Safety Issues
1. Why is the subject of workplace health and safety of concern to nurses?
How are these concepts related to patient safety and patient outcomes?
2. What action is suggested when you are faced with an angry or hostile coworker?
3. Why is substance misuse among nurses a serious concern? What is the most appropriate way to handle a suspicion that a coworker may be involved in serious substance misuse?
4. What is the most common physical injury experienced by LPNs and nursing assistants? How can a nurse manager help staff avoid physical injury at work?
5. Describe several examples of sexual harassment in the workplace. Discuss methods of dealing with these instances.
6. Review the policies and procedures on the following safety issues in your current clinical rotation. Compare with other students in the class. What are the similarities and differences? What might this mean in terms of workplace safety?
• Latex allergies
• Needlestick injuries
• Violence
7. Go to the ANA website and explore the sections on workplace and patient safety under the heading “Professional Nursing Practice.”
Which concepts discussed in these sections are particularly important to the beginning RN? Why?
8. Interview one of the staff nurses on your unit. Explore his or her feelings and concerns related to the following topics. Based on the comments, develop strategies to address the concerns.
• Substance abuse among nurses
• Emergency preparation
• Quality of work life within the organization
Informatics in healthcare
Information Security in a World of Technology
Write an essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be three sections, one for each item number below, as well the introduction (heading is the title of the essay) and conclusion paragraphs. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) scholarly citations using APA citations in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
The textbook discusses several education methods. Discuss each method with an example of how the method could be used in the organization. Then discuss how you will evaluate the method and learning.
Healthcare continues to be a lucrative target for hackers with weaponized ransomware, misconfigured cloud storage buckets, and phishing emails. Discuss how an organization can protect patients’ information through:
Security mechanisms
Administrative and Personnel Issues
Level of access
Handling and Disposal of Confidential Information
You are providing education to staff on phishing and spam emails. Using the different educational methods discussed in Chapter 12:
Provide examples of how each method can be used
How will the method and learning be evaluated?
Assignment Expectations-
Length: 500 words per essay prompt/section (1500 total for this assignment)
Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. These do not count towards the minimal word amount for this assignment. All APA Papers should include an introduction and conclusion.
References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.
Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level.
Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) or a PDF document (.pdf)
Nutrition
Complete the Mini Nutritional Assessment (Links to an external site.) on an older adult you know or someone from your clincial experience. Based on their score, assess their nutritional risks and create a care plan including 2 short term and 1 long term goal for the patient and provide detailed education to the patient on how to meet these goals and maintain optimum nutrition. Include information on follow-up care as well.
https://www.mna-elderly.com/forms/MNA_english.pdf
Capstone Project
In this assignment, students will pull together the capstone project change proposal components they have been working on throughout the course to create a proposal inclusive of sections for each content focus area in the course. For this project, the student will apply evidence-based research steps and processes required as the foundation to address a clinically oriented problem or issue in future practice.
Develop a 1,250-1,500 written project that includes the following information as it applies to the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need profiled in the capstone change proposal:
Background
Clinical problem statement.
Purpose of the change proposal in relation to providing patient care in the changing health care system.
PICOT question.
Literature search strategy employed.
Evaluation of the literature.
Applicable change or nursing theory utilized.
Proposed implementation plan with outcome measures.
Discussion of how evidence-based practice was used in creating the intervention plan.
Plan for evaluating the proposed nursing intervention.
Identification of potential barriers to plan implementation, and a discussion of how these could be overcome.
Appendix section, if tables, graphs, surveys, educational materials, etc. are created
Persuasive Speech Outline
Using the persuasive outline created for the Unit 6 discussion, review the instructor and/or peer feedback to finalize the persuasive speech outline for submission. Consider this feedback to address your challenges and revise. Revisions are a key step in the speech writing process. Be sure to take this step.
The outline should be written in the full-sentence outline method using one of the persuasive organizational patterns (Problem-Solution, Cause-Effect or Monroe’s Motivated Sequence). The outline should have enough content to deliver an 8-10 minute persuasive speech, which you will complete in Unit 7. Once again, please use the sample outline document (attached here) to help build your formal outline.
