General Instructions Discussion for Theory Class

 

**As a reminder, all questions must be answered to receive full credit for this discussion. please include your name in the title bar of the discussion. Discussion posts must be minimum of 250 words and reply posts minimum 100 words. Also, make sure to use scholarly sources to support your discussion.**

1.Discussion Question:

Discuss two different types of comfort interventions that can be utilized by the advanced practice nurse in the clinical setting as per Katharine Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort. Identify one MSN Essential that most relates to application of this theory in practice and explain your choice.

Instructions for discussion for Nursing Research:

APA format and add the references at the end if any. Please do only one to two sentences, no more.

2.Question:

Please write 1 or 2 sentences regarding the importance of this week’s reading.

NOTE:

This week the focus is on numbers and volume, in other words quantitative data. Remember that this type of data is information about quantities; that is, information that can be measured and written down with numbers. Some examples of quantitative data include your height, your shoe size, and the length of your fingernails. This week the essentials to focus are III and V. Please make sure to focus on the different approaches to quantitative data and explore different level of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, etc. At the end of this week you should be able to understand the importance of quantitative data, and explore different ways to utilize the data.