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Nursing Education, Practice, and Scholarship Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the impact of nursing education on leadership in nursing.

2. Evaluate the difference between didactic and clinical applications.

3. Analyze the roles of scholarship and research as they relate to professional nursing practice.

Introduction

Nursing education is the foundation of professional nursing, as it encompasses the need for growth and development. This week you will be discussing the impact of nursing education on nursing leadership. You will also analyze didactic versus clinical learning. Finally, you will assess how scholarship, evidence-based practice, and research impact professional nursing practice.

1. Professional Role Development Practice Experience: Reflection on Nursing Education.

As many healthcare facilities seek to demonstrate competency through practice; some are opting to reach magnet status. Professional nursing practice is the cornerstone of magnetism, although many hospital committees are forced to change from clinician-centered to patient-centered care. Magnetism requires that nurse leaders obtain at least a bachelor of science in nursing. This is forcing associates- and diploma-prepared registered nurses to seek bachelors and/or master’s degrees in nursing to remain relevant.

For this discussion,

• Reflect on the interview you conducted in Week Two and highlight some of the advantages and/or disadvantages of obtaining a bachelor’s degree in nursing.

• You should also include the following key areas of your Week Two interview: the interviewee’s year(s) of experience as a registered nurse, the trajectory of his or her current position, the impact of BSN education on her or his current practice, and the most important aspect(s) of the job he/ or he highlighted.

• Summarize your thoughts on the information you gathered regarding the impact of education on nursing advancement(s).

2. Didactic Course Versus Clinical Practicum.  

Nursing requires a sound balance between education and practice, which provides an antecedent for evidence-based practice. Nursing philosophies lie in didactic instruction prior to practicing. As the guiding principle(s) of professional nursing practice, clinical practicum demonstrates how much information and knowledge the student translates into practice.

For this discussion,

• Address the questions of whether and how what you have learned in school is relevant to what you do on a daily basis.

• Highlight the key components of didactic coursework as covered in this week’s required readings.

Scholarship & Research in Professional Nursing Practice.  

The professional nursing student has the opportunity to seek out resources available to obtain scholarships (payment for education in exchange for service) and conduct research that adds to the nursing knowledgebase. For this assignment, find a nursing scholarship that applies to your area of interest. Then, evaluate the resource, addressing the following points:

• Describe your area of interest (Week One problem).

• Identify and describe the scholarship, highlighting the qualifications, and demonstrate your qualification for the scholarship.

• Explain how the scholarship and your area of interest align.

• Discuss what the scholarship offers in terms of usable knowledge and skills.

• Describe how such knowledge can be applied in the job market, workplace, and in a clinical practice.

• Provide a conclusion or series of concluding propositions derived from the main points of the paper, addressing the impact the scholarship would have on your overall educational objective as a professional nurse.

Your Nursing Education, Practice, and Scholarship paper

• Must be two to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style.

• Must include a separate title page with the following:

o Title of paper

o Student’s name

o Course name and number

o Instructor’s name

o Date submitted

• Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text

• Must document all sources in APA style.

• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style

Gender Role Socialization

Books Required Introduction to Sociology 9th Edition Author: Anthony Giddens, Mitchell Duneier, Richard P. Appelbaum, & Deborah Carr ISBN: 978-0393922233 Publisher: W. W. Norton (2014)

1. Discussion Question: How do the media contribute to gender role socialization?

2. Discussion Question: How would you explain the street harassment that women often experience?

American Nurses Association & Institute of Medicine Essays Learning Outcomes

1. Define professional nursing.

2. Explain the ANA’s role in the shaping the scope of practice.

3. Apply the IOM’s core competency of patient-centered care.

4. Evaluate the impact that education has on nursing practice by interviewing a baccalaureate-prepared registered nurse (RN).

Introduction

American Nurses Association & Institute of Medicine Essays will highlight the role of the ANA in shaping nursing practice. You will also be discussing four (4) of the five (5) core competencies of the IOM and applying these competencies to professional nursing practice. Finally, you will continue your investigation of the role of professional nurses and apply this knowledge in your research paper.

