Short Paper.
Arrange a 1- to 1.5-hour session with your volunteer. During your session, please collect a health history from your volunteer to serve as the evidence source for your short paper this week. You should also practice the focus exam skills learned thus far including cardiovascular, respiratory systems, and exam of the skin, hair, and nails. The short paper reflects the compilation and analysis of data collected during the patient volunteer health history interview. The paper is private between the student and instructor. Within the paper, you will have the opportunity to discuss interview techniques and strategies that were utilized in the patient interview to facilitate therapeutic communication with a patient. You will also provide a brief synopsis of the health history information that was collected, describe health risks and health behaviors that were identified in the volunteer interview, and prioritize a health promotion need. Be sure to address all of the required elements outlined in the prompt. Prompt This week you completed a health history interview with your patient volunteer. Address the following prompts based on your experience: 

1. Discuss the interviewing skills that were utilized when collecting the volunteer’s health history information. What strategies were used to develop therapeutic rapport with the patient?  
2. Provide a brief synopsis of the pertinent health history information that was collected.  
3. Analyze the collected health history. Describe potential health risks and health behaviors that were identified in the volunteer interview.  
4. Prioritize one health promotion need that was identified in the volunteer interview. Include rationale as to why this need was identified as a priority. Rubric  

Guidelines for Submission: Use APA formatting for any references and in-text citations. Your paper should be 2 to 3 pages in length with 12-point Times New Roman font. Submit the assignment as a Word document. For additional details, please refer to the Module Three Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric document.

 

Write a  300 words analysis of your care setting that supports the development of a strategic plan and includes both the discovery and dream phases of an appreciative inquiry (AI) project and a strengths,  weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis of the care setting.

Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

For this Assignment, review the resources for this week and the “Case Study Assignment” document. Reflect on the issues presented in the Case Study assigned and consider how you might approach the case as a health care administration leader.

The Assignment—Part 1:

Individual Case Study Analysis (1–2 pages):

• Create an individual Case Study Analysis that includes:
  • A summary of the facts associated with the case, including the primary leaders
  • A description of skills and traits of the primary leaders in this case

The Assignment—Part 2:

Group Case Study Analysis (2–3 pages):

• Then, using your Individual Case Analysis for the Case Study, collaborate with your colleagues to create a Group Case Study Analysis that includes:
  • A summary of possible shortcomings of the skills and traits of the primary leaders in the Case Study
  • A description of systemic issues and strategies for system improvement applying systems thinking

Assignment:

Evidence-Based Practice Model and Change Model

Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least three (3) sources using APA citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to cite the sources using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Identify an evidence based practice model and change model that has been defined in Chapters 13 and 14 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). Describe in detail how you would utilize the practice model and change model to implement an evidence-based practice change in your clinical practice environment, related to your research topic.

1. Title Slide (1 slide)
2. Objective Slide (1 slide)
3. Identify an evidence-based practice model and change model that has been defined in Chapters 13 and 14 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). (2-3 slides).
4. Describe in detail how you would utilize the practice model and change model to implement an evidence-based practice change in your clinical practice environment, related to your research topic. (6-8 slides)
5. References (1 slide)

Assignment Expectations: 

Length: 8-14 slides
Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, reference slide in APA format. Title/Objective/Reference slides do not count towards the minimum slide count for this assignment.
References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of three (3) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.
Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level.

This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.CriteriaDoes Not Meet 0%Approaches 60%Meets 70%Exceeds 100%Content Weight: 40%0 points

Article is not from a peer-reviewed journal. Analysis paper does not address assignment requirements.

24 points

Paper provides little detail and minimal analysis of the topic, lacks some of the requirements of the assignment.

28 points

Article is evaluated and provides sufficient attention to detail and analysis of the topic. Paper adequately addresses all of the requirements of the assignment.

40 points

In-depth analysis evident; outstanding clarity and explanation of concepts is demonstrated in information presented; approaches assignment with depth and breadth, without redundancy, using clear and focused details.

40 / 40Logic/Critical Thinking Weight: 25%0 points

Demonstrates little or no critical thinking for the claims and thoughts within paper; analysis is weak or illogical and is not supported by evidence.

15 points

Demonstrates some critical thinking although there is a lack of logical reasoning for the claims and thoughts within the paper; analysis may be superficial. Some evidence is not effective in revealing patterns, differences, or similarities.

17.5 points

Demonstrates critical thinking and logical reasoning for the analysis within the paper. Evidence reveals patterns, differences, or similarities in the articles.

25 points

Demonstrates exemplary use of critical thinking and logical reasoning for the analysis within the paper. Synthesizes evidence to reveal insightful patterns, differences, or similarities in the articles.

25 / 25Organization Weight: 15%0 points

Organization is confusing and interferes with reader’s ability to follow ideas. Weak or no introduction. Conclusion lacks a summary, or is missing or irrelevant.

9 points

Ideas are sometimes disorganized or irrelevant; flow is sometimes choppy. Basic introduction is presented in an uninteresting way. Conclusion contains basic summary without final concluding ideas, and/or may inappropriately introduce new information.

10.5 points

Structures ideas in a coherent, organized order that has good flow and an obvious framework. Proficient introduction that is interesting and states topic. Conclusion contains acceptable summary with credible concluding ideas and introduces no new information.

15 points

Exceptionally clear, logical, and sophisticated organization permitting smooth flow of ideas; introduction grabs interest of reader. Excellent concluding summary with succinct and precise ideas that impact reader.

 

Ego Integrity Presentation

Imagine you are working as a charge nurse in an assisted living facility. Your unit houses twenty older adults. The residents of this unit are cognitively functional without evidence of cognitive decline. The residents are elderly and do require varying degrees of physical assistance with ADLs. Create a PowerPoint outlining strategies you can incorporate in the assisted living facility to promote ego integrity for your residents. What group and individual activities can you incorporate?

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 10-15 content slides 

Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, and reference slide in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum content slide count for this assignment. Be sure to fully explain all slides in the Speaker Notes.

References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of two (2) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.

Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level.

Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft PPT document (.pptx)