Activity: Weight Management Among the Elderly in The City Center

Activity 4

Sample Selection and Application

You will enter Sentinel City® via the link to begin your virtual experience by taking a bus tour of Sentinel City®.

Sentinel City® is a city just like your neighborhood. People live there from culturally diverse backgrounds. They vary in age, gender, and income level. Nurse researchers are unable to study the entire world so they choose “groups” or populations to study that actually mirror the population of interest. Your role is to experience the city and identify the “neighborhood” or sample that would provide the best place to study:

1. Geriatrics
2. South East Asians
3. Poverty
4. Pediatrics

Once you have identified the neighborhoods, complete an analysis of any evidence-based practice intervention that applies to one population of your choice and describe how you would implement this in the Sentinel City® neighborhood. Remember, use resources that are interprofessional, evidence-based and focus on improving health outcomes.

Helpful tips:

Don’t forget to view the Sentinel City navigation tips. After choosing an avatar you may be able to teleport to the various areas by utilizing the interactive map.

Activity: Weight Management Among the Elderly in The City Center

• How do I find out about the people who live in each neighborhood? How do I find out who lives here? How do I find the city population?
  • As you ride through the city you will be able to access the population statistics for each neighborhood. It will open on the left. You may pause the bus to view. You may also teleport to an area and choose the information icon.
• Where can I find information on seniors?
  • You may pause the bus and select the rotating icon for specifics about seniors in the city
• What information is available about healthcare use in Sentinel City®?
  • The Sentinel City® Healthcare System data is accessible by selecting the rotating icon. This selection will take you to a menu that has information on dentistry, vision, emergency, ambulatory care, integrated services, inpatient, pharmacy, and elderly.
• How do I know whom to sample for a research study?
  • The researcher will often choose a population that contains the most number of subjects who have the study topic. For instance, to study children choose the area with the most children
• Where does a nurse find evidence-based practice recommendations?
  • Visit the American Nurses Association
• Question: What type of health promoting activity is interprofessional?
  • Think broadly consider nutrition (diet), Activity (exercise), Dental health, etc.

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Review these core competencies:

• Evidence-Based Practice – Core Competencies: Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of the research process and models for applying evidence to clinical practice.
• Sample Selection: Participate in the process of retrieval, appraisal, and synthesis of evidence in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team to improve patient outcomes.
• Interprofessional EBP Guidelines: Integrate evidence, clinical judgment, interprofessional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care.
• Interprofessional EBP Guidelines: Collaborate in the collection, documentation, and dissemination of evidence.
• Explore Research Literature for EBP Guidelines: Acquire an understanding of the process for how nursing and related healthcare quality and safety measures are developed, validated, and endorsed.
• Application of the PICO Model to Nursing Care: Describe mechanisms to resolve identified practice discrepancies between identified standards and practice that may adversely impact patient outcomes.

Suggested Reading

Activity: Weight Management Among the Elderly in The City Center

Read: Houser, J. (2018). Nursing research: Readings, using & creating evidence (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

• Chapter 7, p. 157-185
• Chapter 8, p. 189-226
• Chapter 9, 229-252

Valerio, M. A., Rodriguez, N., Winkler, P., Lopez, J., Dennison, M., & Yuanyuan Liangrbara, J. T. (2016). Comparing two sampling methods to engage hard-to-reach communities in research priority setting. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 16 doi:http://dx.doi.org.americansentinel.idm.oclc.org/10…

Additional Instructions:

• All submissions should have a title page and reference page.
• Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.
• Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.
• Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.
• Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Submission Options:

Choose One:	Instructions:
Paper	4 to 6-page paper. Include title and reference pages.
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation	8 to 10 slides. Add title and reference slides. Follow Rules of 7.
Other media (Prezi, etc.) presentation	8 to 10 slides with speaker notes. Add title and reference slides. Follow Rules of 7.
Video Presentation	5 to 8-minute video presentation. Attach reference page or include in video. Professional appearance and background. Video submissions must include a script in Word format, submitted through Turnitin for an Originality Report.
Table	Table with appropriate columns and headers. Include title and reference pages.
Graphs or other illustrations	Graphs or illustrations with appropriate labels. Include title and reference pages.
Poster	Poster utilizing any applicable poster template. Include visual graphics/images/other formats for visual appeal. Include appropriate title and references on poster.
Note: Title and reference pages/slides do not count towards the count requirements. Evidenced-Based Practice- Sample Selection and Application Description: Professional nursing practice is grounded in the translation of current evidence into practice. Course Competencies: 1) Examine the relationships among theory, practice, and research. 2) Interpret research findings using the elements of the research process. 5) Evaluate data from relevant sources, including technology, to inform the delivery of care to culturally and ethnically diverse populations. 6) Collaborate with health team members to collect, interpret, synthesize and disseminate evidence to improve patient outcomes in complex health care environments. QSEN Competency: 3) Evidence-Based Practice BSN Essential III Area Gold Mastery Silver Proficient Bronze Acceptable Acceptable Mastery not Demonstrated Fully detail how the research process is sampling dependent. Describes neighborhoods that reflect the best fit for 1- Geriatrics 2- South East Asians 3- Poverty 4- Pediatrics Fully details how the research process is sampling dependent. Describes neighborhoods that reflect the best fit for 1- Geriatrics 2- South East Asians 3- Poverty 4- Pediatrics Describes how research and sampling affect generalizability of findings but does not identify specific populations in Sentinel City® Superficially describes sampling but does not connect to generalizability of research findings to practice Identifies populations of interest but does not relate to research applicability Fully detail, with specific example(s), interprofessional evidence-based practice guidelines and states outcomes specific to one area of choosing 1- Geriatrics 2- South East Asians 3- Poverty 4- Pediatrics Fully details, with specific example(s), interprofessional evidence-based practice guidelines and states outcomes specific to one area of choosing 1- Geriatrics 2- South East Asians 3- Poverty 4- Pediatrics Describes, with specific example(s) inter professional evidence-based practice guidelines but does not develop outcomes specific to a population Superficially describes with what evidencebased practice guidelines are available but does not address interprofessional nature or outcomes Provides suggestions to improve care for population but provides no research/evidence to support