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The Nurse’s Role in Supporting the Organization’s Strategic Agenda

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THE NURSE’S ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATION’S STRATEGIC AGENDA

The Nurse’s Role in Supporting the Organization’s Strategic Agenda

As hospitals seek to reduce the incidence of Never Events and improve the overall quality of health care provided, it is apparent that ultimate success will require the effort of the entire medical staff. Consider the nurse’s role in supporting the organization’s strategic agenda as it relates to improving clinical outcomes.
For this application you are asked to interview a quality manager in an acute care or long-term care agency of your choice. Your goal is to determine the manager’s view regarding the impact of the direct care nurse’s role in clinical outcomes for the organization. How does this influence the ability of the organization to achieve its strategic agenda? Before you attend the interview, create a list of relevant questions that will help you better understand the effect a nurse can have on the successful treatment of the patient.

Write a 2- to 3-page paper discussing what you learned from this interview. How will what you learned impact how you approach your nursing responsibilities?

DISCUSS SOME WAYS THAT A HOSPITAL MIGHT MEASURE QUALITY.

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DISCUSS SOME WAYS THAT A HOSPITAL MIGHT MEASURE QUALITY.

Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital is a privately owned 600-bed facility. The hospital provides a broad range of health care services, including complete laboratory and X-ray facilities, an emergency room, an intensive care unit, a cardiac care unit, and a psychiatric ward. Most of these services are provided by several other hospitals in the metropolitan area. Memorial has purposely avoided getting involved in any specialized fields of medicine or obtaining very specialized diagnostic equipment because it was felt that such services would not be cost-effective. The General Hospital, located only a few miles from Memorial, is affiliated with the local School of Medicine and offers up-to-date services in those specialized areas. Instead of trying to compete with General Hospital to provide special services, Memorial Hospital has concentrated on offering high-quality general health care at an affordable price. Compared with the much larger General Hospital, Memorial stresses close personal attention to each patient from a nursing staff that cares about its work. In fact, the hospital has begun to place ads in newspapers and on television, stressing its patient-oriented care.

However, the hospital’s administrator, Janice Fry, is concerned about whether the hospital can really deliver on its promises, and worries that failure to provide the level of health care patients expect could drive patients away. Janice met recently with the hospital’s managerial personnel to discuss her concerns. The meeting raised some questions about how the hospital’s quality of health care could be assured. Jessica Tu, director of nursing, raised the question, “How do we measure the quality of health care? Do we give patients a questionnaire when they leave, asking if they were happy here? That does not seem to answer the question because we could make a patient happy, but give them lousy health care.” Several other questions were asked concerning the hospital’s efforts to keep costs down. Some people were concerned that an emphasis on costs would be detrimental to quality. They argued that when a person’s life is at stake, costs should not be of concern.
After the meeting, Janice began thinking about these questions. She remembered reading recently that some companies were using total quality management (TQM) to improve their quality. She liked the idea—if it could be used in a hospital.
Discuss some ways that a hospital might measure quality.
What are the potential costs of quality for Memorial Hospital? How could the value of a human life be included?
Are there any ideas or techniques from TQM that Janice could use to help Memorial focus on providing quality health care?
What measures could Memorial use to assess the quality of health care it is providing?

How can the multidisciplinary team of leaders impact the change project?

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Part I: Observation

 

Attend a multidisciplinary team meeting. Observe the communication skills used by the team leader and the group process. Consider the following questions as you observe the meeting:

Who served as the team leader? What leadership style did you observe?

How well did the team work together?

Was there group conflict? If so, how was it resolved?

Were there any outcomes from the group meeting?

Did you see evidence-based care or decisions during your observation?

How was nursing involved in the multidisciplinary group?

Part II: Interview

Interview a leader at least one level above your current or immediate past position from another clinical discipline (pharmacy, respiratory, case management, social work, medicine—not nursing). Ask the following questions:

How would you describe your leadership style?

What communication skills do you use?

What conflicts have you had to manage in the last 3 months?

What techniques and strategies do you use to work together to promote multidisciplinary teamwork?

