The content covered so far includes the following:Subjective, objective, assessment, and plan (SOAP) notes; physical examsS; history taking; head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat (HEENT); respiratory; and cardiovascular systems, in addition to the gastrointestinal (GI) system content that we are covering this week..This GI system content this week will focus on the abdomen. The abdomen houses important organs such as the liver, spleen, intestines, pancreas, and the stomach. There are millions of office visits that abdominal complaints are responsible for each year. This week will look at common GI complaints related to the history, assessment findings, diagnostic testing, and differential diagnoses for the chief complaint.+++PLEASE USE THE TEMPLATE PROVIDED IN THE ATTACHMENT. THE SOAP NOTE HAS TO BE DONE UNDER *ONE* OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES, FOR EXAMPLE, GERD, PEPTIC ULCER, ETC.. TEMPLATE IS ATTACHED TO THIS POST.

Complete all of your lesson materials and assigned readings. Make sure that you are focusing on:The differences between acute and chronic painReasons that a patient would experience acute versus chronic pain and patient presentation   examples of each.You should be using complete sentences to answer the questions. Ensure that you are using correct grammar. In addition, support your answers using your textbook, course materials, credible internet resources, and scholarly journals. SkyScape is a great suggestion for assistance in completion of this assignment. All citations must be in APA format. 1 Point1. Describe the difference between acute and chronic pain? 1 Points2. List some reasons that a patient would experience acute versus chronic pain and give the patient presentation for each example? 3 Points

Develop a realistic case and Identify a chronic illness and its relationship to rehabilitation. Could be from a previous experience on your career.Identify chronic illness and its relationship to rehabilitation.Choose from one:COPD, CHF, Stroke, Hip fractureCreate interventions that support an older adult’s adaptation to the chronic illness or disability.Describe the nurse’s role in assisting older adults in managing chronic conditions.From your readings and knowledge which opportunities do you think can be change in the health care system to improve care for older adults with chronic illness and disability.

Select a nursing theory and provide a concise summary of it. Provide an example in nursing practice where the nursing theory you selected would be effective in managing patient care.

Instructions: Response must be at least 4-5 pages excluding the title, abstract and reference pages. Must be written in current APA format with at least three academic references cited. References must be within the last five years.You will critically appraise a research designYou will select one research report with a qualitative design and one with quantitative design and answer the following questions regarding the following categories:Discuss what is meant by the term Qualitative ResearchBriefly, describe the characteristics of qualitative research and identify nursing issues/phenomena that lend themselves to a qualitative research approach.Compare and contrast three different qualitative research methodologies.Briefly, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research evidence for informing nursing practice.Communicate how this research design used in research.The study, sampling, data collection, analysis, rigor, findings and limitationsIdentify the purpose of the study.Briefly, describe the design of the study and explain why you think it is either appropriate or inappropriate to meet the purpose.Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were not addressed.Identify the sampling method and recruitment strategy that was used.Discuss whether sampling and recruitment were appropriate to the aims of the research.Identify the data collection method(s) and discuss whether the method(s) is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.Identify how the data was analyzed and discuss whether the method(s) of analysis is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.Identify four (4) criteria by which the rigor of a qualitative project can be judged.Discuss the rigor of this study using the four criteria.Briefly, describe the findings of the study and identify any limitations.Use the information that you have gained from your critique of the study to discuss the trustworthiness and applicability of the study. Include in your discussion any implications for the discipline of nursing.Discuss what you understand by the term Quantitative Research – Use the following dot points to guide your discussion (give reasons for your argument and support with references):Describe the characteristics of quantitative research.Identify nursing issues/phenomena that lend themselves to a quantitative research approachDifferentiate between observational and interventional research designs and also between experimental and quasi-experimental designs.Briefly, outline the difference between inferential and descriptive statistics and their relationship to levels of measurement.Communicate how this research design used in research.Critique the Quantitative Research Report – Use the following headings to guide your critique (in all discussions and explanations give reasons for your argument and support with references):The studyIdentify the purpose and design of the study.Explain what is meant by ‘blinding’ and ‘randomization’ and discuss how these were addressed in the design of the study.Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were not addressed.SamplingExplain the sampling method and recruitment strategy that was used.Discuss how the sample size was determined – include in your discussion an explanation of terms used.Data collectionBriefly, outline how the data was collected and identify any data collection instrument(s).Define the terms validity and reliability and discuss how the validity & reliability of the instruments were/were not addressed in this study and why this is important.Data analysisOutline how the data were analyzed.Identify the statistics used and the level of measurement of the data described by each statistical test – include in your discussion an explanation of terms used.Findings and limitationsBriefly, outline the findings and identify any limitations of the studyUse the information that you have gained from your critique of the study to briefly discuss the trustworthiness and applicability of the study. Include in your discussion an explanation of the term statistical significance and name the tests of statistical significance used in this study.