1- What is Policy?

2- Explain each of them:  Public policy—
Private policy—
Health policy—
Social policy—
Organizational policy?

3- Who was F
lorence Nightingale, and what was her contribution to the Nursing Field? 

4- Who was Lillian Wald?

5- Who was Margaret Sanger, and in what way she helped to the developments of Nursing Field?

6_ what is  (ICN), and what they do?

7- What is  s (NLCA) and they do?

Jeanne Blum, RN, is a nurse on a LDRP unit. Recently, the policy and 
procedures manual for Jeanne’s unit included the premature rupturing of membranes of a laboring patient 
as a practice acceptable for nurses to perform. Jeanne 
and some of her coworkers shared their concern over 
lunch about this new responsibility.They felt uncomfortable with the possibility of cord prolapse and 
other potential medical complications resulting from 
this practice. Jeanne gathered data from her state and 
many others states and noted that her hospital was 
not in compliance with her professional organization
practice standards. Jeanne shared this information with her coworkers. She volunteered to contact the 
state board of nursing on their behalf to request a 
declaratory statement on the nurse’s role in the initiation of premature rupturing of uterine membranes. 
Her state board’s clinical practice committee 
reviewed her request for a declaratory statement and 
gathered information from other states. A formal 
declaratory statement was drafted by the board and 
made it available on its Web site. A letter from the 
board was sent to Jeanne’s institution, informing it of 
the declaratory statement, which stated that the task 
nurses were requested to perform was beyond their 
scope of practice based on the Nurse Practice Act.
8-Which stage of the policy model does this scenario 
represent? 

250 words

3 references APA 

• Now that you have  completed Lesson 23 & 24 and have thought about the factors that  affect the health of various communities, do the following:
   

1. Identify prevalent issues or diseases that affect the health of your community (the specific populations you serve).
2. Compare and contrast  two (2) specific populations in your practice that are affected by the  above issue(s) or disease(s) by listing their commonalities and their  differences.
3. Base on the information above, how can you change or refine your practice to meet each community’s specific needs?

• Your paper should: 
• be typed doubled-space.
• a total of 100 to 200 words (not counting your list of commonalities and differences). 
• Use factual information.
• be original work and will be checked for plagiarism.
• have required APA format if references are utilized – type references according to the APA Style Guide.

New nurses have not necessarily developed their own professional boundaries when they begin practice. They may violate a boundary without even knowing they crossed it (Maes, 2003). What signs might alert you to a potential professional boundary violation or crossing?

INSTRUCTIONS

APA style required, in-text citations and references.

minimum three paragraphs per DQ, with a minimum of three sentences each paragraph.

Using resources such as the CDC, state and county health department websites, and various local resources, identify an opportunity for improved health behavior in an individual client. Your paper should be 1 – 2 pages in length in addition to the cover page and reference page. You should use a minimum of three references to support your work.

Be sure to cover the following:

• Identify an opportunity to for improved health behavior in an individualized client.
• Identify short and long term goals for the achievement of the overall health goal.
• Using Healthy People 2020, identify which problem you are working on improving.
• Recognize local resources to aid in the resolution of the identified problem.
• Assist in the evaluation in the response to interventions.

In the modern era, there are few professions that do not to some extent rely on data. Stockbrokers rely on market data to advise clients on financial matters. Meteorologists rely on weather data to forecast weather conditions, while realtors rely on data to advise on the purchase and sale of property. In these and other cases, data not only helps solve problems, but adds to the practitioner’s and the discipline’s body of knowledge.

Of course, the nursing profession also relies heavily on data. The field of nursing informatics aims to make sure nurses have access to the appropriate date to solve healthcare problems, make decisions in the interest of patients, and add to knowledge.

In this Discussion, you will consider a scenario that would benefit from access to data and how such access could facilitate both problem-solving and knowledge formation.

To Prepare:

• Reflect on the concepts of informatics and knowledge work as presented in the Resources.
• Consider a hypothetical scenario based on your own healthcare practice or organization that would require or benefit from the access/collection and application of data. Your scenario may involve a patient, staff, or management problem or gap.

By Day 3 of Week 1

Post a description of the focus of your scenario. Describe the data that could be used and how the data might be collected and accessed. What knowledge might be derived from that data? How would a nurse leader use clinical reasoning and judgment in the formation of knowledge from this experience?