It is 10 pm and you make assessment rounds and find Bobby crying. You ask him what his pain level is. What pain scale are you using?

He says he misses his family and wonders when they are going to come to get him and take him home? He relates his dad told him to be brave but he couldn’t stay with him since

Bobby was going to be in the hospital for such a long time and his dad had to work. He has 2 other brothers older than him. You also notice that his tray is untouched.

In addition to Erikson’s theory of development, children have fear of loss. What is Bobby’s fear?
(do not forget the interdisciplinary team members)

Professional Development Assignments: 

1. Public health efforts and those of private medicine complement each other and together serve the spectrum of health service needs of American society. Why, then, has their relationship been so contentious?
    
2. The Institute of Medicine report of 1999 cites two major studies that establish medical errors as one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. Should the federal government take the necessary steps to monitor the status of this high-risk situation, as it does with other epidemics, or should the government continue to trust the providers of health care to deal forthrightly with the problem?
    
3. Analyze why legislative attempts to address only one of the trio of rising costs, lack of universal access, or variable quality of health care only worsens the remaining two.
    

Please submit one APA formatted paper between 1000 – 1500 words, not including the title and reference page. The assignment should have a minimum of two scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook. Sultz, H. A., & Young, K. A. (2017). Health care USA: Understanding its organization and delivery (9th ed.). Boston: Jones & Bartlett. (Chapter 11).

World Health Organization. (2014). “Health Systems for health and wealth in the context of Health 2020: Follow-up to the 2008 Tallinn Charter”

This assignment focuses on the tenet of conscious leadership, the importance of self-assessment, and reflection. Self-awareness is essential for developing management and leadership skills. Recognizing your own strengths, weaknesses, and values, and understanding emotional intelligence and learning styles can help you to be a more effective leader. Becoming self-aware is an ongoing process requiring introspection. The more often people practice self-reflection, the more opportunities they have to understand their own behaviors and adapt their approaches to working with other people, which can improve both your own and other’s abilities to meet their professional goals.

Self-Assessment

For this assignment, you have the opportunity to take a variety of self-assessments to learn more about yourself and identify your assets and weaknesses as a leader. This will assist you in discovering how you can improve your own self-leadership skills. You will be asked to think critically about your results and submit a reflection as directed below. As a starting point, review the resources on conscious capitalism at: http://www.consciouscapitalism.org/. There are several helpful resources, including white papers and speech transcripts, available under the Content tab on the main page of this site. Conduct additional research beyond this website on the principle of conscious leadership.

Refer to the “Self-Assessment Links” resource in Topic Materials and complete each test. Be sure to document the results of each assessment to assist you in completing the reflection portion of the assignment below.

Self-Assessment Reflection

After completing the self-assessments, write a 1,000-1,250 word reflection in which you discuss the following:

1. Explain the characteristics of conscious leadership as defined by Mackey and Sisodia and compare them to the primary characteristics of two or three other leadership theories you have studied.
2. Describe the importance of self-awareness, self-concept, and emotional intelligence and the role they play in enabling effective conscious leadership.
3. Briefly summarize the results of each test you completed. In general, do you believe the results represent who you are as a leader? How will the results inspire you to be a conscious leader? Explain.
4. What insights have you gained about yourself after taking the assessments? How could this knowledge influence your values, attitude towards others, and how you approach new tasks in the workplace?
5. Explain the significance of the self-assessment results in relation to your individual behavior, your behavior within groups, and within organizations. What have you learned about your ability to manage others within the workplace? What have you learned about what it takes to manage yourself or how you respond to the management tactics of others within the workplace?

Include at least four academic references for this assignment to support your analysis and reflection.

This assignment uses a checklist. Please review the checklist prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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.

Assignment Content

1.  Write a 700- to 1,050–word paper that considers the cost of providing the health care service and running the facility you have proposed. Include an evaluation of your planned revenue streams and determine whether you would still be in business a year after you open. Consider the following costs:

• Loans (property, equipment, inventory)
• Rent
• Salaries
• Telecommunications
• Utilities
• Licensing and permits
• Taxes
• Distribution
• Promotion
• Maintenance

Also, consider the following sources for income and cost-sharing:

• Revenue streams
• Partnerships with local organizations

Cite three reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment. For additional help, check out the ULTRA: Access your assignments page. 

 

Category 

Points 

% 

Description 

Application of Course Knowledge: 

15 

30 

Answers the initial discussion question(s)/topic(s), demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the concepts for the week. 

Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue With Peers and Faculty 

10 

20 

Responds to a student peer AND course faculty furthering the dialogue by providing more information and clarification, adding depth to the conversation 

Integration of Evidence 

15 

30 

Assigned readings OR online lesson AND at least one outside scholarly source are included. The scholarly source is: 

1) evidence-based, 2) scholarly in nature, 3) published within the last 5 years 

40 

80% 

Total CONTENT Points= 40 pts 

DISCUSSION FORMAT 

Category 

Points 

% 

Description 

Grammar and Communication 

5 

10 

Presents information using clear and concise language in an organized manner 

Reference Citation 

5 

10 

References have complete information as required by APA   

In-text citations included for all references  AND references included for all in-text citation  

10 

20% 

Total FORMAT Points= 10 pts 

DISCUSSION TOTAL= 50 points 

Preparing the Assignment

Nursing knowledge is classified in a variety of ways, one of which is Carper’s Patterns of Knowing (Carper, 1978). Carper’s framework offers a lens through which the nurse can reflect upon insights acquired through empirical, ethical, personal, and aesthetic knowledge (Carper, 1978). Through intentional reflection using Carper’s Patterns of Knowing, nurses can process experiential learning and knowledge acquired through practice. The purpose of this assignment is to reflect upon a specific practice situation and better understand the professional knowledge and insights obtained through that experience.

Criteria for Content

1. Think of a surprising or challenging practice situation in which you felt underprepared, unprepared, or uncomfortable.
2. Select an important nursing issue/topic that was inherent to the identified situation.
3. Briefly explain the situation
4. Identify the nursing issue inherent in the identified situation
   1. As a method of refection, use Carper’s Patterns of Knowing to analyze the situation. In your discussion, address ONE of the following Patterns of Knowing:
      1. What do you think was the underlying reason for the situation? (Esthetics)
      2. What were your thoughts and feeling in the situation? (Personal)
      3. What was one personal belief that impacted your actions? (Ethics)
      4. What evidence in nursing literature supports the nursing importance of the identified issue? (Empirical)
5. What new insights did you gain through this reflective practice opportunity? How will this apply to your practice as a nurse practitioner? Be sure to use scholarly literature to support your position.

References to use:

 

Butts, B. J. & Rich, L. K. (2018). Philosophies and theories for advanced nursing practice (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Chapters 5, 7

Carper, A. B. (1978).  Fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing.  Advances in Nursing Science, 38, 13-24. 

Fawcett, J., & Cody, W. (1996). Scholarly dialogue. On the requirements for a metaparadigm: An invitation to dialogue. Nursing Science Quarterly, 9(3), 94-106.

Recommended:

Eisenhauer, R. E. (2015). An interview with Dr. Barbara A. Carper. Advances in Nursing Science, 38(2). 73-82.

Im, E.O. (2015).  The current status of theory evaluation in nursing.  Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(10). 2268-2278.