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Instructions

Week 1 Midweek Assignment

In a Microsoft Word document of 2-3 pages formatted in APA style, you will describe a draftplan for your capstone project using the format below. Please note that the title and reference pages should not be included in the total page count of your paper.

Introduction

The introduction establishes the scope, context, and significance of the project being conducted by summarizing current understanding and background information (literature) about the topic, stating the purpose of the work, explaining briefly the approach used to examine the problem, and identifies one or two outcomes of the project.

Problem Statement

A problem statement is the description of a currently existing issue, which needs to be addressed with evidence-based interventions. The statement of the problem is the focal point of the project. Be sure to back up the noted issue/problem with evidence. Must include citations of evidence.

Questions

Identify one to two questions to address with your capstone project. Based on the constraint of project length of 10 weeks you may not have time to address a multitude of questions.

Methodology

The methodology section of the paper addresses:

• when and how you will collect the pre-intervention data,
• what the intervention(s) is (are),
• when/how the intervention(s) will be implemented,
• how and when you will perform your post-intervention data measurement,
• how the data will be analyzed.

A friendly reminder that unless your project has gone through the IRB process you will not be allowed to collect data on more than 3 people. For data collection, you will choose 3 people from your aggregate.

Timetable

Develop a timetable considering the following questions:

• When will your project start and finish?
• Are there particular steps or stages to the project?
• What objectives have you set for this investigation? Are they addressed in the timeline?
• Is the timetable realistic?
• How will you provide regular updates and progress reports and to whom will you provide them? How will you demonstrate progress?

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the South University Online Library. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the South University Online Citation Resources: APA Style page. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.

• APA Citation Helper
• APA Citations Quick Sheet
• APA-Style Formatting Guidelines for a Written Essay
• Basic Essay Template

1. Locate one primary research article, systematic review or practice guidelines related to the PICO question that is a report of an evidence-based practice or a quality improvement project.  Thous this assignment involves finding one (1) article, keep in mind that you must describe the process on how you were able to locate the article.  Then, answer the following questions:
   1. What is the level of evidence that best answers your PICO question?
   2. What relevant databases did you search to find the article?
   3. What keywords from your PICOT question were used to search the database?
   4. What strategies were applying to streamline your search?
   5. Did you use “MeSH terms”, Boolean connectors or parameters to help you search for the evidence?

Attached is my discussion and assignment with their rubrics. please follow the rubric and 7th edition APA format

Signature Assignment Title: What Makes a Good Leader?

Signature Assignment Description/Directions:

Choose one or more leadership topic(s) from your textbook or from a scholarly source from a previous discussion or assignment from this course and write about its application to nursing practice. Provide definitions, history/background, and major concepts of chosen topic.  Describe the topic’s function in nursing practice by examining at least three different nursing roles (for example, bedside nurse, public health nurse, CNO, unit manager, etc.). Discuss how the leadership topic can be used in your own practice. Discuss your personal growth in regard to your chosen leadership topic. Evaluate personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to your career advancement.

Then, discuss the top three traits you feel makes a good nurse leader. Support your statements with examples from your practice experience and scholarly sources.

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 1700 words in length

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.

References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of three scholarly sources plus the textbook are required.

Meet Maristela, the Brazilian mother of 5 children*

• Busy mother of 5 children living in rural Brazil (Northeast)
• Illiterate with minimal access to health information

o Main points of contact include children’s school, local healthcare center, local market

• Responsible for key health-related decisions within the household
• Recently concerned about Kalazar, a parasite disease carried by sand-flies/ intermediate vectors (e.g. domestic animals)

o Two of her children’s playmates recently died of kalazar (also know as visceral leishmaniasis)

o Diagnosis was missed on first visit to healthcare center; low recognition of key symptoms among health care providers; parents do not know enough about the disease to suggest that physicians/healthcare providers consider it as a potential diagnosis

o Second visit to healthcare center was just too late

o Closest healthcare center is several miles from Maristela’s rural village; transportation problems may delay care

• Feeling powerless and scared for her own children; yet, most people in the village have a fatalistic attitude toward health and illness
• Confused about how Kalazar is contracted, how to suspect it, how to recognize early symptoms, what to do if she does suspect it
• In her village, most communication/news take place via word-of-mouth, radio, and meetings at local religious meetings, markets, etc. A few people have access to television. Schools and health centers have access to the Internet.

Note: Kalazar presents vague symptoms such as fever, weight loss, fatigue, loss of appetite, and an enlarged spleen and liver (CDC, 2006) — also known as “potbelly”. The disease is endemic in the Northeastern region of Brazil and is primarily found in rural areas. The disease has a high mortality rate among children less than five years of age. Treatment is available and effective if administered not too late after the disease’s onset.

