Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes.

CO1: Examine the sources of evidence that contribute to professional nursing practice. (PO 7)

CO2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (POs 4 & 8)

CO4: Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and significance related to evidence-based practice. (POs 4, 8)

CO5: Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice. (POs 7 & 8)

Due Date

Submit the completed RRL Worksheet by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 6.

Points

This assignment is worth 200 points.

Assignment Directions:

1. Read over each of the following directions, the required Reading Research Literature worksheet, and grading rubric.
2. Review the following link which contains a tutorial for your Week 6 Assignment. Click here for transcript. (Links to an external site.)https://lms.courselearn.net/lms/video/player.html?video=0_jhxsfia6
3. Download and complete the required Reading Research Literature (RRL) worksheet (Links to an external site.).
4. Download or access the required article. The required article must be used. 
   de Araujo, D. D., Silva, D. V. A., Rodrigues, C. A. O., Silva, P. O., Macieira, T. G. R., & Chianca, T. C. M. (2019). Effectiveness of nursing interventions to prevent dry eye in critically ill patients. American Journal of Critical Care, 28(4), 299–306. Retrieved from https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=ccm&AN=137294247&site=eds-live&scope=site  (Links to an external site.)
5. You must use the grading rubric to ensure you are meeting all grading criteria of the worksheet.
6. You are required to complete the worksheet using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the “.docx” format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.edu (Links to an external site.). Click on the envelope at the top of the page.
7. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and in-text APA formatting.
8. Submit the completed Reading Research Literature Worksheet to the Week 6 Assignment.

In a reflection of 450-600 words, explain how you see yourself fitting into the following IOM Future of Nursing recommendations:

1. Recommendation 4: Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80% by 2020.
2. Recommendation 5: Double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020.
3. Recommendation 6: Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning.

Identify your options in the job market based on your educational level.

1. How will increasing your level of education affect how you compete in the current job market?
2. How will increasing your level of education affect your role in the future of nursing?

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin

Rough Draft Qualitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations

 

Write  a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two qualitative  research studies. Use the “Research Critique Guidelines – Part 1”  document to organize your essay. Successful completion of this  assignment requires that you provide rationale, include examples, and  reference content from the studies in your responses.

Use the  practice problem and two qualitative, peer-reviewed research article you  identified in the Topic 1 assignment to complete this assignment.

In  a 1,000–1,250 word essay, summarize two qualitative studies, explain  the ways in which the findings might be used in nursing practice, and  address ethical considerations associated with the conduct of the study.

Prepare  this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style  Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not  required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric  prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the  expectations for successful completion.

Question 1: After sexual transmission of HIV, a person can be infected yet seronegative for _____ months.

Question 2: Once they have penetrated the first line of defense, which microorganisms do neutrophils actively attack, engulf, and destroy by phagocytosis?

Question 3: Which statement about vaccines is true?

Question 4: Cells in _____ may act as a reservoir in which HIV can be relatively protected from antiviral drugs.

Question 5: Which statement is true about fungal infections?

Question 6: What of the following remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide?

Question 7: In a type II hypersensitivity reaction, when soluble antigens from infectious agents enter circulation, tissue damage is a result of

Question 8: What is the mechanism in type III hypersensitivity reactions?

Question 9: Deficiencies in which element can produce depression of both B- and T-cell function?

Question 10: A person with type O blood is likely to have high titers of anti-___ antibodies.

Question 11: Hypersensitivity is best defined as a(n)

Question 12: In which primary immune deficiency is there a partial to complete absence of T-cell immunity?

Question 13: What mechanism occurs in Raynaud phenomenon that classifies it as a type III hypersensitivity reaction?

Question 14: The effect that low serum albumin has on the central stress response is to

Question 15: Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)?

Question 16: Stress-age syndrome results in decreased

Question 17: Exhaustion occurs if stress continues and _____ is not successful.

Question 18: Inherited mutations that predispose to cancer are almost invariably what kind of gene?

Question 19: Which of the viruses below are oncogenic DNA viruses?

Question 20: Which of the following represents the correct nomenclature for benign and malignant tumors of adipose tissue, respectively?

Question 21: Cells from a muscle tumor show a reduced ability to form new muscle and appear highly disorganized. This is an example of

Question 22: What is the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α) in cell metastasis?

Question 23: Which of the following cancers originate from connective tissue?

Question 24: Which characteristic among women correlates with a high morbidity of cancer of the colon, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, breast, uterus, and kidney?

