Nursing

Data Mining Software Exercise
Data Mining Software Exercise
Week 5 Data Mining Software Exercise
This assignment gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to use data mining software.
Download the program RapidMiner (available for Windows or MAC IOS 10.8+) from: https://rapidminer.com/ and register using your WCU student email. (After the 15-day free trial, you can register for a free education license if you’d like. You’ll receive an email from RapidMiner with instructions.)
When you open the program for the first time, tutorials will automatically come up on the left side of the platform’s screen. If you lose this window, click on the file folder icon a the top and choose the Learn option to get it back.
Complete each tutorial within the program and take a screenshot of the results as you finish each one. (list of tutorials provided below)
After you finish the tutorials, submit your screenshots for grading.
Basics
Operators and Processes
Modeling
Accessing Data
Filtering and Sorting
Merging and Grouping
Creating and Removing Columns
Changing Types and Roles
More Modeling
Data Handling
Handle Missing Values
Normalization and Outlier Detection
Pivoting and Renaming
Macros and Sampling
Looping, Branching, and Appending
Writing Data
Modeling, Scoring and Validation
Modeling
Scoring
Test Splits and Validation
Cross Validation
Visual Model Comparison
RapidMiner Server
RapidMiner Radoop
See Assignment Resources below for further RapidMiner support videos.
Week 5 Data Mining Software Exercise
This assignment gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to use data mining software.
Download the program RapidMiner (available for Windows or MAC IOS 10.8+) from: https://rapidminer.com/ and register using your WCU student email. (After the 15-day free trial, you can register for a free education license if you’d like. You’ll receive an email from RapidMiner with instructions.)
When you open the program for the first time, tutorials will automatically come up on the left side of the platform’s screen. If you lose this window, click on the file folder icon a the top and choose the Learn option to get it back.
Complete each tutorial within the program and take a screenshot of the results as you finish each one. (list of tutorials provided below)
After you finish the tutorials, submit your screenshots for grading.
Basics
Operators and Processes
Modeling
Accessing Data
Filtering and Sorting
Merging and Grouping
Creating and Removing Columns
Changing Types and Roles
More Modeling
Data Handling
Handle Missing Values
Normalization and Outlier Detection
Pivoting and Renaming
Macros and Sampling

Assignment: Peer Response Discussion
Assignment: Peer Response Discussion
Assignment: Peer Response Discussion
Week 8 discussion This week you will be working on an evaluation plan that will be attached to your EBP in Week 9. Submit your Evaluation Plan to the DB –listed as 1-2-3… As you work on your capstone project proposal, you will want to share your progress with your peers and instructor and seek or provide guidance or share insights. By due date assigned, go to the Discussion Area and post responses to the discussion question. All responses should be posted to the appropriate topic in this Discussion Area. It is important to support what you say with relevant citations in the APA format from both the course materials and outside resources. Include the South University online library in your research activities utilizing not only the nursing resource database, but also those pertaining to education, business, and human resources. Supporting one—Challenging one. By the end of the week , comment on the responses of at least two other students by supporting a minimum of one post and challenging a minimum of one post. You will want to focus on their point of view, asking pertinent questions, adding to the responses by including information from other sources, and respectfully challenging a point of view, supported by references to other sources. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language. All comments should be posted to the appropriate topic in this Discussion Area. Please only start a new thread with your original post. Hit reply to respond to a peer.
Assignment: Peer Response Discussion
In , peer response is a form of collaborative learning in which writers meet (usually in small groups, either face-to-face or online) to respond to one another’s work. Also called peer review and peer feedback.
In Steps to Writing Well (2011), Jean Wyrick summarizes the nature and purpose of peer response in an academic setting: “By offering reactions, suggestions, and questions (not to mention moral support), your classroom colleagues may become some of your best writing teachers.”
The pedagogy of student collaboration and peer response has been an established field in composition studies since the late 1970s.

Assignment: Week6 Project Complete
Assignment: Week6 Project Complete
Assignment: Week6 Project Complete
Week 6 Project Complete Evidence Table as described in the Evidence Table Worksheet. Include Week 4 worksheet with completed Evidence Table. Evidence Table Worksheet I. PICOT Question: plus 1. Will you have a comparison group or will subjects be their own controls? 2. Is a ‘time’ appropriate with your question—why or why not? II. Evidence Synthesis
When searching for evidence-based information, one should select the highest level of evidence possible–systematic reviews or meta-analyses. Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and critically-appraised topics/articles have all gone through an evaluation process: they have been “filtered.” Information that has not been critically appraised is considered “unfiltered.”
