Consider how you have developed the knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes that enable your achievement of the course learning objectives listed in the syllabus. Discuss recommendations for future practice change based on the results of your practicum project. The following are the course learning objectives:

1. Critically appraise current and innovative practices in nursing, including monitoring quality of education practices among diverse learners.
2. Synthesize previously learned materials planning the development, implementation, and evaluation of a project.
3. Select appropriate and evaluation strategies for the target audience.
4. Recognize personal leadership style and evaluate own effectiveness and growth as a leader. 
5. Analyze institutional purposes and goals in nursing at all levels as related to professional and societal issues
6. Engage in collaboration, consultation, and referral with other disciplines involved in clinical practice and health education. 
7. Implement and evaluate evidence-based research findings as applied to nursing practice.

Assignment Expectations

Length: 1000 – 1250 words; answers must thoroughly address the assignment prompt in a clear, concise manner.

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Additionally, any and all multimedia.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.

Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).

Qualitative data was used: asking the questions:

Tell me about your birth experience

Was it what you expected?

What went well

What could we have done differently. 

Consider the use of confidence intervals in health sciences with these articles as inspiration and insights.

Step 3: Using the data you collected for the Week 5 assignment (heights of 20 different people that you work with, discuss the method of collection of the values that you are using in your study (systematic sampling). What are some faults with this type of data collection? What other types of data collection could you have used, and how might this have affected your study?

Step 4:  Use the Spreadsheet to help you with calculations for the following questions/statements.

a) Give a point estimate (mean) for the average height of all people at the place where you work. Start by putting the 20 heights you are working with into the blue Data column of the spreadsheet. What is your point estimate, and what does this mean?
 

b) Find a 95% confidence interval for the true mean height of all the people at your place of work. What      is the interval? [ provide a screenshot below]

c) Give a practical interpretation of the interval you found in part b, and explain carefully what the output       means. (For example, you might say, “I am 95% confident that the true mean height of all of the   people in my company is between 64 inches and 68 inches”).

d) Post a screenshot of your work from the t value Confidence Interval for µ from the Confidence  table  Interval tab on the Excel spreadsheet

Step 5: Now, change your confidence level to 99% for the same data, and post a screenshot of this table, as well.

Step 6: Compare the margins of error from the two screenshots. Would the margin of error be larger or smaller for the 99% CI? Explain your reasoning.

Two references required

Your initial post(s) should be your response to the questions posed in the discussion question. You should research your answer and cite at least one scholarly source when appropriate, and always use quality writing. The discussion board is never a place to use text language or emoticons. 

Discussion Question:

Choose a research article and discuss the data collection process and the positive and negative aspects of the process.

Your initial posting should be 250 to 350 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. 

Option 2: Consider the following scenario:

You are caring for Mr. Jones, who was admitted to the hospital 4 days ago for treatment of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. His diagnoses are fractured right femur, right shoulder dislocation, and closed head injury. Mr. Jones also has chronic hypertension, which has been worsened by his failure to take his medication for several days before the accident and by the stress of the accident. Mr. Jones is 48 years old, married, and has three children aged 15, 10, and 4 years. He is the owner of a small, home-based plumbing company. Two other plumbers work for him. His wife does not work outside the home but does some of the office work for his company. The family lives in a small house in a relatively rural area, about 25 miles from the nearest city. Mrs. Jones is a quiet, shy person who does not drive very much outside of her immediate area. Mr. Jones is the dominant figure, making all major decisions in both the business and the family. The family’s financial situation could be described as “just surviving month to month.” The family belongs to a small Baptist church in their community but are not active because Mr. Jones usually considers himself “on call” every weekend. Mr. Jones is a Native American and has no family in the area. Mrs. Jones is from the area and has one sister and an elderly mother living nearby. On the basis of the above information, and the information from your text, describe what you think would be the impact of this illness on Mr. Jones and his family with respect to the questions that follow.

1. What stage of illness do you think Mr. Jones is demonstrating? Give a rationale for your answer.
2. On the basis of references to Mr. Jones’ cultural background and previous behavior, how do you think Mr. Jones would behave as a patient while in the hospital? Would he be cooperative? Would he tell you if he had pain? Would he refuse treatment? What internal and external influences might be factors?
3. What internal, external, and interpersonal stressors might be operative for Mr. Jones? List as many as possible.
4. What stressors might be factors for this family? List as many as possible.
5. What is the potential impact of Mr. Jones’ illness on the family system?
6. As a nurse, what could you incorporate in your plan of care to assist Mr. Jones and his family with their family disruption? 

Grading Information 

Ego Integrity Presentation

Based on what you have learned so far in this course, create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least two (2) sources throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Imagine you are working as a charge nurse in an assisted living facility. Your unit houses twenty older adults. The residents of this unit are cognitively functional without evidence of cognitive decline. The residents are elderly and do require varying degrees of physical assistance with ADLs. Create a PowerPoint outlining:

Strategies to incorporate in the assisted living facility to promote ego integrity for the residents for group and individual activities to incorporate.

Title Slide (1 slide)

Objective Slide (1 slide)

Strategies to Promote Ego Integrity

Group Activities (2-3 slides)

Individual Activities (2-3 slides)

References (1 slide)

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 7-9 slides total

Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, and reference slide in APA format. Review rubric with regard to speaker notes. 

References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of two (2) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.