American Nurses Association’s Role.

The ANA has been the voice of all nurses across the country, representing over three million registered and licensed nurses (ANA, 2015). As a professional nurse the nursing scope of practice, as defined by the ANA, should be a part of daily application to all aspects of clinical care. The role of the ANA has to be clearly understood by the professional nurse for the application of its scope to be successful in practice. The ANA and National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) have partnered and categorize principles of delegation for the RN.

For this discussion,

• Describe and discuss how one of the RN delegation principles listed in the “Work in Interprofessional Teams” chapter of your textbook has impacted your professional practice.

• Explain and defend the efficacy of your selected principle in a scholarly discussion. Be sure to highlight one of the five (5) rights of effective delegation.

Prepare and submit an APA-formatted paper consisting of the following:

• The BSN-RN’s responses to the bullets/questions in each category of the Interview Questions document.

• A discussion of the interviewee’s responses to BSN-Related Question #3 as compared with the impact of BSN education on current nursing practice reported by participants in the above journal article.

• A discussion of the interviewee’s responses to BSN-Related Questions #2 and #4 as they compare to or contrast with how you, the interviewer, would respond to these.

Application of Professional Nursing Standards.

Nursing as defined by the ANA is “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations”. As a general rule, all nurses practice under the professional nursing standards and the nursing scope of practice.

For this assignment:

• Briefly summarize the ANA’s definition of the following terms: promotion of health, prevention of illness and injury, diagnosis, human response, treatment, and advocacy. Then, apply each to your current practice, citing at least one specific example from your experience or knowledge, to illustrate now each concept plays out in practice and evaluate its efficacy.

• Include one paragraph in your American Nurses Association & Institute of Medicine Essays that explains how one of the ANA terms (promotion of health, prevention of illness and injury, etc.) could be used to alleviate your facility/unit problem.

Public Health and Health Promotion Essay

The terms: health care and public health are often used interchangeably. Two such widely used terms are public health and health promotion.

Based on your understanding of the topic, create a report in a Microsoft Word document answering the following questions:

Define the terms 
public health
 and 
health promotion
.

What are the similarities and differences between the two?

What specific health promotion activity was provided in your community during the past one year and what was the beneficial result?

How did 
Healthy People 2020
 develop and what is the purpose and goals of this program?

Over the years, the public health care system has evolved due to the numerous legislative and regulatory influences. These efforts are being illustrated as legislative and regulatory pressures on the form and function of the delivery system.

What current legislation has had the maximum impact on the way health care is provided?

What interest group(s) influenced the establishment of this legislation?

Mention an interest associated with a health care promotion or wellness program that, according to you, had the greatest impact on the people of the U.S. in the last three years. Provide a description of this program.

The Public Health and Health Promotion Essay description should include the following details:

What were the activities actually associated with the program?

How was it reported in the media?

What was it about this program that had an impact on you?

What population was involved? Why do you think the specified population was involved in the program?

What do you think can be done by society to promote this program?

GROUP CHARACTERISTICS MAJOR QUESTION:

How can knowledge of groups and their key characteristics make me more successful?

 

THE GROUP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS MAJOR QUESTION:

How can understanding the group development process make me more effective at school and work?

 

TEAMS AND THE POWER OF COMMON PURPOSE MAJOR QUESTION:

What are the characteristics of effective team players and team building, and how does this knowledge improve my performance in various types of teams?

 

TRUST BUILDING AND REPAIR—ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR SUCCESS MAJOR QUESTION:

How can I build and repair trust in ways that make me more effective at school, work, and home?

 

KEYS TO TEAM EFFECTIVENESS MAJOR QUESTION:

What are the keys to effective teams, and how can I apply this knowledge to give me an advantage?

 

 

POWER AND ITS BASIC FORMS MAJOR QUESTION:

What are the basic forms of power and how can they help me achieve my desired outcomes?

 

POWER SHARING AND EMPOWERMENT MAJOR QUESTION:

How can sharing power increase my power?

