Leadership and Managing
This week you reflected upon the difference between a “manager” and a “leader” and discussed this concept with your classmates and professor in the discussion board. In a written essay please answer the following questions:
What are the differences between leaders and managers? What characteristics are similar and what are different?
Provide a total of three examples. First, of someone who has great managerial skills. Second, another individual with great leadership skills. Third, another person with poor managerial skills. These can be made up individuals or examples you have seen without any identifying information. Discuss how the staff of each individual would be affected by the skills of the leader/manager.
Complete the Emotional Intelligence Test Discuss your scores and what they mean. What did you learn about yourself as a leader? (Note that a 10 on the EI test means strong. On the score page, click on the blue ""here"" under ""interpreting your GEIT scores, click here"" for more information on each section and what it means. (my scores from the emotional intelligence test)
Self-Awareness - 4 Self-Management - 7 Social-Awareness - 8 Relationship Management- 5. interpretation of the my GEIT scores is uploaded.
Assignment Expectations:
Length: 1500 to 2000 words total (at least 500 words per question prompt)
Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.
Case study
Read the following case study and answer the reflective questions. Please provide rationales for your answers. Make sure to provide a citation for your answers.,"CASE STUDY: An Older Immigrant Couple: Mr. and Mrs. Arahan Mr. and Mrs. Arahan, an older couple in their seventies, have been living with their oldest daughter, her husband of 15 years, and their two children, ages 12 and 14. They all live in a middle-income neighborhood in a suburb of a metropolitan city. Mr. and Mrs. Arahan are both college educated and worked full-time while they were in their native country. In addition, Mr. Arahan, the only offspring of wealthy parents, inherited a substantial amount of money and real estate. Their daughter came to the United States as a registered nurse and met her husband, a drug company representative. The older couple moved to the United States when their daughter became a U.S. citizen and petitioned them as immigrants. Since the couple was facing retirement, they welcomed the opportunity to come to the United States. The Arahans found life in the United States different from that in their home country, but their adjustment was not as difficult because both were healthy and spoke English fluently. Most of their time was spent taking care of their two grandchildren and the house. As the grandchildren grew older, the older couple found that they had more spare time. The daughter and her husband advanced in their careers and spent a great deal more time at their jobs. There were few family dinners during the week. On weekends, the daughter, her husband, and their children socialized with their own friends. The couple began to feel isolated and longed for a more active life. Mr. and Mrs. Arahan began to think that perhaps they should return to the home country, where they still had relatives and friends. However, political and economic issues would have made it difficult for them to live there. Besides, they had become accustomed to the way of life in the United States with all the modern conveniences and abundance of goods that were difficult to obtain in their country. However, they also became concerned that they might not be able to tolerate the winter months and that minor health problems might worsen as they aged. They wondered who would take care of them if they became very frail and where they would live, knowing that their daughter had only saved money for their grandchildren’s college education. They expressed their sentiments to their daughter, who became very concerned about how her parents were feeling. This older couple had been attending church on a regular basis, but had never been active in other church-related activities. The church bulletin announced the establishment of parish nursing with two retired registered nurses as volunteers. The couple attended the first opening of the parish clinic. Here, they met one of the registered nurses, who had a short discussion with them about the services offered. The registered nurse had spent a great deal of her working years as a community health nurse. She informed Mr. and Mrs. Arahan of her availability to help them resolve any health-related issues. Reflective Questions 1. What strategies could be suggested for this older adult couple to enhance their quality of life? 2. What community resources can they utilize? 3. What can the daughter and her family do to address the feelings of isolation of the older couple? 4. What health promotion activities can ensure a healthy lifestyle for them?
Discussion
evaluate an article by working through the following 7 question
Again, keeper studies can be identified using handy Rapid Critical Appraisal checklists consisting of a set of simple but important questions. Below are sample questions developed for use with quantitative studies that are applicable to most appraisal situations (it’s important to note that qualitative evidence, if it’s relevant to the clinical question, should not be dismissed):
Why was the study done? Make sure the study is directly relevant to the clinical question.
What is the sample size? Size can and should vary according to the nature of the study. Since determining a valid minimum sample size in a single study can be difficult, taking into account multiple studies is beneficial.The answer to this question alone should not remove a study from the appraisal process.
Are instruments of the variables in the study clearly defined and reliable? Make sure the variables were consistently applied throughout the study and that they measured what the researchers said they were going to measure.
How was the data analyzed?Make sure that any statistics are relevant to the clinical question.
