Approaching the AssignmentA major skill that is learned in this course is how to critically read and critique nursing research articles. The purpose for critiquing an article is to critically evaluate the research process followed by the author(s) of the assigned article. This is an information-intensive, time-intensive process that is not learned overnight. To demonstrate your skill at critiquing an article, you will complet...
Assessment Concerns and Suicide Prevention1. Discuss four concerns related to the assessment information presented in the case study above. Recommend two further assessment questions you feel are appropriate at this time. 2. Describe how you would approach Miss C in the situation above to facilitate therapeutic communication. How would the nurse encourage Miss C toperform her activities of daily living. 3. List two essential questions that you...
Assignment Overview1. Review the rubric(s) associated to the assignment. o Choose one local community for the entire duration of the assignment and discuss the issues, positive or negative, that affect the overall health of the individuals living within that community. A total of two submissions will be made on your chosen community with each submission identifying a separate health issue of the community. Some suggested issues include: substanc...
PurposeBefore any nursing plan of care or intervention can be implemented or evaluated, the nurse assesses the individual through the collection of both subjective and objective data. The data collected are used to determine areas of need or problems to be addressed by the nursing care plan. This assignment will focus on collecting subjective assessment data, synthesizing the data, and on identifying health/wellness priorities based on the f...
Assignment GuidelinesThe purpose of this assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate utilization of epidemiology research related to the health of the community_ Assignment Guidelines Determine a specific population that you would like to have more information about, this should be the same population chosen for assignment 1 and the one you anticipate to use for assignment 3 and 4). Use the Athabasca University Library Databa...
Task:Task: Write a summary of what you learned from this discussion board. Of course, feel free to have longer and more involved discussions. Total minimal posts over a discussion board for each student is four posts. All discussion board responses should be substantial, and further the scholarly conversation. For example, responding to a classmate with, “Great post. I totally agree...
Assignment 1 GoalsThe primary goal of Assignment 1 is to increase your awareness of your current leadership strengths and areas for improvement. The secondary goal is to familiarize you with a variety of leadership assessment tools. Assignment 1 involves the following steps: Select two leadership ability/style self-assessment tools. These are readily available on the Internet. Below are links to some tools that you may use. You are not limited t...
Project Overview You have spent the past few months reading the course material related to Management and Leadership in Nursing Practice (Nursing 432) and hopefully you have gained some new knowledge and understanding. Now, you have been given the opportunity to apply some of what you have learned in a ?real-life? exercise where you will design your own health care workplace. You were the successful candidate for the following job ad? Wante...
Question: “This report is an investigation of the effectiveness of coordinating integrated healthcare. You are required to select a chronic / long term condition and explore the nurses role in coordinating integrated healthcare. This will be completed by focussing on addressing LO1 – L04. “ This template will guide you with your report writing. Remember that your work will need to be supported with references (Ha...
Selected Population/GroupAssignment 3: Community Assessment and Diagnosis It is recommended that you work through Section I, Units 1-4, and Section II, Unit 5 and Unit 6 prior to completing work on this assignment. The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to conduct a partial community assessment on a population and to diagnose areas of need for health promotion related to an identified population. This will be accomp...
Grading CriteriaAssignment 3: Transitions and Aging | Value 30% This assignment should be completed sometime between Units 5 and 9. For this assignment you will write a paper in which you explore a common transition faced by older adults. This transition may relate to a health transition (e.g. illness), a transition in living environment (e.g., a move to an assisted living facility or a long-term care facility), or dying or death. The emphasis i...
Productivity MetricsYou have been hired as a consultant to increase productivity in United General’s emergency department. Your consulting engagement entails evaluating productivity metrics for the emergency room (ER), creating a balanced scorecard to measure the department’s performance, and then presenting recommendations to the leaders of the emergency department. As a first step in your consulting engagement, you review Ron&...
Key Symptoms of Schizophrenia as Evidenced by Gerald1. As discussed in our class, the symptoms of Schizophrenia include: Delusions, Hallucinations, Disorganized Speech, Disorganized Behavior. As you watch the video, Gerald shows symptoms of each of these. Give a specific example of each. What does Gerald do or say that would indicate the following: Delusions: Hallucinations: Disorganized Speech: Disorganized Behavio...
Question 1 : The Application of Data to Problem-SolvingQuestion 1 : The Application of Data to Problem-Solving WRITE a 1 PAGE description of the focus of your scenario. Describe the data that could be used and how the data might be collected and accessed. What knowledge might be derived from that data? How would a nurse leader use clinical reasoning and judgment in the formation of knowledge from this experience? In the modern era, there are f...
Difficulties in Choosing a Nursing SpecializationChoose among the following to review your specialization’s Scope and Standards of Practice or Competencies: 1.Analyze difficulties in determining nursing specializations 2.Compare nursing specialties 3.Justify selection of MSN specialization Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 4.Analyze nursing specialization professional organization engagement strategies 5.Create Academic S...