Combining Nurse Leader With Advocacy

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DUE SEPT 8, 2017 AT 10AM

Details:

Rate yourself using the results from the “N

http://www.aone.org/resources/nurse-manager-skills-inventory.pdf

Write a reflection of 750-1,000 words in which you identify your strengths and weaknesses related to the four content areas below:

  1. Personal and professional accountability
  2. Career planning
  3. Personal journey disciplines
  4. Reflective practice reference behaviors/tenets

Discuss how you will use your current leadership skill set to advocate for change in your workplace.

Identify one personal goal for your leadership growth and discuss your implementation plan to achieve that goal.

APA format is required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines.

This assignment uses a rubric. PLS SEE RUBIC ATTACHMENT 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 Turnitin, PPR SHOULD NOT HAVE A SIMILARITY INDEX GREATER THAN 15%. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

WHENWRITING THE PPR BE SURE TO BREAK THE TOPICS DOWN WITH HEADINGS

WHEN CITING REFERENCES INTEXT BE SURE IT DONE PROPELY, AS I HAVE NOTICED WITH MY PAST FEW PPRS I HAD TO DO A LOT OF EDITING WHEN IT CAME TO CITATIONS AND THE REFERENCE PAGE!!!

Nursing Leadership and Management ; Applying Servant Leadership in Practice

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Nursing Leadership and Management – Applying Servant Leadership in Practice

Grand Canyon University

In this assignment, you will select a program, quality improvement initiative, or other project from your place of employment. Assume you are presenting this program to the board for approval of funding. Write an executive summary (850-1,000 words) to present to the board, from which they will make their decision to fund your program or project. The summary should include:

  1. The purpose of the program or  project.
  2. The target population or audience.
  3. The benefits of the program or  project
  4. The cost or budget  justification.
  5. The basis upon which the      program or project will be evaluated.

Share your written proposal with your manager, supervisor or other colleague in a formal leadership position within a health care organization. Request their feedback using the following questions as prompts:

  1. Do you believe the proposal  would be approved if formally proposed?
  2. What are some strengths and weaknesses of the proposal?

Submit the written proposal along with the “Executive Summary Feedback Form.”

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

Application of information literacy and ability to utilize resources

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PURPOSE 

The purpose of this assignment is to explore a critical concept in nursing. The student will be able to demonstrate application of information literacy and ability to utilize resources (library, writing center, SmartThinking, located within the Tutor Source tab under Course Home, APA resources, Turnitin, and others) through literature search and writing the paper. 

Pick one of the following topics and find a scholarly nursing journal article (published within the last five years) that discusses this nursing topic. The topics are • safety; • delegation; • prioritization; and • caring. After you find a scholarly nursing journal article using the Chamberlain library resources, you will complete a one-page summary and reflection on the article. The paper should be completed in APA format and include the following. 

• A cover page (not included in the page number requirement) 

• A reference page (not included in the page number requirement)

• One direct quote from one of your references, appropriately cited in the body of your paper 

• One indirect quote (or paraphrased reference) appropriately cited in the body of your paper 

• Citations and references in APA format 

How the Nurse Executive “leads the charge” for transformational leadership in an organization

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Week 4: Transformational Nursing Leaders

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Review Appendix A, Sections I–V in Finkelman (2016).

Select one of the sections and share how your chief nurse executive demonstrates expertise in these competencies.  Your comments should be about the “highest nursing leader” in your organization. Typically this is the leader who represents nurses and nursing to the governing board.

In your own words, explain the differences between a transactional nursing leader and a transformational nursing leader. What one is more like your Nurse Executive?

Describe how the Nurse Executive “leads the charge” for transformational leadership in an organization where you work or have done prelicensure clinical experiences.

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Class,

There are several sections in this appendix from which you can choose. Concentrate on one section and discuss competencies you see your Nurse Executive displaying. Keep in mind that they Nurse Executive the individual ultimately responsible for nursing and is at the top of your organization. This is not your director or nursing manager, but your Chief Nurse Executive.

Writing a Comprehensive Client Assessment and creating a genogram for the client

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Learning Objectives Students will:  •Assess clients presenting for psychotherapy • Develop genograms for clients presenting for psychotherapy 

To prepare: • Select a client whom you have observed or counseled at your practicum site. • Review pages 137–142 of the Wheeler text and the Hernandez Family Genogram video in this week’s Learning Resources. Reflect on elements of writing a Comprehensive Client Assessment and creating a genogram for the client you selected.  

