Rate yourself using the results from the “Nurse Manager Skills Inventory”:

http://www.aone.org/resources/online-assessments.shtml

Write a reflection of 750‐1,000 words in which you identify your strengths and weaknesses related to the four content areas below:

1. Personal and professional accountability
2. Career planning
3. Personal journey disciplines
4. Reflective practice reference behaviors/tenets

Discuss how you will use your current leadership skill set to advocate for change in your workplace.

Identify one personal goal for your leadership growth and discuss your implementation plan to achieve that goal.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in‐text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Based on “Case Study: Fetal Abnormality” and other required   topic study materials, write a 750-1,000-word reflection that answers   the following questions:

1. What is the Christian view of the nature of human     persons, and which theory of moral status is it compatible with? How     is this related to the intrinsic human value and dignity?
2. Which theory or theories are being used by Jessica, Marco,     Maria, and Dr. Wilson to determine the moral status of the fetus?     What from the case study specifically leads you to believe that they     hold the theory you selected?
3. How does the theory determine     or influence each of their recommendations for action?
4. What     theory do you agree with? Why? How would that theory determine or     influence the recommendation for action?

Remember to support your responses with the topic study materials.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment,   solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources   should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be   found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to   beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for   successful completion.

 
2 postsRe: Topic 4 DQ 2

To be professionally accountable in nursing is necessary and vital for patient care and safety. According to The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, the definition of accountability “ is to be answerable to oneself and others for one’s own actions.”
The nurse has to ensure that while delivering care, accountability is owed to themselves and the client, the client’s family, colleagues, the workplace and the profession.

An example of professional accountability is during the admission process of a client to a psychiatric unit for the first time. The client is involuntary and is not sure what this status means for them. With professional accountability, the nurse explains the involuntary status and also ensures that the family understands what this status is in a psychiatric facility. Due to the fact that the hospital is a teaching facility and nursing students are always present, each opportunity must be seen as a teaching moment, so nursing students can understand how professional accountability impacts the care of clients from the time of admission.

A senior nurse knows that establishing a therapeutic relationship allows the client to feel safe and being professionally accountable impacts both client and student especially during the assessment phase. Here the nursing process is key to clinical expertise and using the nursing process demonstrates that quality of care must start from the point of admission to discharge. This nursing process is kept in mind by a highly educated nurse who also uses evidence-based practice to deliver safe and effective care.

Evidence-based practice in professional accountability allows the nurse to have a better understanding of the practice and how accountability influences her to make decisions that fully impacts patient care.(Brower & Nemec,2017) An example of evidence-based practice in mental health is to form a client-centered plan of care to ensure all decisions are shared-decision making. The care team and the client seeking help with mental health issues come together to have client-centered care and self-directed care. 

With accountability to the client and self, the nurse is an advocate for the client and ensures that the latest evidence is used to drive change for better patient outcomes. ( Brower & Nemec, 2017).

Professional Accountability is one of the best ways for a nurse to self regulate, be conscious of the care and their impact when imparting knowledge to the future generation of nurses.

 

Topic 1: PICOT

Complete the EBP Implementation Scale for your PICOT. Post your results here for peer and instructor feedback. My PICOT topic.  

• “In Pediatric patient age 0-17 with influenza how effective is parental decision making involving the use of an influenza vaccine compared to parent who had not been involve in parental decision making on the use of receiving the vaccine to reduce their risk of developing pneumonia during the flu season?”

  

Defining Social Problems
In this course, Design and Evaluation of Programs and Projects, you examine aspects of program planning and evaluation while also engaging in a Practicum Experience. As you do this, you may notice the differing terminologies and approaches that are applied in various circumstances. For instance, you are likely quite familiar with the phrase “health problem” from your previous coursework and professional practice. This Discussion looks at understanding “social problems” as part of a framework for program design. What is the distinction between these terms? Why is it important to notice this divergence?
Problem analysis is a cornerstone for effective program planning and should be conducted at the outset. With this first Discussion, begin to pay close attention to the language and perspectives that will inform your program planning work as you move forward in the course.
 

To prepare:

• Consider      the following scenario:
  • Data from       the Appalachian region show lower numbers of women receiving mammograms       compared to the national average, indicating a need to increase use of       this procedure in this area. However, the data also show that women from       this region are reluctant to participate because of their attitudes       toward mammograms (Royse & Dignan, 2009).
• Review      Chapter 1 of Designing and Managing Programs to be sure      you have a clear understanding of the sequencing of program design and      evaluation, as well as the importance of each element of this process.
• Then,      review Chapter 3. Analyze the scenario above in light of the concepts      presented:
  • Why is it       important to avoid stating the problem as a solution?
  • How does       this scenario illustrate a “social problem”?
  • What       responses to the problem analysis framework questions (pp. 45–49) could       you develop given the information provided?

By tomorrow Tuesday 11/27/18 at 2 pm, write a minimum of 550 words essays in APA format with at least 3 references from the list of REQUIRED READINGS below. Include the level one headers as numbered below:

Post a cohesive scholarly response that addresses the following:

1) Describe three key insights or strategies you would share with your team if you were engaged in planning for a program related to the scenario described above.

2) How do you expect that your intended approach to developing an understanding of social problems could affect program planning? Be sure to support your response.

 

Required Readings

Kettner, P. M., Moroney, R. M., & Martin, L. L. (2017). Designing and managing programs: An effectiveness-based approach (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

· Chapter 1, “Contemporary Issues in Social Services Program Planning and Administration”

The first chapter of this text describes current issues related to designing and managing programs. By asking the reader to briefly analyze an existing program, the authors lay out the topics that will be addressed in the book-and throughout this course.

· Chapter 3, “Understanding Social Problems”

Chapter 3 emphasizes critical considerations for developing an understanding of a social problem that may differ from how this has been approached by service providers in the past-including the importance of beginning with problem analysis early in the planning process and focusing on understanding the problem rather than generating solutions.

Choma, K. & McKeever, A.E. (2016). Cervical cancer screening in adolescents: A evidence-based Internet education program for practice improvement among advanced practice nurses. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 12(1), 51–60. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120107 (See attached file)

Dalum, P., Brandt, C.L., Skov-Ettrup, L., Tolstrup, J., & Kok, G. (2016). The systematic development of an Internet-based smoking cessation intervention for adults. Tobacco Cessation, 17(4), 490–500 doi: 10.1177/1524839916631536 (See attached file)

DeCaporale-Ryan, L. N., Cornell, A., McCann, R. M., McCormick, K., & Speice, J. (2014) Hospital to home: A geriatric educational program on effective discharge planning, Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 35:4, 369–379, doi:10.1080/02701960.2013.858332 (See attached file)

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2011). Design and evaluation of programs and projects [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

“Introduction to Program Planning” (featuring Dr. Rebecca Lee, Franko Wantsala, and Alexis Kidd)

You may view this course video by clicking the link or on the course DVD, which contains the same content. Once you’ve opened the link, click on the appropriate media piece.

This week’s videos, featuring Dr. Rebecca Lee, Franko Wantsala, and Alexis Kidd, share a program example at Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses in Cincinnati.