Much like honeyguide birds and honey badgers, nurses and health professionals from other specialty areas can—and should—collaborate to design effective programs. Nurses bring specialties to the table that make them natural partners to professionals with different specialties. When nurses take the requisite leadership in becoming involved throughout the healthcare system, these partnerships can better design and deliver highly effective programs that meet objectives.

In this Assignment, you will practice this type of leadership by advocating for a healthcare program. Equally as important, you will advocate for a collaborative role of the nurse in the design and implementation of this program. To do this, assume you are preparing to be interviewed by a professional organization/publication regarding your thoughts on the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources and reflect on your thinking regarding the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.
• Select a healthcare program within your practice and consider the design and implementation of this program.
• Reflect on advocacy efforts and the role of the nurse in relation to healthcare program design and implementation.

The Assignment: (2–3 pages)

In a 2- to 3-page paper, create an interview transcript of your responses to the following interview questions:

• Tell us about a healthcare program, within your practice. What are the costs and projected outcomes of this program?
• Who is your target population?
• What is the role of the nurse in providing input for the design of this healthcare program? Can you provide examples?
• What is your role as an advocate for your target population for this healthcare program? Do you have input into design decisions? How else do you impact design?
• What is the role of the nurse in healthcare program implementation? How does this role vary between design and implementation of healthcare programs? Can you provide examples?
• Who are the members of a healthcare team that you believe are most needed to implement a program? Can you explain why?

Resource 1:  https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/ 

Select a nursing research article from the list below that includes a theoretical or conceptual framework and the exploration of a clinical problem. Identify the nursing research article components using the Week 5 research template.

(All articles are available in the South University Online Library.)

Emotional Work and Diversity in Clinical Placements of Nursing Students

Nurses’ Preparedness and Perceived Competence in Managing Disasters

The Lived Experiences of People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Phenomenological Study

Effects of Multivitamin Supplements on Cognitive Function, Serum Homocysteine Level, and Depression of Korean Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment in Care Facilities

The template will be evaluated on the effectiveness of the discussion of the following components. If a component is not present in the article, its absence should be discussed.

• Identify the research problem.
• Identify the research purpose.
• Summarize the review of literature.
• Identify the nursing framework or theoretical perspective.
• Identify the research questions and hypotheses.
• Identify the variables.
• Identify and discuss the appropriateness of the design.
• Discusses the validity and reliability of the instruments, tools, or surveys.
• Discuss the significance of the study. Did it resolve the question?
• Discuss the legal and ethical issues of the study. Include the use of human subjects and their protection.
• Describe any cultural aspects of the study.
• Describe the final sample.
• Describe the procedures for data collection.
• Summarize the results including statistical analysis used or other method of analysis.
• Describe how the results of the research may impact future nursing practice.
• Apply the research to the student’s nursing practice.
• NOTE: If a component is absent, student receives a zero for that component.

Submission Details:

• Cite any resources in APA style and include a copy of the article with the submission.
• By the due date assigned, submit your template to the Submissions Area.

Understanding the health care system is very important for EBP research.  And knowing your stakeholders is also important.  However, In the health care system and in health care research, stakeholders are more than financial supporters.  Stakeholders are customers, the general public, suppliers, and any other group that might be affected by the decisions being made.  Stakeholder engagement is a process where input and ideas from those who are named as stakeholders are incorporated into the decision making process.  The attitude is that when organizations involve these stakeholders, the overall effectiveness of their change process will be enhanced.  Stakeholder engagement helps to drive long-term sustainability of change a align research with societal needs and expectations (Pandi-Perumal, et al., 2015). 

References:

Pandi-Perumal, S. R., Akhter, S., Zizi, F., Jean-Louis, G., Ramasubramanian, C., Freeman, R. E., & Narasimhan,

M. (2015). Project Stakeholder Management in the Clinical Research Environment: How to Do it Right.

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 6.Retrieved from 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434843/#__ffn_sectitle

Organizations needs to have responsibility to the public and who it serves. The specialized organization must develop standards of practices to keep practices universal to all who practice. The American Nurses Association has responsibility for coming up with scopes and standards of practice and enforcing these practices for all professional nurses. These scopes of practices are used as universal guidelines for all specialties in nursing (Nursing Scope Standards, 2010). The Standards of Professional Nursing Practice is for all registered nurses, regardless of role, population, or specialty, are expected to perform competently. The process for developing nursing standard of practices uses the “who,” “what,” “where,” “when,” “why,” and “how” of nursing practice. These questions need to be used to get a complete picture of every aspect the practice will effect (ANA,2010a, p 13). Registered nurses actively working in the United States have three certified resources that notify their thinking and decision-making and direct their practice. First, Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2001) lists the nine succinct provisions that establish the ethical framework for registered nurses across all roles, levels, and settings. Second, Nursing’s Social Policy Statement: The Essence of the Profession (ANA, 2010) conceptualizes nursing practice, gives the social framework of nursing, and provides the description of nursing (Nursing Scope Standards, 2010).According to Texas board of nursing the standard of practice is still varies from state to state, all this are still govern by board that oversees the design and institution of regulations that are written to promote compliance to the law. The state of Texas is part of compact state among the fifty states, also provision of quarterly publication of Texas board of nursing and implementation of prescription drug monitoring and more.

APA Format.

-Introduction or abstract page

-Summary or Conclusion page

-Four pages minimum, no including Introduction or abstract,  summary or conclusion, and Bibliography pages

-It is completely unacceptable to Copy and Paste from the Internet, or other resources

-Bibliography has to be in APA Format, minimum 3, no more than 3 years old.

The following position is advertised on a career Web site: RN I Surgical Job Travel Involved: None. Job Type: Full-Time. Job Level: Minimum Education Required: Associate Degree Skills: Category: Nursing FTE: 0.9. Position Summary: Description/Purpose of Position: Responsible for providing patient care based upon the nursing process; being effectively involved with maintaining the standard of care for assigned patients through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Oversees and guides employees who are under your supervision. Requirements Description/Purpose of Position: Responsible for providing patient care based upon the nursing process; being effectively involved with maintaining the standard of care for assigned patients through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Oversees and guides employees that are under your supervision. Minimum Qualifications: Education: Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing. License/Certification: Current RN license in the state of XXX. Current BCLS Certification. Other: Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care/service appropriate to the age of the patients served on the assigned unit/department. Note: An RN graduate is a nurse who has completed a course of study at a school of nursing and is eligible for the NCLEX. The RN graduate performs directly under the supervision of the charge nurse or RN designee.

1. List three substantive questions you might expect to be asked in an interview for the job, and summarize your answers.

2. Describe three to five ways in which you could prepare for the interview to make the most positive impression.

3. Be sure to describe what you would wear and what material you would bring with you.

Your best friend, Lindsey, and you are working together in the surgical ICU. Often you cover for her when she goes to lunch or on breaks. You notice that often her clients complain of being in pain, even though she has told you that she medicated them right before she left the unit. You also notice that she appears to be very jumpy and short-tempered and a bit disheveled when she comes to work. You are suspicious that she is using the medications that she says she is giving to her clients.

1. What should you do first?

2. What might be the consequences if you decide to do nothing?