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Find and read a nursing scholarly article that relates to your clinical practice and is found in a peer-reviewed journal. Follow the instructions for the format and write a 1-page summary. 
Submission Instructions:
Must be a research article.
Write a 1-page summary using an outline of the steps of the research process, discuss the study type, purpose, and research question(s).
The summary is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
The summary should be formatted per current APA and 1 page in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
Incorporate a minimum of 2 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work

Think about the articles you have been reading each week. Were there any recommendations for practice that you thought could be implemented in your clinical practice tomorrow? Next week? Next year? Provide rationale to support your response.
The post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.  

Develop a clinical practice question using PICO(T) that focuses on a clinical issue to improve the quality of care.
Requirements:
1. You will identify a clinical problem/opportunity and draft a PICOT question.
2. Review the literature (using the articles you are reading for your weekly summaries, if possible), make recommendations.
3. Create a poster and add it onto your last slide of your PowerPoint presentation to disseminate your findings.
Submission Instructions:
The presentation should be original work and logically organized in current APA style including citation of references.
The presentation should be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work. 
PowerPoint presentation with 10-15 slides, excluding the tile slide and the reference slide.
Speaker notes expanded upon and clarified content on the slides

MY PICOT QUESTION IS: For senior patients age 60 to 80 with pressure ulcers, is negative pressure wound treatment therapy better than regular moist wound care in helping in the improvement of the therapeutic process of the pressure ulcer,  for the patient who a very high risk of developing a pressure ulcer (Bauer et al., 2016)”
– APA STYLE
– ONE PAGE LONG
– THE ARTICLE MUST BE 5 YEARS OR NEWER
– YOU MUST USE THE PICOT QUESTION TO DO THE ASSIGNMENT.
The focus this week is to research the internal evidence that supports the intervention formulated in the Week 1 PICOT question. The internal evidence may include clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), best practices from professional and federal organizations, quality improvement projects, clinical expertise, practice data, etc. that are intended to optimize patient care, improve outcomes, and reduce costs.
Locate a specific practice guideline or best practice that supports the intervention formulated in the Week 1 PICOT question and post the link to the practice guideline.
Summarize why the selected practice guideline or best practice supports the chosen intervention.
Provide the name of the chosen practice guideline or best practice.
The initial posting will require the link to the selected practice guideline or best practice as a reference

Howard is a 24 year-old male who presents to the clinic with his wife for what he states is severe lower back pain. He states the pain is so bad that he rates it as a “50 out of 10.” He also tells you that due to a past medical history of an ulcer, he cannot take any medications “like Motrin.” He states that the pain is from a car accident in 2012, and that it flairs up and he needs pain medications. He also tells you that he has a high pain tolerance, and that when he gets pain meds he requires the higher doses.
Discussion 1
What would you do first prior to prescribing any medication?
What are the various schedules of medications for controlled substances?
Would you prescribe a long or short acting narcotic? Why or why not?
Discussion 2
What other non narcotic medication options can you offer to this patient?
What patient education is needed with them?
What would you do if the patient and his wife tell you that none of them work for him?

According to Hacker (2002), welfare state refers to the “share of the economy devoted to government social expenditures”. Across the United States and internationally, there are multiple variations of welfare states. Name three types of welfare states.
List and describe the three types of welfare states and where they can be found.  Which country has the largest percentage of social spending?
200 words, 2 references due in 3 hours