Students should select a topic that aligns to their area of interest as well as the clinical practice setting in which practice hours are completed.

Write a 500-750 word description of your proposed capstone project topic. Include the following:

1. The problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project that will be the focus of the change proposal.
2. The setting or context in which the problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project can be observed.
3. A description (providing a high level of detail) regarding the problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project.
4. Effect of the problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project.
5. Significance of the topic and its implications for nursing practice.
6. A proposed solution to the identified project topic with an explanation of how it will affect nursing practice.

You are required to cite to a minimum of eight peer-reviewed sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and relevant to nursing practice. 

Please provide a statement of your professional goals and aspirations.It should be typewritten and about one page in length.

Identify the different theories and their implications on the aging process.

1. Define aging from biologic, sociologic, and psychological theories.
2. Develop nursing interventions based on the psychosocial issues and biologic changes associated with older adulthood.
3. Discuss several nursing implications for each of the major biologic, sociologic, and psychological theories of aging.
4. Based on your experience what health promotion strategies would you recommend to facilitate successful aging?

Submission Instructions:

• The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
• The paper is to be formatted per current APA, be clear, concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
• The paper is to be 3-4 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
• Incorporate a minimum of 3 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
• Journal articles and books should be referenced according to current APA style

Turnitin acceptable less than 20%

See attached

Jonise Flynn 

Strengths Revealed from Gallup Assessment

Leaders are known to possess a variety of characteristics that motivate followers to work towards a common goal. My results from the Gallup test revealed that my leadership strengths are achiever, competition, input, learner, and restorative. It is essential as a leader to recognize your strengths and weaknesses to guide others towards positive outcomes. Gallup (2020) describes an achiever as someone who works beyond the requirements. An achiever spends more time working on a goal than any other task (Gallup, 2020). The strength of competition drives a person to always want to be the best at whatever job (Gallup, 2020). Competitors are always comparing themselves to others to gain insight on how to be ahead of their competitors (Gallup, 2020). The strength of input arouses curiosity and inquisition. A person with the strength of input is always inquisitive about innovative events and seeking new information (Gallup, 2020). The strength of input refers to those persons who are knowledge seekers (Gallup, 2020). Much like input, the learner also has a strong sense of curiosity. The learner wants to be continuously taught and gather new ideas to expand current expertise (Gallup, 2020). Finally, the restorative strength is reserved for persons who seek perfection and are continuously reviewing ideas and avenues to reach a high-level goal (Gallup,2020). Overall, the described strengths each contribute to leadership characteristics.

Strengthening Core Values

The assessment not only reveals strengths but also shows my underlying weaknesses. I need to strengthen a few core values or beliefs after reviewing my assessment results. Oh et al. (2018) informs us that maintaining core values in leadership inspires subordinates to have a more incredible passion for their work, set higher standards, and work towards organizational goals. When core values are aligned to meet the organization’s needs, job satisfaction occurs (Oh et al., 2018). Marshall & Brome (2017) states that having defined beliefs “models the way” for others, articulating the significance of everyone’s participation in organizational goals(p.120). One core value that I need to strengthen based on my results is self-confidence. The strength of competition fuels my efforts to compare to others and want to do better continually. With competition, however, also comes self-doubt. I need to look less at what others are doing and ensure myself that I am making the right decisions for the organization. Strengthening my self-confidence also inspires others to trust me to be a confident, reliable leader.

Another core value that I need to evaluate is communication. An effective leader needs o to be able to commend others on their achievements and offer constructive criticism. There are staff members that have been on the unit longer than I have, and sometimes I find it hard to communicate criticism efficiently due to the feeling of not wanting to offend anyone. As a leader, I need to work on ways to communicate both successes and failures to the staff so that they are cognizant of their need for improvement. Communicating and helping staff understand where they could accelerate contributes to the success of the organization.

Improving my Strengths

My two strengths that need to be improved as a developing leader are learner and restorative. As a learner, I always want to acquire new knowledge. I’m always looking for an opportunity to understand how to run the unit better, care for specific patient populations, and much more successfully. My strength in restorative is what drives my strength in the learner area. My strength of restorative urges me to seek daily improvements, which triggers my learner curiosity. Using my restorative strength, I strive to improve on how we deliver patient care daily and how the team interacts to meet organizational needs. With both my strengths, to improve, I need to look for more learning and restorative opportunities. Instead of being consumed by nursing tasks, I should incorporate periods of learning and evaluation for restoration. These two strengths are sometimes overshadowed by workloads that, as a leader, I forget to use those strengths to better the organization.

