Identify one ethical issue based on your practice or specialization to which sound leadership principles were or should have been applied.

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This assignment will assist the learner in exploring the role of the nurse and other healthcare team members as it relates to nursing administration and leadership.

Instructions:

  • Review the readings and links for this module.
  • Spend time in reflection of your prior experiences with nursing leaders.
  • Identify one ethical issue based on your practice or specialization to which sound leadership principles were or should have been applied.
  • Select three strategies to address the issue in the interest of the patient while supporting the nursing team providing care.
  • Provide succinct examples of how your chosen ethical issue impacts nursing, utilizing a minimum of three scholarly journal sources in addition to your textbooks.
  • The paper should be 2-3 pages in length (not including title page and reference list) and must have headings. Use to APA 6th edition style and grammar guidelines, and to credit sources and format references
  • Spend time in reflection of your prior experiences with nursing leaders.
    Identify one ethical issue based on your practice or specialization to which sound leadership principles were or should have been applied.
    Select three strategies to address the issue in the interest of the patient while supporting the nursing team providing care.
    Provide succinct examples of how your chosen ethical issue impacts nursing, utilizing a minimum of three scholarly journal sources in addition to your textbooks.
    The paper should be 2-3 pages in length (not including title page and reference list) and must have headings. Use to APA 6th edition style and grammar guidelines, and to credit sources and format references. .

Discuss the clarity of the theory. Did it have lucidness and consistency?

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Overview/Description:

The purpose of this assignment is to describe, evaluate and discuss application of a nursing grand or mid-range theory. This assignment also provides the learner an opportunity to connect theory and research to nursing phenomena. Learners will develop an 8-10 page paper (excluding the title page and references) using APA style to address the elements listed below.

Theory/Author Name and Background

  1. Select a Grand or Mid-Range Theory that is appropriate to your practice setting.
  2. Describe the theorist’s background in detail and discuss how their experiences have impacted the theory development.
  3. Examine crucial references for the original and/or current work of the theorist and other authors writing about the selected theory.
  4. Identify the phenomenonof concernor problems addressed by the theory.

Theory Description

  1. Explain whether the theory uses deductive, inductive or retroductive reasoning. Provide evidence to support your conclusion.
  2. Describe the major concepts of the theory.  How are they defined? (theoretically and/or operationally) Is the author consistentin the use of the concepts and other terms in the theory?
  3. Interpret how the concepts are defined.  Implicitly or explicitly?
  4. Examine the relationships (propositions) among the major concepts.

Evaluation

  1. Identify explicit and implicit assumptions (values/beliefs) underlying the theory. On what assumptions does the theory build?
  2. Examine if the theory has a description of the four metaparadigm concepts of nursing. If so, how are they explained in the theory? If the metapardigm is not explained, what elements do you see as relevant to the theory and why?
  3. Discuss the clarity of the theory.  Did it have lucidness and consistency?

Application

  1. Examine how the theory would guide nursing actions.
  2. Describe specificallyhow you can use this theory in your area of nursing (Practice, Education, Informatics or Administration).

How should the nursing profession respond to this frightening new legal threat?

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Criminal Prosecution for Nursing Practice

Read the following case study and submit a 1- to 2-page essay in a Microsoft Word document using APA 6th edition in response to the questions.

Case Study:

Until recently, the risk of criminal prosecution for nursing practice was nonexistent unless nursing action rose to the level of criminal intent, such as the case of euthanasia leading to murder charges. However, in April 1997, three nurses at the Centura St. Anthony Hospital, outside of Denver, were indicted by a Colorado grand jury for criminally negligent homicide in the death of a newborn. Public records show that one nurse was assigned to care for the baby. A second nurse offered to assist her colleague in caring for the baby. A third nurse was a nurse practitioner in the hospital nursery. Because the baby was at risk for congenital syphilis, the physician ordered that the nurses give 150,000 units of intramuscular penicillin, which would have required five separate injections.

