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MSN 602 ADVANCED THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE AND
RESEARCH

Module 1 Discussion

Building an
Evidence-Based Study

Questions
1-9. Below is a description of a study’s
conceptual framework. Read the
description and then answer the following questions 1-9.

There is abundant evidence that
adolescents are at especially high risk of pregnancy complications and that
their infants have a higher-than-average rate of low birth weight and neonatal
death. Few studies, however, have examined the health status of children of
adolescent mothers after the first few weeks of life, but findings suggest that
these children continue to be at a health disadvantage throughout their
childhood. The purpose of this study was to further explore factors that might
lead to greater health problems and less appropriate use of health care among
children born to adolescent mothers.

The theoretical framework for this
study was the Health Belief Model (HBM). This model postulates that health-seeking
behavior is influenced by the perceived threat posed by a health problem and
the perceived value of actions designed to reduce the threat (Becker, 1978).
Within the HBM, perceived susceptibility refers to a person’s perception that a
health problem is personally relevant. It is hypothesized that young mothers,
compared to older mothers, are developmentally unable to perceive their own (or
their infant’s) susceptibility to health risk accurately. Furthermore,
adolescent mothers are hypothesized to be less likely, because of their
developmental immaturity, to perceive accurately the severity of their infants’
health problems and less likely to assess accurately the benefit of appropriate
interventions than older mothers. Finally, teenaged mothers are expected to
evaluate less accurately the costs (which, in the HBM, include the complexity,
duration, accessibility, and financial costs) of securing treatment. Thus,
because it is expected that adolescent mothers perceive lower threat and less
susceptibility to health problems than older mothers, their children are at
higher risk to health problems. In summary, the HBM provides an excellent
vehicle for testing the mechanisms through which children of young mothers are
at higher-than-average risk of severe health problems and are less likely to receive
appropriate health care.

Is the
framework for this study based on a conceptual model of nursing? Explain.

Would the
HBM be described as a shared theory?
Explain.

Is the HBM
a grand theory? Explain.

Was the HBM
used as a basis for developing hypotheses in this study? Explain.

Is the
study qualitative or quantitative?
Explain.

In the
second paragraph, second sentence, the key “outcome” of the model is specified.
What is it? Explain.

In this
study, the HBM will be tested with two groups. What are they? Explain.

If the
researcher’s hypotheses are not supported, would this study disprove the
HBM? Explain.

Given the
problem statement, what other theory or conceptual model could be used to guide
the study? Explain why you chose the
other theory.

This
question does not refer to the above items 1-9.
As part of your assigned readings you were to read the AACN MSN
Essentials. What is the purpose of the
AACN Masters Essentials?

List each
of the nine Essentials and provide a statement in your own words about the
value of the each individual Essential to advanced nursing practice.

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Module 2 Discussion

Nursing
Conceptual Models and Borrowed Theories

Choose one
of the conceptual models in your assigned reading in your Alligood text and
answer the following questions: a. Name of the conceptual model; b.
Core concepts of the model;
c. Describe a nursing situation
in which the model could be applied; and d.
Describe how you would apply your
chosen model to the nursing situation to facilitate a process improvement.

Choose a
borrowed theory from either your Polit and Beck text or the llterature which
could be applied to a nursing research article.
Answer the following items:
a. Name the theory and the
non-nursing discipline from which it comes;
b. Identify 3-4 of the core
concepts of the theory; and c. Explain
why this theory might be a good fit from which to develop a nursing research
study.

Your
assigned readings this week introduces you to the ways of knowing in nursing
written by Barbara Carper. This is a
seminal work in nursing. Answer the
following items: a. List the 4 patterns of knowing according to
Barbara Carper; b. Provide an example from your practice for each
of the 4 patterns; and c. What are your thoughts about the pertinence
of these patterns in nursing today?

There are
multiple learning theories as you read in the Zhou & Brown chapter. Answer
the following items: a. Choose and identify the name of one of the
learning theories from the assigned reading of Zhou & Brown and
b. Develop a step-by-step program
to decrease the frequency of medical mistakes in a healthcare practice
setting. Cite the principles or key
concepts from your chosen learning theory that back each step of the program
you develop.

