Consider the topic you have selected to complete your evidence-based practice project. While we are not conducting research here, per se, we are considering implementing a new practice – and with any new practice comes the potential for both benefit and harm to clients. It’s important to think about how practice changes may affect clients – both positively and negatively. So as you get ready to conduct your EBP review, you’ll want to think about how you can make sure to keep your clients safe and your practice ethical.

In an APA format paper, approximately 3 pages in length, address the following questions. (Please note that you will continue to write in the same document you completed for part 1 of this assignment (completed in module 2) – you can keep the same cover page, correcting any errors noted on your feedback. Please correct your reference page as noted from your module 2 submission feedback and update it with your new material.) In addition, although you are submitting your entire project to date (with revisions), your actual grade will be based only on the current section, as addressed below:

• Discuss what the principle of “respect for persons” means to you.
• How will you ensure that it is carried out in the implementation of your EBP project? (Remember that you don’t need to know the exact outcome/findings of the project yet – you just need to consider how you will ensure autonomy for clients, and protection of those with diminished autonomy, if that is relevant to the practice setting.)
• Discuss what the principle of “beneficence” means to you. How will you ensure that it is carried out in the implementation of your EBP project?
• Discuss what the principle of “justice” means to you. How will you ensure that it is carried out in the implementation of your EBP project?

Consider this brief example as you begin the paper:

In previous modules, we gave this example of a PICO(T) question:

In clients over the age of 65 undergoing elective total hip arthroplasty, is chemical DVT prophylaxis more effective than mechanical DVT prophylaxis alone in preventing the development of DVT in the 30 days following surgery?

So for this assignment you might consider the following:

Respect for persons:
Do individuals have the right to refuse DVT prophylaxis if they choose (right to self-determination)?
What if they fall into the “diminished autonomy” category (i.e. have dementia, etc.)
How does this affect their right to autonomy?Beneficence:
How will this project maximize benefits and minimize harms?
What might be the benefits of changing practice or staying with the same practice?
What would be the risks?
How will you make sure that you reduce risks to clients as you consider practice changes?Justice:
How will you make sure that there is fairness in the distribution of burdens and benefits?
Will you make sure that the findings are distributed to all clients?
What about on other units? Remember, we should make sure that everyone has the opportunity to benefit from research findings, when applicable.

Create a professional presentation of your evidence-based intervention and change proposal to be disseminated to an inter-professional audience of leaders and stakeholders. create your presentation in a slide. Include the intervention, evidence-based literature, objectives, resources needed, anticipated measurable outcomes, and how the intervention would be evaluated. Submit the presentation in LoudCloud for feedback from the instructor.

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.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Review the study materials related to servant leadership. Using what you have learned about the tenets of servant leadership and traits and practices of successful leaders, create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes. Add an additional slide for references at the end of your presentation.  

Include the following in your presentation: 

Create a slide that summarizes your leadership style, traits, and practices.

Explain why it is important for nursing professionals to be aware of their personal leadership style, traits, and practices.

Discuss what leadership traits and styles are necessary to be an effective communicator. Explain the importance of leaders adapting communication approaches when working interprofessionally (across ancillary departments, vendors, community members).

Discuss how nursing professionals can benefit from integrating the tenets of servant leadership to empower and influence others as they lead.

Discuss how leaders who practice servant leadership and have a strong understanding of their personal leadership traits can successfully lead others and navigate the unique challenges that are part of nursing and health care. Provide two examples that illustrate your main ideas.

You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.

Communication has been permanently changed by social media. This week, we will discuss social media and the impact on nursing and health and its use in healthcare. As we focus on this topic, please address the questions below in the discussion.

• What does the professional literature say about the use of social media in nursing practice? 
• How can the use of social media impact patient care positively and negatively?
• What are the ethical and legal implications of nurses using social media in the workplace?
• Discuss ways social media programs can advance nurses’ personal and professional goals. 
• How do you implement the use of social media in your nursing practice? If you do not, consider ways nurses can use social media to support their nursing practice. 

Support your discussion with information from one or more of the ANA textbooks.

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Hi MariaL,

I can relate to the ethical distress that occurs when working with the underserved population in a small community hospital. I work in a small community hospital where we lack many resources and equipment that the larger hospitals have. We have doctors that order medications or treatments needing certain supplies and sometimes I have to tell the doctors that we don’t carry what they ordered and offer an alternative. The doctors get very frustrated because the patient’s health gets compromised due to lack of resources.

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 Aspects of medically underserved communities face more ethical and moral dilemmas than adequately served populations. These communities face problems such as lack of resources, low budgets, lack of medical training opportunities, and lack of medical providers. On top of these issues, some communities are forced to become untrusting of their healthcare providers due to their inability to fully treat the necessities of the population which, as stated before, stems from the inability to procure appropriate resources most of the time (Lo & Brody, 2007).

             Some communities that are underserved are actually part of major cities. For example, the homeless population in San Diego, or even the lower-class community who doesn’t quite make enough money for insurance. They all live in a large area with healthcare nearby but that doesn’t mean they necessarily have access to it.  We did an assignment on the Health Resources and Service Administration a couple of weeks ago. They are a great example of resources for this population and those who don’t have access to high quality healthcare (HRSA, 2020).