In relation to other problems the same day, the baby was subjected to a lumbar puncture, which required six painful attempts. To avoid inflicting further pain, nurse two asked the nurse practitioner whether there was another route available for the administration of the penicillin. Nurse two and the nurse practitioner searched recognized pharmacology references and determined that intravenous administration would be acceptable. The nurse practitioner had the authority to change the route and directed nurse two to administer the medication intravenously rather than intramuscularly. Unrecognized by the nurses, the pharmacy erroneously delivered the medication, prepared and ready to administer, in a dose ten times greater than was ordered—1.5 million units. As nurse two was administering the medication intravenously, the baby died. The Colorado Board of Nursing initiated disciplinary proceedings against nurse two and the nurse practitioner, but not against nurse one. The grand jury indicted all three nurses on charges of criminally negligent homicide but did not indict the pharmacist (Calfee & Plum, 1997).

Respond to the following:

  • Identify what emotions are evoked as you consider the Colorado Board of Nursing case stated above?
  • Should the courts take into consideration the fact that the nurses’ error occurred because they wanted to avoid causing the baby unnecessary pain? Discuss your thinking.
  • Can you think of other occupations in which the consequences of unintentional errors have greater legal implications? Discuss your answer.
  • How should the nursing profession respond to this frightening new legal threat?
  • Which sections of the State Nurse Practice Act did the nurses violate?

Submission Details:

  • Support your responses with examples.
  • Cite any sources in APA format.
  • Name your document SU_NSG4070_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
  • Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

Explain how seeing the positions and evidence of others changed or reinforced your position.

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This individual assignment helps you reflect on your Learning Team activity. Use the same topic and position to complete this assignment.

Summarize the decision-making model you employed and the process used to arrive at your position.

Review the following resources from the Week 3 Electronic Reserve Readings if you need additional information about ethical decision-making models:

  • “An Integrated Ethical Decision-Making Model for Nurses”
  • Nursing Ethics in Everyday Practice: A Step-By-Step Guide, Ch. 2: Ethical Decision-Making

Summarize and explain each person’s position and evidence.

Explain how seeing the positions and evidence of others changed or reinforced your position.

Format your assignment as one of the following:

  • 18- to 20-slide presentation
  • 15- to 20-minute oral presentation
  • 875-word paper
  • Another format approved by your instructor

Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 years that support your positions.

Include an APA-formatted reference list.

Select the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

sources for this assigment:

  • Epstein, B., & Turner, M., (2015). The Nursing Code of Ethics: Its value, its history. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 20(2), 33-41.
  • Park, E.J., (2012). An integrated ethical decision-making model for nurses. Nursing Ethics, 19(1), 139-159.
  • Winland-Brown, J., Lachman, V.D., & Swanson, E.O., (2015). The new ‘Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements’ (2015): Practical clinical application, Part I. Medsurg Nursing, 24(4), 268-271.
  • Winland-Brown, J., Lachman, V.D., & Swanson, E.O., (2015). The new ‘Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements’ (2015): Practical clinical application, Part II. Medsurg Nursing, 24(5), 363-366+.

Describe the changing role of the nurse today and how they are influenced by the organizational nursing theory.

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Choose a contemporary school of nursing, hospital, nursing home, or other facility in the healthcare arena and research the nursing theory used there.Describe the changing role of the nurse today and how they are influenced by the organizational nursing theory. Present your findings in a PowerPoint Presentation.

(Suggestion: You are encouraged to make an appointment and meet with the CNO, director, nurse manager or other nursing leader of your chosen facility and interview them.)

  1. Create a PowerPoint Presentation based on the research of a nursing theory used by either a nursing school, hospital, nursing home or other facility.
  2. Your PowerPoint should:
    • include all seven (7) topics as shown in the PowerPoint Presentation Rubric (MP2)
    • be no more than 20 slides max.
      • If you use graphics be sure they are small in size, so your presentation can be loaded quickly.
    • be typed into a Microsoft PowerPoint document

Describe the changing role of the nurse today and how they are influenced by the organizational nursing theory. Present your findings in a PowerPoint Presentation. (Suggestion: You are encouraged to make an appointment and meet with the CNO, director, nurse manager or other nursing leader of your chosen facility and interview them.)

D. Discuss how you will apply the assessment strategies you have learned from the simulation environment to your community assessment strategies in your community.