The Assignment 

Part 1: Comprehensive Client Family Assessment With this client in mind, address the following in a Comprehensive ClientAssessment (without violating HIPAA regulations):  •Demographic information  •Presenting problem  •History or present illness  •Past psychiatric history   •Medical history • Substance use history  •Developmental history  •Family psychiatric history   •Psychosocial history  •History of abuse/trauma  •Review of systems   •Physical assessment  •Mental status exam  •Differential diagnosis  •Case formulation  •Treatment plan 

Part 2: Family Genogram Prepare a genogram for the client you selected. The genogram should extend back by at least three generations (great grandparents, grandparents, and parents). 

Required Readings: 

(1) Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

ATTACHED WITH THIS HOMEWORK IS A SAMPLE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT AND REMEMBER IT HAS TWO  PARTS.

Promoting Safety and Reducing Risk: Program Evaluation

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Purpose: Discussion Unit 8 (MN505)

Things to remember:

Discussion post is at least 200 words.

Answers all questions with opinions/ideas creatively and clearly. Supports post using several outside, peer-reviewed sources.

3 References, try to find resources that are 5 years or less

No errors with APA format 6thEdition

To Discuss:

Unit 8 Discussion

Topic 1: Promoting Safety and Reducing Risk: Program Evaluation

Read the required readings. Next visit the CDC Injury Prevention and Control website; Child safety and injury prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/. Additionally review the CDC Childhood Injury report. https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/child_injury_data.html

For this discussion share an outline with supportive content for the implementation of a simple educational program or intervention to promote health and reduce injury risk for the childhood and/or adolescent population. Focus can be for an individual, specific group or population. Include the topic, target audience /learner characteristics, statistics of why topic is important, population affected and pertinent risk factors. Include, objectives, goals, the intervention and means you will use to evaluate the program. Show evidence based support for the intervention. Comment on others projects and share ideas and interventions supported by studies.

Please review the Discussion Board Participation grading rubric under Course Resources in the Grading Rubrics section.

This is important information that will ensure that you earn maximum points. Your postings should be qualitative and provide substantive depth that advances the discussion.

Please see the Kaplan Writing Center located in the student portal for assistance with writing, APA, and online communication.

The development of health care in the Chinese and Guatemalan heritage

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1.  In your own words discuss and compare the development of health care in the Chinese and Guatemalan heritage.

2.  Describe if there is any similarity  between both culture regarding the health care beliefs.

As stated in the syllabus please present your assignment in an APA format word document attached under week 5 discussion questions in the discussion tab of the blackboard.  You must use the required Arial 12 font and a minimum of 2 evidence based references no older than 5 years.   sustained with the proper evidence based references no older than 5 years and a minimum of 500 words are required.  

Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Copyright © 2013 F.A. Davis Company

Chinese American Culture

Larry Purnell, PhD, RN, FAAN

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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Copyright © 2013 F.A. Davis Company

Chinese Overview/Heritage

  • China’s population of over 1.3 billion people is dispersed over 3.7 million square miles, with cultural values differing according to geographic location as well as other variant cultural characteristics.
  • Chinese in the United States exceed 1.6 million people with the largest communities in California, New York, Hawaii, and Texas.

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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Chinese Overview/Heritage

  • A university education is highly valued; however, few have the opportunity to achieve this life goal because of limited enrollment opportunities.
  • Often, young adults come to Western countries to attend universities seeking more advanced prestigious educations.

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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Chinese Overview/Heritage

  • Many newer immigrants are professionals from Hong Kong.
  • Chinese Confucian ideals emphasize the importance family and neighbors and reinforce the idea that all relationships embody power and rule.

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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Chinese Overview/Heritage

  • Other important values are filial piety, industry, patriotism, deference to those in hierarchal positions, tolerance of others, loyalty to superiors, respect for rites and social rituals, knowledge, benevolent authority, thrift, patience, courtesy, and respect for tradition.

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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

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Chinese Communication

  • The official language of China is Mandarin (pu tong hua), spoken by about 70% of the population, but other major, distinct dialects such as Cantonese, Fujianese, Shanghainese, Toishanese, and Hunanese exist.
  • The dialects are so different that often two groups cannot understand one another verbally.
  • The written language is the same.

