Respond to your colleagues’ posts by sharing your thoughts on their specialty, supporting their choice or offering suggestions if they have yet to choose. 

 At least 2 references in each peer responses! 

Nursing informatics is essential in enhancing the effectiveness of nursing. Using statistics one can narrow down potential causes error or find the effectiveness of a process. In any area of nursing having a greater understanding of what is occurring and the effectiveness will only be beneficial.

As a behavioral health nurse a common problem is the rate of readmission among the local homeless population. Having more comprehensive data on the population such as, where are they being discharged to or are these places successful at helping decrease the need for hospitalization could substantially decrease the rate of readmission. Though anecdotal in the single year of being a behavioral health nurse I have witnessed a substantial amount of patients come in for three or more stay because of acute psychosis because of a lack of treatment outside of the hospital.

Having data on what are the most beneficial places to discharges patients to may have multiple outcomes. Hospital outreach may expand to the effective place and create a stronger partnership. Successful places may have successful interventions the hospital may be able to learn from and apply to their own inpatient stays. Additionally with this information less successful facilities may adapt to be more like successful ones. In a study about readmission rates after being discharged to a respite care facility it was found that there was roughly a 50% decrease in readmission rates within 90 days of discharge (Kertesz et al., 2009). An additional study of young homeless populations was able to identify key factors in identifying likelihood of readmission (Mackelprang et al., 2015.) Knowing a person will likely have to be readmitted because of their drug abuse for example may help identify that the hospital should use additional resources to help decrease the likelihood of this.

The homeless population is among some of the most disenfranchised and are frequently undertreated for their ailments due to lack of resources. Having a greater understanding can only help in providing care and giving them the resources to succeed.

Presentation: Purnell Model for Population Sub-Group 

Identify cultural influences on health and decision-making. Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following items:

1. Sub-group name and image with rationale
2. Purnell’s Model constructs and sub-group information (n = 12)
3. Sub-group presence and issues 15 related to local and global community
4. Summary of recommendations for providing culturally competent nursing care to this sub-group

Submission Instructions:

• Presentation is original work and logically organized. Followed current APA format including citation of references.
• Power point presentation with 10-15 slides were clear and easy to read. Speaker notes expanded upon and clarified content on the slides.
• Incorporate a minimum of 5 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work. Journal articles and books should be referenced according to current APA style (the library has a copy of the APA Manual).

 You selected Barack Obama as a influential leader in your practice. His characteristics make him a great choice. What examples can you give from how he has influenced you in your practice? Are you familiar with the Affordable Care Act allowing millions of people health coverage this entails greater demand for nurses and health care providers. When the demand is raised issues are taken under consideration to give as an incentive for those health care providers. Advancing of education with healthcare providers is expected to rise because of the demand. Advancing education increases access to care as the population of chronic diseases are on a steady rise (George, 2014). Obama’s achievements earned him a top 100 ranking in the most influential leaders in Healthcare.  

 READ THE INSTRUCTION VERY CLEARLY/ I SEND MY RESUME AS A REGISTER NURSE/ NOW I HAVE TO APPLY AS A FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER

• Resume/Cover letterA resume is a personal document whose purpose is to promote one in a positive manner. This resume will be a current true representation of you as a professional Nurse practitioner. You can focus it as if you were applying for your current position. Each section in the resume should have a heading. Design should be uniform throughout the document and power words should be included. All sections must be flawless for spelling, punctuation, grammar, truth, etc. This resume should be accompanying by a cover letter. The cover letter formally introduces you and creates a critical first impression Should be specifically tailored to a specific position and company. Use professional vocabulary and style. Highlight relevant experiences / qualities as they relate to the position.
• Cover LetterYou will find a job announcement of interest to you and write a letter of application to the job. Be sure to address the qualifications and job requirements that the employer is seeking in your letter. Market yourself to the employer by highlighting your experiences that will make you a good candidate for this job.

Re: Topic 10 DQ 1  When disseminating my research and results, one journal I might look at presenting it through is Nursing for Women’s Health. Nursing for Women’s Health is the official clinical practice journal of Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). The mission of this journal is to “improve outcomes for women and newborns through the dissemination of clinical scholarship” (Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses [AWHONN], 2019). This journal focuses on evidence based practice (EBP) research for obstetrics, women and neonates. One type of manuscript that Nursing for Women’s Healthpublishes is original research with a clinical focus (AWHONN, 2019). This category would align with my project. Nursing for Women’s Health is well read among obstetric (OB) nurses, so placing it within this journal would give access to other OB nurses around the country who could glean from my OB triage project.  A health care conference where I might disseminate my project is the “Round Table for OB Nurse Managers” in Minnesota.This is a yearly event where Minnesota OB nurse managers gather and share ideas and processes that are helpful in their respective OB units. This is a great avenue for dissemination as many of the OB managers that come are from rural Minnesota areas like mine and also a good number of these hospitals also use the Excellian electronic medical record platform, so the OB triage order set developed would be easily transferrable.As the project gets implemented and reassessed and evaluated for adjustments, I believe it would be beneficial to other facilities in their OB triage process.  Reference  Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses. (2019). AWHONN Journals. Retrieved from  https://www.awhonn.org/page/AWHONNJournals