Part III: Discussion

Identify ways in which you collaborated with other professionals regarding your activities.

Think about the stakeholders impacted by the change. How can the change theory you have chosen influence the success of a change project?

How can the multidisciplinary team of leaders impact the change project?

What is the best way to communicate the change within the agency?

Reference

 

Course Text: Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing (8th ed.)

Chapter 8, “Thinking Critically, Making Decisions, Solving Problems”

DESCRIBE HOW THE CONCEPT OF NUTRITION PROMOTION RELATES TO YOUR FAMILY.

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DESCRIBE HOW THE CONCEPT OF NUTRITION PROMOTION RELATES TO YOUR FAMILY.

Essay Outline

A written essay on an assigned topic, with a focus on Nutrition promotion and family assessment, worth 15% of final grade.

Objectives of the Essay:

The student will demonstrate their ability to:
Research a selected topic using a variety of reliable resources.
Prepare a professionally written report in APA format, from a nursing perspective on the selected topic.

The students will be able to describe the family they will study by week #3. Students create a family scenario upon which to focus the nutritional topic.

Essay:

Look up your selected nutrition promotion family topic. Be sure you understand what you are researching.
Read the relevant chapter in your text, Potter & Perry. Look in all of your required text resources.
Research your topic using at least one professional nursing journal.
Research your topic using other reputable texts, journals and online resources. Unless they are from a classic source (ex. F. Nightingale “Notes on Nursing”), all articles/texts must be less than 5 years old. The paper must have at least 3 references.
Make notes from your research. Organize what you have learned under main headings. Review your research to answer the following questions: What does the Nurse need to assess about this family and what will she need to include in a teaching plan?
Prepare a 1 page MAX outline of your paper as your starting point for the scholarly writing process. Your final paper should be a three page paper (can be longer), (not including cover page), double spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. font on the selected topic. A short paper means you must include the most important content in a concise manner. Apply APA format. References must be included in the body of the paper and listed at the end on a reference page. APA is a large part of the intended learning for this paper so please pay attention to the details of APA.
Compare your final paper with the marking scheme in the rubric below. Make the necessary changes.
Keep a copy of your work and final submission. Submit a title page, the essay, and reference page through Dropbox.
Some Recommended Nutrition Topics

Students may write their nutrition paper passed on one of the following topics or any on the topic approved by the professor

Describe the teaching required by the nurse in order to promote and/or maintain healthy nutrition.

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1. The Introduction. This section will be one paragraph.
Opening statement:

 

Define/Describe your topic: (you will need a reference here)

 

Introduce your paper:

 

2. Discussion about Health Promotion.
Describe how the concept of nutrition promotion relates to your family. (Use statistics Canada or RNAO BPG’s for references)

 

3. Discussion about Patient Assessment.
Describe how the Nurse would assess the family.

 

What would you look for? What would you need to ask them about? How would you gather this information? Include your questions and probable answers.

 

4. Discussion about Patient Teaching.
Describe the teaching required by the nurse in order to promote and/or maintain healthy nutrition.

a.    What would the patient need to know?

b.    How would you teach this?

 

5. Conclusion. This section will be 1 paragraph.
Wrap up your paper by referring back to the intro and restate 1 main idea from each section 2, 3 & 4. No new information.
 Reference List (APA format) This is an important part of this paper please pay attention to the details of APA.

Nutrition promotion and family assessment

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NUTRITION PROMOTION AND FAMILY ASSESSMENT

A written essay on an assigned topic, with a focus on Nutrition promotion and family assessment, worth 15% of final grade.

Objectives of the Essay:

The student will demonstrate their ability to:

  1. Research a selected topic using a variety of reliable resources.
  2. Prepare a professionally written report in APA format, from a nursing perspective on the selected topic.

The students will be able to describe the family they will study by week #3.  Students create a family scenario upon which to focus the nutritional topic.

