The Evolution of Nursing: Future Perspectives and Challenges

Purpose:

Nurses work together in many environments. Understanding the roles and responsibilities of each type of graduate nurse will foster cooperative relationships.

Directions:

1. Analyze a specialty that has evolved in a different direction from that of nursing advanced practice (e.g., administration, nursing education, health policy, and/or forensic nursing).
2. Appraise key differences in the evolution of this specialty as compared with other nursing advanced practice specialties?
3. Evaluate the future vision and goals of your chosen MSN role and relate to emerging healthcare trends and needs.
4. Investigate unique challenges in your state related to your chosen role that other nursing advanced practice colleagues should know about your role to promote cooperative relationships amongst the healthcare team.

Your paper must be presented in a single Word document. The paper must be between 3 to 4 pages in length, not including the title and reference list pages. The paper must use proper APA formatting as directed in the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition, including title page, running head, and reference list with properly formatted citations in the body of the paper.

To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

Assignment Requirements:

Before finalizing your work, you should:

• be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
• consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
• utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Your writing Assignment should:

• follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
• be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
• display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and
• use APA 6th edition format.

Create a Power Point Presentation that reviews the major events since the 1990s that led to healthcare reform, including the factors that influenced the adoption of health information technologies and information systems.  Include the regulations that were created as a result.  

Your presentation should meet the following structural requirements:

• Be 7-8 slides in length, not including the cover or reference slides.
• Be formatted according to the APA format.
• Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four (4) scholarly articles. Two (2) of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but two (2) must be external. 
• Presentation notes are required for each slide and should be put in the notes section to support the slide content. These can be part of the presentation or delivered as a separate document. If you opt for the former, be aware that the presentation cannot be submitted in PDF format, which does not make notes visible to the instructor.
• Utilize the following headings to organize the content in your work:

Introduction
Assessment
Recommendations
Conclusion

In order to formulate your evidence-based practice (EBP), you need to assess your organization. In this assignment, you will be responsible for setting the stage for EBP. This assignment is conducted in two parts: an organizational cultural and readiness assessment and the proposal/problem statement and literature review, which you completed in NUR-550.

Section A: Organizational Culture and Readiness Assessment

It is essential to understand the culture of the organization in order to begin assessing its readiness for EBP implementation. Select an appropriate organizational culture survey tool and use this instrument to assess the organization’s readiness.

1. Develop an analysis of 250 words from the results of the survey, addressing your organization’s readiness level, possible project barriers and facilitators, and how to integrate clinical inquiry, providing strategies that strengthen the organization’s weaker areas.
2. Make sure to include the rationale for the survey category scores that were significantly high and low, incorporating details or examples. Explain how to integrate clinical inquiry into the organization.
3. Submit a summary of your results. The actual survey results do not need to be included.

Section B: Proposal/Problem Statement and Literature Review

In NUR-550, you developed a PICOT statement and literature review for a population quality initiative. In 500-750 words, include the following:

1. Refine your PICOT into a proposal or problem statement.
2. Provide a summary of the research you conducted to support your PICOT, including subjects, methods, key findings, and limitations.

General Guidelines:

You are required to cite three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Discussion Question

Respond to one of the following questions:

• Review the Healthy People 2020 objectives for Access to Care. Of all the objectives listed under this topic, which do you think would be most beneficial to the patients with chronic illness? Please give rationales and support responses with references. 
• Discuss how you feel nurses can positively impact the Healthy People 2020 goals.

Citations should conform to APA guidelines. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources or connect to the APA Style website through the APA icon below.

Review the attached PowerPoint presentation.  

Once done answer the following questions:

1.  Define natural and man-made disaster and mention at least one type of each one in your community.   

2.  Based on the information provided in the response to the question above describe two major disasters in your community and how the concepts of community/public health were applied.  

3.  Define chronic illness and mention three major chronic illnesses in your community.  

4.  Discuss the financial impact of chronic illness in the community and how the cost of managing chronic illnesses can be decreased. 

-The assignment must be presented in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum on the discussion board.  

– A minimum of 3 evidenced-based references must be used. References must be no older than 5 years.  

– A minimum of 700 words is required.