As you move up the pyramid, however, fewer studies are available; it’s important to recognize that high levels of evidence may not exist for your clinical question. If this is the case, you’ll need to move down the pyramid if your quest for resources at the top of the pyramid is unsuccessful.
Meta-Analysis: A systematic review that uses quantitative methods to summarize the results.
Systematic Review: Authors have systematically searched for, appraised, and summarised all of the medical literature for a specific topic.
Critically Appraised Topic: Authors evaluate and synthesize multiple research studies.
Critically Appraised Articles: Authors evaluate and synopsize individual research studies.
Randomized Controlled Trials: Include a randomized group of patients in an experimental group and a control group. These groups are followed up for the variables/outcomes of interest.
Cohort Study: Identifies two groups (cohorts) of patients, one which did receive the exposure of interest, and one which did not, and following these cohorts forward for the outcome of interest.
Case-Control Study: Identifies patients who have the outcome of interest (cases) and control patients without the same outcome, and looks for exposure of interest.
Background Information/Expert Opinion: Handbooks, encyclopedias, and textbooks often provide a good foundation or introduction and often include generalized information about a condition. While background information presents a convenient summary, often it takes about three years for this type of literature to be published.
Animal Research/Lab Studies: Information begins at the bottom of the pyramid: this is where ideas and laboratory research takes place. Ideas turn into therapies and diagnostic tools, which then are tested with lab models and animals.

Assignment: Alternative Pychological Therapies
Assignment: Alternative Pychological Therapies
Week 11 assignment
Assignment: Practicum – Week 11 SOAP Note
Select a geriatric patient that you examined during the last 3 weeks. The patient you select should be currently taking at least five prescription and/or over-the-counter drugs. With this patient in mind, address the following in a SOAP Note:
Subjective: What was the patient’s subjective complaint? What details did the patient provide regarding his or her personal and medical history? Include a list of prescription and over-the-counter drugs the patient is currently taking. Compare this list to the Beers Criteria and consider alternative drugs if appropriate.
Objective: What observations did you make during the physical assessment? What functional assessments were used?
Assessment: What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses. List them from top priority to least priority.
Plan: What was your plan for diagnostics and primary diagnosis? What was your plan for treatment and management including alternative therapies? What is your care plan for patient? How would you offer caregiver support?
Reflection notes: What would you do differently in a similar patient evaluation? How might you improve your assessment, diagnosis, and/or plan through interprofessional collaboration?
Please refer to the Learning Resources in Week 3 for guidance on writing SOAP Notes.
By Day 7 of Week 11
This Assignment is due.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Assignment using the following naming convention: “WK11AssgnPX+lastname+first initial”.
Click the Week 11 Assignment – Part X link.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK11AssgnPX+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open. If you are submitting multiple files, repeat until all files are attached.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Assignment: Chronic Wounds in Nursing
Assignment: Chronic Wounds in Nursing
Week 3 discussion
For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.
To support your work, use your course and text readings and articles from the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Cite sources for your responses to other classmates. Complete your participation for this assignment by the end of the week.
Variables in a Research Study and Data Collection
In this assignment, you will explore the variables and data collection involved in a research study.
Complete the following task:
Read the following and choose one of the articles from the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) Database in the South University Online Library:
Course Content Related to Chronic Wounds in Nursing Degree Programs in Spain
Health Empowerment among Immigrant Women in Transnational Marriages in Taiwan
Discussion
Read the process for data collection employed in the study. As a part of your discussion response, identify the method used in the study.
Provide a bulleted list of the five tasks performed as part of data collection in the study. Follow the bulleted list in the summary as key points. Enter your responses in the organizer.
Citations should conform to APA guidelines. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources.
Week 4 discussion
For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.
To support your work, use your course and text readings and articles from the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Cite sources for your responses to other classmates. Complete your participation for this assignment by the end of the week.
Ethics in Healthcare
In this assignment, you will study the role of ethics in healthcare.
Based on your research, respond to one of the following discussion questions:
Discussion Question 1
Read the following article:
A Computer-Based Education Intervention to Enhance Surrogates’ Informed Consent for Genomics Research
Ethics guidelines now require that individuals give informed consent to participate in research. Existing ethical guidelines do not help us decide how to seek consent and have allowed managerial experimentation to remain unchecked.
Based on your understanding of the topic and the article, answer the following question:
Do you think that alternative forms of community consent should be actively pursued? Why or why not? How would you feel if your medical records were examined and included in research without your consent based on an illness in the past?
