Many nurses are very concerned about what lies in the future of their careers. Each generation has their challenges, but this generation will probably always remember COVID-19. As nurses, we had to reflect on what happened during those days and we needed to soul search because of what we had to confront as nurses. Some of you are on the front lines of this pandemic taking care of patients that are affected.

Instructions:

1. Go to the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) website and read about moral distress.
2. Please share a couple of experiences that you may have had or that you may imagine that you would have caring for a patient with COVID-19
   • Example: It really disturbs me that a person that is dying cannot communicate with their family. As a proponent of palliative care and hospice and all the ideas connected to this I am adamantly against any person going through the dying process without family present. This has really disturbed me to the point that I am personally dealing with feelings of distress that I cannot come up with an answer.
3. Distinguish between moral distress, burnout and compassion fatigue. Classify the example that is given above. 
4. Read the AACN Position Statement: Moral Distress in Times of Crisis. Comment on the AACN Position Statement. Do you believe the same things about moral distress. What do you believe?
5. Your post should:
   • Answer the questions as thoroughly and concisely as possible. Minimum 1 full page content.
   • Be sure to reference any works that you utilize in answering the questions (Be sure that references ( at least 1) are in APA format).

Instructions for Discussion Replies to 6 DQS

DO NOT JUST REPEAT SAME INFORMATION, DO NOT JUST SAY I AGREE OR THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU NEED TO ADD NEW INFORMATION TO DISCUSSION.

1- Each reply should be at least 200 words.

2- Minimum One Peer reviewed/scholarly reference ( NO MAYO CLINIC/ AHA)

3- APA 7th edition style needs to be followed.

4- Each response should have reference at the end of each reply

5- Reference should be within last 4 years

• Read the article in the following link and answer the questions below:

www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/health/pittsburgh-mold- death-lawsuit/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/health/pittsburgh-mold-death-lawsuit/index.html

Topic:

Lawsuit alleges sixth death linked to Pittsburgh hospital mold outbreak and address the following questions.

-Do you think lack of education is the main problem?

-Do you think the hospital should be penalized for this incident and why?

Rubric:

• Must address topic
• Discussion question with a minimum of 300 words and 500 words maximum; One reference, not older than 5 years

-APA format

Discussion:

Visit http://www.aha.org/advocacy-issues/communicatingpts/pt-care-partnership.shtml and review the American Hospital Association’s Patients’ Bill of Rights. Discuss how health care professionals can ensure that patients’ rights are upheld and protected.

Instructions:

Post your discussion to the Moodle Discussion Forum.  Word limit 500 words.  Reply to at least two other student posts with a reflection of their response (Word Limit for response: 250 words).  

Please make sure to provide citations and references (in APA format) for your work.  

The purpose of this assignment is to create an educational program that supports the implementation of risk management strategies in a health care organization.

In this assignment, you will develop an outline for an “in‐service”‐style educational risk management program for employees of a particular health care organization that will then form the basis for a PowerPoint presentation in Topic 5. Select your topic for this educational session from one of the proposed recommendations or changes you suggested in the Risk Management Program Analysis – Part One assignment to enhance, improve, or secure compliance standards in your chosen risk management plan example.

Create a 500‐750-word comprehensive outline that communicates the following about your chosen topic:

1. Introduction: Identify the risk management topic you have chosen to address and why it is important within your health care sector.
2. Rationale: Illustrate how this risk management strategy is lacking within your selected organization’s current risk management plan and explain how its implementation will better meet local, state, and federal compliance standards.
3. Support: Provide data that indicate the need for this proposed risk management initiative and demonstrate how it falls under the organization’s legal responsibility to provide a safe health care facility and work environment.
4. Implementation: Describe the steps to implement the proposed strategy in your selected health care organization.
5. Challenges: Predict obstacles the health care organization may face in executing this risk management strategy and propose solutions to navigate or preempt these potentially difficult outcomes.
6. Evaluation: Outline your plan to evaluate the success of the proposed risk management program and how well it meets the organization’s short-term, long-term, and end goals.
7. Opportunities: Recommend additional risk management improvements in adjacent areas of influence that the organization could or should address moving forward.

You are required to incorporate all instructor feedback from this assignment into Educational Program on Risk Management Part Two ‐ Slide Presentation assignment in Topic 5. To save time later in the course, consider addressing any feedback soon after this assignment has been graded and returned to you. It may be helpful to preview the requirements for the Topic 5 assignment to ensure that your outline addresses all required elements for submission of the final presentation.

You are required to support your statements with a minimum of six citations from appropriate credible sources.

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

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