Based on your readings from the text, posted materials and the video https://ed.ted.com/on/ovp7iksE(5 mins ), identify and discuss the leadership style of your immediate supervisor by using specific examples that demonstrate that style.  Does your supervisor have an effective leadership style or not? Why? Make your recommendations on how the leadership style could be improved.  Provide references on which you base your answers. If you are not presently employed, you may use a previous supervisor.

Please use the patient information provided below for this paper.

This assignment assesses intended course outcome(s)

#4 Use information found in patients’ health histories, genograms, and assessments to formulate an individualized plan of nursing care that focuses on the patient’s individual health promotion and disease prevention needs 

Students will use the information found in Tina’s history, physical exam, and problem list to formulate an individualized health promotion and disease prevention plan of care. Recommendations should be evidence-based and from credible sources. The readings in module eight contains some suggested sources for obtaining health and screening recommendations for your patient. 

The plan for addressing the health promotion and disease prevention needs for your patient should include:

Demographics:

–          Age, gender and race of patient

–          Education level (health literacy)

–           Access to health care

Insurance/Financial status

–          Is the patient able to afford medications and health diet, and other out-of-pocket expenses?

Screening/Risk Assessment

–          Identified health concerns based on screening assessments and demographic information

Nutrition/Activity

–          What is the patients activity level, is the environment where the patient lives safe for activity

–          Nutrition recommendations based on age, race gender and pre-existing medical conditions

–          Activity recommendations

Social Support

–          Support systems, family members, community resources

Health Maintenance

–          Recommended health screening based on age, race, gender and pre-existing medical conditions

Patient Education:

–          Identified knowledge deficit areas/patient education needs (medication teaching etc).

–          Self-care needs/ Activities of daily living

* The paper should be written and referenced in APA format and be no longer than 4 pages (excluding cover page and references).

Your paper will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

Criteria

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

Demographics

(5%)

Includes age, race and gender of patient

Missing one data item

Missing 2 or more data items

Insurance/Financial status

(10%)

Includes information regarding patient’s insurance status and ability to afford medications and other  out-of-pocket expenses

Missing some information regarding insurance status and ability to pay for medications and other out-of-pocket expenses.

Missing information regarding the patients insurance status, ability to pay of medications and other out-of-pocket expenses

Screening /risk assessment

(10%)

Identifies health concerns based on screening assessments and demographic information.

Missing some information regarding health concerns, by excluding information from screening assessments and demographics

Health concerns are not identified due to information missing from screening assessments and demographics

Nutrition/activity

(20%)

Completely asses patient’s nutrition and activity levels and makes recommendations based on age, race, gender and pre-existing medical conditions

Missing some information regarding the patients nutrition and activity levels, make recommendations based on age, race, gender and pre-existing medical conditions

Most of the information regarding the patient’s nutrition and activity levels are missing, recommendations are missing or not based on the patient’s age, race, gender and pre-existing medical conditions

Social support

(10%)

Identifies support systems such as family members and community resources

Missing some information regarding support systems such as family members and/or community resources

Little to no information regarding social support

Health Maintenance

(20%)

Overall health maintenance recommendations made based on age, race, gender and pre-existing medical conditions

Missing some recommendations, mostly based on age, race, gender and pre-existing medical conditions

Missing many recommendations, loosely related to age, race, gender and pre-existing medical conditions

Patient Education

(20%)

Identified knowledge deficit areas/patient education needs including self-care needs and activities of daily living

Missing one or more areas of knowledge deficit/patient education needs including self-care and activities of daily living

Lacks identification of knowledge deficit areas/patient education needs. Does not consider self-care needs or activities of daily living.

Organization, spelling and grammar, APA

(5%)

Organized, easy to read, no spelling or grammar mistakes, appropriate use of APA

Organized and easy to read, few spelling or grammar mistakes, few errors in APA

Disorganized, difficult to read, many spelling and grammar errors mistakes. Does not use APA

Overall score

Points

(60-100)

Points

(24-59)

Points

( 0-23)

 

Your assignment this week will be an APA paper to include title page, level headings, and a reference page.