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Individual Power Within An Organization-Nursing

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Assignment 2: Individual Power Plan

What can you do to develop your individual power base? This week, you have heard and read about several types and sources of power. For this Assignment, consider your goals and how enhancing your own power may help you to achieve them.

To Prepare

  • Reflect on your personal current sense of power within your organization and the profession;
  • Do a self–assessment of your leadership skills by doing the How Good are your Leadership Skills? assessment at http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_50.htm
    • How did you score? You do need not to reveal this in your paper, but hopefully it will guide you in how to apply the concepts to your own situation.
  • Reflect on your motivation for increasing your power within your organization and/or within the nursing profession.
  • Do a self–assessment of your leadership motivation by doing the assessment The Leadership Motivation Assessment found at http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_01.htm
    • Again, it is not necessary to post your score but hopefully it will guide you in how to discuss your motivation at this point in time.
  • Review the information on power in the Learning Resources and conduct additional research on your own to examine strategies that seem relevant and worthwhile for helping to enrich your power as a nurse leader.
  • Identify specific strategies you can use to develop and leverage sources and types of power to achieve desired outcomes.

To Complete

Write a 2– to 3–page paper, not including the cover and Reference page, describing:

  • A self–assessment of your current sense of power within your organization and the profession;
  • A self–assessment of your motivation for increasing your power base;
  • Write a detailed plan for enhancing your power as a nurse and a leader–manager, including specific strategies for achieving that plan.  Be sure to include strategies for mobilizing the power of nursing for social change, empowering others, and building a personal power base.

Patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team through communication and relationship building

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Performance Measurement PowerPoint Slideshow Guidelines

Update 4/27/2017

Purpose

The purpose of this PowerPoint presentation is to locate and compare performance measurement data on common health conditions for the hospitals in your area. You will investigate the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services websites and locate hospital compare data for hospitals within a 50-mile radius of the community where you are working or had your prelicensure clinical experiences. You will prepare a PowerPoint presentation and share the results of your findings. Opportunities for improving performance measurement indicators will be shared.

Course Outcomes

Completion of this assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

CO1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high-quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO2)

CO2: Implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team through communication and relationship building. (PO3)

CO3: Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change. (PO7)

CO7: Apply leadership concepts in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (POs 2 and 3)

CO8: Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process and outcome measures to identify clinical questions as the beginning process of changing current practice. (PO8)

Due Dates

This assignment is to be submitted by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT, end of Week 6.

Points

This assignment is worth 200 points.

Directions

Review information found on the following website related to hospital compare http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HospitalQualityInits/HospitalCompare.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Read the information carefully and then locate the following website. http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Search for hospitals within a 50-mile radius of the community where you are working or had your prelicensure clinical experiences. Type in your zip code. Select your hospital and two others. Select hospitals/facilities and choose compare. If you live in a remote area and there are no hospitals listed within a 50-mile radius, select a zip code for a family member or a close friend who does not live near you. The idea is to review comparative data.

Click on the following topics to learn more.

Survey of patient’s experiences

Timely and effective care (focus your search on two of the conditions that apply to services provided at the hospitals)

Readmissions, complications, and deaths

Carefully read the information provided.

Develop a PowerPoint slideshow consisting of 8-10 slides. Include the following, keeping in mind what all this data means.

Title slide with information pertinent to the course.

List reasons to recommend hospital compare to consumers (patients).

List reasons to recommend hospital compare to staff who may seek employment.

For the slides below, clearly label them as Hospital A, B, or C:

Summarize patient experiences data for each hospital.

Summarize timely and effective care data for two conditions.

Summarize data for readmissions and complications and deaths.

List recommendations for improving data for one selected facility.

Summarize what you learned from this experience.

Tutorial: For those not familiar with the development of a PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft website may be helpful. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-FX101782702.aspx (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. The Chamberlain Student Success Strategies (CCSSS) offers a module on Computer Literacy that contains a section on PowerPoint. The link to SSP CCSSS may be found in the course list in the student portal.

Submit your PowerPoint slideshow by 11:59 p.m. MT, Sunday, end of Week 6.

Best Practices in Preparing PowerPoint Presentations

The following are best practices in preparing this presentation.

Be creative.

Incorporate graphics, clip art, or photographs to increase interest.

Make easy to read with short bullet points and large font.

Review directions thoroughly.

Proofread prior to final submission.

Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.

Abide by the Chamberlain academic integrity policy.