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Complete a needs-assessment summary to determine the health needs and risks of the virtual community in Sentinel City™ by using each of the following tools:

Note: These tools can be found either in the web links section or as an attachment to this task.

• Demographics Assessment

• Neighborhood/Community Safety Inventory

• Windshield Survey

• Population Health Scavenger Hunt

Note: The name of each of the four tools should be identified in the needs-assessment summary, along with a brief summary of how each of the four tools were used in the needs assessment.

1. Analyze the collected data using concepts of epidemiology and health determinants.

Note: Refer to these three sections of your COS for additional information: Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Epidemiological Data, and Application of Epidemiology.

C. Formulate a community diagnosis for Sentinel City™ by doing the following:

1. Discuss the three problems for Sentinel City™ based on the Healthy People 2020 goals.

2. Discuss community resources (e.g., Sentinel City™ Affordable Housing Project, Better Health Clinic) that are available to address one of the problems identified in part C1.

3. Identify a primary prevention topic based on the problem you selected in part C2.

Note: See the attached “Approved Topic List” for guidance in formulating your topic.

D. Discuss how you will apply the assessment strategies you have learned from the simulation environment to your community assessment strategies in your community.

E. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

F. Demonstrate Professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

Why would you use or not use this theory in your own advanced practice? (Begin to think about the your presentation “Synthesis of Nursing Theory”).

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For this project, you will select and critique a nursing theory of your choice. You will:

  1. Write an original paper.
  2. Submit it to the dropbox for a grade based on the rubric.

The following are some conceptual models and theories you may choose from; however, you may choose any nurse theorist:

  • Florence Nightengale’s Environmental Model
  • Catherine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory
  • Dorothy Johnson’s Behavioral System Model
  • Hildegard Peplau’s Interpersonal Process Theory
  • Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory
  • Ida Jean Orlando’s Nursing Process
  • Sister Calista Roy’s Adaptation Model
  • Madeleine Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
  • Jean Watson’s Nursing as Caring Theory
  • Margaret Newman’s Health Expanding Consciousness
  • Martha Roger’s Science of Unitary of Human Being
  • Abdellah’s Patient-Centered Approaches Theory

Steps to follow to do your critique:

  • You can visit the Fitne website to watch videos about the above mentioned theorist.
  • You can use the Internet to find a journal or articles that provides an analysis and critique of a theory of nursing as a resource to start working with your own critique.
  • You need to login entering the following information: 
    • Username: medical center campus
    • Password: medical
    • Under the Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence (Volume I) link select the theorist of your choice
    • On the left navigation area select a topic to view 
  • You must use the criteria for analysis and critique of theories in Chapter 1 of the George text book.
  • You will select the link “Library Resources” found under the “NUR3846 – Library” tab (located on left-side of screen) to do your research and complete your literature review of the model/theory you selected.
  • You may physically visit the library in person as well, and ask for help from the library staff.

Your critique must have the following headings and follow APA Guidelines.

Topic

Description

Meaning

(30 pts.)

  • Describe the main ideas of the theory (should include the assumptions under which the theory operates).
  • What are the main concepts?
  • What are the main relationships between the concepts?
  • How do different concepts affect each other?

Origins of the Theory

(30 pts.)

  • What was going on in the profession of nursing or in American society that may have influenced the theory?
  • What values, theories, evidence, and/or existing knowledge did the theorist cite as support for the theory?
  • What motivated the theorist to write the theory?
  • What approach to theory development did the theorist use?

Usefulness

(20 pts.)

  • How useful is this theory in practice?
  • Is the theory practical and helpful to nursing?
  • Does it contribute to understanding and predicting outcomes?
  • Cite an example/case study where this theory could be used.

Testability

(10 pts.)

  • How testable is this theory?
  • Has this theory generated research? How many and what types of studies?
  • Give one example of a study done using the theory
  • What types of statements are the propositions?

Overall Evaluation

(10 pts.)

  • Is the theory comprehensive and specific?
  • How general is the theory?
  • Summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the theory.
  • Why would you use or not use this theory in your own advanced practice? (Begin to think about the your presentation “Synthesis of Nursing Theory”).

