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Research the Affordable Care Act at: https://www.healthcare.gov/choose-a-plan/plans-categories/. Explain how this system will function. What consumer-costs and services are likely to be associated in each metal tier? Explore the implications of this type of system for specific population groups.
2. Utilizing the various Focused Assessment questions from chapter 5 of the textbook, identify members of a culture (different from your own) and perform a cultural assessment. Write a summary of your findings in relation to potential impacts on health which can be attributed to cultural perspectives, practices, views, communication, customs, beliefs, behaviors and cultural norms.
3. Complete Chapter 6 Case Study.
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Assignment:
Complete an EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING PRACTICE PROJECT.
Purpose
To enable the student to use medical and nursing databases to find research articles that will provide evidence to validate nursing interventions regarding a specific area of nursing practice.
Guidelines
1. Select a topic from the list below.
2. Select five research articles from the databases on your topic.
3. Determine if a national guideline or evidence-based systematic review has been completed on your topic.
4. Answer the following questions regarding your research articles using APA format.
1. Identify the article that best supports nursing interventions for your topic.
2. Discuss how the other four articles either support or refute the findings of the research article identified above.
3. Of the five research articles, identify which article has developed the best research design. Explain.
4. Of the five research articles, identify which article has most clearly developed the purpose or problem statement. Explain.
5. Of the five research articles, identify which article has the best sample size for their research problem. Explain.
6. Of the five research articles, identify which article has made the best and most accurate conclusions from their findings. Explain.
7. Compare your analysis of the five articles with the national guidelines and/or evidence-based systematic review. Explain if your analysis is similar or different from the national guidelines and/or evidence-based systematic review.
Format:
1. Use APA format.
2. Assignment should be 1000-1200 words in length
3. Typed: 12-point font.
4. Include all five articles with paper.
TOPICS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING PRACTICE PROJECT
• Oral care
• Restraints
• Pain management
• IV catheter dwell time
• Medication administration
• Preoperative teaching
• Postoperative complications
• Deep breathing and coughing postoperatively
• Foley catheters