A PICOT starts with a designated patient population in a particular clinical area and identifies clinical problems or issues that arise from clinical care. The intervention should be an independent, specified nursing change intervention. The intervention cannot require a provider prescription. Include a comparison to a patient population not currently receiving the intervention, and specify…
Define selective presentation and evaluate the ethics of its use in negotiations. Provide an example of its use in negotiations and analyze the appropriateness of the technique in reaching a settlement and preserving long-term relationships.
Create a 15-minute oral presentation (3–4 pages) that examines the moral and ethical issues related to triaging patients in an emergency room. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: Competency 1: Explain the effect of health care policies, legislation, and legal issues on health…
A new initiative has been introduced to educate nurses, health care workers, and social services workers on how to prevent workplace violence where you work. Write a 750–1,000-word article on workplace violence and prevention measures for the hospital employee newsletter. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies…
This is a collaborative, group assignment. You will be working within groups of 2-4/group that have been randomly generated by Blackboard. You will be completing the entire assignment as a group. The purpose of this assignment directly relates to the course objectives “explore selected concepts, models, and theories that underlie nursing knowledge” and “critique and evaluate…
Identify the major stakeholders in your organization (or one with which you are familiar). Analyze the top-management structure (as explained in Chapter 2), investigate and enumerate the code of ethics (written or not written), and explain the ethical stance of all stakeholders involved in the organization. Identify the relationship among any reward systems and organizational…
Review the secondary data presented in the ANA Fast Facts and describe what the results say about this sample of the nursing workforce. Describe the purpose and the intent of the ANA sharing these results? The next process for our study is to collect data. The research design will indicate the best data to…
1. (TCO A) How do public-sector employees’ rights and interests differ from those of private-sector employees? (Points : 23) 2. (TCO A) People have tended to join unions for reasons that would appear to be, from their own viewpoints, extremely logical. Discuss the validity of this statement. (Points : 23) 3. (TCO C) What impact did the Great…
A broad range of cultures exists in the world today. Nursing professionals often interact with people from cultural backgrounds that differ from their own. Share an experience where you cared for a patient in the healthcare setting who was from a culture different from your own. How did you accommodate this patient’s needs? How would…
“I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.” —Florence Nightingale Through the policy process, nurses can put their feelings—as well as their experiences and expertise—into actions that create results. In this course, you have been honing your skills for critically assessing evidence with the…
Rose is a 26-year-old female and is currently not showing any signs or symptoms of any medical illnesses. However, Rose is overweight, has a family history of Type 2 diabetes, and has not seen a practitioner for ten years. It is for these reasons, that I feel it would be in the best interest for…
In Huston’s (2010) brief, but impressive article (required reading this week), the author outlines several leadership competencies that EVERY nurse leader will need for 2020. That year is not too far in the future, is it? Select one of the eight leadership competencies Huston described and relate it to your own leadership of nurses and…