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Module 3 & 4 Discussion

Quantitative
Design

Read this
fictitious study and then answer the questions that follow:

Brusser and
Joansy wanted to test the effectiveness of a new relaxation/biofeedback
intervention on menopausal symptoms.
They invited women who presented themselves in an outpatient clinic with
complaints of severe hot flashes to participate in the study of the
experimental treatment. These 50 women
were asked to record, every day for 3 weeks before the intervention, the
frequency and duration of their hot flashes.
The intervention involved five 1-hour sessions over a period of 1
week. Then for 3 weeks after the
treatment the women were asked to record their hot flashes again every
day. At the end of the study, Brusser
and Joansy found that both the frequency and average duration of the hot
flashes had been significantly reduced in this sample of 50 women. They concluded that their intervention was an
effective therapy in treating menopausal hot flashes.

What is the
independent variable in this study?

What are
the dependent variables in this study?

Was there
random assignment in this study?

Is the
design experimental, quasi-experimental, pre-experimental, or nonexperimental?

What is the
specific name of the design used in this study?

Is the
study design within subjects or between subjects?

Was there
blinding in this study?

Provide at
least one way in which this study could have been improved based on your
chapter readings.

Here is a
brief summary of the data collection plan of a fictitious study. Read the summary and then respond to the
questions that follow.

Traina
conducted a study to investigate the relationship between adults’ blood
pressure and their suppression of anger.
Data were gathered from a sample of 347 healthy men and women aged 22 to
60 who were members of a gym in Washington DC.
Subjects completed two paper and pencil scales: The Feeling of Anger Scale and the Expression
of Anger Scale. The scales used a 9
point rating scales. Responses to each
scale were summed to yield a total score for each variable. The subjects’ BP was measured by nurses using
zero calibrated aneroid sphygmomanometers.
Weight was measured with subjects wearing only gym shorts and a t-shirt
on an upright scale to the nearest 10th of a pound. Heights was measured without shoes, feet
together. All instruments were assessed
at being below the eighth grade level.
The results indicated for both men and women higher diastolic and
systolic BP was associated with higher levels of suppressed anger even when
various variables were statistically controlled.

Which of
the following types of data were collected in this study (self-report,
observation, biophysiologic, records)?

Were the
data collection methods structured or unstructured?

For which
variables did Traina NOT derive numeric information?

Which of
the following specific methods were used (likert-type scale, semantic
differential scale, event history calendar, rank-order questions, Q-sort)?

Which type
of data collection was used: telephone interview, personal interview, web-based
interview, or self-administered questionnaire?

Was readability
assessed? At what level?

Provide at
least one way that data collection and measurement effort be improved in this
study based on your readings.

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Module 5 Discussion

Clinical
Questions

Choose a
problem or issue that you anticipate within your future advanced nursing
role. Describe this problem in 5
sentences or less.

Formulate a
clinical question using the PICOT format. This question will drive the
literature search for your issue.

To support
and assist in choosing and writing your PICOT in question 1 of this discussion
board, you should have reviewed a minimum of 6-10 articles with at least one
being a quantitative design. List the
6-10 articles here as a response to this #3 question. The articles should be in alphabetical order
and each article should be listed as a full citation using the APA format.

Choose one
of those articles cited in #3 above that is a quantitative article and use the
guide in Box 4.3 of Polit and Beck text
to critique the research problem, research question, and hypothesis in the
article (page 84). Answer each of the 8
questions and discuss the relationship of this article to your PICOT.

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Module 7 Discussion

The Future
of Nursing Theory

Describe
what the following quote means to you.
“Theory without practice is empty and practice without theory is
blind” (*Cross, 1981, p. 110).

Explore the
Sigma website. Based on your exploration of the Sigma Theta
Tau International website, provide 3
specific examples of the globalization of nursing. At least one example must include an example
of an internationally written article from the most recent issue of the Journal
of Nursing Scholarship. You can access
this journal from the Sigma website.

Share the
three most important concepts that you learned this 7 week term.

What were
the two most challenging activities for you confronted in this course? What suggestions do you have related to
addressing those challenges?