Were there any unusual events during the study? If the sample size changed, for example, determine whether that has ramifications if you wish to replicate the study.
How do the results fit in with previous research in this area? Make sure the study builds on other studies of a similar nature.
What are the implications of the research for clinical practice? Ask whether the study addresses a relevant and important clinical issue
Discussion
1. Discussion Question
Topics- from Learning by Experience and Reflection:
· Develop your vision of the ideal health care system.
· List some of the characteristics that constitute such a system. What would be the goal or goals of your ideal system?
· Think about how you would go about implementing your ideal system.
· Consider some of the problems you are likely to encounter.
· Must address all of the topics.
· 150-word minimm/250-word maximum without the references
· Minimum of two references (the course textbook can be one of the references, as well as the organizational website) in APA format. If additional articles chosen, they must have been published within last 3-5 years
Discussion
What is your definition of spiritual care? How does it differ or accord with the description given in the topic readings? Explain. 1 reference
When it comes to facilitating spiritual care for patients with worldviews different from your own, what are your strengths and weaknesses? If you were the patient, who would have the final say in terms of ethical decision-making and intervention in the event of a difficult situation? 1 reference
Informatics in healthcare
This week, you should be locating sources for your Signature Assignment project. What problems are you having locating sources for your project? Is the wording of an article hard to comprehend? What sites have you found helpful? Please locate at least two scholarly sources for your project and describe the information you found in these sources that you intend to use for your presentation.
Please reply to at least two peers offering support and assistance, including recommendations for locating sources for their projects.
Your initial posting should be at least 400 words in length and utilize at least two scholarly sources other than the textbook
Community Nursing Discussion
Visit the Healthy People web site at: https://health.gov/healthypeople (Links to an external site.)
Click into the tab at the top of the screen, 2030 Objectives and Data link and select a topic of interest to you (for instance click into Nutrition and Weight Status)
Click into this topic
Navigate and explore Topic of interest to you as a professional nurse.
Share your findings with the entire class:
How might a Public Health Nurse use this web site?
How might the Public Health Nurse apply aspects of the
Intervention tab?
In what way (s) would the Public Health Nurse know whether these Interventions are based in evidence- based practice?
How can the Public Health Nurse apply these interventions in ways that consider the specific populations cultural ideas, values and beliefs? Give a specific
Reflect upon the science of Public Health and Public Health Nursing. In what ways do these practice disciplines emulate the concept of Social Justice? How can you operationalize social justice in your current practice setting – give a specific
Discussion #2:
What is your perception of the community health/ public health nursing (PHN) role in encouraging patients/ clients to do certain things for their health such as immunizing their child/selves, telling partners about STIs, stopping smoking, protecting themselves from injury, and other health promotion/ disease prevention practices?
If the PHN is trying to protect the public from health issues, should s/he be able to exert any sort of force or authority over behaviors that have the potential to affect others? Why?
Where is the line drawn and why? Include specific examples to illustrate your points of
Reflect upon how the encouraging and/ or mandating actions for promotion of health reflect on the concept of Social Justice? How can you operationalize these actions and social justice in your current practice setting – give a specific example
Discussion
Describe what life span considerations you might use in applying the nursing process to infants, school-age children, younger adults, and older adults in relation to immunizations and wellness.
Explain principles of care for clients with oncological disorders
Anna is a 45-year-old female that presented to her physician’s office for her annual check-up. Anna has a history of diabetes, obesity, and noncompliance with diet and medications to control her diabetes. She a single mother of three teenagers and smokes regularly. During the history review, Anna shares with you that she has not been feeling like herself for the past six months, she has been unusually tired and thought that she felt a lump in her right breast during a self-breast exam around that same time. She stated, “I am very busy with my children; I haven’t had time to get it checked out.” She has recently been experiencing right nipple pain. Anna has a positive family history of breast cancer; both her mother and grandmother have been treated for breast cancer. Anna has never had a mammogram. During the breast examination, the practitioner palpated a lump in Anna’s right breast. No discharge from the nipple was observed. Anna’s right breast was tender upon palpation. No abnormalities were found in the left breast. Based on the physical findings Anna will undergo a diagnostic mammogram.
Instructions
In a 2-page paper, describe the care that Anna would require and address the questions below.
What risk factors does Anna have that could predispose her to the development of cancer?
What signs and symptoms could indicate that Anna has developed cancer?
Based on Anna’s risk factors and presenting problems, identify three care strategies that you would use to provide quality care to Anna. Provide rationale to explain why you chose these strategies.
