Category: Nursing

Explain how the specific artifacts or completed work or both in your portfolio represent you as a learner and a healthcare professional.

portfolio

Complete a professional summary (suggested length of 3–4 pages) that includes the following:

a. Explain how the specific artifacts or completed work or both in your portfolio represent you as a learner and a healthcare professional.

b. Discuss how the specific artifacts in your portfolio represent your professional strengths.

c. Discuss challenges you encountered during the progression of your program.

i. Explain how you overcame these challenges.

d. Explain how your coursework helped you meet each of the nine nursing program outcomes.

e. Analyze how you fulfilled the following roles during your program:

• scientist

• detective

• manager of the healing environment

f. Discuss how you have grown professionally since the beginning of your program.

B. Complete the following within the section “Quality and Safety”:

a. Discuss how the program assisted you in developing your professional definition.

b. Identify the artifacts in your portfolio that support your definition.

i. Explain how these artifacts support your definition from part B1.

Note: The artifacts should be attached within the portfolio.

2. Discuss the importance of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) certificate for your future role as a professional nurse.

C. Complete the following within the section “Evidence-Based Practice”:

1. Reflect (suggested length of 1 page) on your professional definition of evidence-based practice developed in Professional Roles and Values, including any necessary changes to your definition.

a. Discuss how the program assisted you in developing your professional definition.

b. Identify the artifacts in your portfolio that support your definition.

Explain how these artifacts support your definition from part C1.

 Identify the PICOT problem, what clinical problems or issues may arise from clinical care?

PICOT Question Paper

The PICOT question will provide a framework for your capstone project change proposal.

In a paper of 500-750 words, clearly identify the clinical problem and how it can result in a positive patient outcome.

Identify the PICOT problem, what clinical problems or issues may arise from clinical care? The PICOT problem as it relates to evidence-based solution, nursing intervention, patent care, health care agency, and nursing practice is thoroughly described.

Describe nursing intervention: A nursing intervention used to address the problem. Compare the nursing intervention to a patient population not currently receiving the nursing intervention, and timeframe needed to implement the change process.

Step 4: Summarize Clinical Problem and Patient Outcome: The clinical problem and how it can result in a positive patient outcome.

Discuss how the approach makes this professional more effective or less effective in building relationships across disciplines within his or her organization.

Analyze the factors that contributed to the ethical problem or issue identified in the case study.

Describe the factors that contributed to the problem or issue and explain how they contributed.

Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.

Describe how the health care professional in the case study communicated with others.

Assess instances where the professional communicated effectively or ineffectively.

Explain which communication approaches should be used and which ones should be avoided.

Describe the consequences of using effective and non-effective communication approaches.

Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study.

Describe the actions taken in response to the ethical dilemma or issue presented in the case study.

Summarize how well the professional managed professional responsibilities and priorities to resolve the problem or issue in the case.

Discuss the key lessons this case provides for health care professionals.
Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study.

Describe the proposed solution.

Discuss how the approach makes this professional more effective or less effective in building relationships across disciplines within his or her organization.

Discuss how likely it is the proposed solution will foster professional collaboration.

Identify who is involved or affected by the ethical problem or issue.

 Describe any professional experience you have with this topic. Identify 4 peer-reviewed articles relevant to health care issue or problem.

Health Care Disparities 

Write a brief overview of the Topic Health Care Disparities . In your overview:

Summarize the health care problem or issue.

Describe your interest in the topic.

Describe any professional experience you have with this topic.

Identify 4 peer-reviewed articles relevant to health care issue or problem.

Determine if the source is from an academic peer-reviewed journal.

Determine if the publication is current.

Determine if information in the academic peer-reviewed journal article is still relevant.

Analyze academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format. Provide rationale for inclusion of each selected article.

Explain how the health concern or risk from your community health nursing diagnostic statement is linked to a health inequity or health disparity within the target population.

Obesity

Write your community health nursing diagnostic statement that identifies the following components:

• a health concern or risk that is relevant to your chosen field experience topic

• the affected group (e.g., target population) or community

• suggested causative factors

• evidence or support for the health concern or risk

Explain how the health concern or risk from your community health nursing diagnostic statement is linked to a health inequity or health disparity within the target population.

Discuss the primary community resources and primary prevention resources discovered during your “Windshield Survey” that are relevant to the health concern or risk.

Discuss the underlying causes that lead to the health concern or risk for the target population.

Discuss evidence-based practice standards (i.e., scholarly backed guidelines or practices) associated with the health concern or risk.

Identify data that provide insight into the significance of the health concern or risk from the local (e.g., county), state, or national level.