Strengthening My Characteristics

One characteristic that I need to strengthen is in agreeableness. States that due to the amount of time nurses spend connecting with interdisciplinary persons, agreeableness is a characteristic that is necessary for quality patient care. With the workloads, all departments can become frustrated, and sometimes we take the discontent out on each other. Working on being more agreeable can significantly improve patient care and influence how followers also interact with other departments. 

Another characteristic that I would like to work on is emotional stability. Results from a study show that emotional instability is high in the nursing profession due to burnout and job dissatisfaction. As a leader, I must work on my emotional stability to model behaviors for others. There are times when the work gets overwhelming, and I find myself complaining out loud. When I feel emotionally overwhelmed, I need to focus on maintaining emotional stability because it influences how others portray the work environment. The only way to keep a positive environment is to set the tone as a great leader.

In conclusion, although the assessment revealed many of my strengths, weaknesses also exist. There are many aspects of becoming a leader that I need to focus on and further develop. Core values, current strengths, and characteristics are all essential areas of self-development that improve patient experience and those of organizational members. 

References

Çakıroğlu, O. Ç., & Harmancı Seren, A. K. (2019). The relationship between attitudes towards change and five factor personality traits in nurses. Journal of Psychiatric Nursing/Psikiyatri Hemsireleri Dernegi, 10(3).https://doi.org/10.14744/phd.2019.34713

Gallup. (2020).Jonise Flynn: Strengths insight guide. Retrieved on September 30, 2020, from https://gx.gallup.com/services/pdf?v=pdfGeneration.prince.7.0.binPath

Marshall, E., & Broome, M. (2017). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

Oh, J., Cho, D., & Lim, D. H. (2018). Authentic leadership and work engagement: the mediating effect of practicing core values. Leadership & Organization Development Journal.https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-02-2016-0030

Anita Herrera 

Description of the Assessment

            This writer has completed the StrengthsFinder assessment which resulted in the following characteristics: Input, Positivity, Responsibility, Futuristic and Learner. The Input attribute is summarized as having the zeal to collect enough insight to thoughtfully examine an abstract concept, theory, or idea. The Positivity attribute is descriptive as generous with praise, quick to smile and always on the lookout for the positive in situations surrounding this writer. Responsibility is characterized by the taking psychological ownership for anything this writer commits to, and whether large or small, feels emotionally bound to follow it through to completion. Being a Futuristic is described as the kind of person who loves to peer over the horizon, fascinated about the future and sees in detail what the future might hold, which helps pulls this writer forward, into tomorrow. The final strength identified was Learner. This described the writer as someone who is very much interested and determined to learn new things and drawn to the process of learning. The process, more than the content or the results is especially exciting to this writer (Gallup, Inc., 2020).

Core Values

            The information the StrengthsFinder Assessment generated is interesting. It helps an individual to keep grounded and provide perspective. It also helps to manage the direction in life and work as a leader. Two core values that were identified were Honesty and Confidence. Honesty should be the bedrock of an individual’s foundation, as it will define who a person is before others can know more. If things are dealt with in truth, it allows individuals to live a life with far less worry. Analytical minds can be used to think of new ideas, rather than lies and excuses. Honest intentions in speech and action gain the attention and respect of others. Honesty promotes openness, empowers us and enables us to develop consistency in how we present the facts. Honesty sharpens our perception and allows us to observe everything around us with clarity. Honesty in the workplace is key to building a strong team that trusts each other. To build integrity and a good reputation among coworkers, it is important to always keep your word when you say you are going to do something. When mistakes are made, take responsibility for them. Be transparent in everything said or done. Also respect confidential information, whether business-related or personal.

            A major component of confidence is the value a person place on him/herself. Confidence is about the faith you have in your abilities, the person you are, and how you view your most important relationship. With confidence, one can rise to the top of their profession. It keeps one balanced and grounded. It is a powerful value that gives so much definition to the core of who we are. Confidence gives us the strength to pursue our dreams. It psyches us up to get the job or opportunity we have prepared and dreamed about (Scully, 2015).

Strengths Identified

            There are two personal strengths this writer identified from the StrengthsFinder assessment. The first strength is the ability to learn new skills. Knowing how to actively grow and develop a skill is a skill itself, and if you understand how the principles of learning work, it will be easier to learn any new skill in the future. It is therefore worth putting some effort into understanding the benefits of not staying away from new skills. This writer has never been afraid to learn new procedures introduced at the place of work. New ideas are greatly appreciated and embraced no matter how big or small. It is important to learn new things especially, new technologies since the world is currently evolving around technology. New software use at work might be challenging, but this writer endeavors to delve into it and make it easier for others to learn, without being intimidated. My willingness to soak up with newness calm others fears and spur them into action (Gallup, Inc., 2020).

