1. Identify and issue or concern among community members (e.g. Obesity, access to care, violence, education of youth, etc.)
2. Identify social or political issue that affect this issue and how it relates to health (2 points)
3. Outline 2 specific community based activities 2 address this issue(s) (2 points)
4. Identify 2 ways to promote community engagement (2points)
5. What 2 education resources might the nurse use (2points)
6. What are the roles of a community health nurse can take to help address health issue(s) (2points)

Name two different methods for evaluating evidence. Compare and contrast these two methods.

No plagiarism!

apa style

answer all questions in paragraph form

write question and answer

3 references

due Monday! 

Research the health-illness continuum and its relevance to patient care. In a 750-1,000 word paper, discuss the relevance of the continuum to patient care and present a perspective of your current state of health in relation to the wellness spectrum. Include the following:

1. Examine the health-illness continuum and B.discuss why this perspective is important to consider in relation to health and the human experience when caring for patients.
2. Explain how understanding the health-illness continuum enables you, as a health care provider, to better promote the value and dignity of individuals or groups and to serve others in ways that promote human flourishing.
3. Reflect on your overall state of health. B.Discuss what behaviors support or detract from your health and well-being. C. Explain where you currently fall on the health-illness continuum.
4. Discuss the options and resources available to you to help you move toward wellness on the health-illness spectrum. A.Describe how these would assist in moving you toward wellness (managing a chronic disease, recovering from an illness, self-actualization, etc.).

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. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. 

Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. 

Benchmark InformationThis benchmark assesses the following competency:RN-BSN5.1. Understand the human experience across the health-illness continuum.

Read chapters 21 of the class textbook and review the PowerPoint presentations located in the PowerPoint folder. Once done answer the following questions.

1. Discuss the meaning of mental health illness in the context of societal and cultural norms about behaviors.

2. Mention and analyze emerging models of treatment that offer promise in improving the quality of life for the chronic mentally ill in communities.

3. Mention and discuss the level of prevention in community mental health.

4. Discuss the primary outcome of culturally competent psychiatric nursing care.

APA style (intext citations and references)

Plagiarism FREE

800 words

 A minimum of 3 evidence-based references no older than 5 years 

Personal Leadership Philosophies

Many of us can think of leaders we have come to admire, be they historical figures, pillars of the industry we work in, or leaders we know personally. The leadership of individuals such as Abraham Lincoln and Margaret Thatcher has been studied and discussed repeatedly. However, you may have interacted with leaders you feel demonstrated equally competent leadership without ever having a book written about their approaches.

What makes great leaders great? Every leader is different, of course, but one area of commonality is the leadership philosophy that great leaders develop and practice. A leadership philosophy is basically an attitude held by leaders that acts as a guiding principle for their behavior. While formal theories on leadership continue to evolve over time, great leaders seem to adhere to an overarching philosophy that steers their actions.

What is your leadership philosophy? In this Assignment, you will explore what guides your own leadership.

To Prepare:

• Identify two to three scholarly resources, in addition to this Module’s readings, that evaluate the impact of leadership behaviors in creating healthy work environments.
• Reflect on the leadership behaviors presented in the three resources that you selected for review.
• Reflect on your results of the CliftonStrengths Assessment, and consider how the results relate to your leadership traits.

The Assignment (2-3 pages):

Personal Leadership Philosophies

Develop and submit a personal leadership philosophy that reflects what you think are characteristics of a good leader. Use the scholarly resources on leadership you selected to support your philosophy statement. Your personal leadership philosophy should include the following:

• A description of your core values
• A personal mission/vision statement
• An analysis of your CliftonStrengths Assessment summarizing the results of your profile
• A description of two key behaviors that you wish to strengthen
• A development plan that explains how you plan to improve upon the two key behaviors you selected and an explanation of how you plan to achieve your personal vision. Be specific and provide examples.
• Be sure to incorporate your colleagues’ feedback on your CliftonStrengths Assessment from this Module’s Discussion 2.

Write a 3–4 page letter in which you analyze your leadership skills and how you would use them to lead a project requiring group collaboration.

Assessments 1 and 2 are scenario-based, so you must complete them in the order in which they are presented.

Leadership is an integral element in any job, regardless of the work title. However, it is important to recognize that leadership is not just one single skill; instead, success in leadership depends on a broad range of skills, among them decision making, collaboration, and communication.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Apply qualities, skills and practices used by effective healthcare leaders.
  • Describe the leadership qualities desirable for the proposed project.  
  • Compare one’s own leadership skills against those of a chosen health care leader.
  • Explain one’s role as project leader, using approaches from a selected leadership model.
• Competency 2: Apply practices that facilitate effective interprofessional collaboration.
  • Describe an approach to effectively facilitate collaboration among a professional team.
• Competency 4: Produce clear, coherent, and professional written work, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards.
  • Address assignment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences. 

Preparation

Read the Assessment 1 Scenario found in the Resources. Information in your assessment should be based on information from the scenario.  

Instructions

Develop a professional response to the supervisor using the template provided. The letter will have two main components:

1. Identify the qualities of a successful leader and compare them to your own leadership characteristics.
2. Make recommendations on how to lead and foster teamwork.

Please refer to the scoring guide for details on how you your assessment will be evaluated.

Submission Requirements

• Your letter should be 3–4 double-spaced pages in length.
• Apply correct APA formatting to all in-text citations and references.
• Use Times New Roman, 12-point font.
• Express your main points, arguments, and conclusions coherently.
• Use correct grammar and mechanics.
• Support your claims, arguments, and conclusions with credible evidence from 2–3 current, scholarly or professional sources.
• Proofread your writing.