Essay:

  1. Look up your selected nutrition promotion family topic. Be sure you understand what you are researching.
  2. Read the relevant chapter in your text, Potter & Perry. Look in all of your required text resources.
  3. Research your topic using at least one professional nursing journal.
  4. Research your topic using other reputable texts, journals and online resources. Unless they are from a classic source (ex. F. Nightingale “Notes on Nursing”), all articles/texts must be less than 5 years old. The paper must have at least 3 references.
  5. Make notes from your research. Organize what you have learned under main headings. Review your research to answer the following questions: What does the Nurse need to assess about this family and what will she need to include in a teaching plan?
  6. Prepare a 1 page MAX outline of your paper as your starting point for the scholarly writing process.Your final paper should be a three page paper (can be longer),  (not including cover page), double spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. font on the selected topic.  A short paper means you must include the most important content in a concise manner. Apply APA format. References must be included in the body of the paper and listed at the end on a reference page. APA is a large part of the intended learning for this paper so please pay attention to the details of APA.
  7. Compare your final paper with the marking scheme in the rubric below. Make the necessary changes.
  8. Keep a copy of your work and final submission. Submit a title page, the essay, and reference page through Dropbox.

Penalty for lateness and Plagiarism, please see Durham College policy.

THE INFLUENCE OF SPIRITUALITY ON FAMILY MANAGEMENT OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE

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THE INFLUENCE OF SPIRITUALITY ON FAMILY MANAGEMENT OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. The Influence of Spirituality on Family

Management of Parkinson’s Disease Bingham, Vicki;Habermann, Barbara Journal of Neuroscience Nursing; Dec 2006; 38, 6; ProQuest Central pg. 422 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.

Select a nursing research article that includes a nursing theory and the exploration of a clinical problem.  Critique the nursing research article in a 3 to 5 page paper (excluding title and references).  The paper will be evaluated on the effectiveness of the discussion of the following components.  If a component is not present in the article, its absence should be discussed.

  • Identify the research problem.
  • Identify the research purpose.
  • Summarize the review of literature.
  • Identify the nursing framework.
  • Identify the research questions and hypotheses.
  • Identify the variables.
  • Identify and discuss the appropriateness of the design.
  • Discuss the validity of the research.
  • Discuss the efficacy of the study.  Did it resolve the question?
  • Discuss the legal and ethical issues of the study.  Include the use of human subjects and their protection.
  • Describe any cultural aspects of the study.
  • Describe the sample.
  • Describe the procedures.
  • Summarize the results.
  • Describe how the results of the research may impact future nursing practice.
  • Apply the research to the student’s nursing practice.

Present the paper in APA Format and include a copy of the article with the su

Examine the controversy related to research and ethics in the field of social psychology

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ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS

 

To prepare for this assessment, locate scholarly articles on Milgram’s studies on obedience to authority and Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison experiment on the power of social roles. These two pivotal studies provide the basis for this assessment.

Examine the controversy related to research and ethics in the field of social psychology. Consider the information you located on Milgram’s studies on obedience to authority and Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison experiment on the power of social roles. Include the following in your assessment:

  • Describe what these studies revealed about conformity and obedience to authority.
  • Explain the benefits from these research studies. What knowledge or insight was gained?
  • Describe the impact of the studies in terms of the effects on the human participants.
  • Explain how these (and other) controversial research studies have shaped the principles and standards in the current APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Ethics.
  • Develop evidence-based arguments both for and against these types of controversial research studies.
  • Do you think that the information that was obtained was worth the risks to the human subjects? Explain and support your position.

Your submitted assessment should be 5–7 pages in length, excluding title page and reference page, and use references from at least three scholarly resources. Be sure to follow APA guidelines for format and style.

Additional Requirements

  • Include a title page and reference page.
  • At least three current scholarly or professional resources.
  • APA format.
  • Times New Roman font, 12 point.
  • Double spaced.

Describe what controversial research studies revealed about conformity and obedience to authority

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EXAMINE CONTROVERSY TO RESEARCH AND ETHICS IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY.

 

Write a 5–7-page assessment in which you examine the controversy related to research and ethics in the field of social psychology.

It is essential to be able to critically analyze the research methods used in studies, in order to weigh the validity of the conclusions or recommendations.