 

EFFECTIVELY INFLUENCING OTHERS MAJOR QUESTION:

How do my influence tactics affect my personal effectiveness?

 

POLITICAL TACTICS AND HOW TO USE THEM MAJOR QUESTION:

What are the many forms of politics, and how can understanding them make me more effective at school, at work, and socially?

 

IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT MAJOR QUESTION:

Do I seek only to impress, or to make a good impression?

Health Policy and Law Basics Essay

You have just been hired as a new Vice President of quality and safety for a full-service 600-bed government healthcare organization.  Within your first month on the job, the national security threat level has been raised to Imminent, which means there is a credible, specific, and impending terrorist threat against the United States, and your facility may be directly impacted. The Chief Executive Officer has requested an immediate six to eight-page report of your proposal for handling such a situation.

Note
: You may create and /or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a 6-8 page Health Policy and Law Basics Essay paper in which you:

Examine the existing procedures related to at least four (4) of the ten (10) essential public health services. Focus on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency.

Specify the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the emergency.

Detail three (3) measures that you would use in order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency.

Defend your position on the decision to accept health insurance during the emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Provide support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position.

Analyze the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization.

Use at least three (3) quality references within 7 years.
 
Note:
 
Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your Health Policy and Law Basics Essay assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Kind Regards,

 

Points: 200

Public Health Preparedness

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Examine the existing procedures related to at least four (4) of the ten (10) essential public health services. Focus on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely examined the existing procedures related to at least four (4) of the ten (10) essential public health services. Did not submit or incompletely focused on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency.

Insufficiently examined the existing procedures related to at least four (4) of the ten (10) essential public health services. Insufficiently focused on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency.

Partially examined the existing procedures related to at least four (4) of the ten (10) essential public health services. Partially focused on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency.

Satisfactorily examined the existing procedures related to at least four (4) of the ten (10) essential public health services. Satisfactorily focused on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency.

Thoroughly examined the existing procedures related to at least four (4) of the ten (10) essential public health services. Thoroughly focused on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency.

2. Specify the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the emergency.

Weight: 16%

Did not submit or incompletely specified the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the emergency.

Insufficiently specified the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the emergency.

Partially specified the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the emergency.

Satisfactorily specified the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the emergency.

Thoroughly specified the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the emergency.

3. Detail three (3) measures that you would use in order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency.

Weight: 18%

Did not submit or incompletely detailed three (3) measures that you would use in order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency.

Insufficiently detailed three (3) measures that you would use in order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency.

Partially detailed three (3) measures that you would use in order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency.

Satisfactorily detailed three (3) measures that you would use in order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency.

Thoroughly detailed three (3) measures that you would use in order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency.

4. Defend your position on the decision to accept health insurance during the emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Provide support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position.

Weight: 18%

Did not submit or incompletely defended your position on the decision to accept health insurance during the emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Did not submit or incompletely provided support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position.

Insufficiently defended your position on the decision to accept health insurance during the emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Insufficiently provided support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position

Partially defended your position on the decision to accept health insurance during the emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Partially provided support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position

Satisfactorily defended your position on the decision to accept health insurance during the emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Satisfactorily provided support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position

Thoroughly defended your position on the decision to accept health insurance during the emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Thoroughly provided support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position

5. Analyze the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization.

Weight: 13%

Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization.

Insufficiently analyzed the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization.

Partially analyzed the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization.

Satisfactorily analyzed the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization.

Thoroughly analyzed the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization.

6. Three (3) References

Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.

Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Weight: 10%

More than 8 errors present

7-8 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present

If you are willing, please share your total score on the AACN Essentials Self-Assessment. If you do not wish to share your score, give a general description of your current KSA levels.

Candidly identify and share with your classmates areas where knowledge, skills or abilities (KSAs) are lacking?

Describe the relationship between the AACN Essentials and your new-found knowledge about Patient Centered Care. Are there opportunities for you to improve?

