The effective nurse educator is able to use student learning needs to create specific and measurable learning outcomes for a lesson or curriculum.

The purpose of this assignment is to create a learning needs assessment in order to determine learning outcomes for the topic identified for the student’s education focus.

Part 1: Develop a short needs assessment of 10-20 open-ended or closed-ended questions for a learning needs assessment related to your education focus to administer to your practicum audience. Administer a learning needs assessment in your practicum setting. This data will be used to develop your lesson plan in Topic 8 assignment.

Part 2: To accompany your assessment, write a 350-500 word data collection plan with the following information:

1. Explanation of data collection techniques such as the format and how you will administer the learning needs assessment to your students.
2. Description of how you will use the data collected from this learning needs assessment.

Submit both parts to the assignment dropbox.

Cite one or two peer reviewed/scholarly resources in your paper.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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 Teamwork

A form of interdisciplinary collaborative care that I have seen is when I am at work. The team comes together as one to include lab techs, Oncologist, RN, schedulers and our radiology team, research team. Every once in a while I am fortunate enough to shadow the Oncologist which is a great opportunity for me as a nursing student to see the entire process. In this case the doctor had recommended that this patient have a CT scan done today in the clinic and also wanted the patient to get scheduled for a thoracentesis. He had asked me to put in an order for additional blood work since we already had labs done on her. I was able to put in the order and inform our lab techs that we added it on and needed to use the “just in case” tube.  Once the doctor was done with this patient he had sent in his RN to go over what the chemotherapy drugs and how the remainder of the day would go for her. I walked her over to the scheduler to get the patient scheduled for a CT and the thoracentesis. Once our CT tech was available I walked the patient and her family over there before she headed over for the thoracentesis.     

          The patient was able to move from one area in the clinic to another with a very smooth transition and her needs were met. Our schedulers will sit with the patient and schedule the upcoming appointments and any outside appointments that the Oncologist has ordered making it easier (typically) on the patient. As a new nurse I don’t think I would have done anything differently as the patient didn’t have to travel all around and the RN even provided her with a new patient portfolio with all the resources she will need at this time. adding to my original post. As I had stated in my scenario is that the patient was able to move throughout the clinic smoothly with all of the team members she was working with and we too were able to communicate efficiently. In one of our reading assignments for the week, Patricia Yoder-Wise (p321) states that “teams are critical for patient safety because they encourage frequent and ongoing communication and create a safety net.” I read that and I think about when a patient is at our clinic or just in general and how crucial interdisciplinary collaborative care is. If one member misses something when meeting with the patient there are others involved in the care vs just one nurse who could be very distracted during that interaction.

Reference

Yoder-Wise, P. (2015). Leading and managing in nursing 6th edition. St. Louis, MO. Elsevier Mosby. retrieved from https://ambassadored.vitalsource.com

Respond to the discussion above.

Assignment 1: Health Care Human Resources Management

Due Week 3

Imagine that you have applied for the position of Manager of Human Resources at an acute care hospital in your community. The hospital is planning to expand its services to meet the needs of a growing community. As part of the application screening process, you have been asked to write a document that outlines the steps you would take, as the manager of HR, to improve the effectiveness of HRM in this organization.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. 1.     Analyze two (2) current trends in health care that are affecting human resources management that may likely impact your hiring decision as HR manager. Provide support for your analysis.

2. 2.    Suggest a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Justify your response.

3. 3.    Recommend a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for this organization in question. Provide support for your recommendation.

4. 4.    Recommend a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives, indicating how each strategy will achieve the desired goal.

5. 5.    Determine a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Provide support for your rationale.

6. 6.    Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the unique aspects of managing human resources (HR) in health care organizations.

• Evaluate the effects of major employment laws on HR functions in health care organizations.

• Evaluate the competencies necessary for effective health care human resources management.

• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services human resource management.

• Write clearly and concisely about health services human resource management using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

The responsibilities of the professional nurse go beyond caring for the sick or promoting wellness. As outlined in the ANA code of Ethics for Nurses, it is the responsibility of all professional nurses to support the profession as a whole. This can be done in various ways. In addition to promoting the profession in a positive way, the professional nurse also looks at the bigger picture of health and wellness in the community, country, and global community. 

The purpose of the discussion this week is to examine the responsibilities of the professional nurse. You will complete this by analyzing the image of nursing that is portrayed to the general public. 

1-For this discussion, locate a negative image of nursing (picture or video). Post the link to the discussion board. This will serve as a foundation for your letter writing assignment.

2-Explain why you believe your selected media presents a negative image for nursing.

3-In addition, discuss what you think is the most pressing healthcare issue in your community, in the US, and the global community.

Your response should be written in your own words, consist of complete sentences, and should be at least two to three complete paragraphs

Using as reference:

Title: Health Policymaking in United States 

Edition: 6th (2015) 

Author: Longest 

Publisher: ACHE Book 

ISBN: 978-1-56793-719-0 

In not less than 150 words Research a current health policy of your choice and discuss why you find it relevant to you personally and the population. You may also discuss any changes you would make to the policy. Please provide justification for the change.