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Which of the following search statements would be most likely to retrieve relevant articles on the topic of the health risks of genetically modified foods for children with food allergies?

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Part 2
For a course on contemporary issues in science, you are assigned to write a research paper on a current issue. You have chosen the topic “genetically modified foods.” Your assignment indicates that you should use a variety of resources, including books, articles, and Web sites, to find information for your paper.

  1. Applying evaluation criteria for Web sources, which of the following seems most appropriate to use in your research on genetically modified foods?
  1. Web site of a company that produces genetically modified corn, last updated in 2002
  2. annotated bibliography on genetically altered crops published in 2009 by a federal agricultural agency
  3. Web site of a vegetarian activist group that advocates organic food production
  4. essay on genetics in foods posted on a well-known university’s Web site that is unfinished and has no author and no date
  5. allerg* AND (child* OR youth) AND “genetically modified foods”
  6. “genetically modified foods” AND health
  7. (nutrition OR allergies) AND child*
  8. health AND risk AND (child* OR youth) AND allergies
  9. primary
  10. secondary
  11. Narrow your keywords to include more specific terms on the topic
  12. Broaden your keywords and revise your search statement
  13. Change your topic to one that is covered in your textbook
  14. Write the paper using the materials you found
  1. Which of the following search statements would be most likely to retrieve relevant articles on the topic of the health risks of genetically modified foods for children with food allergies?
  1. You have found a journal article that analyzes recent trends in genetically engineered crop research. This article would be considered which type of information?
  1. After searching for information on your topic in the library catalog, Web search tools, and library databases, you have still not found enough material on your topic. What should you do next?

You have found the following database record when searching for articles on your research topic. Use it to answer questions 32–33.
Strategies to Evaluate the Safety of Bioengineered Foods
Delaney, Bryan
International Journal of Toxicology; Sept. 2007, Vol. 26 Issue 5, pp. 389–399
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Genetically modified foods
Transgenic plants
Bioengineering
Herbicide resistance
Pesticide resistance
Herbicides
Analytical biochemistry
Food – Biotechnology
Toxicology

Develop a plan for evaluating the effectiveness of the new BSN curriculum in which you do the following

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PART 2
The role of the nurse educator requires specialized knowledge and skills. Essential competencies include being able to develop relevant curricula for the preparation of future nurses as well as participate in program evaluation activities. Implementation of a nursing education curriculum can be influenced by community stakeholders, available technology, the needs of diverse learners, cultural and societal factors, and interdisciplinary partnerships. This performance assessment addresses strategies for implementing and evaluating a nursing education curriculum.
Scenario:
You are a faculty member on the nursing curriculum committee tasked with transitioning the current associate degree program to a four-year baccalaureate nursing program. The committee has completed the work of designing the new curriculum and it will be fully implemented in approximately eight months.
Requirements:
A.  Discuss ways to keep stakeholders informed about new curriculum development by doing the following:
1.  Discuss two strategies that should be implemented to keep current students in the associate degree program informed about the new curriculum development.
2.  Discuss two strategies that should be implemented to keep healthcare and community agencies informed about the new curriculum development.
 
B.  Discuss the possible challenges and opportunities with curriculum development by doing the following:
1.  Discuss a possible challenge for faculty who may be required to teach in the existing associate degree program and the new BSN program simultaneously.
2.  Discuss how the integration of interdisciplinary partnerships in the new curriculum will enhance student learning.
 
C.  Develop a plan for evaluating the effectiveness of the new BSN curriculum in which you do the following:
1.  Identify one evaluation method you will use to assess the effectiveness of your curriculum design.
2.  Explain the type of data you will need to collect in order to support your evaluation method from part C1.
3.  Explain how data collection can inform course improvement.

Provide one example of a best practice for providing feedback to students in the clinical setting

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Discuss how to facilitate learning through learning objectives and related activities.
1.  Develop one learning activity to assist learners in meeting one of the learning objectives you created in part A2.
a.  Describe how the learning activity meets the learning objective you selected in part G1.
2.  Explain how the learning activity meets one of the following learning styles of the students in the course:
•  visual
•  auditory
•  kinesthetic
 
H.  Discuss the importance of creating a learning activity that promotes critical thinking skills.
1.  Identify one of the following critical thinking strategies that you believe will best facilitate the development of self-reflection skills:
•   case study
•   collaborative learning
•   debate
•   concept mapping
•   simulation
2.  Describe how you would implement the selected strategy from part H1 in the classroom to best facilitate the development of self-reflection skills.
 
I.  Provide one example of a best practice for providing feedback to students in the clinical setting.
 
J.  When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.

Discuss disadvantages of using multiple-choice test items.

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Discuss two of the following types of strategies you will use to evaluate learning outcomes in the Nursing Fundamentals course:
•   portfolio
•   papers and essays
•   role playing
•   oral questioning
•   audio and video recording
•   service learning
 
1.  Describe one advantage for each of the strategies you will use.
2.  Describe one disadvantage for each of the strategies you will use.
 
C.  Describe how criterion- and norm-referenced tests will be used in the Nursing Fundamentals course by doing the following:
1.  Discuss how criterion-referenced tests will be used in the Nursing Fundamentals course.
2.  Discuss how norm-referenced tests will be used in the Nursing Fundamentals course.
 
D.  Discuss construction of test items and responses as it relates to the development of the Nursing Fundamentals course by doing the following:
1.  Discuss advantages of using true-false test items.
2.  Discuss disadvantages of using true-false test items.
3.  Discuss advantages of using multiple-choice test items.
4.  Discuss disadvantages of using multiple-choice test items.
 
E.  Write one multiple-choice item for one of the learning objectives you created in part A2.
1.  Describe key considerations involved with item stem construction.
2.  Describe key considerations involved with developing response options.
3.  Discuss how posttest reviews may benefit students.
 
F.  Identify cultural and societal factors that may impact students’ learning in the classroom.
1.  Describe how a student’s cultural and personal background could impact learning in the classroom.