National Practice Problem Exploration
According to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2020), DM influence approximately 29.1 million population in the USA and is the seventh foremost reason for death. Mortality rate expansion cause 1.8 times compared to persons due to undiagnosed test diabetes and 1.8 times increase the risk of heart problems. DM also to become progressively greater raise the risk of heart disease by 1.8 times. DM is the leading cause of renal failure, foot amputations as well as blindness. Furthermore, the roughly total cost of DM in the United States in 2012 was $245 billion including the costs of, disability, healthcare service, and premature death. The idea of the future to lessen the illness load of diabetes mellitus (DM) and better the wellbeing of all human beings who have or are at chance for, DM.
Does the selected practice problem DM type 2 impact nurses, nursing care, and Quality of Care provided
Nikitara et al.(2019) state, that nurses play an important role in ensuring patient safety by supervising patients for a clinical condition, perceive errors, and near misses, including keep away from injuries and using the strategies to reduce medical errors by giving care based on current evidence-based guidelines. Study shows that nurses Nurses as undertake the role of instigator to diabetic patients. The significance nurses roll in diabetic patients’ emotional support. Compare to doctors nurses making a big impact on patient self-care and control of diabetes by educating patients and see psychosocial problems. There is some barrier frequently seen lack of time and lack of resources as well as lack of library access to find current evidence-based articles. To give high-quality and safe care to all patients nurses need current evidence-based articles to read to keep their practice update.
Impact on healthcare organizations, and the quality of care being provided?
According to Ong et al. (2018), DM type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is reported to affect one in 11 adults worldwide, with over 80% of T2DM patients inhabit in low-income economies. Medical care systems play an essential role in acknowledging this increasing global pervasiveness and are key to protect effective diabetes management by monitoring their glucose level. International Diabetes Federation’s Diabetes Atlas reported in 2015 that 415 million people globally, have diabetes, most with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Even though the rate and generality of T2DM vary by geographic region, with more than 80% of T2DM patients live in low- -income countries, T2DM pervasiveness has expanded worldwide since 1980 but health care play an important roll in the response to this rising energy cost, preventing premature death by eating a portion of healthy food, being a non-smoker and disability and better well being.
Identify the national-level key stakeholders who are affected by the DM type 2 practice problem and stakeholders involved in the resolution.
Ogurtsova et al. (2015) state, that there is no easy way for directing diabetes but coordinated, a more component to improve health can make a difference. Everybody can play a part in a role in lessening the effect of all forms of diabetes. The health care team, governments, health-care providers including osteopathy, podiatrist, dentist, chiropractor, clinical psychologist, optometrist, nurse practitioner, nurse-midwife, or a clinical social worker, people with diabetes, food producers, civil society, and creator suppliers of medicines and technology the branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences are all stakeholders. Altogether, they can make a big contribution to stop the rise in diabetes and improve the lives being supportive individuals of those living with the disease.
Are clinical practice guidelines used to address this problem? Why or why not? If used, provide a brief overview of the CPG. If a CPG is not used, propose an intervention that could be implemented on a national scale to address the problem.
Giving excellent quality, evidence-well informed clinical guidelines (CPGs) provide a way of see through the gap between policy, local contexts, best practice, and patient choice in healthcare. Clinical guidelines have been supporting as a crucial part of providing the care the patient needs for several years. Clinical practice guidelines are a suitable way of wrapping evidence and presenting problems to healthcare advocates. Quality advancement initiatives are affiliated with CPGs, as evidence-based guidance forms the basis for combine core results and performance standards (Kredo et al.,2016).
References:
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2020). In Healthy People 2020. Retrieved from: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/diabetes (Links to an external site.)
Nikitara, M.; Constantinou, C.S; Andreou, E.; Diomidous, M. (2019). The Role of Nurses and the Facilitators and Barriers in Diabetes Care: A Mixed Methods Systematic Literature Review. Behav. Sci. 2019, 9, 61.Retrived from; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6616628/ (Links to an external site.)
Ong et al.(2018). Assessing the influence of health systems on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus awareness, treatment, adherence, and control: A systematic review. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195086 (Links to an external site.)
Ogurtsova, Katherine, et al.(2015). ""IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global estimates for the prevalence of diabetes for 2015 and 2040."" Diabetes research and clinical practice 128 (2017): 40-50.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2017.03.024 (Links to an external site.)
Kredo, Tamara, et al. (2016). ""Guide to clinical practice guidelines: the current state of play."" International Journal for Quality in Health Care 28.1 (2016): 122-128. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzv115 (Links to an external site.)
