Read and watch the lecture resources & materials below early in the week to help you respond to the discussion questions and to complete your assignment(s).

(Note: The citations below are provided for your research convenience. Students should always cross reference the current APA guide for correct styling of citations and references in their academic work.)

Read

• Black, B. P. (2017). Chapters 1 and 3.
• Institute of Medicine. (2011). The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/12956 (Links to an external site.).
  • In 2008, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched a two-year initiative to respond to the need to assess and transform the nursing profession. The IOM appointed the Committee on the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the IOM, with the purpose of producing a report that would make recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing.
    5-IOM-Report.pdf
• As part of your readings in this Module, please also review the following:
  Syllabus
  APA and Research Guides
  Purdue Owl (Links to an external site.)

Watch

• APA BasicsPlay media comment.
• The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health : Health and Medicine Division. (2018). Retrieved from http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing-Leading-Change-Advancing-Health.aspx
  • Institute of Medicine. (2010). The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.
• Visit the CINAHL Complete under the A-to-Z Databases on the University Library’s  (Links to an external site.)website and locate the articles below:
  • Karnick, P.M. (2013). Is Nursing It’s Own Worst Enemy? Nursing Science Quarterly, 26(3), 236 – 237.
  • Spetz, J. (2016). The Nursing Profession: Diversity and Wages. Health Services Research, 51(2), 505 – 510.

DISCUSSION Q 

Share your perceptions based on your current work environment: Is nursing perceived as a professional partner with other disciplines?  

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.

Infographic

Choose one older adult community population and create an infographic on a topic of preventative screenings or vaccines for this population. You may choose to focus on one specific preventative screening (like colonoscopy) or one specific vaccine (like pneumovax).  You will create a one page infographic and then write an essay on the topic you chose.  

View websites on How to create Infographics: 

*http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/34223/5-Infographics-to-Teach-You-How-to-Easily-Create-Infographics-in-PowerPoint-TEMPLATES.aspx

*http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/free-ppt-infographic-templates-designs-ht

• Submit an 8 X 11.5 color (one page Word or pdf. document) infographic on the importance of one of the concepts found in one of the assigned websites.
• Include a detailed description of the infographic and the APA references in an APA-formatted essay.

The description part of the essay assignment should be written in an APA-formatted essay. The essay should be at least 750 words in length and include at least two scholarly sources other than provided materials.

Assignment Expectations:

Length: One-page infographic PLUS essay of 750 to 1000 words in length

Structure: Infographic: One-page. Essay: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.

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.

Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level.

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