Step 1: Finalize the Persuasive Outline
The outline should include the following:
Specific Purpose
Central Idea (aka: Thesis Statement or Preview Statement)
Introduction – capture attention, establish YOUR speaker credibility, preview the speech
Body – key points (minimum of 3), transitions between main points, supporting materials from at least 3 sources including in-text references to the sources.
Conclusion – signal the end, summarize main points
Researched supporting material references (minimum 3) – include works cited at the end of your outline, use APA format.
Identification of a presentation aid (visual)
Use persuasive techniques and language
Step 2: Complete the Reflection Questions
Answer the following reflection questions, in addition to the finalized persuasive speech outline. You can include the answers at the end of your works cited:
What types of persuasion did you choose to include? Why? How would they best persuade your target audience?
What challenges did you have crafting our outline? How did you overcome them?
What do you think is the strength of this outline? Why?
Review the grading rubric before submission. This assignment is valued at 85 points.
Submit to the appropriate submission area in Canvas:
The finalized persuasive speech outline as an attached document
Answers to reflection questions on the outline document OR in the submission comments area
nursing
Welcome to Samples page
The Inclusion of Nurses in the Systems Development Life Cycle
In the media introduction to this module, it was suggested that you as a nurse have an important role in the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). With a focus on patient care and outcomes, nurses may not always see themselves as contributors to the development of new systems. However, as you may have observed in your own experience, exclusion of nurse contributions when implementing systems can have dire consequences.
In this Discussion, you will consider the role you might play in systems development and the ramifications of not being an active participant in systems development.
To Prepare:
Review the steps of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as presented in the Resources.
Reflect on your own healthcare organization and consider any steps your healthcare organization goes through when purchasing and implementing a new health information technology system.
Consider what a nurse might contribute to decisions made at each stage of the SDLC when planning for new health information technology.
By Day 3 of Week 9
Post a description of what you believe to be the consequences of a healthcare organization not involving nurses in each stage of the SDLC when purchasing and implementing a new health information technology system. Provide specific examples of potential issues at each stage of the SDLC and explain how the inclusion of nurses may help address these issues. Then, explain whether you had any input in the selection and planning of new health information technology systems in your nursing practice or healthcare organization and explain potential impacts of being included or not in the decision-making process. Be specific and provide examples
Speech
Instructions:
The post should be written in outline form. To prepare the Persuasive outline, use the full-sentence outline method. The outline should have enough content in order to deliver an 8-10 minute persuasive speech. The outline should include the following:
Specific Purpose
Central Idea (aka: Thesis Statement or Preview Statement)
Introduction – capture attention, establish YOUR speaker credibility, preview the speech
Body – key points (minimum of 3), transitions between main points, supporting materials from at least 3 sources including in-text references to the sources.
Conclusion – signal the end, summarize main points
Researched supporting material references (minimum 3) – include a works cited at the end of your outline, use APA format.
Identification of a presentation aid (visual)
Use persuasive techniques and language
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with in-text citations and references in APA format.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria (Read Me First Section of the Course).
Peer Response: Unit 6, Due Sunday by 11:59 pm CT
Persuasive Speech Outline Draft Peer Review
Instructions:
Please post 1 peer response.
In the response post, critique the outline by providing strengths and areas of improvement based on the quality of the following:
Introduction
Body w/ transitions
Conclusion
Supporting materials – in-text references and APA citations
Were you persuaded? How was it or was it not effective?
Other suggestions for improvement
Any suggestions you have for smoothing out the content
Sociology
Write a 800-1500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be four sections, one for each bullet below. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount.
There are various types of families discussed in Chapter 10. What type of family do you come from? Explain using all the factors in the chapter.
Imagine you are the leader of a religious organization. Give nine examples – one for each characteristic – of what your organization’s beliefs are and what you believe each does for the religion.
Attending primary and secondary school is not an option in the United States up to the age of 18. If you were a teacher, how would you use the Functionalist Perspective to make the most of your classroom educational experience?
There are four models/explanations to Patterns of City Growth. What are the models? Give an example of each from the time period to which each model refers.
Multidimensional Discussion
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in both men and women. Caring for the cancer patient and family requires a multidimensional approach.What does it mean to provide a multidimensional approach? What are some examples of how the care team can meet the patient and the family’s needs? Who are the members of the care team and how are they involved in providing multidimensional care?