Based on the above information and on the definition/examples provided in your book (Schiavo, R. Health Communication: From Theory to Practice. Second Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley, 2013) 1) Develop the following elements of a potential health communication program intended to engage Maristela and her peers (Brazilian parents of young children who live in rural areas):

• Overall program goal
• One behavioral objective in support of the overall program’s goal
• Two communication objectives in support of the behavioral objective
• One communication strategy that you think would help achieve your behavioral and communication objectives
• Two core messages for Maristela and her peers (please make sure your messages address the most prominent issues that emerged from the above profile and execute your communication objectives and strategies)
• Key progress and outcome indicators (at least one progress and one outcome indicator) to take into account as part of your evaluation plan

Your paper should be 1- 2 pages, double-spaced, and follow APA 7th edition formatting. You will include the primary NCHEC Area of Responsibility and Competencies you are addressing in this assignment as a separate paragraph. Discuss the areas you are practicing for this assignment and the specific competency(ies) you are utilizing. Discuss the importance of these competencies as it relates to the profession of public health. Make sure all program elements are connected (and supportive of each other) and take into account the information (situation- and audience-specific facts) shared in this handout 2) Use one or two sentences to describe how you will make sure that your messages and activities (a) are culturally competent and (b) adequately address the needs of low health literacy groups such as Maristela and her peers (indicate specific activities or methods). What kind of media channels will you consider to reach Maristela and her peers?

Directions

Please do not use any of the Nurse Daniel information for your own topic, nursing intervention, or change project. Nurse Daniel serves as an example only to illustrate the change process.

1. Please review the infographic as way to guide you in getting started with your assignment: Developing an Assignment with Integrity (Links to an external site.)
2. View a short tutorial with tips for completing this assignment: Evidence-Based Practice Change Process Assignment Tutorial (Links to an external site.) or by reading the transcript (Links to an external site.).
3. Download the EBP Change Process form (Links to an external site.) during Week 1. The use of this specific form is REQUIRED 
4. Identify a clinical topic and related nursing practice issue you think needs to be changed. 
5. Locate a systematic review on your topic from the CCN Library databases. Be sure this involves nursing actions.
6. Work through each step of the ACE Star Model as outlined on the assignment form (Star Points 1-5: Discovery, Summary, Translation, Implementation, and Evaluation). Respond to the instructions provided on the form.
7. Follow the activities and thinking of Nurse Daniel in Weeks 1-6 in the ‘Illustration’ part of each lesson. He will be working through a clinical topic and nursing practice issue to demonstrate a change (ACE Star Model and systematic review).
8. Work on a portion of the process each week, as the illustration unfolds.

Best Practices

• Please reach out to your instructor for feedback or assistance with your PICOT question as needed.
• Required and Additional Background Reading in Weeks 1 and 2 under Readings is available for more information on the ACE Star Model and the use of systematic reviews.
• Please see the grading criteria and rubrics on this page.
• Please use your browser’s File setting to save or print this page.

Scholarly Sources and Citations

• Please cite any references (in APA format) of your systematic review or other scholarly document (optional) as needed.
• Paraphrasing information, rather than quoting, is expected. No quotes for this assignment please!

Reply 1

Possible reservation include respecting Sister mary’s decision if she choses not to participate in assessment invovling private areas, or if she would prefer a female nurse instead of a male nurse. Also, if Sister Mary prefrs that certain areas of hte assessmetn is ommitted, she needs to be respected. Also, during imaging, if Sister mary choses to wear any crucifix or any religious items with her so long as this does not interfere with the imaging, allow her to do that. In working with Sister Mary, the healthcare professional must be non-judgmental and should eliminate prejudice and biases that she may have and treat Sister Mary with utmost dignity and respect. Patient-centered care must be provided to Sister Mary as with other patients. 

Emotional support and alleviation of fear and anxiety are another major tenants of patient-centered care nursing. Fear and anxiety which is closely associated with disease and morbidities are debilitating and negatively affects patient care. The patient-centered nursing care promotes caregivers and healthcare providers to pay attention to anxiety on the physical condition of the client, the course of treatment and the outcome of the treatment, the anxiety over the impact of the treatment and the condition on the client and the family, and lastly, anxiety over the financial impact of illness (Rozenblum, 2013). Involvement and family friends, therefore, plays an important role in supporting the client for wellness. Patient-centered nursing delivery recognizes and accommodation for family and friends, provide support to the family and the caregivers, involves them in the decision-making and recognize their needs.

