3 DQ 3

Chapter 3 DQ 3

3. Have you ever used a written/agenda planner before? With using your planner/agenda (as previously discussed in the ANNOUNCEMENTS tab) how can your better manage your time? What are some pointers that you suggest?

Chapter 3 DQ 4

Chapter 3 DQ 4

4. Why is it important to set goals for yourself? Have you  every set any goals for yourself in the past? Please share your outcomes. 

Chapter 3 DQ 5

Chapter 3 DQ 5

5. What are SMART goals? How can this help you in reaching your current goals in college and LIFE?

VIDEO 3 & Discussion

VIDEO DISCUSSION:

Watch and discuss your thoughts about the video below.  What did you learn from the video that you have read so far in Chapters 4, 5 and 6 in your textbook? Refer to how you can relate to the video and respond by sharing.  

Also, do not forget to engage in discussion with your other classmate's responses.

** What Makes a Student Successful**

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Follow the instructions on page 286 of your textbook, and complete the example project which is at the bottom of the page. Create your own example for a project. Follow the instructions, and submit a no less than four-page Word document answering the questions for the project.Be sure to use APA format and cite your work. When you get to the facilitating a discussion with the sponsor, use your imagination to create a discussion with a fictitious sponsor.

Example Project Create a risk register for your example project.Categorize each risk, list potential causes, and list potential responses for each cause, as shown in Exhibit 10.9. Describe what each project success measure (from Exhibit 10.1) looks like on your example project. Identify at least three risks to each success measure, deter- mine which are major risks, and for each major risk develop one or more contingency plans. Identify whether the contingency plan is an avoidance plan (reducing the probability of the risk event), a mitigation plan (reducing the impact of the event), or both. Facilitate a discussion with the sponsor and other key stakeholders of your project. Have them determine the relative importance of their priorities and document them, as shown in Exhibit 10.2. Perform a risk review for your example project. Use at least three types of review, as shown in Exhibit 10.8. Which of these types gave you the most useful information? Why?

Text BookKloppenborg, T. (2014). Contemporary Project Management (3rd Edition). Cengage Learning US. 
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Mapp V. Ohio 367 U.S. 643 (1961) paper should demonstrate your ability to locate a case on-line using the case name and the case citation. Your Paper should reflect your ability to read and understand a case and to communicate the contents of the opinion effectively. The Paper must contain the following sections:

- Salient facts;
- Procedural posture;
- The issue or issues under consideration by the court;
- The court’s analysis or reasoning for its decision;
- The holding (or rule) of the case, including the language and meaning of the language used such as Affirmed, Reversed, Remanded, Modified, Vacated, etc.
- Lasting effects from the Court’s decision (if applicable);
- Was the Court’s decision fair? Fully discuss and explain your answer.
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Short Paper Assignments

As stated in the general syllabus, there will be three paper assignments for this class. It is important to develop your writing skills, for they will be one of the most valuable tools you will possess in life. That being said, these papers are intended to be interesting explorations into the art world that allows you to put your talents and tastes to work.

From the pantheon of artworks created after the year 1400 CE, you shall choose a single piece and write a paper both describing it with a visual analysis and discussing its importance to art history or art theory. The item can be of any medium (fine art, architecture, craft, etc) and can come from any culture, but it cannot be more than 600 years old. This process shall be done three times, with the final product being three different papers about three different artworks.

Each of the three papers is to be a minimum of two full single-sided pages of original (not quoted) content, typed, double-spaced, using 12 pitch Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins on the all sides (the standard format for most Microsoft Word documents). In addition to the text of the paper, you will need to include a title page with your name, the class information, and the paper’s title. Furthermore, at the end of the paper you will also have to provide a bibliography of at least three (3) scholarly books, articles, or web sites that you consulted to write the paper. These should either deal with the subject directly or be germane to its discussion. Each of these resources should be referenced using either footnotes or endnotes, and the entire paper (bibliography, citations, and text) should be written using the humanities-based format outlined by the Chicago Manual of Style.

The papers will need to be submitted through the Canvas system in their appropriate assignment modules by 11:59 PM on the due dates indicated, and the files should be named with the student’s last name and the respective paper number (ex. “Villalobos 01.docx). Failure to turn in a paper on time will result in a ten-point deduction from the paper’s final grade for every calendar day that it is late. This includes papers that are turned in at midnight, so be sure to be timely.