Question 25: What percentage of children with cancer can be cured?

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Question 1: Symptoms of polycythemia vera are mainly the result of

Question 2: Untreated pernicious anemia is fatal, usually because of

Question 3: What is the pathophysiologic process of aplastic anemia?

Question 4: Pernicious anemia generally requires continued therapy lasting

Question 5: The underlying disorder of _____ anemia is defective secretion of intrinsic factor, which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12.

Question 6: Which anemia produces small, pale erythrocytes?

Question 7: What change is seen in leukocytes during an allergic disorder (type I) often caused by asthma, hay fever, and drug reactions?

Question 8: Which of the following is a description consistent with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)?

Question 9: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is described as a(n)

Question 10: Which of the following is a description consistent with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)?

Question 11: Erythroblastosis fetalis is defined as an

Question 12: In a full-term infant, the normal erythrocyte life span is _____ days, whereas the adult is _____ days.

Question 13: The sickle cell trait differs from sickle cell disease in that the child with sickle cell trait

Question 14: Hemophilia B is caused by clotting factor _____ deficiency.

Question 15: Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune process involving antibodies against

Question 16: G6PD and sickle cell disease are

Question 17: An individual who is demonstrating elevated levels of troponin, creatine kinase (CK), and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is exhibiting indicators associated with:

Question 18: Which of the following is manufactured by the liver and primarily contains cholesterol and protein?

Question 19: In systolic heart failure, what effect does angiotensin II have on stroke volume?

Question 20: Which of the following can trigger an immune response within the bloodstream that can result in an embolus?

Question 21: When does most cardiovascular development occur?

Question 22: Which heart defect produces a systolic ejection murmur at the right upper sternal border that transmits to the neck and left lower sternal border with an occasional ejection click?

Question 23: Which congenital heart defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and Down syndrome?

Question 24: An infant has a loud, harsh, holosystolic murmur and systolic thrill that can be detected at the left lower sternal border that radiates to the neck. These clinical findings are consistent with which congenital heart defect?

Question 25: The foramen ovale is covered by a flap that creates a check valve allowing blood to flow unidirectionally from the _____ to the _____.

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Question 5: In hemolytic anemia, jaundice occurs only when

Question 6: Clinical manifestations of mild to moderate splenomegaly and hepatomegaly, bronze-colored skin, and cardiac dysrhythmias are indicative of which anemia?

Question 8: Which proinflammatory cytokines are responsible for the development and maintenance of DIC?

Question 11: Hemolytic disease of the newborn can occur if the mother is

Question 13: The type of anemia that occurs as a result of thalassemia is

Question 14: What is the name of the disorder in which levels of bilirubin remain excessively high in the newborn and are deposited in the brain?

Question 17: The pulsus paradoxus that occurs as a result of pericardial effusion is significant because it reflects the impairment of the

Question 18: Atherosclerosis causes an aneurysm by

Question 20: What alteration occurs in injured endothelial cells that contributes to atherosclerosis?

Question 21: When does most cardiovascular development occur?

Question 25: When does systemic vascular resistance in infants begin to rise?

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Question 3: The body compensates for anemia by

Question 4: In some anemias, the erythrocytes are present in various sizes, which is referred to as

Question 8: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is described as a(n)

Question 12: Polycythemia occurs in a fetus because

Question 17: What is the most common cardiac disorder associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) resulting from myocarditis and infective endocarditis?

Question 18: Cardiac cells can withstand ischemic conditions and still return to a viable state for how many minutes?

Question 20: Which of the following can trigger an immune response within the bloodstream that can result in an embolus?

Question 25: What is the most important clinical manifestation of aortic coarctation in the neonate?

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Question 1: When thirst is experienced, how are osmoreceptors activated?

Question 2: How does the loss of chloride during vomiting cause metabolic alkalosis?

Question 3: At the arterial end of capillaries, fluid moves from the intravascular space into the interstitial space because the

Question 4: What is a major determinant of the resting membrane potential necessary for transmission of nerve impulses?

Question 5: Physiologic pH is maintained around 7.4 because bicarbonate (HCO3) and carbonic acid (H2CO3) exist in a ratio of

Question 6: Water movement between the intracellular fluid compartment and the extracellular compartment is primarily a function of

Question 7: Which are indications of dehydration?

Question 8: A(n) _____ is a circumscribed area of suppuration and destruction of lung parenchyma.

Question 9: Which inflammatory mediators are produced in asthma?

