Topic #2

Topic: Partner Violence

The research paper must have a minimum of 2000 words – main body (does not include the title page, abstract, or reference pages). Times New Roman, Size 12, and 5 references about that topic (4 of them most be research articles). The criteria exposed in your paperwork must be exclusively based on peer reviewed article, and I will be very fussy in confirming the reliability of your statements. A formal paper using APA format according to Publication Manual American Psychological Association (APA) (6th ed.).2009 ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 will be submitted via Exercise Submission. This paperwork must be submitted on week # 3 (Sunday, 3/21/21 at 11:59 PM EST), so that you have plenty of time to start collecting literature.

Question Guide: 

The paper should include the following: 

• What is Partner Violence ?
• Statistics / Incidence
• Dynamics of Partner Violence (Psychosocial and Cultural)
• Psychological Factors
• Cycle of Violence
• Interventions Strategies / Treatments (pharmacological and non-pharmacological)
• Other considerations in the management of Partner Violence (including but not limited to management of behaviors, family considerations, challenges in the care of patients with this social issue.

 Examine evidence-based practice guidelines / research, nursing theories that support the identification of clinical problems, implementation of nursing skills in the care of adults with this social issue.

Grading Criteria:

• What is Partner Violence? – 2%
• Statistics / Incidence – 2%
• Dynamics of Partner Violence (Psychosocial and Cultural) – 2%
• Psychological Factors – 2%
• Cycle of Violence – 2%
• Interventions / Treatments (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) – 2%
• Other considerations in the management of Partner Violence (including but not limited to management of behaviors, family considerations, challenges in the care of patients with this disorder – 2%
• References: At least 5 reference sources – 4 of them most be research articles – 3%
• APA style – 3 %

 Create a 5–7 slide presentation (with detailed speaker’s notes) on how you would select, foster collaboration among, and educate a team dedicated to solving a diversity issue.Assessments 1 and 2 are scenario-based, so you must complete them in the order in which they are presented. (see attached assignment 1)Finding, organizing, and motivating teams is a key leadership skill as is the ability to communicate and present information.By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Apply qualities, skills and practices used by effective healthcare leaders. 
  • Outline goals and initial priorities that reasonably reflect the project.
• Competency 2: Apply practices that facilitate effective interprofessional collaboration. 
  • Outline a plan that effectively fosters interprofessional group collaboration.
• Competency 3: Apply ethical codes and diversity best practices in health care organizations. 
  • Define the composition of a team with characteristics that could effectively address a diversity issue.
  • Describe the basic characteristics of a diverse and inclusive workplace.
  • Explain the benefits of promoting and supporting diversity within an organization using scholarly resources.
• Competency 4: Produce clear, coherent, and professional written work, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards. 
  • Create an organized presentation that clearly communicates all specified content.

  The following resources are required to complete the assessment.

• PowerPoint Template. Use this template to complete your presentation for this week’s assessment. (see attached)

In this assessment you will continue your work on the project by creating a 5–7 slide PowerPoint presentation for the diversity project kickoff meeting.

Preparation

• View the PowerPoint Presentation Instructions for guidelines and hints for an effective presentation.
• Download the PowerPoint Template found in the resources and use it to complete this assessment.

Scenario

Imagine that Lynette follows up with you in an e-mail shortly after reading your views on leadership and collaboration:

Hi, Thanks for sending me your thoughts last week on the diversity issue at the clinic. Your next step is to select a team of professionals who can help you in this project and prepare an introduction of the project for a first meeting with them. I want you to prepare a presentation to serve as a brief, but substantive introduction for the first meeting with a group of 4–5 members who will participate on the committee tasked with addressing the diversity issue. Once I review more information about the proposed team I can help you with the recruitment. The presentation should be 5–7 minutes and use 6–8 slides with detailed speaker’s notes so I can understand your approach. Not a lot of time or space, so keep things pretty high level. Do the following: Briefly outline the project goals and highlight 2–3 of the initial priorities to be addressed by the group. Also, explain why they are important. Explain the composition of the team and why you chose them. Note that you will not know the exact individuals yet, but assume we will recruit the people with the desired qualities and characteristics that you outline in the presentation. Consider the following: Include a group of professionals you believe can help define the problem and ultimately make recommendations on how to address it. Make sure each member is either trained in, sensitive to, or has experience with the concept of workplace diversity. Give some thought to having some members from outside the organization. Provide member profiles: their diversity, qualifications, experience, internal versus external, and so forth. Explain your role and describe how the committee will work together and achieve effective interprofessional collaboration. Describe how the group will communicate. How and when they will meet. Describe how ideas will be shared and decisions made. Describe roles, group function, and structure. Describe the basic characteristics of a diverse workplace. Provide a convincing argument regarding the benefits of a diverse workforce using support from current research.Thanks, Lynette

Instructions

Create a 5–7 slide presentation in response to the content defined in the above scenario and submit it in the courseroom.

Presentation Guidelines

• Length: 5–7 PowerPoint slides (not including title slide) that would accompany an approximately 5-minute oral presentation.
• Notes: Prepare detailed speaker’s notes describing items on each slide so that the viewer can accurately interpret the deeper meanings and intentions that would have been conveyed orally. Support your claims, arguments, and conclusions with credible evidence from 2–3 current, scholarly or professional sources.
• Visuals: Create visuals that are easily read and interpreted. Use colors, fonts, and formatting and other design principles that make the information clear and generally add to the aesthetic of the presentation.

