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Legislation

Nurses often become motivated to change aspects within the larger health care system based on their real-world experience. As such, many nurses take on an advocacy role to influence a change in regulations, policies, and laws that govern the larger health care system.

For this assignment, identify a problem or concern in your state, community, or organization that has the capacity for advocacy through legislation. Research the issue and use the ""Advocacy Through Legislation"" template to complete this assignment.

You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice. 

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion

Nursing and ways of disseminating Nursing research and EBP projects.

Minimum of 250 words with two or more peer review reference

Depending on the board of nursing in your state, there may be additional requirements to become a prescriber after you complete your APRN program. 

Describe the necessary steps required, for the state Florida how is it different than California, in order to become a prescriber? After you have completed these steps, you decide to celebrate on a family vacation in a different state. Your sister asks you to refill her levothyroxine because she forgot to pack her medication. What are the legal and ethical implications as a new prescriber to consider in this situation?

Strategy Assignment

Exercises: 

  How is strategy formulation related to situational analysis?

  How might a retrenchment strategy and a penetration strategy be linked together? What are some other logical combinations of strategies? How may a combination of strategies be related to vision?

Professional Development: 

  Collect examples of mission, vision, and values statements from various health care organizations --- be sure to include those that are for-profit, not-for-profit, public and private. The Internet provides a useful tool for obtaining real-time examples to review and evaluate. Utilizing the criteria discussed in the textbook readings, determine the extent to which the actual statements apply the principles discussed. Identify the similarities and differences between ""for profit"" and ""not-for-profit"" examples. Compare and contrast statements obtained from public and private health care organizations.

  Work through Exhibit 6-4 (p. 212), ""Strategic Thinking Map – Hierarchy of Strategic Decisions and Alternatives,"" for an organization with which you are familiar. Practice selecting different alternatives under each strategy type.

Exhibit 6–4: Strategic Thinking Map – Hierarchy of Strategic Decisions and Alternatives

Directional Strategies

Adaptive Strategies

Market Entry Strategies

Competitive Strategies

Implementation Strategies

• Mission

• Vision

• Values

• Goals

Expansion of Scope • Diversification • Vertical Integration • Market Development • Product Development • Penetration

Contraction of Scope • Divestiture • Liquidation • Harvesting • Retrenchment

Maintenance of Scope • Enhancement • Status Quo

Purchase • Acquisition • Licensing • Venture Capital Investment

Cooperation • Merger • Alliance • Joint Venture

Development • Internal Development • Internal Venture

Strategic Posture • Defender • Prospector • Analyzer

Positioning Marketwide • Cost Leadership • Differentiation Market Segment • Focus/ Cost Leadership • Focus/ Differentiation

Service Delivery • Pre-service • Point-of-service • After-service

Support • Culture • Structure • Strategic Resources

Unit Action Plans • Objectives • Actions • Timelines • Responsibilities

Ginter, P. M., Duncan, W. J., & Swayne, L. E. (2013). Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations (7th ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Information System Strategic Planning.

Information technology captures, stores, manages, or transmits information related to individuals or the activities of an organization.  Information systems include operational and technical systems, administrative systems for managing clients for organizations to improve their efficiency and effectiveness and financial systems for tracking revenue and managing billing systems. The use of information technology is viewed as essential in today’s industry. For this presentation, the learner will:

  Select one organization for this assignment then list and discuss 3 or more efficiencies offered by information technology in that selected setting

  Compare and contrast 2 commercially available information technology systems available to the selected setting

  Identify and discuss 5 or more implementation considerations that the organization should consider when adopting an information technology system

  Explore 2 or more emerging trends in information technology that will influence service delivery in the selected sector

  List and discuss 3 or more considerations and leaderships’ role in driving technology decisions in organizations

This PowerPoint® (Microsoft Office) or Impress® (Open Office) presentation should be a minimum of 20 slides, including a title, introduction, conclusion and reference slide, with detailed speaker notes and recorded audio comments for all content slides. Use at least four scholarly sources and make certain to review the module’s Signature Assignment Rubric before starting your presentation. This presentation is worth 400 points for quality content and presentation.

Hebda, T., & Czar, P. (2013) Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Healthcare Professional (5th ed.).  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Publishing.  ISBN: 9780132574952

Humanities competency.

Formulate, express, and support individual perspectives on diverse works and issues.

For this assessment task, you are asked to act as a critic for one of the various subjects under the umbrella of the subject Humanities. Through a series of critiques, you will be demonstrating your background knowledge on these subjects and the themes studied in the Humanities. In general, a critic evaluates a work or piece based on a common language of a subject. For example, certain terminology is used in the film industry for aesthetic, whereas other terminology is used in architecture. Aside from a common language of art, each subject usually includes a history of influence-how a work was influenced by other works and how a work influence aspects of today's art and culture. Critics use this common body of history and aesthetic to offer critiques, or judgements on the validity of the importance of aesthetic (it's representation of beauty).