Rozenblum, R. (2013). Patient Experience and Patient-Centered Care – Do We really Care?. Postdoc Journal.

reply2 

There are many psychosocial factors that can influence the patient/nurse relationship. These factors include past experiences, gender, age, religion and cultural background among others (Falvo,2011). The nurse should assess not only the patients psychosocial factors but also their own. In the case of Sister Mary the biggest reservation for working with Sister Mary would be the religious beliefs between the nurse and Sister Mary. Being a Nun and an obvious devout Catholic if the nurse caring for Sister Mary doesn’t have those religious beliefs it could interfere with the nurse/patient relationship. The nurse could be intimidated by Sister Mary because she is so ingrained in religion and what if the nurse wasn’t religious but instead spiritual. The nurse could also not believe in any type of higher power which would make it even harder to deal with the beliefs of Sister Mary. However, to have a effective experience with Sister Mary the nurse shouldn’t put her beliefs onto Mary and instead focus on the needs of the patient. If Sister Mary requests a priest be present or to have only female providers the nurse should do everything in her power to ensure that she is made as comfortable as possible. Also even if the views of the patient and the nurse do differ it is important that the nurse focuses the care on the patient and their needs. Many times in my nursing career I haven’t agreed with how my patients believe but I still provide them with the best care available to them.

Falvo, D. (2011) Sixth Edition.  Effective Patient Education: A Guide to Increased Adherence. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Instructions
The following are the best practices for creating your speech presentation:

• Title Slide: Include the title, audience (who you prepared the presentation for – school or institution), the presenter who prepared it and will be the speaker, and date.
• Attention-Getter: Give the audience a reason to pay attention. Make them want to listen to your speech.
• Overview: List the main ideas and sections of your presentation for the following purposes:
  • To introduce the subject and why the subject is important.
  • To preview the main ideas and the order in which they will be covered.
  • To establish the tone of the presentation.
  • To include the questions you think your audience might have about your topic – questions you will answer during your presentation.
• Body of the Presentation: Include the information you found during your research and investigation and organize it in a visually pleasing manner.
  • Break out each main idea you will use in the body of your presentation.
  • Show some type of division like levels of headers or titles
  • Separate groups of bullets for the presentation.
  • Use a header for the title of your presentation or subtitle of the section.
  • Then, proceed to break out the main ideas. State the main idea, state major subpoints in each main idea, and provide evidence for each subpoint.
  • Cite your evidence, quotes, and statistics within your presentation, and use in-text citations in APA format.
• Summary and Conclusion: Summarizing is similar to paraphrasing but presents the gist of the material in fewer words than the original. An effective summary identifies the main ideas and major support points from the body of your outline or presentation. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the ideas and how they affect the thesis statement of the outline and main objective of the presentation.
• References: Use the APA citation format. The illustrations should be included with your resources. APA tutorials are available in the Chamberlain University library.
  • At least 4 authoritative, outside scholarly sources are required from Week 5 outline. (Anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable.)
  • Appropriate citations within the presentation are required on the last slide. Just copy and paste this from the last page of your outline – the references page. References should be in APA format.
    • Each resource should be entirely double spaced.
    • All entries must use hanging indents – the first line is flush left, and all the rest are indented.
  • All Chamberlain University policies are in effect including the plagiarism policy.
• Additional Hints
• Use a minimum of 5 visual aids to further clarify and support the written part of your presentation. You could use example graphs, diagrams, photographs, flowcharts, maps, drawings, pictograms, tables, and Gantt charts. 
• Animation and video clips should not be used for this speech. YouTube is not allowed.
• Click on the following link to view a presentation of sample slides. Click on the arrows to scroll through the slide show.
• Link: Examples

Presentation Requirements (APA format)

• Time Length: 5-7 minutes
• Slide Length: Minimum of 8 slides
• Slide Content
  • Title slide
  • Attention-Getter
  • Overview
  • Body of the Presentation
  • Summary and Conclusion
  • References slide (minimum of 4 scholarly sources from Week 5 outline)
• Minimum of 5 visual aids

Grading
This activity will be graded based on W6 Presentation Grading Rubric.

Assignment: Ethical and Legal Implications of Prescribing Drugs

Culturally Competent Nursing

In a Microsoft Word document of 4-5 pages formatted in APA style, you will describe an interview of a person from a cultural background that is different from your own.

Select a person from a cultural group different from your own. You may choose a patient, friend, or work colleague. For the sake of confidentiality, do not reveal the name of the person you interview; use only initials.

In your paper, include the following:

• A complete cultural assessment using the 12 domains from the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence in your textbook, Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach.
• A description of implications for health practices.

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the South University Online Library. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the South University Online Citation Resources: APA Style page. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.

• APA Citation Helper
• APA Citations Quick Sheet
• APA-Style Formatting Guidelines for a Written Essay
• Basic Essay Template

Please note that the title and reference pages should not be included in the total page count of your paper.

Submission Details:

• Name the document SU_NSG4074_W2_Projet_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
• Submit it to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.