Perform a quality analysis on three (3) nursing homes in your community

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RANK THE NURSING HOMES FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST BASED ON THEIR QUALITY RATINGS.

You are a new data analyst at Liberty Hospital. The HIM Director has asked you to put together a quick report for her to use in an upcoming meeting. The report will focus on the conditions of nursing homes in your area (city/state).
Often times in healthcare you may be asked to perform tasks with little or no direction. For this assignment, you will need to use your critical thinking skills to determine which information will be helpful to the HIM director.
In order to develop this report, perform an Internet search for Medicare.gov’s Nursing Home Compare website. In a 1-2 page report, written in APA format complete the following:

  1. Perform a quality analysis on three (3) nursing homes in your community. Note any information that would be helpful to the HIM Director. You can use the Kansas City Area
  2. Rank the nursing homes from highest to lowest based on their quality ratings.
  3. Be sure your report is free of spelling and grammar errors.
  4.  wanted to direct you to the CMS link for Nursing Homes to assist you in completing this week’s assignment. For this assignment you are the data analyst and have been tasked with putting together a report that focuses on the conditions of nursing homes in your area.Often times in healthcare you may be asked to perform tasks with little or no direction. For this assignment, you will need to use your critical thinking skills to determine which information will be helpful to the HIM director.In order to develop this report, perform an Internet search for Medicare.gov’s Nursing Home Compare website. In a 1-2 page report describing 3 nursing homes in your area and ranking them from first to last.  
    I have provided the link CMS link below to help you get started.  You will also need to research the local nursing home for your specific area.

Discuss why it is important for nurses to understand the basics of these statistical methods.

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GENERATING AND ASSESSING EVIDENCE FOR NURSING PRACTICE

Learning Resources Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus. Required Readings Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2017). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

For this week’s Discussion, you are assigned to a group. Each group is assigned one of the following chapters. You are only be responsible for reading your assigned chapter. The Instructor will notify you of your group and assigned chapter by Day 1 of this week.
Chapter 18, “Multivariate Statistics” In this chapter, the focus shifts to multivariate statistics. These are often used when the data analysis involves three or more variables. The multivariate tests described include simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), causal modeling, and event history analysis.
Discussion: Data Analysis—Small Group Discussion As a nurse engaged in evidence-based practice, it is important to recognize how statistics and other data analysis tools are used to generate and assess evidence. Most nurses need only a foundational understanding of statistical tools and terminology to understand the majority of research studies. As a nurse, you should be able to recognize the most commonly used statistical tests, how and when they are used, and how significance is determined. In this Discussion, you examine different types of statistics and statistical tests, when and why these particular tests would be selected for use, and, most importantly, what the results indicate. To this end, you will be assigned to a group by Day 1 of this week. Each group will be assigned one of the five chapters listed in this week’s Learning Resources and will develop a study sheet on their chapter that will be shared with the other groups. Review the information in your assigned chapter. As a group, develop a 1-page study sheet that includes the following: The key concepts of the chapter: Focus on the basic concepts that are important for nurses to understand as they review research studies. A description of the statistical methods covered in the chapter, what they measure, and under what circumstances they are used. Identify examples of how the statistical methods have been used in research studies. An explanation of the key statistical tests and how they measure significance (if applicable). Note: This should be a collaborative effort, with each member of the group making contributions to the design and content of the study sheet. Use the Groups link on the left navigation bar to collaborate with your group. When you have developed your 1-page study sheet, select one member to post it to the Week 9 Discussion Forum so that the rest of your colleagues can access it. To prepare: By Day 5 Post your group’s study sheet. Discuss why it is important for nurses to understand the basics of these statistical methods.

UR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES

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UR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUESFINAL PROJECTSTUDENTS PLEASE NOT

UR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES Final Project Students Please Note: This assignment must be submitted to turnitin.com.The Turnitin originality report MUST be submitted in PDF format. At the link below is a screenshot with instructions:Screenshot with PDF InstructionsAssignments submitted with turnitin reports in any other format will not be graded.Reference the “Turnitin Requirement” section of the course Syllabus (orUsing Turnitin for Assignments on the Topic List Page) for general instructions. Upload both your assignment and the originality report within the assignment link.OVERVIEWThe purpose of this assignment is to encourage you to develop information literacy skills, effectively use APA format in creating a formal paper, develop clear and concise writing skills, and increase your knowledge and understanding of nursing informatics and healthcare information technology concepts.FINAL PAPER TOPIC GUIDELINESChoose a topic from the course in which you have an interest. Apply theory and content from the course modules, informed by current literature and course materials. Some possible topics include the following:The Electronic Health Record (EHR)Note: The theoretical framework presented in Written Assignment 1 will serve as the underlying foundation for the paper. Here, you are todemonstrate how it may be applied to a specific nursing informatics issue.Using that topic and the theoretical framework or model, write a paper that must be between 3750 to 6000 words (15 to 20 pages) in narrative, not including the title and reference pages. This assignment is worth 25% of the final course grade.The paper should follow APA format and include the following sections:AbstractIntroductionBackgroundBodyImplications and conclusions with future directionsReferences (minimum 7 to 10)Please note that this is a high level guide, but you should refer to the grading rubric for a comprehensive description of the paper requirements.WRITING AND RESEARCH RESOURCESThe following links provide online writing and research aids to help you with your paper assignments.OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue UniversityWriter’s Handbook, the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin–MadisonAPA GuidelinesInformation Literacy for TESU Students (an online guide from the New Jersey State Library to assist you in starting your research, searching databases for articles, citing sources, using ILLiad to request books or articles, etc.)

How would you set up the PICOT question (use all of the elements P-I-C-O-T)?

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YOU HAVE NOTICED A NURSING DILEMMA ON YOUR MEDICAL – SURGICAL NURSING UNIT.

You have noticed a nursing dilemma on your medical – surgical nursing unit. There is a piece of equipment that everyone has been trained to use. It is used to digitally weigh the patient in pounds and kilograms. It was determined that the patients weight would be recorded in pounds only by the nursing assistants as it was easier for them to understand. Recently, you have started taking dialysis patients whose weight must be recorded in Kilograms. The nursing assistants are told to weigh dialysis patient in both pounds and kilograms, record it and report it to the nurse. When you manually calculate the weight from pounds to kilograms, you notice that there seems to be a discrepancy as the weigh in pounds does not equal the weight in kilograms when manually calculated. This is happening with all of the dialysis patients. This has become a concern as the scale has been checked several times; it is weighing correctly. You speak to the nursing director and are given permission to determine the source of the problem. How would you set up the PICOT question (use all of the elements P-I-C-O-T)? How you would set up the study to answer this question?