Linda Deacon has served as an independent statistical consultant since 1985. She has coordinated the data management and statistical analysis of state and federally funded longitudinal and multi-center research. She has co-authored several articles published in the fields of medicine and psychology and has assisted in the editing of statistical textbooks and documentation for statistical software. …
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Bryan Hamilton
Director of Nursing Practice (DNP) Glossary: Quality, Safety and Evidence-based Practice (EBP) Adverse Event: An injury resulting from a medical intervention. (Reason, 1990 and IOM, 2000. p 210) or An event that results in unintended harm to the patient due to an act of commission or omission rather than the underlying disease or condition of …
Bryan Hamilton
Frequently asked questions about the Director of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree 1. How will the transition to the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) occur? The AACN Board of Directors formed a Task Force on the Road map to the DNP to study the full array of implications and issues resulting from this new direction in …
Bryan Hamilton
The IRB Proposal Process So, you’ve done your research, and you’ve found a gap in the literature that needs to be addressed. Even more impressive, you have designed a study that can fill this gap. Before you conduct your study you’ll need Institutional Review Board (IRB) clearance. For many students, the IRB application presents a …
Surviving A Bad Thesis or Dissertation Advisor
by Barbara von Diether, EdD There are bad advisors in every institution of higher education in every part of the world. Bad advisors cost students thousands of dollars, many months of unnecessary toil, and, in too many cases, the graduate degree they are seeking. The ABD “degree” (All but Dissertation) is frequently the result of bad …
How to Be the CEO of your Dissertation
Selecting Your Advisor and Composing the Committee Digital repositories, university libraries, academic blogs, and, yes, even Amazon.com offer more than a large dumpster load of “how to” this and “how to” that of completing a doctorate, much of which targets the “all but dissertation” (ABD) candidate. It is not my intent by invoking the image …