Introduction Nursing researchers have been using Pender’s Health Promotion model to facilitate lifestyle changes, and bring about increased protection and improvement in public health. One of the major public health concerns for many nations is Diabetes. According to Ho, Berggren, & Dahlborg-Lyckhage (2010), 246 million people worldwide have diabetes, equating to almost 6% of the world’s adult population, with 80% of these people live in developing nations. This diabetes prevalence is further
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Contents Page Chapter One - Abstract…………………………………………………….Pages 3 -4 Chapter Two –Introduction and Rationale ………………………..….…Pages 4 - 6 Chapter Three – Search Strategy…………………………………………Pages 6 – 9 Chapter Four – Theme One………………………………………..………Pages 9 -13 Chapter Five – Theme Two…………………………………….…………..Pages 13 - 17 Chapter Six – Theme Three…………………………………………….….Pages 17 - 20 Chapter Seven – Conclusion and Recommendation…..………….……..Pages 20 - 25 Reference List and ……………………………………………………………Pages 26-32
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The Role of Empathy and Collective Guilt in Predicting Negative Attitudes Toward Indigenous Australians. The sustained discord between non-Indigenous and Indigenous Australians has been well noted throughout Australia’s national history. Over recent times there has been a notable increase in interest regarding the social-psychological factors that may contribute to this sustained disharmony (Bretherton, Balvin, & SpringerLink, 2012). In particular, social psychologists have shown explicit
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“The critical appraisal of the research evidence associated with an area of my professional practice” Introduction I am going to critically appraise of research evidence on treatment of urinary stress incontinence in women with obesity. I chose this topic because currently I am working in urology department in hospital X, I am always have the chance to deal with women experiencing stress incontinence. In current practice we will teach them behavioral intervention program (pelvic floor exercise
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Qualitative Research: Clinical Scenario You are a community nurse working with Vera, an 88 year old female. She lives in her own home and has done so for 35 years but her two daughters are often present. You know the family well as you have been coming in for over a year to dress Vera's venous leg ulcer and to help manage her chronic pain from osteoporosis. Twice in the last year she has fallen and she recently fell again sustaining severe bruising to her face and left side. Both the family and
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Introduction This assignment will initially identify my chosen research statement along with its relevance to contemporary nursing practice. A discussion of how research provides an evidence base and how the literature search was carried out will follow. From here I will critically appraise two research articles, one article will be based on qualitative research and the other quantitative research. A conclusion will then be formed of how the articles either supported or did not support the research
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methodology, analysis and interpretation of findings (Harder, 2014; Burls, 2009; Whiffin and Hasselder, 2013). It could be said that a good critical assessment plays a vital in evidence-based practice. Therefore, a critical appraisal skills programme (CASP, 2009) checklist will be used to evaluate the selected paper for this
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I work as a community nurse and I have recently become intrigued about one of my patients requiring treatment for a leg ulcer. For the purpose of this assignment I shall call her MA, because as a nurse and a professional I have professional and ethical duty to protect patient identities (Quacker Nursing Council [QNC]2010). My rationale for selection of topic is that Leg ulcers (LU) cost this country’s health service an estimated 200million quars per year in hospitalisation fees for those individuals
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The security industry is no longer the simple entity it was once considered, over the decade or so it has become a very diverse profession and can be compared to both the medical and legal professions. Changes in technology and the events of 9/11 have forever changed the face of the security industry and has lead to the diversification of the field. Where it was thought that security consisted of only security guards patrolling an area or watching CCTV, the industry now specializes in areas spanning
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Volume 3, number 2 What is critical appraisal? Sponsored by an educational grant from AVENTIS Pharma Alison Hill BSC FFPHM FRCP Director, and Claire Spittlehouse BSc Business Manager, Critical Appraisal Skills Programme, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford q Critical appraisal is the process of systematically examining research evidence to assess its validity, results and relevance before using it to inform a decision. q Critical appraisal is an essential part of evidence-based clinical
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