Discussion Question 2
Scenario
Two nurse researchers are interested in studying whether a pain assessment tool for critical care patients is valid and reliable when applied to a group of patients who cannot communicate verbally due to mechanical ventilation. They design a validation study in which randomly selected patients will be assessed using the tool after a painful procedure (tracheal suctioning) and after a nonpainful procedure (oral care). If patient responses result in higher scores after the painful procedure than after the nonpainful one, then the researchers will conclude that the tool is effective for these patients in differentiating pain responses from responses to nursing procedures in general.
Using the checklist in the text, discuss and draw a conclusion as to whether this study will likely be exempt, expedited, or full review. Would the study be considered ethical? Explain your rationale.
Discussion Question 3
Research a historical experiment that impacted or helped shape the development of ethical codes and regulations. Discuss the experiment and discuss the rights violated within the study (if any). Discuss any outcomes or legislature associated with the study. What type of consent would have been needed to make the study ethical and valid?
Citations should conform to APA guidelines. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources or connect to the APA Style website through the APA icon below.

Assignment: Neurologic System Lobes
Assignment: Neurologic System Lobes
Assignment: Neurologic System Lobes
Week 11 Chapter 22. Neurologic System Lobes and principal fissures of the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and brainstem (left hemisphere, lateral view). Make a chart differentiating between descending and ascending spinal tracts. What occurs if the spinal cord is incompletely severed? Describe the nervous system. Name the three major units of the brain. Differentiate between the descending spinal tracts and the ascending spinal tracts of the spinal cord. What is the function of the pituitary gland? Name the fourth cranial nerve and state its function. List the risk factors for cerebrovascular accidents. Why is the 5.07 monofilament test used? Explain the 0 to 4+ scale for scoring deep tendon reflexes. Scoring deep tendon reflexes You are observing the neurologic examination of a 75-year-old man. You notice that before beginning the physical examination, the examiner asks the patient whether he is currently taking any medication. Why is it important to assess medications used by older adults? What is the potential long-range effect on a child if meningitis occurs during the first year of life? EI, a 44-year-old patient, comes in for a follow-up visit regarding his diabetes. Today he is complaining of numbness, tingling, and burning in his feet. His recent laboratory studies demonstrate an elevated hemoglobin A1c and hyperlipidemia. You diagnose him with peripheral neuropathy. 1- What are the possible etiologies of the peripheral neuropathy? What is the most likely cause? 2- Describe the patient’s objective findings with peripheral neuropathy. 3- What is the best physical assessment technique to determine peripheral neuropathy.

Assignment: Healthcare Professionals
Assignment: Healthcare Professionals
Assignment: Healthcare Professionals
Week 2 discussion Discussion Prompt 1 What opportunities do you see for CDS to facilitate the work of healthcare professionals? Explain how usability is important when integrating clinical decision support. Discussion Prompt 2 Discuss the importance of the user experience when implementing or changing components of health information technology. Outline a usability test for one module of your current EHR. Include the elements discussed in the chapter in your proposed usability test. Describe why you chose the methods you did.
The comprises a wide variety of professions and occupations who provide some type of healthcare service, including such direct care practitioners as , , , , and , as well as such as , , , and . They often work in hospitals, healthcare centres and other service delivery points, but also in academic training, research, and administration. Some provide care and treatment services for patients in private homes. Many countries have a large number of who work outside formal healthcare institutions. , , and other and support workers are also considered a vital part of health care teams.
Healthcare practitioners are commonly grouped into . Within each field of expertise, practitioners are often classified according to skill level and skill specialization. “Health professionals” are highly skilled workers, in professions that usually require extensive knowledge including university-level study leading to the award of a first degree or higher qualification. This category includes physicians, physician assistants, dentists, midwives, radiographers, registered nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, optometrists, operating department practitioners and others. Allied health professionals, also referred to as “health associate professionals” in the , support implementation of health care, treatment and referral plans usually established by medical, nursing, and other health professionals, and usually require formal qualifications to practice their profession. In addition, assist with providing health care services as permitted.