            The second strength identified is being positive about everything. People exceptionally talented in the positivity theme have contagious enthusiasm. This writer brings enthusiasm to people, group and place of work. Stimulating my team to be more productive and hopeful at work is what this writer is best known for. When colleagues complain about a task that needs to be finished within a timeframe, this writer tries to make it fun for everyone to feel energized from start to finish. Even if it is not going on well as planned, because they most of the times rely on this writer to help them rise above frustrations, energy will be focused on good things that have been previously achieved to see the need to take it to the next level. This writer can deliberately help others see the things that are going well for them and keep their eyes on the positive.

Areas for Improvement

            Out of the four domains of team strengths from the StrengthsFinder Assessment: Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building and Strategic Thinking, this writer needs to improve on the Influencing aspect. The ability to influence is an essential leadership skill. To influence is to have an impact on the behaviors, attitudes, opinions and choices of others. Influence is not to be confused with power or control. It is not about manipulating others to get your way.

            The first characteristic to improve on is communication. Being able to communicate as a leader is vital. That means it does not matter what the issue is, it must be communicated for everyone to be on the same page. Communication skills are abilities this writer needs to use when giving and receiving different kinds of information. Some examples include communicating ideas, feelings or what is happening. Communication skills involve listening, speaking, observing and empathizing. This writer needs to improve on how information is given across to bring the best out of situations. Communication skills are needed to speak appropriately with a wide variety of people whilst maintaining good eye contact, demonstrate a varied vocabulary and tailor your language to your audience, listen effectively, present ideas appropriately, write clearly and concisely, and work well in a group.

            The second characteristic that needs to be worked on Self Assurance. This is described as the ability to take risks and manage one’s own life. Individuals with this characteristic have an inner compass that gives them certainty in their decisions. People with the strength of Self-Assurance have great faith in their own strengths. They are confident in their abilities and their judgments. They know they are unique, and this gives them confidence to face challenging situations. This writer needs to have this characteristic to believe in the abilities and capacities and know I can deliver exactly what is needed (Khalil, 2016). People who have Self Assurance behave as if they have an inner compass pointing them in the right direction, and they believe this right direction is right. They might act right even when they are not. This confidence impacts people, it increases their belief and confidence in themselves. This writer needs to master self-assurance characters so that confidence in others does not intimidate, but to encourage to be even more confident.

References

Gallup, Inc. (2020). Your Signature Theme Report.

Khalil, R. (2016). Influence of extroversion and introversion on decision making ability. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 4(5), 1534-1538. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20161224

Laureate Education. (Producer). (2018). The leader in you [Video webcast]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu/bbcwebdav/institution/USW1/202030_27/MS_NURS/NURS6053_module03.html?course_uid

Marshall, E., & Broome, M. (2017). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (2nd. ed.). New York, NY: Springer

Scully, N. J. (2015). Leadership in nursing: The importance of recognizing inherent values and attributes to secure a positive future for the profession. Collegian, 22(4), 439-444. 

3 sources for each response

ARC Assessment Profile

Goal 5:Synthesis: Suggest ways to improve/strengthen your chosen primary OR alternative solution.Questions:

a. Identify concepts and ideas from multiple sources that improve or strengthen your solution.

b. Identify possible trade-offs  and the impact that trade-off may or may not have on your solution and department.

c. Identify potential missing information and the impact that missing information may or may not have had on your solution.

apa format

answer all questions

Compare the EBP competencies for Practicing Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses:

1. Identify the competencies that you are currently meeting. Provide examples as to how you are meeting them.
2. Discuss how you will plan to meet the EBP competencies for Advanced Practice Nurses as you are pursuing the nurse practitioner role (Advanced Practice) or seeking advanced nursing practice via the leadership track.  

Assignment: Change Implementation and Management Plan

It is one of the most cliché of clichés, but it nevertheless rings true: The only constant is change. As a nursing professional, you are no doubt aware that success in the healthcare field requires the ability to adapt to change, as the pace of change in healthcare may be without rival.

As a professional, you will be called upon to share expertise, inform, educate, and advocate. Your efforts in these areas can help lead others through change. In this Assignment, you will propose a change within your organization and present a comprehensive plan to implement the change you propose.

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources and identify one change that you believe is called for in your organization/workplace.
  • This may be a change necessary to effectively address one or more of the issues you addressed in the Workplace Environment Assessment you submitted in Module 4. It may also be a change in response to something not addressed in your previous efforts. It may be beneficial to discuss your ideas with your organizational leadership and/or colleagues to help identify and vet these ideas.
• Reflect on how you might implement this change and how you might communicate this change to organizational leadership.

The Assignment (5-6-minute narrated PowerPoint presentation):

Change Implementation and Management Plan

Create a narrated PowerPoint presentation of 5 or 6 slides with video that presents a comprehensive plan to implement the change you propose.

Your narrated presentation should be 5–6 minutes in length.