Please review: https://nursing.utmb.edu/current- students/careerservices/ResumeGuide.pdf

The cover letter formally introduces you and creates a critical first impression Should be specifically tailored to a specific position and company. Use professional vocabulary and style.

Cover Letter Tips

• In a few sentences, explain why you’re a great fit for this specific role. State why you’re excited about the job and the company, and how the job matches your career goals.
• In one or two paragraphs, connect your past accomplishments with the requirements listed in the job description. Focus on your most relevant experience, qualifications and skills. When possible, quantify your accomplishments with facts and data. Avoid repeating the bullet points from your resume.
• Close by thanking the employer for their time and consideration. You may also want to sum up your qualifications for the role and express an interest in continuing to the next stage in the hiring process.

Please upload the cover letter as a Word document.

See the attached Cover Letter sample, do not use the same cover letter sample. This is just for you to have as a guide. 

Instructions
Work as a team, beginning in Week 2 and compile all of the information included below in your own Word document. After doing so, send your completed work to your team leader so that they can upload one document that includes the work of all team members.

Complete the Leader Evaluation Form (linked in the Writing Requirements section below). This form is required by each member of your team. Failing to complete this form can result in a 20% deduction.

Scenario: Your Emergency Room Department has been short staffed for the last quarter. Patient satisfaction scores are dropping at a drastic rate (from a 9 out of 10 to a 6 out of 10). Employee morale is also at an all-time low. The Human Resources department has decided to form teams in the ER. However, there are a lot of varying personalities and some people are worried that their leadership style is not going to “mesh” well with others.

Your team was assembled by the HR director, but the CEO is concerned about the cohesiveness of the groups and is worried some of you may need to be transferred to different departments. Since you all love working in the ER, you need to convince the CEO that you can all work together as part of an effective team. Each team member will need to provide the following information to the team, and then all of this information will need to be compiled into one presentation:

1. Name, phone number, times available for phone calls, preferred email address.
2. How your Big Five Personality characteristics make you an effective team member (refer to text).
3. Describe your leadership type and how you will use these strengths to collaborate with the rest of your team.
4. Explain how you will navigate personality and leadership style differences as a team.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• MS Power Point Format
• Title Slide: all members’ first and last name, team name
• 3 slides per person (not including Title and Reference slide)
• Reference slide
• Completed Team Evaluation Form
  • Each team member should save their file as: LastName_First Initial_Week# and email it to the Team Leader for that week by the team’s deadline.
  • When submitting your Leader Evaluation Form, the Team Leader must submit all forms with the Team Assignment.
  • When submitting the Team Assignment and Leader Evaluation Forms, the Team Leader should do the following:
    • Go to the assignment submission page.
    • Click on “Choose File.” Select the Team Assignment file.
    • Click on +Add Another File.
    • Attach each form individually.
    • After all files (Assignment & Forms) are attached, click “Submit.”
  • Do not submit your Leader Evaluation Form to your professor. It can NOT be accepted via email.

Important Reminders

1. Teams must choose a different leader for each assignment
2. ONLY the team leader can upload the team assignment each week
3. All team members must upload their completed Team Evaluation Forms in the “Files” section in their groups. The folder should be labelled for the appropriate week.

 Re: Topic 4 DQ 2

Professionalism in Nursing

Accountability is a critical element of patients’ safety and nursing practice. Battié and Steelman (2014) define accountability as being answerable to oneself and others for one’s actions. Nurses are accountable to themselves, their patients and families, their colleagues, workplace, and profession. Nurses should, therefore, hold themselves responsible for the advocacy of their patients, lifelong learning, and continuity of care. Depending on nurses’ formal obligation, three major accountability domains form the basis of nursing, and they include legal, deontological codes, and moral principles and values (Rubio-Navarro et al., 2019). Therefore, it is essential for nurses to be accountable in their services for provisional of better nursing care and improve patients’ outcomes.

One of the reasons for accountability in nursing is to enhance continuity of care. Nurses are accountable to patients and after their surgery (Battié and Steelman, 2014). As part of the continuity of care, nurses should be responsible for providing caring services to their patients. For instance, nurses should ensure that their patients receive safe and high-quality care after their surgery. Such care requires the nurse to report the patient’s existing health issues, risks of complications, and immediate care needs.

It is critical to expand the current clinical skill set and implement evidence-based practice findings for the world to meet the growing healthcare needs. The implementation of evidence-based practice findings will help guide nursing interventions (Davis, 2017). As such, clinical competency helps in active participation and maintaining the necessary skills to provide exceptional care for patients. The focused accountable interactions allow nurses to clarify critical points which may impact patients’ safety and outcomes. Acting as a mentor and offering assistance to junior nurses who are learning to perform new tasks to help raise their confidence will ensure the nursing profession grows into one which provides the best services possible. It will also help them embrace accountability in compliance with the nursing standards.

References

Battié, R., & Steelman, V. M. (2014). Accountability in Nursing Practice: Why It Is Important for Patient Safety. AORN Journal, 100(5), 537–541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aorn.2014.08.008

Davis, C. (2017). The importance of professional accountability. Nursing made Incredibly Easy! DOI: 10.1097/01.NME.0000525557.44656.04

Rubio-Navarro, A., Garcia-Capilla, D. J., Torralba-Madrid, M. J., & Rutty, J. (2019). Ethical, legal and professional accountability in emergency nursing practice: an ethnographic observational study. International Emergency Nursing, 46, 100777. DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2019.05.003

 Simply respond to the writer(student) post above supporting discussion positively using 200-300 words APA format with references.