Category: Nursing

Identity the area of concern or issue clarifying the underlying and related concerns.Evaluate how issues in the bill will affect stakeholders at an institutional, local, state, and/or federal level.

Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2019 116th Congress (2019-2020)

2. Identity the area of concern or issue clarifying the underlying and related concerns.

3. Describe the background of the area of concern or issue – assess economic, legal, and regulatory processes that prompted the

writing of the bill

4. Identify all direct and/or indirect stakeholders and stakeholder position on the area of concern.

5. Identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) to the bill.

6. Evaluate how issues in the bill will affect stakeholders at an institutional, local, state, and/or federal level.

7. Using the Essentials of Master’s Education, propose two ways the master’s prepared nurse leader can act as a change agent,

contribute to the policy-making process, and advocate for quality, cost-effective care.

8. The scholarly paper should be in narrative format, 5 to 6 pages excluding the title and reference page.

9. Include an introductory paragraph, purpose statement, and a conclusion.

10. Include level 1 and 2 headings to organize the paper.

11. Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we’ or ‘I’) and in a scholarly manner. To clarify: I, we,

you, me, our may not be used. In addition, describing yourself as the researcher or the author should not be used.

12. Include a minimum of five (5) professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal references to support the paper (review in Ulrich’s

Periodical Directory) and be less than five (5) years old. Instructor can revise these guidelines to include websites.

13. APA format is required (attention to spelling/grammar, a title page, a reference page, and in-text citations).

Explain how the prescribing practice skills were used effectively in this placement. Why were they good in this situation?

PORTFOLIO/ Nurse prescriber

Explain how the prescribing practice skills were used effectively in this placement. Why were they good in this situation?

How could this prescribing practice or use of these identified skills be improved if you were the prescriber? Explain your thinking about this.

What were your thoughts/feelings on this prescribing practice at the time? And on reflection?

Explain in detail HOW you will apply what you have learnt to your future prescribing practice? Identifying and explaining how this relates to the learning outcomes, competencies and professional requirements you have to demonstrate.

Explain how the prescribing practice skills were used effectively in this placement. Why were they good in this situation?

What are the implications of effective self-leadership and self-care in your future MSN role? Provide two recommendations to further cultivate self-care and self-leadership.

WEEK3 NR-504

Why are self-care and self-leadership important, and how do they relate to one’s competency as a leader? How is self-care related to self-leadership?
Based upon the Chamberlain Care Model, what are the implications when adequate self-care is present? What are the implications when self-care is lacking or absent?

How are self-care and self-leadership reflected in the principles of authentic leadership?

What are the implications of effective self-leadership and self-care in your future MSN role? Provide two recommendations to further cultivate self-care and self-leadership.

Which drugs are contraindicated? if any, and why? Be specific. What is the timeframe that the patient should see resolution of symptoms.?

Reflect on the psychopharmacologic treatment you have covered up to this point that may be available to treat patients with mental health disorders.

(2) Consider the potential effects these psychopharmacology treatments may have on co-existing mental health conditions and /or their potential effects on the patient overall health.

(a) In 3 or 4 sentences, explain the appropriate drug therapy for a patient who presents with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and history of alcohol abuse.

Which drugs are contraindicated? if any, and why? Be specific. What is the timeframe that the patient should see resolution of symptoms.?

(b) list 4 predictors of late-onset generalized anxiety disorder.
(c) List 4 potential neurobiology causes of psychotic major depression.
(d) An episode of major depression is defined as a period of time lasting at least 2 weeks. List at least 5 symptoms required for the episodes to occur. Be specific.

What is the relationship between having a strong personal power base and the ability to empower others?Have you had any experience with having to rebuild it because of a position change or change in practice location?

Week 5 Post
 Annotate/bold each topic addressed in response:

1. What is a personal power base and what is (or has been) your plan for building one?

2. Have you had any experience with having to rebuild it because of a position change or change in practice location?

3. What was that experience like?

4. Empowering others is reciprocal in nature. What does this mean?

5. What is the relationship between having a strong personal power base and the ability to empower others?

References must be within the past 5 years

What standard or benchmark will you use for the outcome? What does your organization use as a benchmark for readmissions within 30 days of discharge?

Week 6 Post

P: CMS patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge

What will we do differently to impact the improved outcome

If this were happening in your organization, discuss:

Whom will you include in your task force?

What outcomes measures will you audit?

Where will you obtain the data to determine your baseline and goal regarding the percentage of readmissions within 30 days of discharge?

What specific outcome do you want to achieve?

What standard or benchmark will you use for the outcome? What does your organization use as a benchmark for readmissions within 30 days of discharge?

Describe the intervention you will use to achieve your goal?

 

What is your approach to solving this problem?Using a specific motivational theory, describe how you would create a healthful work environment within that organization.

Week 4

Consider this scenario:

You are the nurse administrator of a medium sized health system with a multigenerational workforce. Over the past year, there has been a noticeable decrease in employee satisfaction scores, presence of low morale, and attrition has begun. Attrition has not met the critical point and you are taking action to prevent it getting worse.

1. What is your approach to solving this problem?

2. Using a specific motivational theory, describe how you would create a healthful work environment within that organization.

3. Describe at least three theory-based strategies you will use to create this environment you described.

Discuss ratings by third-party organizations, such as KLAS Research.Evaluate the importance of interprofessional stakeholder feedback from demonstrations, presentations, testing, and installation.

Write a 750-1,000-word request for proposal (RFP) that includes the following criteria:

Explain why you chose these vendors.

Summarize vital criteria you would require in the ensuing RFP and vendor demos (if applicable) to make your final selection recommendation.

Describe the selection process requirements: demonstrations, presentations, testing, installation, etc.

Evaluate the importance of interprofessional stakeholder feedback from demonstrations, presentations, testing, and installation.

Discuss ratings by third-party organizations, such as KLAS Research.

Discuss any feedback from site visits or current user interviews.

Discuss the details of their pricing models and contracts, including contractual duration, cost of severing the contract early, support fees, upgrade fees, and service-level agreements.