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Points: 300 | Due Date: Week 7, Day 7 | CLO: 5, 6 | Grade Category: Assignments

Assignment Prompt

Applying the principles from the Nursing Leadership and Health Policy learning modules students will explore the role of the Registered Nurse Leader in policy advocacy.  Groups of two to three students will create a policy challenge presentation with a focus on collaboration. All members must participate to earn points. Each group member will receive an individual grade for the assignment and will participate in a rated peer evaluation of each group member. The final grade for each student will be based upon the presentation and peer evaluations and determined by the course professor.  The course professor will randomly assign students to a group and post the assigned groups and student names in a course announcement in week one. Contact peers in your assigned group by university email in week one to begin planning and collaborating on the project between weeks one and seven.

Directions:

1. Interview a nurse leader from a professional nursing organization to collect ideas for the project. 
2. Utilize your readings, research and resources to build the content. This should be a collaborative team process. Divide the workload for the project in an equitable manner among team members. 
3. Each group will design a voice- narrated Powerpoint or Prezi  to create a presentation and provide an overview of a grassroots policy challenge (present or past) that the identified organization supports. The policy challenge can  be a local, state or federal policy issue. Create a title slide or page with the full names of each group member. Include a final slide or page with key references cited in APA 6th ed. format.
4. Each presentation should be between 5-10 minutes in length. Rehearse and time the presentation in advance to ensure that the 10-min. time limit is not exceeded. 
5. One person from each assigned group will post the group signature assignment for his/her group as an attachment in the week seven discussion forum on or before Day 3, Week 7. 
6. Each team member will submit his or her group powerpoint presentation individually in the D2L assignment upload box for grading. 

Each presentation will need to include (but is not limited to):

• Brief description of the policy challenge the team has chosen and the nursing association that was identified.
• Describe the “Agenda” for the identified policy challenge. Include how the policy issue was identified, (Did the organization complete a review of the literature, an environmental scan and/or a SWOT analysis, etc.?)
• Brief description of key stakeholders (those who will be affected and those who can effect change), ie, interest groups, opposition groups/individuals or coalitions.
• List the different strategies that the organization plans to or has already used to inform/lobby legislators, ie, e-mail campaign, in-person visit, testimony, protest, etc.
• List and describe any non-legislative strategies that were used or plan to be used to support the initiative.
• Describe where this policy challenge is in the legislative process and its implications for the future.

Expectations

• Due: Monday, 11:59 pm PT
• Length: 5-10 minutes
• Format: APA Style

See USU NUR Presentation Rubric for additional details and point weighting.

 

Choose one of the congenital disorders discussed in your text book and create a concept map. You can easily create a concept map using the insert tab in Microsoft Word. Click on Shapes, and drag the shape you choose to your paper. Then right click to add text to your shape. You can go to the format tab by right clicking on your shape to add color, depth, and other special effects. Be sure to cite your concept map in APA format.

Be sure to cover these topics:

1. Pathophysiology
2. Assessment findings
3. Diagnostic tests – labs, x-rays etc.
4. Focused assessment
5. Medications, surgical procedures and other treatments
6. Preventative measures, risk factors, or at risk groups
7. What client teaching might a practical nurse reinforce under the guidance of the RN?
8. Prognosis and long term outlook for the patient
9. Support groups
10. Resources (cited in APA format)

n collaboration with your approved course mentor, you will identify a specific evidence-based practice proposal topic for the capstone project. Consider the clinical environment in which you are currently working or have recently worked. The capstone project topic can be a clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a quality improvement suggestion, a leadership initiative, or an educational need appropriate to your area of interest as well as your practice immersion (practicum) setting. Examples of the integration of community health, leadership, and an EBP can be found on the “Educational and Community-Based Programs” page of the Healthy People 2020 website.

Write a 500-750 word description of your proposed capstone project topic. Make sure to include the following:

1. The problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need that will be the focus of the project
2. The setting or context in which the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need can be observed.
3. A description providing a high level of detail regarding the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need.
4. Impact of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need on the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
5. Significance of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need and its implications to nursing.
6. A proposed solution to the identified project topic

You are required to retrieve and assess a minimum of 8 peer-reviewed articles. Plan your time accordingly to complete this assignment.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

REMEMBER I NEED PASS FOR TURNITING (SIMILARITY)

 

A nurse is taking care of an 85-year-old woman in a hospital-based skilled nursing facility. In the report, the nurse is told the patient has not been breathing well for the past 2 days. She has been lethargic, her skin is warm and dry, and she has a decreased urine output. The following laboratory findings were returned from the laboratory immediately after morning report:

Blood Chemistries

• Na: 147
• Cl: 110
• K: 4.0

Arterial Blood Gases

• pH: 7.33
• PCO2: 48
• HCO3: 27
• PO2: 96

Urinalysis

• Urine Specific Gravity: 1.040

Address the following:

1. Identify each of the abnormal laboratory findings in the above results. Specify how they differ from a normal range and identify what condition each abnormality indicates.
2. What specific electrolyte disturbance does the patient have?
3. What clinical manifestations would the nurse expect to see with this electrolyte abnormality presented above?
4. If the patient had an increase in her potassium level, what clinical manifestations would the nurse monitor for?
5. What blood gas abnormality is seen in this patient? Discuss the rationale for your answer.
6. What are the three major mechanisms of pH regulation?

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.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Post must have 250 words, 3 references and apa style 

A 43-y.o. female presents with the complaint of weight gain and fatigue over the past 4 mo. She states that she is always cold and just can’t get warm. She states that she is sleeping really well through the night but does not wake feeling refreshed. She denies shortness of breath, chest pain, or dyspnea on exertion.

1. What additional questions should you ask the patient and why?
2. What should be included in the physical examination at this visit?
3. What are the possible differential diagnoses at this time?
4. What tests should you order and why?
5. How should this patient be managed?