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Choose one grand nursing theory and one middle-range theory and have them approved by your instructor. Write an 8–10 page comparison paper based on your approved theories. 

Based on the reading assignment (McEwen & Wills, Theoretical Basis for Nursing, Unit II: Nursing Theories, chapters 6–9), select a grand nursing theory.

• After studying and analyzing the approved theory, write about this theory, including an overview of the theory and specific examples of how it could be applied in your own clinical setting. 

Based on the reading assignment (McEwen & Wills, Theoretical Basis for Nursing, Unit II: Nursing Theories, chapters 10 and 11), select a middle-range theory. 

• After studying and analyzing the approved theory, write about this theory, including an overview of the theory and specific examples of how it could be applied in your own clinical setting.

The following should be included:

1. An introduction, including an overview of both selected nursing theories
2. Background of the theories
3. Philosophical underpinnings of the theories
4. Major assumptions, concepts, and relationships
5. Clinical applications/usefulness/value to extending nursing science testability
6. Comparison of the use of both theories in nursing practice
7. Specific examples of how both theories could be applied in your specific clinical setting
8. Parsimony
9. Conclusion/summary
10. References: Use the course text and a minimum of three additional sources, listed in APA format

The paper should be 8–10 pages long and based on instructor-approved theories. It should be typed in Times New Roman using 12-point font, and double-spaced with 1″ margins. APA format must be used, including a properly formatted cover page, in-text citations, and a reference list. The proper use of headings in APA format is also required.

Recommended: Before you begin, review A Pocket Style Manual (APA) and the Writing Resources area of the Student Resources tab.

Review the Creating a Syllabus guideline. Develop a syllabus for your prelicensure BSN course: Growth and Development over the Lifespan. Be creative with your template. Provide details. 

read the case and answer the questions

also if you cite anything it must be in apa format 

Think about disasters your community has or could potentially face. Now, think about how your community is helping its members prepare.

1. Explore your community and find an advertisement that represents helping community members be prepared for a disaster.
   • Examples could be a billboard, poster at a bus stop, marquee sign, flyer, yard sign and more. Example: Sign advertising ‘free’ flu vaccinations at a local pharmacy.
2. Upload that picture into the discussion.
   • To have it display in your post:
     1. Click the embed image (looks like a picture of a mountain),
     2. Choose the header Canvas
     3. Go to My files, choose the Upload file
     4. Click on the image you want to display
     5. Choose Open
     6. Click Update
3. Describe the message the advertisement is conveying.
   • Describe how the message impact preparedness.
4. If you cannot find any advertisement in your community, describe a type of advertisement for disaster preparedness you think would be most beneficial to your community and how it would be best conveyed.
5. Next, identify one community setting that is impacted by the disaster advertisement you shared
   1. Settings:
      • Correctional facilities
      • Home health
      • Schools
      • Forensic areas
      • Hospice
      • Faith communities
      • Occupational health
6. Analyze at least one nursing role (refer to Week 6 lesson) related to disaster preparedness in that setting. Example: In the school setting, what actions and interventions would be involved with the nurse as coordinator of disaster preparedness?
7. Identify at least one key stakeholder related to the setting that a CHN could collaborate with regarding disaster preparedness. Include why this collaboration is important.

Your discussion post should look like:

• Uploaded picture
• Paragraph one: Describe the message the advertisement is conveying and how the message impact preparedness.
• Paragraph two: Identify one community setting that is impacted by the disaster advertisement you shared. Analyze at least one nursing role related to disaster preparedness in that setting.
• Paragraph three: Identify at least one key stakeholder related to the setting that a CHN could collaborate with regarding disaster preparedness. Include why this collaboration is important.
• Resources: Where did you find your data?

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW

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ZERO PLAGIARISM

, you collaborated with colleagues as you participated in your first clinical supervision. This week, you have the opportunity to continue your collaboration as you reflect on and discuss your experiences with counseling children and adolescents in group settings. Psychotherapy with these clients is often more complex than psychotherapy with the general adult population. Personal reflection and discussion with colleagues are essential to your development and success as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. For this clinical supervision, consider a child or adolescent client you are counseling who you do not think is adequately progressing according to expected clinical outcomes.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Assess clients presenting for child and adolescent group psychotherapy
• Evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic approaches for clients receiving child and adolescent group psychotherapy

To prepare:

• Review this week’s media and consider the insights provided on group therapy with children and adolescents.
• Reflect on a child and adolescent group that you are currently counseling at your practicum site.

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the Post to Discussion Question link and then select Create Thread to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts, and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking Submit!

Note about Uploading Media: Refer to the Kaltura Media Uploader instructions document located in the menu bar. It provides guidance on how to upload media for the Clinical Supervision Discussions.

By Day 3

Post a 3- to 5-minute Kaltura video that addresses the following:

• Describe a child and adolescent group you are counseling.
• Describe a client from the group who you do not think is adequately progressing according to expected clinical outcomes. Note: Do not use the client’s actual name.
• Explain your therapeutic approach with the group, including your perceived effectiveness of your approach with the client you identified.
• Identify any additional information about this group and/or client that may potentially impact expected outcomes.