**Academic Integrity Reminder**

Chamberlain College of Nursing values honesty and integrity. All students should be aware of the Academic Integrity policy and follow it in all discussions and assignments.

By submitting this assignment, I pledge on my honor that all content contained is my own original work except as quoted and cited appropriately. I have not received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment.

Please see the grading criteria and rubrics on this page.

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Economic outcomes that can be used by advanced practice nurses for assessing costs and determining performance benefits within a health care organization

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Baker, J. J., Baker, R. W., & Dworkin, N. R.  (2018). Health care finance: Basic  tools for nonfinancial managers (5th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and  Bartlett Learning.
Chapter 12, “Financial and Operating Ratios as Performance Measures” (pp. 127-134)
This chapter introduces a number of different tools that can be used to measure the performance of an organization. These include liquidity ratios, solvency ratios, and profitability ratios.

Kleinpell, R. M. (2009). Analyzing economic outcomes in advanced practice learning. In Outcome assessment in advanced practice nursing (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Outcome Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing, 1st Edition by Kleinpell, R. M. Copyright 2009 by Springer Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission of Springer Publishing Company via the Copyright Clearance Center.

This chapter outlines five different types of economic outcomes that can be used by advanced practice nurses for assessing costs and determining performance benefits within a health care organization.

Serb, C. (2011). Effective dashboards: What to measure and how to show it. Hospitals & Health Networks, 85(6), 40. 
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

In this article, the authors discuss automated systems known as executive dashboards, which are designed to highlight key data. Additionally, the article describes the components most experts agree should be included on an executive dashboard.

Nash, M., Pestrue, J., Geier, P., Sharp, K., Helder, A., & McAlearney, A. (2010). Leveraging information technology to drive improvement in patient satisfaction. Journal for Healthcare Quality: Promoting Excellence in Health care, 32(5), 30–40.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

This article explores how senior leaders can facilitate improvement in patient experience and satisfaction by strategic improvement and setting goals. This article presents a case detailing how the Ohio State University Medical Center (OSUMC) used information technology to formulate a strategy to improve patient experience.

Barta, A. (2010). Dashboards: A required business management tool. Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, 44(3), 228–30.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

This article describes how dashboards became an integral financial and management tool for Trinity Health Clinical Engineering when it centralized the clinical engineering functions of five hospitals.

National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators. (2014). National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators. Retrieved from NDNQI :http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume122007/No3Sept07/NursingQualityIndicators.html
This website is a repository for nursing quality indicators.

Wadsworth, T., Graves, B., Glass, S., Harrison, A., Donovan, C., & Proctor, A. (2009). Using business intelligence to improve performance. Healthcare Financial Management, 63(10), 68–72.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

In this article, the authors describe a case study involving the Cleveland Clinic Foundation’s management supervision and how they kept track of its key performance indicators (KPIs) to aid in reducing operational costs and improving quality of care.

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012). Dashboards. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Note:  The approximate length of this media piece is 6 minutes.

In this video, William Ward discusses the use of dashboards as a tool for tracking organizational performance. He compares different types of dashboards and describes how to select the most relevant data to include on a dashboard.

Accessible player –Downloads–Download Video w/CCDownload AudioDownload Transcript

Discussion: Performance Reports/Dashboards

Performance reports are a valuable tool for gauging the financial well-being and progress of a health care organization. When properly designed, these reports can provide data on key measures, quality indicators, performance of operations, patient satisfaction, personnel, and facility capacity.

Have you ever seen the cockpit of an airplane? The dashboard is covered with a variety of knobs and gauges. Having a pilot who understands the meaning of the data contained on the dashboard is essential for passenger safety and for reaching the correct destination in a timely fashion. Similarly, a dashboard for your organization can supply a wide variety of performance information to assist in the financial decision making process.

In this Discussion, you will describe a dashboard that would be useful for you in your current position and organization (or one with which you are familiar).

To prepare:

  • Review this week’s Media program, Dashboards.
  • Consider your own organization (or one with which you are familiar) and the key information that would be useful for decision making.
  • Develop a list of key performance indicators in the following categories that would be useful for your situation. Include:
    • 2–3 financial indicators
    • 2–3 operational indicators
    • 2–3 satisfaction indicators
    • 2–3 quality indicators
By Day 3

Post describe the specific indicators you selected for each category and explain why you chose those particular ones. Describe whether each indicator is a leading or trailing indicator and how this particular combination would provide the best overall view of