• Question 1

  20 out of 20 points

  	You want to conduct a simple linear regression to find out if grades in school predict whether a graduate is employed or unemployed. Why can’t this be done?
  	Selected Answer: Because the dependent variable is nominal rather than continuous. Answers: Because more variables are needed. Because the dependent variable is nominal rather than continuous. Because there are too few degrees of freedom. All of the above. Response Feedback: Correct.

• Question 2

  20 out of 20 points

  	Which is NOT true of simple linear regression?
  	Selected Answer: It can be used to predict the outcome of a binary variable (e.g., pass/fail) with continuous variables. Answers: It can be used to identify predictors of continuous outcome variables. It can be used to predict the outcome of a binary variable (e.g., pass/fail) with continuous variables. It can be used to quantify a relationship between two continuous variables. It can be used to model a linear relationship between variables. Response Feedback: Correct.

• Question 3

  20 out of 20 points

  	You want to see if the learners’ Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores are predictive of grades once enrolled at the university. If in your model R2 = .17 how much of the variation in grades is explained by GRE scores?
  	Selected Answer: 17% Answers: 1.7% 83% 17% There is not enough information provided to tell. Response Feedback: Correct.

• Question 4

  20 out of 20 points

  	What would the null hypothesis be for the research question explored using simple linear regression in the previous question?
  	Selected Answer: There is no linear relationship between GRE scores and grades. Answers: There is a positive linear relationship between GRE scores and grades. There is a negative linear relationship between GRE scores and grades. There is a linear relationship between GRE scores and grades that could be either positive or negative. There is no linear relationship between GRE scores and grades. Response Feedback: Correct.

• Question 5

  20 out of 20 points

  	What can you conclude from this output from a linear regression analysis of GRE scores and grades that results in the following data: the slope coefficient (B) for GRE scores is .037 with a significance level of .018?
  	Selected Answer: You should reject the null hypothesis, and accept the alternative hypothesis that there is a linear relationship between GRE scores and grades because the p-value is less than .05. Answers: You should reject the null hypothesis, and accept the alternative hypothesis that there is a linear relationship between GRE scores and grades because the p-value is less than .05. You should reject the null hypothesis, and accept the alternative hypothesis that there is a linear relationship between GRE scores and grades because the standard error is less than 1.0. You should accept the null hypothesis and reject the alternative hypothesis that there is a linear relationship between GRE scores and grades because the p-value is less than .05. You need more information to draw any conclusions. Response Feedback: Correct.

Activity 9

Role and Function

Describe the roles and functions of the nurse case manager in (1) acute care, (2) home care, and (3) primary care settings.

Often the case manager is a social worker rather than a nurse.  What skills would a nurse need to have to better prepare to do a community health plan for a patient? Why are these skills important?

What are some of the approaches case managers use to promote the highest quality of care with careful use of resources?  Think globally…how can palliative care and hospice services assist this strategy.

Reading and Resources

• Chapter 1 in Fundamentals of Case Management Practice
• Case Management Society of America
• Pizzi, Michael A,PhD., O.T.R./L. (2014). Promoting health, wellness, and quality of life at the end of life: Hospice interdisciplinary perspectives on creating a good death. Journal of Allied Health, 43(4), 212-20.
• Annicka G M van der,Plas, Vissers, K. C., Francke, A. L., Donker, G. A., Jansen, W. J. J., Deliens, L., & Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B. (2015). Involvement of a case manager in palliative care reduces hospitalisations at the end of life in cancer patients; A mortality follow-back study in primary care. PLoS One, 10(7)
• Meyer, Star,R.N., B.S.N. (2012). Care management role in end-of-life discussions. Care Management Journals, 13(4), 180-3.
• Review the National Committee for Quality Assurance certification criteria

Additional Instructions:

• All submissions should have a title page and reference page.
• Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.
• Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.
• Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.
• Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Submission Options:

• Grading RubricFile

• Role and Function SubmissionAssignment

Activity 7

Home Safety Assessment

It is important to identify health issues or concerns that may impact an individual or family in any setting.  This identification can help the nurse to address health promotion and disease prevention.

To complete this activity, you must complete the Family Support Assessment activity.  Click on Enter Sentinel City^®.  Once in the city, click on the map to locate the apartment dwelling in Nightingale Square.  Approach the door next to the laundromat and enter the apartment.  Here you will complete the Home Safety Assessment by noting any health, safety, and environmental hazards in the apartment.  Note as many of the hazards that you observe.  Select and prioritize the top two hazards for health, safety, and environmental areas for a total of six hazards that the healthcare professional should address first:

1. #1 = most serious hazard-life threatening
2. #2 = second most important-potential to affect the most people or cause long-term injury

Try to avoid prioritizing the same hazard in multiple categories.  Provide an evidence-based rationale and a recommendation for addressing the top two hazards in each category.  Click the “Family Support Assessment” tab at the top of the screen and review the information on the form.

Reading and Resources

Chapter 16 pages 297-316, Chapter 23 pages 395-404, Chapter 20 pages 367-375, Chapter 26 pages 439-447 in Fundamentals of Case Management Practice.

Review clinical guidelines of the AHRQ

Additional Instructions:

• All submissions should have a title page and reference page.
• Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.
• Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.
• Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.
• Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

**Family Support Assessment Required

Submission Options:

• Grading RubricFile

Activity 5

Evidence-Based Practice and Case Management

Using your chosen chronic illness from the list below,

• Hypertension
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Diabetes Mellitus type 2
• Childhood Asthma

you will explore the use of evidence-based practice and how it is incorporated into case management patient care guidelines and pathways.

• Identify and discuss current best practices. Address the importance of basing case management on current evidence.
• Identify and evaluate published guidelines.
• Identify and discuss clinical pathways and how they relate to your chosen illness.

Reading and Resources

• Pizzi, Michael A,PhD., O.T.R./L. (2014). Promoting health, wellness, and quality of life at the end of life: Hospice interdisciplinary perspectives on creating a good death. Journal of Allied Health, 43(4), 212-20.
• Annicka G M van der,Plas, Vissers, K. C., Francke, A. L., Donker, G. A., Jansen, W. J. J., Deliens, L., & Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B. (2015). Involvement of a case manager in palliative care reduces hospitalisations at the end of life in cancer patients; A mortality follow-back study in primary care. PLoS One, 10(7)
• Meyer, Star,R.N., B.S.N. (2012). Care management role in end-of-life discussions. Care Management Journals, 13(4), 180-3.
• Review the National Committee for Quality Assurance certification criteria.

Additional Instructions:

• All submissions should have a title page and reference page.
• Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.
• Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.
• Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.
• Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Submission Options:

• Grading RubricFile