Reduction of Preterm Births Among African American Women Discussion

Reduction of Preterm Births Among African American Women Discussion

Reduction of Preterm Births Among African American Women Discussion

Question Description
Need help with my Nursing question – I’m studying for my class.

For the Week 2 Assignment: think about a project you would want to do, and write the hypothesis for that.

Step 1: Write and share a hypothesis related to your area of interest in nursing

Step 2: Read and respond to two other students’ posts.

Cite any sources in APA 7th edition format.

Student #1 Post:

Hypothesis-giving patients more educational resources regarding a new diagnosis will improve their overall health.

Patients who are more knowledgeable about their health are more likely to use self-management techniques, attend follow-up appointments, and ask the appropriate questions to their physician (Heath, 2017). Not everyone learns the same. Each educational experience needs to be tailored to each patient. Some patients learn better by demonstration versus reading a handout; others prefer charts, graphs, videos, powerpoints, etc. Up to 80% of what is told to patients by their physicians is forgotten, so it is vital for follow-up appointments and continuous education. Physicians must also spend time with their patients and promote education.

80% of premature deaths in the ’90s were due to reversible trends. Things like smoking, unhealthy eating habits, and sedentary lifestyles can lead to a diagnosis of heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, and/or cancer. If patients are educated on the importance of eating better, exercising, and taking prescribed medications daily, it will drastically improve health. When patients understand a new or old diagnosis, they feel more in control of their life, and they feel more confident in helping themselves do and feel better. A study completed in 2014 in NYC stated patient education with diabetes improved health outcomes significantly by empowering them with tools for improved self-care and compliance (Huth, 2016). Education is crucial in a new diagnosis to continue to improve health.

Student #2 Post:

The primary hypothesis of this research is the nursing shortage problem is growing due to high turnover and low levels or nursing school graduates. A secondary hypothesis is: dissatisfaction in the workplace is leading to greater turnover by nurses currently in the field.

Turnover is defined as the movement of employees from being hired to leaving the current position voluntarily and not staying with the organization (Reference.com, 2013). The increase of turnover has been associated with avoidable turnover, which is the result of the organizations inability to keep the employee in the organization, which has been estimated to be at a rate of 64% compared to 36% of turnover considered to be unavoidable due to marriage, pregnancy, and other life events (Booyens, 2007). Several factors have been given to explain the cause of the nursing turnover and lack of available skilled nurses within the U.S.; job dissatisfaction, RN age increases, demographic changes in patients, insufficient staffing, recent turnover, and supervisor control have been the major links to this continuing problem that is occuring within the healthcare industry involving nursing staff (Rosseter, 2012; Strachota, Normandin, O’Brien, Clary, & Krukow, 2003). Having such high turnover has been a growing problem for healthcare providers and is causing increased expenses and draining financial assests for every open position within a facility, with an estimated $10,000 to $60,000 cost per vacancy depending on the specificity of the nursing position (Cleary & Rice, 2005). Over 80% of the total expense comes from the vacancy within the staff and the lost productivity by the organization to cover the duties of the missing employee (Strachota, et al., 2003). To compound the sistuation of nursing turnover; the inability to educate nurses is another factor in the lack of available nurses. In 2009, 21% of people would consider becoming an RN as their career profession with only one in ten males viewing it as a possible career choice and in 2006, nursing schools denied 41,683 applications into bachelorate degree nursing programs with the major reason cited as lack of faculty being the issue at 74% (Fox & Abrahamson, 2009).

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.