• Consider the following scenario:
  You are a charge nurse and one of your direct subordinates is also a personal friend of yours. You have noticed a decline in her/his professional performance as witnessed by tardiness, delayed patient response, failing to complete documentation, and altered peer relationships.

By Day 3 of Week 8 (Post First)

Explain how you would mentor and coach the subordinate nurse in the scenario. Specifically address the following:

• Explain your expectations of the performance the nurse should be demonstrating. 
• Explain the type of feedback you would provide to the nurse. Be specific and provide examples grounded in the Resources on coaching and mentoring.
• Explain how the AONL Competencies on Leadership and Professionalism and the ANA Magnet Standard on peer feedback support would inform your feedback choices.

Phase 2, Reading Reflection (Worth 10 points)

You will need to refer to your research paper rubric for the best possible outcomes for this assignment.

Class you will be asked to continue your research that you have already started. In this paper you are going to conduct a brief literature review on your topic. Please note that everyone will need to have at least five supporting articles related to their chosen topic (3 are peer-review journal articles) and will provide the desired methodology for their project. Your paper will be at least five to six pages (strict adherence to APA guidelines is required). Additionally, class, I will be looking for the quality of your writing, not the quantity. Your writings should be concise, factual and disseminates information.

We will commence as follows:

1. Brief literature review
2. Methodology and design of the study (Please be detailed-oriented as possible)
3. Sampling Methodology
4. Necessary tools that will be incorporated into your paper
5. Any algorithms or flow maps that you may create (illustrations)

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What will happen to the readmission rate of patients with congestive heart failure if they receive strict follow up from nurses versus no follow up care within 30 days?

Please locate an academic nursing journal article related to congestive heart failure readmissions and follow up after discharge. Using the article selected, construct a critique of the article, 7-8 pages (including cover page and references).

· identify the problem statement or statement of purpose of the article

· describe the participants being studied, stating inclusion and exclusion criteria

· discuss the sampling issues, such as probability or nonprobability and number of subjects used

· identify the study setting—where data collection occurred

· discuss informed consent—whether the participants were fully informed, how their consent was obtained, and any other ethical considerations

· identify the hypothesis or research question

· identify the research design—for example, experimental or nonexperimental; descriptive, exploratory, explanatory, or predictive?

· identify research variables, both independent and dependent

· comment the on article’s literature review—how the study data were analyzed (what statistical measures were used)

· describe the results of the study and appropriateness of the methods used; include study limitations

· accurately critique comments on level of evidence used, nursing theory, and implications for nursing practice or research

· discuss how the research findings can be applied to the clinical area

Review the attached. 

In this activity, we are going to review the assignment and response provided below and then analyze whether the Socratic Approach was applied adequately in the sample response provided below. Please provide separate numbered answers to the below questions in regards to assignment. 

Assignment:

In considering how personality develops, the impact of the child’s environment, as well as the child’s innate characteristics, must be taken into consideration. Assess the nature versus nurture controversy. Assess your views on how each affects a child’s personality and moral development. Provide supporting evidence or reasoning. Which theoretical perspective on personality and moral development most closely represents your view?

Sample Response:

In the context of the nature versus nurture controversy, nature means one’s genetic inheritance of traits such as intelligence, physical characteristics, and personality tendencies (Vander Zanden, Crandell, & Crandell, 2009). Nurture means the influence of environment, including parenting, schooling, physical environment, culture, and other factors (Vander Zanden et al., 2009). In the past, social scientists and others argued which factor—nature or nurture —was responsible in a given situation, but it is more common today to ask either how much is due to nature versus nurture, or how they interact (Vander Zanden et al., 2009). Vander Zanden et al. (2009) therefore characterize the current nature versus nurture controversy as asking either how or how much, rather than which.

While there are many theories that address the nature-nurture controversy, behaviorism most closely represents my view. Most of the behaviors needed to succeed in life are within the capabilities of most people, but some people’s environments make success unlikely for them. If a person is raised in an environment that does not support educational activities, that person is unlikely to become a physicist, even if he or she was born with the intelligence traits of an Einstein. Similarly, those raised in a violent environment are more likely to be violent, such as those who were abused as children may subsequently abuse their own children.

Reference: Vander Zanden, J. W., Crandell, T. L., & Crandell, C. H. (2009). Human development (9th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Step 1: Identify the elements of the problem, issue, or question. Did the response adequately include this step? Yes or No? If no, what was missing?

Step 2: Analyze/ define/ frame the problem, issue, or question. Did the response adequately include this step? Yes or No? If no, what was missing?

Step 3: Consider solutions, responses, or answers. Did the response adequately include this step? Yes or No? If no, what was missing?

Step 4: Choose a solution, response, or answer. Did the response adequately include this step? Yes or No? If no, what was missing?