Conduct a health assessment of a particular population and create an audience-appropriate PowerPoint presentation in which you distribute the results of the assessment.

This component allows you to demonstrate your proficiency for Program Outcomes 1 and 5:

• Program Outcome 1:Health Assessment: Conduct comprehensive and focused assessments of health and illness parameters in individuals, groups, and vulnerable populations.
• Program Outcome 5: Communication: Communicate effectively with all members of the healthcare team, including interdepartmental and interdisciplinary collaboration for quality outcomes.

Part 1

Conduct a health assessment of a population of your choice.

• To accomplish this, describe the key factors that make up an assessment at each of the following levels: 
  • Community.
  • Group.
  • Individual.
• Explain the process for completing a comprehensive health assessment.
• Complete the assessment.
• Write a completed a 3–5 page summary of the results of the health assessment and an explanation of the process you used to conduct it. Be sure to include a brief description of the population you selected.

Part II

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation in which you present your health assessment to your colleagues in one of the following venues that most closely resembles something you might do in your current clinical setting:

1. Multidisciplinary team rounds.
2. An in-service for team members.
3. A meeting of key stakeholders to conduct a multidisciplinary assessment of your selected client population.

To accomplish this, think about the characteristics of the audience you will be presenting your information to:

• What type of information would be appropriate for this group?
• What style of presentation might get the information across in the best way?
• In the notes section of the first slide, describe the characteristics of your target audience.
• In the notes section of each subsequent slide, explain why you are including the information presented on the slide, and support your information with valid scholarly resources.
• The final slide should be the reference list for the resources you used in your presentation.
• There is no required number of slides for the PowerPoint presentation, but you should be sure you address the health assessment as completely as possible for your target audience.

Requirements

• A title page and reference page for each part.
• Resources: At least three current scholarly or professional resources (a total of three needed for both parts).
• Format: All references must be presented in current APA format.
• Font (Part 1 only):Times New Roman, 12 point.

The Interview:

The medical interview serves several functions. It is used to collect information to assist in diagnosis of the present illness, to understand the patient’s values, to assess and communicate prognosis, to establish a therapeutic relationship and to reach agreement with the patient about further diagnostic procedures and therapeutic options. The interview also offers an opportunity to influence patient behaviors.

Discuss the following:

Please answer the following questions and include your rationale and evidence-based research to support your written work.

• What does it means to document accurately and appropriately?
• What are the documenting guidelines? When is it appropriate to use abbreviations?
• What is the difference between subjective and objective data?
• What does it mean to demonstrate clinical reasoning skills?
• How can you use clinical reasoning to plan the organization of a comprehensive exam?
• How will you document variations of normal and abnormal assessment findings?
• What factors influence appropriate tools and tests necessary for a comprehensive assessment?
• Reflect on personal strengths, limitations, beliefs, prejudices, and values.
• How will these impact your ability to collect a comprehensive health history?
• How can you develop strong communication skills.
• What interviewing techniques will you use to interview the patient to elicit subjective health information about their health history?
• What relevant follow-up questions will you use to evaluate patient condition?
• How will you demonstrate empathy for patient perspectives, feelings, and sociocultural background?
• What opportunities will you take to educate the patient?

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Discussion: The Application of Data to Problem-Solving

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.

Question

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?

  

4-I so agree with you, its not what you but its how you do it, i always say it never the big things that are done but its always the smallest things that is done will make a difference. Treating employees with kindness will go along way, dont tell the staff that how good their doing but show them sometimes its good to let people knows that they are appreciated and mean it and you wil get more out of them. A few weeks ago we were short staff by 4 CNA i called in a few of them they came in and work we had no grievences on monday i went into my own funds with two other nurses and give each staff members gift cards and then brought them in lunch i do this to let them know that i appreciate all they did those two days for us when they didnt have after all it was their weekend but they gave it up to come in and work, when the administrator heard she call me into the office and told me that i didnt have to do that i looked at her and said i know but the reason i do it is because i wanted to number one and i appreciate them and we need each other,  this is not a one mans band and sometimes its nice to show and tell staffs how we truly feels about them expecially if there help is needed and they come to the  rescue and their hard work she said oh they didnt do it for free they getting paid she said that i must not kid my self they came in because they needed the overtime, i looked at her and walked out, there was nothing more to be said.

