Assignments

This discussion assignment requires you to submit at least four posts: an initial post, two reply posts to fellow students in threads other than your own, and a revised post in response to the professor’s feedback.   Prepare: The initial post in this discussion must be informed by the required material for this discussion. Your…

Based on your readings this week, how has your impression of informatics, especially nursing informatics, changed? Nursing informatics is a science that integrates nursing knowledge with technology in order to enhance clinical practice and to improve health care delivery for our patients. For our first discussion topic, we are going to discuss your impressions of…

As health care delivery in the United States continues to evolve, either through mandates, improved technologies and training, or other drivers, nurses remain at the forefront in facilitating the success of new initiatives. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine formed a committee of experts to address the following question: “What roles can nursing assume to…

Refer to the instructions in Week 1 to create practicum professional development objectives that meet the requirements for this course. Objective 1: Analyze three common barriers to effective communication, then compare and contrast two effective resolution strategies as defined in evidence-based literature. Objective 2: Contrast units that have success with retention and recruitment of novice…

Write 3–5 pages in which you describe a nursing informatics best practices policy for effective and safe data use in a nursing practice setting or organization. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: Competency 2: Identify strategies and best practices for using informatics in…

We have examined many aspects of sociology. We have reviewed the “Triple Crown” of sociology, the theoretical perspectives, the history of sociology; we have reviewed race, ethnicity, cuture, deviance, norms, taboos; we have explored education, religion, politics, economics, marriage and family as well as many other aspects of sociology. For you final essay for this…

The required textbook chapters and “The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice” article discuss varying applications of ethics throughout the criminal justice system (Chauhan & Srivastava, 2009). In your discussion post, provide an analysis of the significance of ethics in the criminal justice system. Provide an example from within the past 10 years of a…

The required textbook chapters and the Ethics: What is right? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. video provide a number of definitions for the term ethics and multiple theories about moral conduct (Warmerdam & Garcia, 2004). Based upon your own professional experience, create your own, personal working definition of ethics, and explain the significance that ethics have…

Review the six (6) rules of critical thinking (Chapter 1) and the steps of “Doing Sociology: A Student’s Guide to Research” (Chapter 2). Write a one to two (1-2) page essay in which you: Identify the first step in the student’s guide to research. Define the first step of research in your own words. Identify…

In the Analyzing Codes of Ethics discussion this week, you compared, contrasted, and reflected upon various codes of ethics within the fields of education and family support. The information gleaned during your analysis of various codes of ethics for the discussion and the feedback received from your classmates in that discussion can now be utilized…

Choose one area of the respiratory system and then select a common complaint (symptom or group of symptoms) patients may have in that area. For example, you may select wheezes, pulmonary congestion, absence of breath sounds on one side, productive cough, and so on. Do not limit yourself to these examples. What questions would you…

Review a “Code of Ethics” document related to your area of study or vocation. Some examples are listed below. Consider a specific moral issue in your area of study or vocation and complete an essay according to the following directions. “Code of Ethics” Examples: American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx Association for Applied Sport Psychology: http://www.appliedsportpsych.org/About/Ethics American…