Basic Statistics Data Used in Everyday Life

Discussion

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

· OpenStax Textbook: Chapter 1

· Lesson 1 Reading

· Minimum of 1 scholarly source AND one appropriate resource such as the textbook, math video and/or math website

In your reference for this assignment, be sure to include both your text/class materials AND your outside reading(s).

Initial Post Instructions

1. Present two different types of data, or variables, used in the health field. Examples could be blood pressure, temperature, pH, pain rating scales, pulse oximetry, % hematocrit, minute respiration, gender, age, ethnicity, etc.

2. Classify each of your variables as qualitative or quantitative and explain why they fall into the category that you chose.

3. Also, classify each of the variables as to their level of measurement–nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio–and justify your classifications.

4. Which type of sampling could you use to gather your data? (stratified, cluster, systematic, and convenience sampling)

Follow-Up Post Instructions

Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.

Your responses to other students can explain additional analyses that could be done with the variables they selected. Consider confounding variables, discrete or continuous data, the effects of outliers, etc.

Course Outcomes

CO 1: Given scenarios supported by population data, apply sampling techniques and explain potential pitfalls and bias in data collection.

CO 2: Given datasets with qualitative and quantitative data, differentiate between the types of data and how they can be applied in statistical studies for everyday life.

**Remember to use the Chamberlain Library (

https://library.chamberlain.edu/home
) to research scholarly resources to provide evidence in your discussions and cite your references at the end of each post. Your initial post is encouraged by 11:59 pm MT Wednesday, and your one follow-up post is due by 11:59 pm MT Sunday.**  

W 7  Discuss the safety and effectiveness of alternative and complementary medicine for the treatment of specific illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, and hypertension. Share your opinions about holistic and allopathic care. Would have any conflicts or concerns supporting a patient who chooses holistic or allopathic medicine? 

 Post your discussion to the Moodle Discussion Forum. Word limit 500 words. Support your answers with the literature and provide citations and references at least 5 years old in APA, 7th ed. format. 

Each student will individually write a paper over a relevant maternal-infant nursing topic that is addressed by a Healthy People 2030 objective. Healthy People 2030 objectives are available at 

https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives
 .The concept chosen must be appropriate and relevant to maternal-infant nursing. The purpose of this assignment is three-fold:  to thoroughly research a topic of interest relating to maternal-infant nursing; to synthesize the information found; and to then draw inferences about the concept. 

This paper is expected to be short, succinct, focused, and developed on the chosen topic. The student can adequately address the criteria in 
3-5 pages, excluding the title and reference pages. All papers must be typed and in APA 7 format.  I encourage you to meet with Megan Hasler, the School of Nursing's librarian if needed for APA guidance or search questions, etc. 

Students are strongly encouraged to send papers to the Writing Center prior to submission.
  References must include a minimum of three (3) journal articles, and you may also include an appropriate medical/nursing dictionary or encyclopedia, the course textbook, the state department of health website for vital statistics, the CDC, etc. See evaluation criteria below for specific guidelines, and PDF attachment for a template.  
Due by Sunday, November 5, at 23:59pm. In the box below you will find examples of topics that have an associated Healthy People 2030 objective. Topic must be approved.

NO MORE THAN ONE QUOTE IN THE PAPER!

Maternal-Infant Concept Paper Evaluation Rubric

Discuss what is happening on a cellular level with the disease process. Be careful to realize that patients have co-morbidities, and you may need to discuss the other diseases impact on the pathophysiology and care of the patient.  Three (3) resources after 2008 are required along with APA format. Add questions to paper

Neoplasia Case Study

You have met a 67 y.o. female patient who presents with c/o dyspnea and a chronic cough for weeks. She is a smoker since she was a teenager. This is a fo9llow-up visit after testing has been completed. Testing completed included:

Pulmonary Function Testing which show a definite blockage in her airflow;

A Chest X-Ray which shows a lesion

Bronchoscopy washings which showed malignant cells.

Histology is a squamous cell carcinoma

Her diagnosis is bronchogenic lung cancer.

1. Why did this patient have a blockage in her airflow?

2. Did her lung cancer metastasize from cancer in another location in her body, or did it arise in her lungs?

3. Why did she develop dyspnea?

4. The lining of the bronchi are normally pseudostratified columnar epithelium, not squamous cell. Why did this patients cancer develop from squamous cells?

This patient is scheduled for surgery, followed by radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Surgery will remove the bulk of the tumor, and the radiotherapy is expected to shrink the remaining tumor cells. The chemotherapy is aimed at mnetastatic liver tumors that were discovered. The patient has stopped smoking.

5. Why did the APN order a liver scan when it was discovered that the patient had bronchogenic carcinoma?

6. Why did the cancer metastasize before she had enough signs and symptoms to see out her physician?

7. Have survival rates for patients with this type of cancer improved or not in recent years with treatment? If so what are the latest survival rates published?

8. What educational information should be shared with this patient?