Please watch the video below (02:33 - 16:32) as a refresher on this deliverable's content. The video will not tell you everything you need to know to pass this test-out, but it should serve as a refresher.

https://rasmussen-kanopystreaming-

com.ezproxy.rasmussen.edu/video/humanities-approach-living-modern-world

part 2

Deliverable 03 - Humanities (Test-Out Sophia Replacement)

Competency

Formulate, express, and support individual perspectives on diverse works and issues.

Instructions

You will act as a critic for some of the main subjects covered in the humanities. You will conduct a series of short, evaluative critiques of film, philosophy, literature, music, and myth. You will respond to five different prompts, and each response should include an analysis of the topics using terminology unique to that subject area and should include an evaluation as to why the topic stands the test of time. The five prompts are as follows:

  Choose a film and offer an analysis of why it is an important film, and discuss it in terms of film as art. Your response should be more than a summary of the film.

  Imagine you had known Plato and Aristotle and you had a conversation about how we fall in love. Provide an overview of how Plato would explain falling in love, and then provide an overview of how Aristotle might explain falling in love.

  Compare and contrast the two poems below:

LOVE’S INCONSISTENCY

I find no peace, and all my war is done;

I fear and hope, I burn and freeze likewise

I fly above the wind, yet cannot rise;

And nought I have, yet all the world I seize on;

That looseth, nor locketh, holdeth me in prison, And holds me not, yet can I ’scape no wise;

Nor lets me live, nor die, at my devise,

And yet of death it giveth none occasion.

Without eyes I see, and without tongue I plain;

I wish to perish, yet I ask for health;

I love another, and yet I hate myself;

I feed in sorrow, and laugh in all my pain;

Lo, thus displeaseth me both death and life,

And my delight is causer of my grief.

Petrarch

After great pain a formal feeling comes—

The nerves sit ceremonious like tombs;

The stiff Heart questions—was it He that bore?

And yesterday—or centuries before?

The feet mechanical go round

A wooden way

Of ground or air or ought

Regardless grown,

A quartz contentment like a stone.

This is the hour of lead

Remembered if outlived

As freezing persons recollect

The snow—

First chill, then stupor, then

The letting go

Emily Dickinson. 

4. Compare and contrast these two pieces of music:

Beethoven’s Violin Romance No. 2

Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag

5. Explain in classical terms why a modern character is a hero. Choose from either Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones, Bilbo Baggins, Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen, or Ender Wiggins.

Theory discussion

Choose a middle-range theory or grand theory that, in your opinion, can be applied to research. What are the assumptions underpinning this theory? Discuss how this theory finds application in research.

  Choose a middle-range theory or grand theory that, in your opinion, can be applied to practice. What are the assumptions underpinning this theory? Discuss how this theory finds application in your area of practice.

Treatment of Psychiatric Emergencies

The diagnosis of psychiatric emergencies can include a wide range of problems—from serious drug reactions to abuse and suicidal ideation/behaviors

Discussion scenario.

A 44-year-old obese female is admitted to the emergency room with fever and severe abdominal pain on the upper right side that radiates to the scapula. She states that she feels nauseated. She states that the pain began at a friend's house during a party and is becoming more severe. You can see that she is quite uncomfortable.

  What could be the underlying cause of these symptoms?

  What examinations would you perform? Why?

  What laboratory tests would be needed to confirm possible differential diagnoses?

  What pharmaceutical drugs are approved for treating the diagnosis that you concluded for this case?

Citations should conform to APA guidelines. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources or connect to the APA Style website through the APA icon below

Mental Health.

Addie, age 15, is brought to the school nurse after fainting during gym class. She is grossly underweight, wears baggy clothes, and has dry skin. She complains of feeling cold despite wearing two sweaters. As the nurse examines her perfunctorily, she notices that Addie’s skin seems slightly yellow, and a gentle scrape of her skin shows signs of dehydration.

  Based on the findings, what is the likely diagnosis?

  What are contributing factors?

  What would be an appropriate treatment plan? (Include possible medications, interventions, etc.).

  List one short term and one long term goal for this client

Diabetes and Drug Treatments.

Each year, 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes (American Diabetes Association, 2019). If left untreated, diabetic patients are at risk for several alterations, including heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, neuropathy, and blindness. There are various methods for treating diabetes, many of which include some form of drug therapy. The type of diabetes as well as the patient’s behavior factors will impact treatment recommendations.

For this Discussion, you compare types of diabetes, including drug treatments for type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes.

Reference: American Diabetes Association. (2019). Statistics about diabetes. Retrieved from http://diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/

To Prepare                                                                                 

  Review the Resources for this module and reflect on differences between types of diabetes, including type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes.

  Select one type of diabetes to focus on for this Discussion.

  Consider one type of drug used to treat the type of diabetes you selected, including proper preparation and administration of this drug. Then, reflect on dietary considerations related to treatment.

  Think about the short-term and long-term impact of the diabetes you selected on patients, including effects of drug treatments.

By Day 3 of Week 5

Post a brief explanation of the differences between the types of diabetes, including type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes. Describe one type of drug used to treat the type of diabetes you selected, including proper preparation and administration of this drug. Be sure to include dietary considerations related to treatment. Then, explain the short-term and long-term impact of this type of diabetes on patients. including effects of drug treatments. Be specific and provide examples.

Five references not more than five years\

Zero ploagiarism.