Assignment: Heart Palpitations Discussion
Assignment: Heart Palpitations Discussion
Assignment: Heart Palpitations Discussion
Week 3 discussion Mr. Russell is a 69-year-old male who presents to your clinic with complaints heart palpitations and light headedness on and off for the past month. He has a history of hypertension and is currently prescribed HCTZ. Vital Signs: B/P 180/95, Irregular HR 78, Resp. 20, Weight 99 kilograms Lower extremities with moderate 3+edema noted bilaterally, ABD + BS, Neuro AOX3, Labs: NA 143mEq/L, CL 99 mmol/L BUN 18mg/dL, Hbg 15. What are your treatment goals for Mr. Russell today? What is your pharmacologic plan; please state your rationale for your plan? What are five key patient education points based on your plan? How would your plan change if your patient is African American?A heart palpitation is the sensation that your heart has skipped a beat or added an extra beat. It may feel like your heart is racing, pounding, or fluttering. You may become overly aware of your heartbeat. … Most heart palpitations are harmless and resolve on their own without treatment
Causes of heart palpitations
Possible causes of heart palpitations include:
strenuous exercise
caffeine
nicotine from tobacco products such as cigarettes and cigars
stress
anxiety
fear
panic
dehydration
hormonal changes, including pregnancy
electrolyte abnormalities
low blood sugar
anemia
overactive thyroid, or hyperthyroidism
low levels of oxygen or carbon dioxide in the blood
blood loss
shock
a fever
over-the-counter (OTC) medications, including cold and cough medications, herbal supplements, and nutritional supplements
prescription medications, including beta-blockers, asthma inhalers, and decongestants
illegal drugs, such as amphetamines and cocaine
heart disease
arrhythmia, or an irregular heart rhythm
abnormal heart valves
smoking
Most heart palpitations are harmless, but they can indicate you have an illness when you also have:
an arrhythmia
a diagnosed heart disease
heart disease risk factors
a defective heart valve

Discuss:Assessed for Skin Wounds
Discuss:Assessed for Skin Wounds
Week 10 assignment
Assignment 2: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry
Reflect on geriatric patients from your practicum site. Consider frail elder patients that you have assessed for skin wounds such as bumps, bruises, shingles, herpes, bullous pemphigoid, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, etc. Explain the consequences of these types of wounds for frail elders. Then, describe a patient case including the care plan for assessment, diagnoses, treatment, management, and patient education. Explain whether the patient’s care plan was effective. Include how you might proceed differently in the future. If you did not have an opportunity to evaluate a patient with this background during the last 8 weeks, you can select a related case study or reflect on previous clinical experiences.
By Day 7 of Week 10
This Assignment is due. Please submit the Journal Entries (Weeks 8, 9 and 10) by Day 7 of Week 10.
Assignment: Practicum – Week 9 Journal Entry
An advance directive is a legal document that defines a patient’s wishes for medical care. This document is a way for patients to share their wishes with family members and health care providers when their illness or mental capacity prevents them from making decisions. As an advanced practice nurse who has care discussions with patients and their families, you need to not only be familiar with the process of completing an advance directive, but also understand how this document might impact your role in patient care and treatment.
Journal Entry Part 1
For the first part of your journal entry, reflect on the Five Wishes presented on the Five Wishes website and PDF and complete your Five Wishes. Explain your state’s requirements for advance directives, including whether your Five Wishes can be turned into a formal document. Then, explain how your experience of completing your Five Wishes advance directive will help you guide discussions with patients and their families. Finally, explain how you might apply the Five Wishes advance directives to your nursing practice. Include how this advance directive might benefit patients in decision making for specialized areas of care.
Journal Entry Part 2
For the second part of your journal entry, reflect on geriatric patients from your practicum site with disorders related to specialized areas of care, such as oncology, nephrology, urology, gynecology, and neurology. Describe a case of a frail elder patient who must make decisions related to specialized areas of care. Then, explain potential patient outcomes and include whether treatments would be beneficial and how they would impact the patient’s quality of life. Finally, describe the patient’s wishes in terms of treatments and interventions for the disorder (Was there an advanced directive?) and how the patient might want to spend any remaining time. Include how environmental factors, such as family, caregivers, ethnicity, culture, religion, and/or personal values, might impact decision making for treatments and interventions. If you did not have an opportunity to evaluate a patient with this background during the last 9 weeks, you can select a related case study or reflect on previous clinical experiences.
By Day 7 of Week 10
This Assignment is due. You will submit this Week 9 Journal Entry, Week 8 Journal Entry and the Week 10 Journal Entry by Day 7 of Week 10.
Assignment: Practicum – Week 10 Journal Entry
Elder abuse is any intentional or negligent behavior that results in physical, sexual, emotional, pharmacological, and/or financial abuse. Unfortunately, abuse is sometimes difficult to identify, and elders are often hesitant or unable to report abuse themselves (Administration on Aging, n.d.). This makes it important for health care providers to regularly monitor for signs of abuse and react according to local and state laws.