Ethical and Legal Implications of Prescribing Drugs

What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patient’s diagnosis? How much of the drug should the patient receive? How often should the drug be administered? When should the drug not be prescribed? Are there individual patient factors that could create complications when taking the drug? Should you be prescribing drugs to this patient? How might different state regulations affect the prescribing of this drug to this patient?

These are some of the questions you might consider when selecting a treatment plan for a patient.  

Photo Credit: Getty Images/Caiaimage

As an advanced practice nurse prescribing drugs, you are held accountable for people’s lives every day. Patients and their families will often place trust in you because of your position. With this trust comes power and responsibility, as well as an ethical and legal obligation to “do no harm.” It is important that you are aware of current professional, legal, and ethical standards for advanced practice nurses with prescriptive authority. Additionally, it is important to ensure that the treatment plans and administration/prescribing of drugs is in accordance with the regulations of the state in which you practice. Understanding how these regulations may affect the prescribing of certain drugs in different states may have a significant impact on your patient’s treatment plan. In this Assignment, you explore ethical and legal implications of scenarios and consider how to appropriately respond.

To Prepare

• Review the Resources for this module and consider the      legal and ethical implications of prescribing prescription drugs,      disclosure, and nondisclosure.
• Review the scenario assigned by your Instructor for      this Assignment.
• Search specific laws and standards for prescribing      prescription drugs and for addressing medication errors for your state or      region, and reflect on these as you review the scenario assigned by your      Instructor.
• Consider the ethical and legal implications of the      scenario for all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber,      pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
• Think about two strategies that you, as an advanced      practice nurse, would use to guide your ethically and legally responsible      decision-making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose any      medication errors.

By Day 7 of Week 1

Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:

• Explain the ethical and legal implications of the      scenario you selected on all stakeholders involved, such as the      prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
• Describe strategies to address disclosure and      nondisclosure as identified in the scenario you selected. Be sure to      reference laws specific to your state.
• Explain two strategies that you, as an advanced      practice nurse, would use to guide your decision making in this scenario,      including whether you would disclose your error. Be sure to justify your      explanation. 
• Explain the process of writing prescriptions, including strategies to minimize medication errors.

Scenario

As a nurse practitioner, you prescribe medications for your patients. You make an error when prescribing medication to a 5-year-old patient. Rather than dosing him appropriately, you prescribe a dose suitable for an adult.

Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The College of Nursing Writing Template with Instructions provided at the Walden Writing Center offers an example of those required elements (available at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-20293632). All papers submitted must use this formatting.

 Whether used with individuals or families, the goal of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is to modify client behavior. Although CBT for families is similar to CBT for individuals, there are significant differences in their applications. As you develop treatment plans, it is important that you recognize these differences and how they may impact your therapeutic approach with families. For this Discussion, as you compare the use of CBT for families and individuals, consider challenges of applying this therapeutic approach to your own client families. 

Question: Post an explanation of how the use of CBT in families compares to CBT in individual settings. Provide specific examples from your own practicum experiences. Then, explain challenges counselors might encounter when using CBT in the family setting. Support your position with specific examples from this week’s media. 

Rubric:

Main Posting: Response to the discusion question is reflecive with critical analysis and synthesis representive of knowledg gained from the course readings for the module and current credible sources.–

Outstanding Performance 44 (44%) – 44 (44%)Excellent Performance 40 (40%) – 43 (43%)Competent Performance 35 (35%) – 39 (39%)Proficient Performance 31 (31%) – 34 (34%)Room for Improvement 0 (0%) – 30 (30%)

Main Posting: Writing–

Outstanding Performance 6 (6%) – 6 (6%)Excellent Performance 5.5 (5.5%) – 5.5 (5.5%)Competent Performance 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)Proficient Performance 4.5 (4.5%) – 4.5 (4.5%)Room for Improvement 0 (0%) – 4 (4%)

Main Posting: Timely and full participation–

Outstanding Performance 10 (10%) – 10 (10%)Excellent Performance 0 (0%) – 0 (0%)Competent Performance 0 (0%) – 0 (0%)Proficient Performance 0 (0%) – 0 (0%)Room for Improvement 0 (0%) – 6 (6%) 

For  each Barrier to Patient Centered Care, identify facilitators that could  be introduced to balance/offset the barrier. Provide rationale for your  response based on (text books, articles,  practice guidelines, etc) as appropriate:

Barriers:

1. Competing care obligations (patient–load) interfere with prioritizing discussions of discharge planning with patient/planning.
2. Discharge communication ranged from simple one-sided instruction to shared decision making.
3. Patients did not feel prepared for discharge and post-discharge care was not individualized.
4. Discharge process/decisions affected by pressure for available beds.

Examine the importance of professional associations in nursing. Choose a professional nursing organization that relates to your specialty area, or a specialty area in which you are interested. In a 750‐1,000 word paper, provide a detailed overview the organization and its advantages for members. Include the following:

1. Describe the organization and its significance to nurses in the specialty area. Include its purpose, mission, and vision. Describe the overall benefits, or “perks,” of being a member.
2. Explain why it is important for a nurse in this specialty field to network. Discuss how this organization creates networking opportunities for nurses.
3. Discuss how the organization keeps its members informed of health care changes and changes to practice that affect the specialty area.
4.  Discuss opportunities for continuing education and professional development.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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

What is the main issue for your organization in addressing a solution to evidence-based nursing practice? Discuss what might be the first step in addressing and resolving this issue.