Notes and Hints for the Paper Assignments

• Do not use any quotations within the work – the entire text should be in your own words. Copying from other sources without giving citations constitutes plagiarism; this is still the case even if you copy a statement and change its vocabulary or verbiage. If you are unclear as to the definition of plagiarism or the forms it takes, please see me before you turn in your papers.

• If you need to reference the Chicago Manual of Style (humanities format, notes and bibliography system) for your bibliography, I recommend looking at the Chicago web site quick guide ( A sample paper is posted in Canvas under the “Syllabus” section for you to consult.

• When trying to determine if a web site is scholarly (i.e. able to be used for the paper), it is generally prudent to err on the side of caution. Sites linked to academic institutions (*.edu) or non-profit institutions (*.org) are much more likely to be scholarly than “private” web sites (*.com). If you are in doubt about the authority of the site, don’t use it!

• Do not use Wikipedia.com. Although most Wiki-type sites are accurate in their information, they are not considered to be scholarly and, as such, are ineligible for use in the paper. Papers using Wikipedia or any similar Wiki- sites will immediately lose points for an incorrect bibliography.

• A major point: I am a stickler for good grammar / punctuation / spelling. I do take points off for these sorts of errors, as they are readily correctable. Use your spell check and grammar check features on your computer when writing. Read your finished product, reread it sometime later, and have another person read it a third time before turning it in to catch any errors that may exist.

• I am more than willing to review and edit drafts of your paper before you give it to me as a final submission. You may send drafts to my Maricopa email (). Please allow at least one day for me to make corrections and send the draft back to you. I will not accept drafts of any papers in the 24 hours before a paper is due, so please take that into account when preparing your work.

• Finally, these assignments are intended to make you think about art beyond a textbook. If you know of a particular process that you wish to write about that is not on the list or are concerned about the feasibility of writing on a certain artist or artwork, please contact me. I am happy to guide and assist you as I can!

Top Ten Most Common Mistakes Made in Papers(as compiled from ten years of teaching)

1. Whenever an artwork title, book title, or journal title appears, it should be italicized. The only time that this is not the case is when we refer to an artwork by a common name that is not its title (ex. Picasso’s Guernica vs. the Pyramids of Giza). If you are in doubt, try putting the name into Google and see if the results come back italicized or not.

2. Know the difference between plural and possessive, especially in regard to pronouns (ex. “its” vs. “it’s”) and dates (ex. “In the 1540s…” vs. “In the 1540’s…”).

3. Footnote superscript numbers should occur outside of the punctuation, not inside of it (ex. “…said Adam Chang.1” and not “…said Adam Chang1.”)

4. All fonts, including those in the footnotes, bibliography, and page numbers should be Times New Roman. The default for many newer versions of Microsoft Word is Calibri, and this will need to be changed in all parts of the document.

5. Confirm that homonyms are not being misused in your writing (ex. “their” vs. “there”).

6. Avoid using the first- and second-person voice in your writing (ex. “I” and “you”), and try to stay in the objective third-person.

7. The names of some artists are tricky to spell (ex. Georgia O’Keeffe, Nam June Paik, Kazimir Malevich). Make sure that you are doing so correctly and that your autocorrect is not changing them to something else.

8. Know where to insert commas in a sentence. Commas appear wherever there is a break during narration (ex. “After lunch, I felt that it was odd…”). If you are unsure of whether the comma is in the right place, try slowly reading the sentence aloud back to yourself. The comma should go where you briefly pause.

9. When naming research paper files for submission, please do so with your last name and the number of the appropriate assignment at the end (ex. "Villalobos 01.docx" for the first research paper). Do not simply send in a file entitled “Research Paper” or with another generic name.

10. Do not forget to proofread your work at least twice, and ideally on two separate occasions, before submitting. Each time that you proofread, you will catch mistakes that you missed on the last pass. No one writes a perfect paper on the first attempt, so review your work extensively before turning it in!

NB: Just write about one paper and not three please.
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- The Miramar Company is going to introduce one of three new products: a widget, a hammer, or a nimnot. The market conditions (favorable, stable, or unfavorable) will determine the profit or loss the company realizes, as shown in the following payoff table:Product Market Conditions Unfavorable .1 Favorable .2 Stable .7 Widget $120,000 $70,000 $ —30,000 Hummer 60,000 40,000 20,000 Nimnot 35,000 30,000 30,000a. Compute the expected value for each decision and select the best one. b. Develop the opportunity loss table and compute theexpected opportunity loss for each product. c. Determine how much the firm would be willing to pay to a market research firm to gain bet-ter information about future market conditions.
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