8–10 slides and should be 4–5 minutes in recorded length.

In the PowerPoint presentation, address the following:

• Identify basic background information of the interviewee.
• Provide a summary of what you learned about the individual when conducting this interview.
• Identify the skills you used to address the differences between you and the interview subject.
• Describe your reaction to this activity.
• Reflect on these reactions, and explain why you believe you may have experienced these thoughts and feelings.
• Describe what you learned, and explain which additional social work skills you could apply or could have applied when working with this individual.

Please remain mindful of confidentiality and privacy of the interviewee when presenting information in the educational environment.

EVALUATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS, HYPOTHESES, AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS

With a clear purpose in place, quantitative researchers have a roadmap for crafting their research questions and hypotheses that will further focus the approach they will take to investigate their topic (i.e., their study’s research design).

The selection of a research design is guided by the study’s purpose and research questions and hypotheses, and the design then links the research questions and hypotheses to the data that will be collected. You should keep in mind, however, that the research process is interactive, not necessarily proceeding in a linear fashion from one component to the next. Rather, the writing of research questions could, for example, necessitate adjustments to the study’s purpose statement. Nevertheless, when presented together, the various components of a research study should align. As you learned last week, alignment means that a research study possesses clear and logical connections among all of its various components.

In addition to considering alignment, when researchers select a research design, they must also consider the ethical implications of their choice, including, for example, what their design selection means for participant recruitment, procedures, and privacy.

For this Discussion, you will evaluate quantitative research questions and hypotheses in assigned journal articles in your discipline and consider the alignment of theory, problem, purpose, research questions and hypotheses, and design. You will also identify the type of quantitative research design the authors used and explain how it was implemented. Quasi-experimental, casual comparative, correlational, pretest–posttest, or true experimental are examples of types of research designs used in quantitative research.

With these thoughts in mind, refer to the Journal Articles document for your assigned articles for this Discussion. If your last name starts with A through I, use Article A. If your last name starts with J through R, use Article B. If your last name starts with S through Z, use Article C.

Post a critique of the research study in which you:

• Evaluate the research questions and hypotheses.

  The Research Questions and Hypotheses Checklist serves as a guide for your evaluation. Please do not respond to the checklist in a Yes/No format in writing your Discussion post.

• Identify the type of quantitative research design used and explain how the researchers implemented the design.
• Analyze alignment among the theory, problem, purpose, research questions and hypotheses, and design.

Be sure to support your Main Issue Post and Response Post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA Style.

RESOURCES

• Babbie, E. (2017). Basics of social research (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
  • Chapter 5, “Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement”
• Burkholder, G. J., Cox, K. A., Crawford, L. M., & Hitchcock, J. H.  (Eds.). (2020). Research designs and methods: An applied guide for the scholar-practitioner. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Chapter 4, “Quantitative Research Designs”
• Document: Journal Articles (Word Document)Download Journal Articles (Word Document)

  For the Discussion, download this document, refer to the assigned journal articles for your program, and find these articles in the Walden Library.

• Document: Research Questions and Hypotheses Checklist (PDF)Download Research Questions and Hypotheses Checklist (PDF)

  For this Discussion, use the prompts in this checklist to look for indications of the research questions and hypotheses criteria in your assigned quantitative research article.

  This checklist serves as a guide for your evaluation. Please do not respond to the checklist in a Yes/No format in writing your Discussion post.

 One of the chapters in this text deals with assessment. A very commonly used assessment in counseling is the psychosocial assessment. Locate two research articles that deal with assessments in counseling; for example types of assessment, most common assessment tools, etc. Explain what the tool provides and exactly the demographic for who it is best utilized. The articles must be from peer reviewed professional journals. 

CHOOSE ONE THE FOLLOWING TOPICS  AND SUBMIT A SOAP NOTE.  USE YOUR TEXTBOOK AND A CLINICAL GUIDELINE TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMENTS

Atrial Septal Defect

   Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Chicken Pox

    Cerebral Palsy

    Cor Pulmonale

    Croup

    Cryptorchidism

    Down Syndrome

    Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease

     Kawasaki disease

    Reye Syndrome

SOAP NOTE RUBRIC:

CHIEF COMPLAINT

PAST MEDICAL HX

HPI

ROS

PE

PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS

AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

PLAN OF CARE

To Prepare:

• Review the scope and standards of practice or competencies related to your chosen specialty in the resources for this module.
• Review the MSN specializations offered at Walden by viewing the module resource, Walden University. (n.d.). Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
• Examine professional organizations related to the specialization you have chosen and identify at least one to focus on for this Assignment.
• Reflect on the thoughts you shared in the Discussion forum regarding your choice of a specialty, any challenges you have encountered in making this choice, and any feedback you have received from colleagues in the Discussion.

The Assignment:

Complete the following items and incorporate them into the final version of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan.

• With the resources specific to the MSN specialization and the, Walden University. (n.d.). Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), shared in this module, write a paragraph or make a Nursing Specialty Comparison table, comparing at least two nursing specialties that include your selected specialization and second-preferred specialization.
• Write a 2- to 3-paragraph justification statement identifying your reasons for choosing your MSN specialization. Incorporate feedback you received from colleagues in this Module’s Discussion forum.
• Identify the professional organization related to your chosen specialization for this Assignment, and explain how you can become an active member of this organization.