Cultural Integration and Workforce Diversity Essay Paper

Diversity in the workplace focuses on similarities and differences all employees bring to the organization. Diversity such as education, cultural, gender, geographical location, and ethnic background should be encouraged and valued. Employees should consider how work policies, communication, and practices have a different impact on their colleagues.

Using the University Online Library, search the article, “All of Us: Embracing Diversity in Healthcare.”

Based on your research, summarize your thoughts and provide answers or comments to the following questions:

Discuss diversity in healthcare with examples and support from your research.

Summarize any cited special characteristics and problems in the workplace regarding diversity.

Now, let’s read the following scenario for your Cultural Integration and Workforce Diversity Essay Paper.

You are just promoted to a health administration management position. Your organization currently manages a home health unit where you are responsible for seven RNs, three dieticians, two billing and coding staff members, one physical therapist, one social worker, one accountant, and one health administrator overseeing the administrative duties of the organization.

The community is culturally diverse consisting of Hispanic, Arab Americans, and American Indian populations. Additionally, your staff is diverse consisting of one male RN, several RNs near retirement age, two newly graduated dieticians, and a few staff members representing several cultures. You find the staff does not seem to work well together and there appears to be several groups who do not include others at the lunch table. You have a vision to develop the team to promote unity, increase motivation, and share the same vision for a successful collaborative effort. You think how you will gather information so you can further develop your plan of action to turn the unit from one where there appears to be miscommunication and misinformation to a well-functioning team unit.

Based on the above scenario, answer the following questions in a Cultural Integration and Workforce Diversity Essay Paper:

As you begin to develop your plan of action, what important considerations will you address to improve the communication and collaborative effort among the group?

What perceived or real barriers do you anticipate based on the wide diversity of the staff and patients? For example, do seasoned and newly graduated staff members develop team cohesiveness immediately? How can language barriers between the team impede proper communication across department lines?

What potential conflicts can arise when you do not understand or accept cultural, gender, ethnic, or age diversity?

Develop four important steps for how you will implement your plan to improve communication and acceptance of various cultures and diverse workers for each of the perceived or real barriers for staff and patients.

Reference
:

Birk, S. (2012). All of us: Embracing diversity in healthcare. 
Healthcare

Executive
, 
27
(4), 30–32, 34–36, 38.

Improving Patient Satisfaction Fishbone Analysis Paper

Prepare a Fishbone Analysis diagram for the topic of IMPROVING PATIENT SATISFACTION with citations and reference page with images.

Must use the 5 why technique with at least 4 spines of Fishbone using 1. Nursing characteristics, 2. Patient characteristics, 3. System factors, 4. Practice breakdown.

 

APA format

Nursing Services Delivery Theory: An Open System Approach Paper

Reflect on your organization or one with which you are familiar. Within a particular department or unit in this organization, identify a problem the staff is encountering.

Using Table 1 in the Meyer article as a guide, analyze the department or unit, identifying inputs, throughput, output, cycles of events, and negative feedback. Consider whether the problem you have selected relates to input, throughput, output, cycles of events, and/or negative feedback.

Think about how you could address the problem: Consider what a desired outcome would be, then formulate related goals and objectives, and translate those goals into policies and procedures.

Research professional standards that are pertinent to your identified problem.

Reflect on the organization’s mission statement and values. In addition, consider how addressing this problem would uphold the mission and values, while improving the organizational culture and climate.

Write a 3- to 5-page Nursing Services Delivery Theory: An Open System Approach Paper that addresses the following:

Describe a department or unit within a health care organization using systems theory terminology. Include a description of inputs, throughput, output, cycles of events, and negative feedback.

Describe the problem you identified within the department or unit using an open- systems approach, and state where the problem exists using the systems theory model (input, throughput, output, cycles of events, or negative feedback).

Based on this information, explain how you would address the problem as follows:

Formulate a desired outcome.

Identify goals and objectives that would facilitate that outcome.

Translate those goals and objectives into policies and procedures for the department or unit.

Describe relevant professional standards.

Explain in your Nursing Services Delivery Theory: An Open System Approach Paper how your proposed resolution to the problem would uphold the organization’s mission and values and improve the culture and climate.