RESPONSE DIS
Respondto your colleagues, critiquing their research question and hypotheses and pointing out factors that may influence the strength of the correlation of the variables. Be sure to provide a rationale for your responses in one or more of the following ways:
Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence, or research.
Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.
Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research in the Walden Library.
Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.
Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.
Expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.
Discussion
Identify your selected problem in the first line of your posting and post your research question.
Inappropriate use of telemetry monitoring in the non-ICU
Post a null hypothesis and alternate hypotheses for your research question and identify the dependent and independent variables that would be associated with the research study.
Null hypothesis: There is no benefit to physicians ordering telemetry according to the American
Heart Association (AHA) guidelines.
Alternate hypothesis: It is hypothesized that physicians who initiate telemetry according to AHA
based guidelines order telemetry less than physicians who do not utilize the AHA guidelines.
Independent variable: Telemetry
Dependent variable: AHA guidelines
Provide your prediction for the expected relationship (positive or negative) between the variables.
The research demonstrates that use of AHA guidelines decreases inappropriate use of Telemetry (Pendharkar et al., 2020).
Why do you think that sort of relationship will exist?
The guidelines have been established and provide a framework for physicians to utilize as
they manage their patients with conditions requiring telemetry monitoring. Although telemetry is
a valuable hospital resource, it can also pose safety risks.
What other factors might affect the outcome?
It is possible that the hospital could be depleted of telemetry monitors and patients who need
the technology can not get it. In addition, patients may be held in the emergency departments
(E.D.) longer than necessary while they wait for a telemetry bed, consequently, causing a
backlog and emergency throughput.
References
Pendharkar SS, Barry IB, Patibandla S, Leung TI, Gupta A, Lin AN, Gasperino JA. AHA
telemetry guidelines improve telemetry utilization in the inpatient setting. Am J Manag Care.
2020 Nov;26(11):476-481. doi: 10.37765/ajmc.2020.88525. PMID: 33196281.