SHOW LESS

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 1: Apply information literacy and research skills to locate scholarly information in the field of social psychology.
  • Use valid, scholarly research resources relevant to the field of social psychology.
  • Competency 4: Examine the research methods frequently used in the study of social psychology.
  • Describe the impact of controversial research studies on the human participants.
  • Competency 5: Examine controversial research studies in social psychology from an ethical standpoint.
  • Explain how controversial research studies contributed to the development of ethical standards in the field of psychology.
  • Develop evidence-based arguments for and against controversial research studies in the field of social psychology.
  • Describe what controversial research studies revealed about conformity and obedience to authority.
  • Competency 6: Apply critical thinking skills to resolve conflicts and issues in the field of social psychology.
  • Determine whether knowledge gained justifies controversial research studies in the field of social psychology.
  • Competency 7: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.
  • Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a psychology professional.

Use APA format and style.

Utilize a systems-based and collaborative approach to address factors that influence the health of a community and population health problems

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GUIDELINES FOR CARING FOR POPULATIONS

Guidelines for Caring for Populations Milestone 2:

Assessment and Diagnosis

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide an opportunity to utilize community assessment strategies, uncover a community health problem, and identify the components of one community health nursing problem related to the community dynamics.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

CO2: Assess the health needs of individuals, families, aggregates, and communities using demographic and epidemiological data to identify population health risks. (PO 4)

CO6: Utilize a systems-based and collaborative approach to address factors that influence the health of a community and population health problems. (PO 2)

 

Points: 225 points

Directions

Watch the Milestone 2 tutorial by clicking this link. This tutorial is also available on Course Project page under Course Home as well as Week 4 Assignments page.

 

This paper is expected to be no more than four pages in length (not including the title page and reference list). Below are the requirements for successful completion of this paper. Please use the following categories as the first level headings on your paper. See the documents in the APA category in Course Resources for assistance with APA formatting.

  • [Introduction:] This beginning of your paper should catch the reader’s attention with interesting facts about your community and should include the purpose statement of the paper. This should be one paragraph. APA states that you should nottitle this as introduction; however, you are still expected to write a separate introduction. The title of the paper should be repeated at the top of page two and centered.
  • Community Overview: Identify the community that you are assessing by name and state and provide a general description of the community. What is the general character of the community? Statistics should not be included here. Your community should be the area you live or work in and should include a residential area. It should be a large enough area to answer the questions in the text. This should be one paragraph.
  • Demographic Data: Compile a range of demographic (population description) data for your community by examining U.S. Census Bureau reports. Using this data, describe your community. Compare your community data to state or national data. A summary of this data should be no more than two paragraphs.
  • Epidemiological Data: Compile and summarize a range of epidemiological (illness, morbidity, and mortality) data for your community by examining data from sources such as city or county health department reports, County Health Rankings (countyhealthrankings.org), or the Centers for Disease Control to describe priority health problems in your area. See the Webliography for applicable sites to search. Compare your community to state or national data. This comparison will help to identify a priority community health problem specific to your community. A summary of this data should be no more than two paragraphs.
  • Windshield Survey: Provide a summary of your observations from your first milestone. Make sure to discuss observations related to your identified problem. This should be one to two paragraphs.
  • Problem Diagnosis:
    • Using the assessment data, identify one community health nursing problem that you consider to be a priority concern.
    • Relate your choice to one of the Healthy People 2020 specific numbered objectives(not just a goal). Healthy People objectives are located within a topic area under the Objectives tab.
    • Your rationale should also include why this is a problem in your community and factors that contribute to the problem. Avoid discussion of interventions in this milestone.
    • Include a discussion of your problem with information from at least two scholarly sources (such as professional journal articles). (Review the documents in the APA category in Doc Sharing for help in determining sources that are considered scholarly—hint, .com websites are not considered scholarly sources). This should be no more than three paragraphs.
  • Summary: Summarize your community assessment and diagnosis findings and include a brief statement about the problem and the major factors that contribute to this problem. This information should be no more than two paragraphs.
  • Reference Page: All references should be cited within the paper and should be included on the reference page.