1. Case Study

The hospice nurse sat with Ann’s husband, Ben. Ann was resting quietly as the increased dosage of IV pain medication gradually reached its therapeutic level. Ben turned his head and slowly turned, looking out the room’s only window. As he glanced up, a small flicker of light caught his breath. It was a shooting star. A tear fell from the corner of his eye and he turned to Ann. The nurse sensed that something significant to Ann and Ben was unfolding. Shuffling to Ann’s bedside, he took her small fragile hand in his. These hands had rocked cradles, burped babies, and groomed the horses she loved to ride. Gently holding her hand, he turned to the nurse. “She would ride like the wind was chasing her.” Looking back to Ann his voice broke; choking back tears “Ann, Ann I saw Jessie…Jessie is calling.” Ben turned “Jessie was our daughter. She died having a baby that was too big. When she died it was a pitch-black night. Cold, so cold, the baby died too, a little boy, named him Abe, Jr. after Jessie’s husband. I took Ann outside so she could cry to God above and there in this dark sky we saw two falling stars…together…just falling. We knew it had to be Jessie and Abe…two angels to light up the night.” Ben turned back as a deep sigh escaped from Ann’s lips. A soft smile remained as she joined Jessie and Abe.

• Based on this case study how would the nurse actualize Parse’s theory of Human Becoming?
• What are characteristics of a human becoming nurse? What are strengths and weaknesses to this theory of nursing?
• What challenges exist for healthcare institutions to switch to this nursing approach?
• How might Parse’s understanding of transcendence guide the nurse, as Ann’s death became a reality to Ben?
• From the nursing theories we have discussed, what additional theory would you apply to this case study? Develop a plan of care to include both nursing theories (be specific and provide reasons)

The APA formatted paper should include 2 outside references and your book. The essay should be between 1250 and 1500 words in length.

“Professional Roles and Responsibilities”

Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) are graduate-educated, nationally-certified and state licensed advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who care for medically stable patients across the lifespan, from infants to geriatric patients. 

Share your thoughts

1. What are the educational requirements to practice as a FNP?
2. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), what is the recommended terminal degree to prepare nurse practitioners. 
3. Who determines the scope of practice for FNPs?
4. Who defines it? Who Credentials and what is the role of a Professional and Political Organization in defining the role? 
5. See rubric

Discussion 3

Much of the ongoing debate over scope-of-practice (SoP) laws that govern the practice of nurse practitioners (NPs) across the country focuses on the cost of and access to health care and on whether these laws legitimately promote patient safety or are simply anticompetitive restrictions on NPs’ ability to compete with physicians. After completing the following CE activity at Medscape https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/506277_1 ( sign for the free account), please answer the following questions:

Should an NP who is educationally prepared as an acute care NP work in an adult primary care setting? 

Is it within the scope for an FNP to diagnose and treat uncomplicated mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, and ADHD?

Are there any restrictions for the FNP to treat patients with mood disorders and to prescribe them antipsychotics or SSRIs ?

Discussion 4:

CS/SB 614 authorizes  an ARNP to prescribe, dispense, administer, or order any drug, which would include controlled substances.

ARNP disciplinary sanctions are added to the bill in s. 456.072, F.S., (Section 5) to mirror a physician’s sanctions for prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance other in the course of professional practice or failing to meet practice standards. Additional acts for which discipline may be taken against an ARNP relating to practicing with controlled substances that are added to the Nurse Practice Act (Section 10) include:

 Presigning blank prescription forms.

 Prescribing a Schedule II for office use.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering an amphetamine or sympathomimetic amine drug, except for specified conditions.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering certain hormones for muscle-building or athletic performance.

 Promoting or advertising a pharmacy on a prescription form unless the form also states that the prescription may be filled at the pharmacy of your choice.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering drugs, including controlled substances, other than in the course of his or her professional practice.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering a controlled substance to himself or herself.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering laetrile.

 Dispensing a controlled substance listed in Schedule II or Schedule III in violation of the requirements for dispensing practitioners in the Pharmacy Practice Act.

 Promoting or advertising controlled substances.

After reading the following news article http://c-hit.org/2015/04/06/high-prescribing-nurse-surrenders-drug-licenses/

Identify what issues may arise with prescriptive authority of controlled substances and how you may avoid these situations? 

1. Locate one primary research article, systematic review or practice guidelines related to the PICO question that is a report of an evidence-based practice or a quality improvement project.  Thous this assignment involves finding one (1) article, keep in mind that you must describe the process on how you were able to locate the article.  Then, answer the following questions:
   
   1. What is the level of evidence that best answers your PICO question?
   2. What relevant databases did you search to find the article?
   3. What keywords from your PICOT question were used to search the database?
   4. What strategies were applying to streamline your search?
   5. Did you use “MeSH terms”, Boolean connectors or parameters to help you search for the evidence?

Create an original posting with a minimum of 250-300 words.