Question 10: Clinical manifestations of pulmonary hypertension include

Question 11: _____ is a fulminant form of respiratory failure characterized by acute lung inflammation and diffuse alveolocapillary injury.

Question 12: Clinical manifestations that include unexplained weight loss, dyspnea on exertion, use of accessory muscles, and tachypnea with prolonged expiration are indicative of

Question 13: Which pleural abnormality involves a site of pleural rupture that act as a one-way valve, permitting air to enter on inspiration but preventing its escape by closing during expiration?

Question 14: In ARDS, alveoli and respiratory bronchioles fill with fluid as a result of the

Question 15: Which of the following is a true statement?

Question 16: In tuberculosis, the body walls off the bacilli in a tubercle by stimulating

Question 17: Pulmonary edema usually begins at a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure or left atrial pressure of _____ mm Hg.

Question 18: Kussmaul respirations may be characterized as a respiratory pattern

Question 19: Which of the following statements about the advances in the treatment of RDS of the newborn is incorrect?

Question 20: Which of the following types of croup is most common?

Question 21: The release of fibroblast growth factors affects ARDS by causing

Question 22: What is the primary cause of RDS of the newborn?

Question 23: Chest wall compliance in infants is _____ in adults.

Question 24: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by a(n)

Question 25: An accurate description of childhood asthma is that it is a(n)

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Question 1: In hyperkalemia, cardiac rhythm changes are a direct result of

Question 3: Why are infants susceptible to significant losses in total body water (TBW)?

Question 5: Chvostek sign and Trousseau sign indicate

Question 6: At the arterial end of capillaries, fluid moves from the intravascular space into the interstitial space because the

Question 8: Dyspnea is not a result of

Question 11: The most successful treatment for chronic asthma begins with

Question 14: Clinical manifestations that include unexplained weight loss, dyspnea on exertion, use of accessory muscles, and tachypnea with prolonged expiration are indicative of

Question 19: What is the primary cause of RDS of the newborn?

Question 20: An accurate description of childhood asthma is that it is a(n)

Question 21: The release of fibroblast growth factors affects ARDS by causing

Question 22: Which immunoglobulin is present in childhood asthma?

Question 23: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by a(n)

Question 3: Why are infants susceptible to significant losses in total body water (TBW)?

Question 6: Which enzyme is secreted by the juxtaglomerular cells of the kidney when circulating blood volume is reduced?

Question 7: Water movement between the intracellular fluid compartment and the extracellular compartment is primarily a function of

Question 10: In ARDS, alveoli and respiratory bronchioles fill with fluid as a result of the

Question 16: High altitudes may produce hypoxemia through

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Question 1: After sexual transmission of HIV, a person can be infected yet seronegative for _____ months.

Question 2: Once they have penetrated the first line of defense, which microorganisms do neutrophils actively attack, engulf, and destroy by phagocytosis?

Question 3: Which statement about vaccines is true?

Question 4: Cells in _____ may act as a reservoir in which HIV can be relatively protected from antiviral drugs.

Question 5: Which statement is true about fungal infections?

Question 6: What of the following remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide?

Question 7: In a type II hypersensitivity reaction, when soluble antigens from infectious agents enter circulation, tissue damage is a result of

Question 8: What is the mechanism in type III hypersensitivity reactions?

Question 9: Deficiencies in which element can produce depression of both B- and T-cell function?

Question 10: A person with type O blood is likely to have high titers of anti-___ antibodies.

Question 11: Hypersensitivity is best defined as a(n)

Question 13: What mechanism occurs in Raynaud phenomenon that classifies it as a type III hypersensitivity reaction?

Question 14: The effect that low serum albumin has on the central stress response is to

Question 15: Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)?

Question 16: Stress-age syndrome results in decreased

Question 17: Exhaustion occurs if stress continues and _____ is not successful.

Question 18: Inherited mutations that predispose to cancer are almost invariably what kind of gene?

Question 19: Which of the viruses below are oncogenic DNA viruses?

Question 20: Which of the following represents the correct nomenclature for benign and malignant tumors of adipose tissue, respectively?

Question 21: Cells from a muscle tumor show a reduced ability to form new muscle and appear highly disorganized. This is an example of

Question 22: What is the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α) in cell metastasis?

Question 23: Which of the following cancers originate from connective tissue?

Question 24: Which characteristic among women correlates with a high morbidity of cancer of the colon, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, breast, uterus, and kidney?

Question 25: What percentage of children with cancer can be cured?

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Question 1: What of the following remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide?

