A. Windshield Survey 

The Windshield Survey is comprised of general qualitative observations that give you a snapshot of the community that you can capture as you drive/walk through the community. The demographic data can be obtained online, through the public library, county or township administration buildings. Please address the following in a narrative format following APA guidelines: 

1. Geographical description

 Boundaries, geographical, political, or economic, how is it seen. 

 Housing an zoning 

 Sign of decay 

2. Health Resources 

a. Type of services available: health department, private MD, dentist, hospital clinic, 

b. pharmacy, health promotion, mental health 

c. School and occupational health services 

d. Official and voluntary services 

e. Self help and support groups 

f. Service organizations, faith-based programs 

g. Stores (grocery, retail, drug, dry cleaning, etc. 

h. Transportation 

3. Citizen safety and protective services 

a. Police and fire 

b. Shelters for victims of abuse 

c. Others: neighborhood watch etc. 

4. Services provided by senior citizens senior centers, meals on wheels, transportation, day care, long term care. 

 a. Parks and recreational areas 

5. Community welfare services beyond city/state aid as provisions for emergency food, shelter and clothing. 

Below please see the rubric that will be used to grade your survey and due date instructions.

Assignment must be presented in an essay style using APA format in the required Arial 12 font with minimum of 1000 words. Due date is Saturday May 12 @ 11:59PM in the discussion tab of the black board for grading. 

If you are unable to comply with the due date, please contact me via e-mail at least 3 days before the due date. Extra time will not be granted after the due date has passed. This assignment will be grade based on the assignment rubric.

 Submit your Practicum Journal entries for Weeks 9 and 10.  

 

• Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy
• Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders
• Analyze how nursing and counseling theories guided personal practice in psychotherapy

The Learning Objectives are related to the Practicum Journal Assignments presented in Weeks 9 and 10.

Week 10 Journal Entry

Reflect on your overall practicum experience in this course. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

• Explain whether your therapeutic theory has changed as a result of your practicum experiences. Recall the theories you selected in Week 1.
• Explain how you integrated the therapeutic approaches from this course in your clinical practice. Include how this helped you achieve the goals and objectives you developed in Week 1.
• Explain how you might impact social change through your work with clients who have mental health issues.
• Support your approach with evidence-based literature. 

You have week 9 and week 10

You can use any older client for week 9

I download sample for you, if it will help

Rubric:  

Quality of Work Submitted:
The extent of which work meets the assigned criteria and work reflects graduate level critical and analytic thinking.–

Excellent 27 (67.5%) – 30 (75%)Good 24 (60%) – 26 (65%)Fair 21 (52.5%) – 23 (57.5%)Poor 0 (0%) – 20 (50%)

Quality of Work Submitted:
The purpose of the paper is clear.–

Excellent 5 (12.5%) – 5 (12.5%)Good 4 (10%) – 4 (10%)Fair 3.5 (8.75%) – 3.5 (8.75%)Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (7.5%)

Written Expression and Formatting

Paragraph and Sentence Structure: Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are clearly structured and carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance.–

Excellent 5 (12.5%) – 5 (12.5%)Good 4 (10%) – 4 (10%)Fair 3.5 (8.75%) – 3.5 (8.75%)Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (7.5%) 

Case Study, Chapter 3, Developing Effective Leaders to Meet 21st-Century Health Care Challenges

An experienced registered professional nurse has just been promoted as the nurse manager of a nursing unit. The nurse had been a very effective leader on the unit prior to the promotion of becoming the nurse manager. The new nurse manager is making a list of essential characteristic of effective leaders.c

1. What are factors that are driving the need for innovative and transformational leaders in health care for the 21st century?

2. What are essential characteristics of an effective leader that the new nurse manager needs to incorporate into the nursing unit culture?

3. The nurse manager is reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of three leadership models: transactional, transformational, and complexity. What are the essential characteristics of the three leadership models? Which model do you think is most effective to use in leading a nursing unit? Why?  

             

Epidemiology of Health and Illness.                                                                              Transforming the Public’s Healthcare System.   Global Health . 

Read chapter 4, 5 and 7 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentations.  Once done please answer the following questions;     

1. Define epidemiology and discuss how the epidemiology triad can be applied to Health issues we see in the hospital?

 2. Epidemiology is not just useful for community health nurses; it is useful for all healthcare professionals. Brainstorm some ways in which epidemiology could be used in an acute care setting. What types of problems arise in acute care that might need to be measured? How could nurses use epidemiology to assess those problems and attempt to intervene? How can this data be further used in a community setting in terms of follow-up or continuation of intervention3. What are some of the causes of increases in healthcare costs in recent years, as outlined in the chapter?  Brainstorm some examples that you have witnessed in the clinical setting. Can any of these factors be modified? What could nurses do to help cut down on costs related to the different factors

4. Why is it important for nurses to know about global health issues or concerns

 if they are not planning to work in other countries? How can this information be used in the workplace here in the US?  

 As stated in the course syllabus present your assignment in an APA format, word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum in the discussion tab of the blackboard title “week 2 discussion questions”. A minimum of 2 evidence-based references (besides the class textbook) are required.  You must post 2 replies to any of your peer’s postings.  A minimum of 500 words (excluding the first and references page) is required.

Assignment Directions

1. Read over each of the following directions, the required Reading Research Literature worksheet, and grading rubric.
2. Review the following link which contains a tutorial for your Week 6 Assignment. Tutorial may look slightly different session to session. Grading criteria and rubric will be the same. Click here for transcript. (Links to an external site.)https://lms.courselearn.net/lms/video/player.html?video=0_jhxsfia6
3. Download and complete the required Reading Research Literature (RRL) worksheet (Links to an external site.). This must be used. 
4. Download or access the required article below. This must be used.  Diacon, A. & Bell, J. (2014). Investigating the recording and accuracy of fluid balance monitoring in critically ill patients. Southern African Journal of Critical Care, 30(2), 55-57. https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsdoj&AN=edsdoj.2db92a9d728747eaa508e67b298f67bd&site=eds-live&scope=site (Links to an external site.)
5. This assignment contains:
   • Purpose of the Study:  Using information from the required article and your own words, summarize the purpose of the study.  Describe what the study is about. 
   • Research & Design:  Using information from the required article and your own words, summarize the description of the type of research and the design of the study.  Include how it supports the purpose (aim or intent) of the study.
   • Sample:  Using information from the required article and your own words, summarize the population (sample) for the study; include key characteristics, sample size, sampling technique.
   • Data Collection:  Using information from the required article and your own words, summarize one data that was collected and how the data was collected from the study.
   • Data Analysis:  Using information from the required article and your own words, summarize one of the data analysis/ tests performed or one method of data analysis from the study; include what you know/learned about the descriptive or statistical test or data analysis method.
   • Limitations:  Using information from the required article and your own words, summarize one limitation reported in the study.
   • Findings/Discussion:  Using information from the required article and your own words, summarize one of the authors’ findings/discussion reported in the study. Include one interesting detail you learned from reading the study.
   • Reading Research Literature:  Summarize why it is important for you to read and understand research literature.  Summarize what you learned from completing the reading research literature activity worksheet.
6. You are required to complete the worksheet using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the “.docx” format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.edu (Links to an external site.). Click on the envelope at the top of the page.
7. Submit the completed Reading Research Literature Worksheet to the Week 6 Assignment.