Grading Rubric:

1- Describe leadership qualities desirable for the proposed project. 

Passing Grade:  Describes in detail desirable leadership qualities that are specifically appropriate for the proposed project. 

2-  Compare one’s own leadership skills against those of a chosen health care leader. 

Passing Grade:  Compares one’s own leadership skills against those of a chosen health care leader, using specific examples or actions that illustrate the similarities and differences. 

3-  Explain one’s role as project leader, using approaches from a selected leadership model. 

Passing Grade:  Explains one’s role as project leader in detail, referencing approaches from a selected leadership model with support from academic resources. 

4-  Describe an approach to effectively facilitate collaboration among a professional team. 

Passing Grade:  Describes multiple approaches to effectively facilitate collaboration among a professional team. 

5-  Address assignment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences. 

Passing Grade:  Presents a focused purpose through strong organizational skills. Presents evidence through strong paraphrasing/summarizing and appropriate tone and sentence structure. 

Assignment – Part 1:

In this assignment, you are the game show host for the Diversity game (attached PowerPoint).

Gather two or three friends or family members as contestants. If you have more, divide them into two groups. Use a piece of paper to keep score and print the second page of the presentation to mark which questions were incorrectly answered. 

1. Open the PowerPoint Diversity game. Start the Slideshow to begin.

Read these instructions to the teams:

• One person (or team) will randomly be selected to choose the first question category and level. Once a question is read aloud, all person (or team) will debate the answer. One team will raise a hand or use his or her assigned team noisemaker when the team is ready to answer.
• I will call on the first team to respond. If they answer correctly, they will receive the number of points indicated, and they will choose the next question category and level. If their answer is incorrect, I will call upon the second team and so on.
• In the event that no team answers the question correctly, I will give the correct response. The team that chose last still has control of the board and should choose the next question.
• Scores will be recorded and the winner announced at the end of the round. There will be one round of 25 questions (or two rounds of 25 questions each if you also play Double Diversity).

2. Once you have the “board” displayed, and the first team has selected their question, click one of the cells to reveal a question.

3. To return to the main board, click on the “Diversity” icon in the lower right corner of the screen.

4. If the game is close, use the Double Diversity board.  To advance to the Double Diversity board, click the logo in the top-right (above “The Amazing Race”) of the main game board. This will take you to the Double Diversity! board (Board 2). 

After playing the game, discuss with the contestants why they believe they missed some of the questions.

Write a 500-word essay that evaluates the game play, your thoughts on why questions were correctly and incorrectly answered, and what you learned from the game. 

Assignment – Part 2:

Select three of the following five prompts.  Write a response of at least 300 words for each of the three prompts:

• What was one of your earliest experiences concerning race? Describe the experience, how you felt, and how the experience was handled. If you could rewrite that experience, how would you change it and/ or how it was handled?
• Explain the concept of “best practice” and what it means in the context of diversity strategy. What are the challenges of developing and implementing best practices? What are the potential benefits?
• What are some of the ways that Pitney Bowes has aligned its goals for diversity with a market-driven approach to meeting its customers’ needs? Be specific.
• What is/are the common theme(s) between the Bowman exercise and the Miner article?
• Review the author’s list of 46 examples of white privilege. Critically evaluate which of these indicate white privilege and which might be artifacts of other forces (market forces, personal choice, etc.). 

 Submit both Assignments in the same document.

Assignment Expectations:

• Length:
  • 1400-1750 words (5-7 pages); answers must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner
• Structure:
  • Include a title page and reference page in APA style
• References:
  • Reference any outside content. Include the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered. For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned and complete your participation for this assignment by Day 7. To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use resources from the South University Online Library.

As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Support your work, using your course lectures and textbook readings. 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

TASK

Post your initial response to one of the two topics below.

Epidemiology’s Role in Infectious and Communicable Diseases

Topic 1: Disease Outbreak

Select an infectious disease and research the CDC website for information about the disease including: 

• its natural history,
• presenting symptoms, and
• outbreak characteristics
• Identify an occurrence of the disease by searching the Internet for recent reports of this disease and compare that episode or occurrence with information from the CDC website.
• How closely did that outbreak resemble the case definition?

Topic 2: Epidemiological Applications

• Describe how the concept of multifactorial etiology relates to the natural history of disease and the different levels of prevention.
• How should the nurse incorporate these concepts into health promotion of clients in community settings?
• How should the nurse approach client risk in these health promotion activities?

HA3300D – Healthcare Policy and Ethics

Research Paper

Directions

Turn in the final draft of your research paper in the dropbox labeled “Research Paper.” This paper must:

1) address the ethical theories or principles that most influence current conversations about this topic.

2) discuss how these ethical theories or principles translate into healthcare policy decisions.

In the course of addressing these topics, it must prove your thesis statement or answer your research question.

Before you submit your draft, check to be sure you’ve fulfilled all the requirements. Your research paper submission must include:

.No less than 5 written pages of work (double spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font, and 1″ margins), NOT including cover page and references page.

.Cover page and references page.

.Main section

.Introduction section

.Definitions of important terms

.Body (several sections and topics which address your research question or thesis)

.Conclusion

.At least 6 credible references

.APA-style formatting

.ORIGINAL WRITING

Your paper must be original writing. Papers found to be plagiarized will receive no points. The instructor appreciates reading your original thoughts on a topic.