Learning Journal One
Introduction
This past week of LED 480 class was both informative and challenging, due to the fact that there was so much information to decode. Also, this class has the added pressure of being the last one before I begin writing my Capstone project. Getting to this stage of my Organizational Leadership degree plan has taken me over 24 months of non-stop classes. Therefore, this class is very important to me, in particular because it sets the foundation for my Capstone research project. Ultimately, there were several key aspects that I learned during this past week, such as ways to get organized, advanced online library research methods, and suggestions from Kumar, R. (2012) using the Research Methodology textbook.
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As stated earlier, I can be either well organized or disorganized, and this idea will help me stay on track. Once again, this suggestion seems simple, but it is easy to forget to take notes. I especially like the suggestion about summarizing the articles in my own words to ensure they are fully understood and to easily reference them. I will print out the articles and type a “notes” page, which will include tabs to easily find the articles. Altogether, doing this will help me keep myself …show more content…
For example, Kumar suggests that research is basically finding evidence about a particular subject. Additionally, he suggests that the research needs to be conducted from one of four different types of perspectives. In my case, the “professional” perspective will apply due to the fact that I am going to be gathering evidence about my topic from a non-stakeholder point of view. My mission is simply to find relevant, fact based, information without being biased to any pre-conceived ideas. Ultimately, my research will be aimed into finding “accurate, sound, and reliable information” (Kumar, 2012). Finally, the textbook taught me that I will need to look for evidence of reliability and validity within the
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As student nurses, I have many goals that would like to achieve upon completion of 150 hours of my capstone course. My plan is to use this opportunity to demonstrate competency skills, and knowledge gained through previous quarters. I have listed seven learning goals that I wanted to achieve during the capstone experience. On my first day of capstone, I have gone over each one with my preceptor and requested from her to provide me with feedbacks, so I can use them as stepping tool to work upon. These goals ranged from critical thinking decision making, culture, growth & development, legal and ethical to clinical competence safety/holistic care, evidence-based practice, and professionalism lifelong learning.
Having satisfied this researchers then make epistemological assumptions surrounding the subject matter. They must decide on the type of evidence to be collected, considering which evidence will deliver optimum validity. They must decide which stance to take during research, objective or neutral, considering which would be possible or even favourable. They must then think about how this can be best achieved. Should the research be classified as 'scientific' or 'unscientific' and what determines this?
Over 30,000 people are diagnosed with oral cancer in the US per year. Oral cancer is a cancer that is more common in people over the age of 45, but can occur at any age. Oral cancer can develop in any part of the mouth. “... Oral cancer- it is cancer that occurs in any part of the mouth; on the tongue’s surface, in the lips, inside the cheek, in the gums, in the roof and floor of the mouth, in the tonsils, and also the salivary glands”.(Salomon and Esposito; Dental Partners) Oral cancer, although devastating and destructive can be detected, prevented, treated and cured if it is found early on in its stages. Cancer is detected by dentist because there is a genetic mutation in the cell usually causing tumors within the initial area of effect. Oral cancer can be prevented, diagnosed and treated.
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The role of leadership can impact an organization performance in many ways. Excellent leadership can propel a company to the fortune five hundred list. For Example, Harpo Incorporated Oprah Winfrey’s company is a successful business that has made billions of dollars over the years. The business consists of several different entities such as the Oprah Show, Oprah Winfrey Network, and The Dr. Phil Show to name a few. This could not have been accomplished with a weak or uneducated leader. Many years ago I heard her give advice to the Williams Sisters. The a...
Research is defined as systematic investigation in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions (OUP, 2014). The biopsychosocial model has already been described.
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There are two types of research, the first qualitative; an in-depth broad investigation, detailed analysis looking at opinions, the data collected will be rich, and will have understandings. This, according to Bell (2010, p.5) is “concerned to understand individuals perceptions of the world”
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Research is systematic way to find out facts and knowledge as Kothari (2006) has analyzed that research is the pursuit of truth with the help of study, observation, comparison and experiment; the search for knowledge through objective and systematic method of finding solutions to a problem. However there are two types of researches one is by Purpose and other is by method. The type by purpose falls into three categorize such as Basic, Applied and Action Research.