Develop a community health nursing social media marketing campaign strategy that will convey a health message and address the health concern or risk by doing the following:

Describe a measurable objective for the social media marketing campaign.

Recommend two social media marketing interventions (i.e., education, resources, networking) specific to the target population, and provide rationale for how each intervention improves the health message related to your selected health concern or risk.

Describe at least one social media platform you would use to communicate the interventions to the target population, and provide rationale for why each platform is appropriate for this group.

Describe best practices and guidelines when utilizing social media platforms for health marketing interventions.

E. Create a social media marketing campaign implementation plan by doing the following:

Describe at least two logical stakeholders and the roles and responsibilities each stakeholder has in implementing the campaign plan.

Describe at least two community partnerships and the contributing roles and responsibilities each partner has in the implementation of the campaign plan.

Formulate a step-by-step timeline of the implementation process for your social media marketing campaign.

Describe at least one method of evaluation and the detailed criteria that will be used to measure the effectiveness of the social media marketing interventions.

Discuss the costs associated with specific elements of the social media marketing campaign that would require financial support for implementation.

F. Reflect on the application of social media by doing the following:

1. Reflect on the community health nurse’s role in using social media to promote healthier populations.

2. Reflect on how a social media marketing campaign could apply to your current or future personal nursing practice.

G. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

H. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

How would a spiritual needs assessment help the physician assist Mike determine appropriate interventions for James and for his family or others involved in his care?

Answer the following questions about a patient’s spiritual needs in light of the Christian worldview.

1. In 200-250 words, respond to the following: Should the physician allow Mike to continue making decisions that seem to him to be irrational and harmful to James, or would that mean a disrespect of a patient’s autonomy? Explain your rationale.

2. In 400-500 words, respond to the following: How ought the Christian think about sickness and health? How should a Christian think about medical intervention? What should Mike as a Christian do? How should he reason about trusting God and treating James in relation to what is truly honoring the principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence in James’s care?

3. In 200-250 words, respond to the following: How would a spiritual needs assessment help the physician assist Mike determine appropriate interventions for James and for his family or others involved in his care?

Remember to support your responses with the topic Resources.

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/end-life-and-sanctity-life-commentary-1/2005-05

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/doing-culturally-sensitive-spiritual-assessment-recognizing-spiritual-themes-and-using-hope/2005-05

Advance Directives
“Advance Directives,” by Hanson and Doukas, from
The Penn Center
Guide to Bioethics
(2009).
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ntent/entry/sppbioeth/advance_directives/0?institutionId=5865
Palliative Care
“Palliative Care,” by Weigand, from
The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics

(2009).
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ntent/entry/sppbioeth/palliative_care/0?institutionId=5865

Critically review the article. Analyze the evidence. Was the research presented in the article objective or bias? Describe the article’s strength and weakness.

Describe what the article is about. Present a clear, non-biased understanding of the article’s topic. Mention the article name and source. What makes the article important? “The main topic of this journal article is ….”

Critically review the article. Analyze the evidence. Was the research presented in the article objective or bias? Describe the article’s strength and weakness. Highlight the positive or negative points. “This article presents the material (well / not well) because …

” Do not give your opinion on the article’s topic, we are not experts. Why should or should not the article be recommend reading? Was the article successful or a failure in relaying information based on the topic? “I (recommend/ don’t recommend) reading this article because…”

What knowledge was gained from reading this article? What do the results cited in the article indicate? Do not present new or additional information in the conclusion, stay focused on the article topic at hand. “After reading and analyzing this article learned that …. “

Explain the Christian perspective of the nature of spirituality and ethics in contrast to the perspective of postmodern relativism within health care.

Foundational Issues in Christian Spirituality and Ethics

Based on the required topic Resources, write a reflection about worldview and respond to following:

In 250-300 words, explain the Christian perspective of the nature of spirituality and ethics in contrast to the perspective of postmodern relativism within health care.
In 250-300 words, explain what scientism is and describe two of the main arguments against it.
In 750-1,000 words, answer each of the worldview questions according to your own personal perspective and worldview:
What is ultimate reality?
What is the nature of the universe?
What is a human being?
What is knowledge?
What is your basis of ethics?
What is the purpose of your existence?

What about healthcare for US residents who are not citizens?Should any basic healthcare services be provided to all US citizens?

Answer the following questions related to access to quality healthcare:

Is access to healthcare a basic right?

Should any basic healthcare services be provided to all US citizens?

What about healthcare for US residents who are not citizens?

Who should pay for basic healthcare services?

Provide rationales and resource support for your responses.