Question 4: Which statement is true about fungal infections?

Question 6: What is the role of reverse transcriptase in HIV infection?

Question 7: Deficiencies in which element can produce depression of both B- and T-cell function?

Question 8: What is the mechanism in type III hypersensitivity reactions?

Question 9: During an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction, what causes bronchospasm?

Question 11: In a type II hypersensitivity reaction, when soluble antigens from infectious agents enter circulation, tissue damage is a result of

Question 12: What mechanism occurs in Raynaud phenomenon that classifies it as a type III hypersensitivity reaction?

Question 13: The class of antibody involved in type I hypersensitivity reactions is

Question 14: Which hormone increases the formation of glucose from amino acids and free fatty acids?

Question 15: Exhaustion occurs if stress continues and _____ is not successful.

Question 16: Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)?

Question 17: The effect that low serum albumin has on the central stress response is to

Question 18: Intestinal polyps are benign neoplasms and the first stage in development of colon cancer. These findings support the notion that

Question 19: Which of the following cancers originate from connective tissue?

Question 20: What is the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α) in cell metastasis?

Question 21: Which cytokine is involved in producing cachexia syndrome?

Question 23: Which of the viruses below are oncogenic DNA viruses?

Question 25: Childhood exposure to all of the following risk factors increases susceptibility to cancer except

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Question 7: What disease involves the deposition of circulating immune complexes containing an antibody against host DNA, resulting in tissue damage?

Question 14: Stress-induced norepinephrine results in

Question 15: What effect does estrogen have on lymphocytes?

Question 19: Many cancers create a mutation of ras. What is ras?

Question 20: Which cytokine is involved in producing cachexia syndrome?

Question 21: By what process does the ras gene convert from a proto-oncogene to an oncogene?

Question 24: Tobacco smoking is associated with cancers of all of the following except

Question 11: What mechanism occurs in Raynaud phenomenon that classifies it as a type III hypersensitivity reaction?

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Question 1: When thirst is experienced, how are osmoreceptors activated?

Question 3: In hyperkalemia, cardiac rhythm changes are a direct result of

Question 4: How does the loss of chloride during vomiting cause metabolic alkalosis?

Question 15: In ARDS, alveoli and respiratory bronchioles fill with fluid as a result of the

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Question 1: A woman complains of chronic gastritis, fatigue, weight loss, and tingling in her fingers. Laboratory findings show low hemoglobin and hematocrit levels, and a high mean corpuscular volume. These findings are consistent with _____ anemia.

Question 2: Symptoms of polycythemia vera are mainly the result of

Question 3: Untreated pernicious anemia is fatal, usually because of

Question 4: The underlying disorder of _____ anemia is defective secretion of intrinsic factor, which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12.

Question 5: What is the pathophysiologic process of aplastic anemia?

Question 6: Pernicious anemia generally requires continued therapy lasting

Question 7: Which proinflammatory cytokines are responsible for the development and maintenance of DIC?

Question 8: What change is seen in leukocytes during an allergic disorder (type I) often caused by asthma, hay fever, and drug reactions?

Question 9: Local signs and symptoms of Hodgkin disease–related lymphadenopathy are a result of

Question 10: What is the most common cause of vitamin K deficiency?

Question 11: Hemolytic disease of the newborn can occur if the mother is

Question 12: The type of anemia that occurs as a result of thalassemia is

Question 13: The sickle cell trait differs from sickle cell disease in that the child with sickle cell trait

Question 14: Hemophilia B is caused by clotting factor _____ deficiency.

Question 15: In a full-term infant, the normal erythrocyte life span is _____ days, whereas the adult is _____ days.

Question 16: G6PD and sickle cell disease are

Question 17: Atherosclerosis causes an aneurysm by

Question 18: An individual who is demonstrating elevated levels of troponin, creatine kinase (CK), and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is exhibiting indicators associated with:

Question 19: Which form of cardiomyopathy is characterized by ventricular dilation and grossly impaired systolic function, leading to dilated heart failure?

Question 20: Which of the following can trigger an immune response within the bloodstream that can result in an embolus?

Question 21: The foramen ovale is covered by a flap that creates a check valve allowing blood to flow unidirectionally from the _____ to the _____.

Question 22: When does most cardiovascular development occur?

Question 23: When does systemic vascular resistance in infants begin to rise?

Question 24: What is the most important clinical manifestation of aortic coarctation in the neonate?

Question 25: Which congenital heart defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and Down syndrome?