  

5-As a nurse leader, I would develop an outreach program that would benefit our much diverse population in our community. First I would create a vision of a needy program such as having a monthly health fair in the local adult community center.  Leaders and managers overlap in their job functions and this is where a leader can collaborate with the managers to carry out his or her vision.  With leader’s motivation and inspiration, and manager’s task–oriented skills and solid actions, the outreach program can become a reality.  Nurse Managers and Leaders must understand their roles and good communication is crucial to carry out plans either by verbal, non-verbal or written communications (Lecture 2, 2018).

1. A      vision is your personal view that you create for the benefit of your      community
2. Look      at your community makeup, for example, buildings, public spaces, jobs,      kind and types of people (cultural diverse)
3. Think      of some of their needs and develop a vision
4. Communicate      your vision and get feedback, talk to people, go to different community centers,      adult clinics and discuss your vision through seminars, posters, flyers      and get a feel of how strong your vision is
5. Develop      a plan and strategies for your shared vision

Strategic planning is an organizational management process that allows you to involve your staff and monitor the results regularly.  We can be proactive and keep up and stay ahead with the changing trends in the workplace.  It can offer a great foundation with realistic objectives and goals.  It guides managers’ discussion and decision making in resources and budget for the vision.  It can increase profits, provide marketing success and have a strong foundation (Ong, 2015). 

Now as a leader, you have to help people make this vision their own, so that with a sense of ownership everyone can work together in a committed group.  You should do this by communicating effectively and be courageous to all members in order to have the same basic goal of the vision.  The outreach program will be presented to the stakeholders, such as staff and board members during meetings and get feedback. Then step is to go out to the community center and execute the vision and finally get evaluation to see if changes need to be made.

References

Lecture 2. (2018). NRS-451V. Theories and Concepts in Leadership and Management. Phoenix, AZ: Grand Canyon University.

Ong, C. (2015). 5 Benefits of Strategic Planning. Retrieved from https://www.envisio.com/blog/benefits-of-strategic-planning

  

6-I think that in order to implement any kind of new program, I feel that it is necessary to do the research first. It is also necessary to have good communication with an effective way to present the information that has been gathered. The new program will need to share the same values of the stakeholders in your organization, so it will be important to ensure the match before the presentation. Huber explains that the following steps are useful in developing the framework of a new plan.

•Developing a strategic mission or vision

•Setting objectives

•Developing strategies to achieve the objectives

•Implementing the strategies

•Evaluating the results (Huber, 2014, p. 331).

After the information is gathered, I would develop a PowerPoint presentation that would allow for the information to be shown to the stakeholders. This would include a summarized list of the information, and a detailed packed would be given for reading on their own time. I would want to keep the information short, as I would not want to overwhelm or bore them with the topic. I would include a time for discussion and questions to be asked and answered. Good verbal abilities and eye contact would be necessary for a successful presentation.  In order for this plan to become a reality, the stakeholders of the organization would have to find common ground with the presenting nurse. When they are on the same page, there is the possibility to provide quite the impact on the members in need in the community.

Huber, D. (2014). Leadership and Nursing Care Management, 5th Edition. [Pageburstls].

           Retrieved from https://pageburstls.elsevier.com/#/books/9781455740710/

 

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The LTC system is sometimes referred to as the continuum of long-term care, which means the full range of long-term care services that increase in the level of acuity and complexity from one end to the other—from informal and community-based services at one end of the continuum to the institutional system at the other end. Hence, the long-term care continuum has three major subsystems:

•  The informal system

•  The community-based system

•  The institutional system

Reference

Singh, D. A. (2016). Effective management of long-term care facilities (3rded.).   Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning

1. Discuss three types of providers in long term care.
2. Choose one of these as your preference and explain the pros and cons of this type of provider.