Your Change Implementation and Management Plan should include the following:

• An executive summary of the issues that are currently affecting your organization/workplace (This can include the work you completed in your Workplace Environment Assessment previously submitted, if relevant.)
• A description of the change being proposed
• Justifications for the change, including why addressing it will have a positive impact on your organization/workplace
• Details about the type and scope of the proposed change
• Identification of the stakeholders impacted by the change
• Identification of a change management team (by title/role)
• A plan for communicating the change you propose
• A description of risk mitigation plans you would recommend to address the risks anticipated by the change you propose

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Marshall, E., & Broome, M. (2017). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
Chapter 8, “Practice Model Design, Implementation, and Evaluation” (pp. 195–246)

Cullen, L., & Adams, S. L. (2012). Planning for implementation of evidence-based practice. Journal of Nursing Administration, 42(4), 222–230. Retrieved from https://medcom.uiowa.edu/annsblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/JONA-FINAL-Cullen-2012.pdf

Pollack, J., & Pollack, R. (2015). Using Kotter’s eight stage process to manage an organizational change program: Presentation and practice. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 28(1), 51-66.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Seijts, G. H., & Gandz, J. (2016). Transformational change and leader character. Business Horizons, 61(2), 239-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2017.11.005
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Tistad, M., Palmcrantz, S., Wallin, L., Ehrenberg, A., Olsson, C. B., Tomson, G., …Eldh, A. C. (2016). Developing leadership in managers to facilitate the implementation of national guideline recommendations: A process evaluation of feasibility and usefulness. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5(8), 477–486. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2016.35. Retrieved from http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3183_5015382bcf9183a74ef7e79b0a941f65.pdf

Required Media

TEDx. (2013, January). Six keys to leading positive change: Rosabeth Moss Kanter at TEDxBeaconStreet [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owU5aTNPJbs

PICO and Literature Search

Purpose: PICO questions are used by practicing nurses and researchers to focus research questions and develop an efficient literature search strategy. It is essential that future nurses learn how to do this to develop evidenced-based solutions to patient care problems in a healthcare organization. 

Assessment: This assignment is worth 68 points and represents 20% of your final course grade. It is graded according to the embedded rubric in this submission folder. Late submissions will incur a 10% deduction per day, unless a Late Pass is used.

Instructions:

1. Write a PICO question based on a scenario you choose from the list of scenarios attached below. Use the templates in the EBP Step by Step 3 article to help create your questions. You may need to do a pre-search to finding an intervention (the “I”) that has been studied and published to solve the problem.

2. Identify the PICO elements for each question. 

3. Develop a search strategy using at least 3 keywords from the P, I, and O parts of your PICO, 1 synonym for one of the keywords, and 1 MeSH term for one of your keywords. 

4. Locate 4 articles that help answer your PICO question. The articles must meet the following requirements: 

· must be primary source quantitative research articles. 

· No article can be older than 2016. 

5. Obtain pdfs of the four articles you selected from the ResU database. If not available for the ResU database, you may request access from the ResU Library, or you can email me the citation for the article, and I will attempt to locate a pdf of it. 

6. On a Word document, include your scenario; write your PICO question as a sentence; identify the P, I, C, and O for each question; and list the search terms (3 keywords, 1 synonym, 1 MeSH term) for each. You may use the template attached here. See also the link to the MeSH terms website below.

7. Provide a properly formatted APA reference page for your selected articles from Step 4 of these instructions. See the link to the APA and Writing LibGuide below.

8. Name each document (one Word doc and 4 article pdfs) as follows and upload to the appropriate submission folder in Brightspace: 

· Lastname PICO, 

· Lastname article 1,

· Lastname article 2,

· Lastname article 3,

· Lastname article 4

Attachments

EBP Step by Step 3.pdf

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PICO and Lit Search Template with Example.docx

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PICO and Literature Search Scenarios.doc

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APA and Writing LibGuide

Link to MeSH Terms W

Criteria

Please, Kindly work on Scenario 4 from the PICO and Literature Search Scenarios uploaded. Thank you.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AS INDICATED BELOW:

1). ZERO (0) PLAGIARISM

2). ATLEAST 5 REFERENCES, NO MORE THAN 5 YEARS

3). PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING ATTACHED RUBRIC DETAILS. 

Thank you.  

If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption?

These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in the research, within the profession, and in the news about these topics. Whether they are issues of finance, quality, workload, or outcomes, there is no shortage of changes to be addressed.

In this Discussion, you examine a national healthcare issue and consider how that issue may impact your work setting. You also analyze how your organization has responded to this issue.

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources and select one current national healthcare issue/stressor to focus on.
• Reflect on the current national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and think about how this issue/stressor may be addressed in your work setting.