Journal Entry Part 1
For the first part of your journal entry, select and describe one of the following types of elder abuse: physical, sexual, mental/emotional/verbal, pharmacological, or financial. Explain strategies for identifying this abuse. Then, explain how you would proceed based on your local and state laws once you have identified this abuse in a patient. Describe resources in your community that assist victims of this type of abuse and explain how you, as the advanced practice nurse, might apply these resources for abused elders who are identified in the clinical setting.
Journal Entry Part 2
For the second part of your journal entry, reflect on the different cultures—ethnic, religious, regional, or generational—of the elder patient population at your practicum site. Describe the cultures you have observed and explain the influence of these cultures on the prevalence and detection of elder abuse. Then, explain how culture might impact the way you would implement resources for preventing or addressing abuse.
By Day 7 of Week 10
This Assignment is due. You will submit this Week 10 Journal Entry, Week 8 Journal Entry and the Week 9 Journal Entry by Day 7 of Week 10.
For the Journal Entries —which are assessed with a Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U) score—the numerical grade will show as 0 points and the “S” or “U” will be posted in the Feedback area by your Instructor. These scores of 0 points do not affect your grade; they simply allow for a placeholder to place the “S” or “U” scoring. This concept also applies to Weeks 4 and 7.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Assignment using the following naming convention: WK10Assgn+lastname+first initial.
Click the Assignment Week 10 link.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK10Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open. If you are submitting multiple files, repeat until all files are attached.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Discuss: Geriatric competencies Analysis
Discuss: Geriatric competencies Analysis
Week 4 assignment 2
Assignment: Practicum – Week 1 Journal Entry
As a future advanced practice nurse, it is important that you are able to connect your classroom experience to your practicum experience. By applying the concepts you study in the classroom to clinical settings, you enhance your professional competency. Each week, you complete an Assignment such as a Journal Entry or SOAP Note that prompts you to reflect on your practicum experiences and relate them to the material presented in the classroom. This week, you begin documenting your practicum experiences in your Practicum Journal. Please use the Practicum Journal Template, located in this week’s Learning Resources.
To prepare for this course’s Practicum Experience, address the following in your practicum journal:
Select an aging theory to guide your practice.
Develop goals and objectives for the Practicum Experience in this course. Be sure to consider geriatric competencies.
Create a timeline of practicum activities based on your practicum requirements.
By Day 7 of Week 4
This Assignment is due. You will submit this Week 1 Journal Entry along with the Week 2 and Week 3 Journal Entries and Week 3 SOAP Note by day 7 of Week 4.
Assignment: Practicum – Week 2 Journal Entry
To prepare for this course’s Practicum Experience, reflect on implications of age-related changes in geriatric patients. Explain how you might differentiate between normal behaviors/disorders due to aging and abnormal behavior/disorders that are not age related. Include how functional assessments might help distinguish “normal” from “abnormal.”
By Day 7 of Week 4
This Assignment is due. You will submit this Week 2 Journal Entry, the Week 1 and Week 4 Journal Entries, and the Week 3 SOAP Note by Day 7 of Week 4.
Assignment: Practicum – Week 4 Journal Entry
Reflect on medication adherence issues you have encountered with geriatric patients in your practicum setting. Explain implications of these issues on patient health, as well as strategies to improve medication adherence for geriatric patients. If you did not have an opportunity to evaluate a patient with this background during the last 4 weeks, you can select a related case study or reflect on previous clinical experiences.
By Day 7 of Week 4
This Assignment is due. Please submit the Journal Entries (Weeks 1, 2, and 4), and the Week 3 SOAP Note by Day 7 of Week 4 (this week).
Note: Be sure to submit your Assignment to the appropriate submission link below.
Submissions should match the following:
Week 3 SOAP Note: Submit to the Week 4 Assignment – Part 1 submission link.
Weeks 1, 2, & 4 Journal Entry: Submit to the Week 4 Assignment – Part 2 submission link.
For the Journal Entries—which are assessed with a Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U) score—the numerical grade will show as 0 points and the “S” or “U” will be posted in the Feedback area by your Instructor. These scores of 0 points do not affect your grade; they simply allow for a placeholder to place the “S” or “U” scoring. This concept also applies to Weeks 7 and 10.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Assignment using the following naming convention: WK4AssgnPX+lastname+first initial.
Click the Assignment Week 4 – Part X link.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK4AssgnPX+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open. If you are submitting multiple files, repeat until all files are attached.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.