The purpose of this assignment is to provide a concise description and appraisal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Master's Education in Nursing.

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1. The purpose of this assignment is to provide a concise description and appraisal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing.

2.Must Follow APA guideline ,

3. provide a brief explanation on each of the essentials reflecting on each essential affects the clinical practice and the author’s interpretation on each essential.

4. Must include Title page, abstract, introduction, body, conclusion, and reference page.

5. Must be 5 to six pages excluding title page and reference page.

6. Must provide 3 references no older than 5 years old.

Essentials:

• Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities o Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse integrates scientific findings from nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement, and organizational sciences for the continual improvement of nursing care across diverse settings.

• Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership o Recognizes that organizational and systems leadership are critical to the promotion of high quality and safe patient care. Leadership skills are needed that emphasize ethical and critical decision making, effective working relationships, and a systems-perspective.

• Essential III: Quality Improvement and Safety o Recognizes that a master’s-prepared nurse must be articulate in the methods, tools, performance measures, and standards related to quality, as well as prepared to apply quality principles within an organization.

• Essential IV: Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice o Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse applies research outcomes within the practice setting, resolves practice problems, works as a change agent, and disseminates results.

• Essential V: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies 5 o Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse uses patient-care technologies to deliver and enhance care and uses communication technologies to integrate and coordinate care.

• Essential VI: Health Policy and Advocacy o Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse is able to intervene at the system level through the policy development process and to employ advocacy strategies to influence health and health care.

• Essential VII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes o Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse, as a member and leader of interprofessional teams, communicates, collaborates, and consults with other health professionals to manage and coordinate care.

• Essential VIII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health o Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse applies and integrates broad, organizational, client-centered, and culturally appropriate concepts in the planning, delivery, management, and evaluation of evidence-based clinical prevention and population care and services to individuals, families, and aggregates/identified populations.

• Essential IX: Master’s-Level Nursing Practice o Recognizes that nursing practice, at the master’s level, is broadly defined as any form of nursing intervention that influences healthcare outcomes for individuals, populations, or systems. Master’s-level nursing graduates must have an advanced level of understanding of nursing and relevant sciences as well as the ability to integrate this knowledge into practice. . Nursing practice interventions include both direct and indirect care components. 

discuss at least three benefits of community nurses forming partnerships with parish nurses and faith based communities;

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Assignment 2: Dropbox AssignmentCollaborating Community Nursing and Faith Based NursingIdentify the heritage of health and healing in faith based communities. Use multiple resources to collaborate community nursing with faith based nursing. Be sure to discuss at least three benefits of community nurses forming partnerships with parish nurses and faith based communities; to discuss a nurse’s role as parish nurse in faith communities for health promotion and disease prevention; to analyze how communities of faith may include Healthy People 2020 guidelines in program planning; and to consider legal, ethical, or financial issues related to parish nursing. Submit your answers in a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document.Support your responses with examples.Cite any sources in APA format.Submission DetailsName your document SU_NSG3028_W4_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.Submit your document to the W4 Assignment 2 Dropbox by Tuesday, June 6, 2017.Assignment 2 Grading CriteriaMaximum PointsAnalyzed and described the heritage of health and healing in faith communities.8Analyzed and described at least four benefits of community nurses forming partnerships with parish nurses and faith based communities.20Analyzed and explained a nurse’s role as parish nurse in faith communities for health promotion and disease prevention.20Identified and explained how communities of faith may include Healthy People 2020 guidelines in program planning.20Identified and described at least three legal, ethical, or financial issues related to parish nursing.12Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary. Cited all sources using APA format.20Total:100

submit a comprehensive and complete rough draft of your Nursing Theory Comparison paper in APA format.

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  1. The purpose of this assignment is to draft and submit a comprehensive and complete rough draft of your Nursing Theory Comparison paper in APA format. Your rough draft should include all of the research paper elements of a final draft, which are listed below. This will give you an opportunity for feedback from your instructor before you submit your final draft during week 7.
    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 formatThe paper should be 8–10 pages long and based on instructor-approved theories. It should be typed in Times New Roman with 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.Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)Points Possible: 100