1-As a nurse , Erin Murphey is a great legislator becuase she can advocate for health care system reform bills and help to make a change at the corporate level. Murphey is a registrered nurse with 20 years of experience in the acute care settingAs governor, Murphy said she would sign a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, but she comes at the issue from a criminal justice perspective. She would want any proposal that legalizes recreational marijuana to also include a way to expunge low-level cannabis possession crimes from people’s records.”There is a disproportionate number of people of color, specifically men of color, who are incarcerated for this crime,” she said.She said she also believes it will be easier to keep marijuana out of the hands of young people if it were “regulated and legal.””Minnesotans are ahead of policymakers on this question,” she said. “They are ready to make this move and if the Legislature puts it on my desk, I will sign it into law.” This can be also seen from a healthcare perspective because many pharmaceautical companies are using marijuana in for many different conditions in patients. It is exciting to have a nurse in politics. This is someone just like us who is able to make an impact from the source. Hopefully she does well in implementing her promises.

Miller, K. (2018). DFL governor candidate Erin Murphy shares her views. Retrieved from https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/07/24/dfl-candidate-erin-murphy-shares-views

2-Lauren Underwood is the newest elected, and youngest registered nurse serving in the U.S. House of Representatives since January 3, 2019. She is representing Illinois 14thcongressional district. In her short time serving, she has been loud and clear about her support regarding affordable health care to all Americans. Just last week she introduced legislation that would improve affordability by reducing premium costs for consumers who purchase plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace and in February, she introduced legislation that would help protect Americans with pre-existing conditions by overturning an Administration rule that expands limited duration insurance, commonly known as “junk plans.” She also supports the prevention of gun violence by serving as a member of the Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce. Prior to her election into congress she was working to improve healthcare by serving as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) where she helped communities prepare for and respond to disasters and emergencies.

Reference:

Representative Lauren Underwood. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://underwood.house.gov/

3-The congresswomen, Eddie Bernice Johnson, was a Chief Psychiatric Nurse in a hospital (VA Hospital) in Dallas before she became congresswomen (C-Span, 2019). She has recently introduced the National Nurse Act of 2019 in Congress. Eddie Bernice Johnson is the first registered nurse elected to Congress and can be counted between the most well-known nurses in history because of her outstanding accomplishments in that capacity. As an African-American woman, she has encountered many obstacles in both her nursing and political careers. Ms. Johnson is an excellent example of the value of education.

Reference

C-Span. (2019, January 9). Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Urges House to Support the Allred Health Care Resolution. Retrieved from C-Span: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4771977/congresswoman-eddie-bernice-johnson-urges-house-support-allred-health-care-resolution

 Post a description of one or more of your professional goals. Explain a certification provided by a professional organization that would be of interest to you. Explain how and why this additional certification would be useful to you and/or enhance your professional development. Evaluate your readiness to obtain this certification, noting any reservations you may have.

Select a diagnostic test from the assigned reading for subject of your power point presentation.  You may choose a test that is not assigned.  However, you must submit such a choice for approval by the course instructor.

2.        Locate and submit a minimum of one peer reviewed journal article from a professional nursing journal related to the selected diagnostic test. (Journal articles must be within 5 years)

3.        Create a one paragraph (5-8 sentences) summary of the article to be submitted with the power point.

5.        The following information must be included in the PowerPoint under the appropriate headings:

           a. Importance of the selected test

b. Discussion of Normal and Abnormal results (i.e.: what do normal/abnormal results mean?  What factors affect the results?)

           c. Patient Care/teaching before, during and after the test

           d. Nursing diagnoses pertinent to the patient for the selected test (label only)

e. Any follow up tests that may be required (ie serial troponins for R/O MI)

f. Inclusion of ethical issues related to the testing if present is required.

Peer Review Give comments on the section about the paper attached. This is a peer review edit where you grade and give comments to the paper attached

Instructions for peer review and original instructions

Attached Files:

Instructions for results section

Instructions for peer reviewing classmates work

Classmates results section

This isnt a long assignment and only involves a 100 words on comments to give

PLEASE, NO PLAGIARIZED WORK.    

As we enter assessment 4, there are two sections that need to be completed.  In part one, you will need to address four questions on how you relate diversity in your organization and how it reflects the change in the organization and patient care.  For the fourth question, make sure you do your research on one of the companies and as always make sure your work is cited and appropriately referenced.

Part 2 of the assessment asks that you create a short video.  Please try and keep it within the 3-5-minute window.  This will be a compressed presentation when you address each topic question. Be creative and be personable in your presentation and try not to sound like your reading or monotone in your presentation. Remember that uploading videos into BB takes a long time based on duration.

Below are some thoughts for this week’s units.

1.  Think about who your audience is that you and make your presentation relatable to them.

2. Use personal experiences that are relatable to the assignment, as you have in earlier assessments.

3. Make sure you include a discussion section relating how your organization can use these strategy points in your righting when concluding your part 1 paper.

4. Reflections should include diversity within your organization and if it affects patient care in a positive or negative way make sure you support your viewpoints.

5. Make sure your video includes references and citations for photos and content.

6. Be creative in your presentation

Competency 4 Assesment Part 1

Part 1:

For this Competency Assessment, review the following document:

Aperian Global. (2015). Leaders in diversity and inclusion: 5 lessons from top global companies. Retrieved from https://www.aperianglobal.com/leaders-diversity-inclusion-5-lessons-top-global-companies/

Think about how the lessons impact the healthcare organization. Write an analysis of the article by addressing the following:

· How do the lessons, in the article, relate to diversity in your organization?

· How do lessons, in the article, reflect change in supporting diversity in your organization?

· How could the lessons, in the article, affect change in the way the patients receive care?

· Select one of the top five (5) companies discussed in the article. Do additional research on that company and see what strategies the company uses to support their diverse employees (i.e., bonus incentives, hiring process, diversity statement, etc.). Provide a summary of what you have learned and relate this to how your organization can utilize some of the strategies.