Review the attached PowerPoint presentations.  Once done please answer the following questions:     

1. Define epidemiology and discuss how the epidemiology triad can be applied to            health issues we see in the hospital?    

2. Epidemiology is not just useful for community health nurses; it is useful for all healthcare professionals. Brainstorm some ways in which epidemiology could be used in an acute care setting. What types of problems arise in acute care that might need to be measured? How could nurses use epidemiology to assess those problems and attempt to intervene? How can this data be further used in a community setting in terms of follow-up or continuation of intervention? 

3. What are some of the causes of increases in healthcare costs in recent years, as outlined in the chapter?  Brainstorm some examples that you have witnessed in the clinical setting. Can any of these factors be modified? What could nurses do to help cut down on costs related to the different factors? 

4. Why is it important for nurses to know about global health issues or concerns if they are not planning to work in other countries? How can this information be used in the workplace here in the US?    

– Present your assignment in an APA format, word document, Arial 12 font.

– A minimum of 2 evidence-based references (besides the class textbook) are required. 

–  A minimum of 500 words (excluding the first and references page) are required.

Reflection Assignment 4: Meeting Essential VIII

This week, reflect on your perception of change theory, management roles and nursing leadership, communication conflict, and the nurse management role in patient care as it has evolved over the course of your RN-BSN program at WCU. Identify specific leadership models you support, and compare and contrast communication techniques for patient-centered care effectiveness. How does your academic work support evidence of meeting the following?

Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values

• Outcome #3: Promote the image of nursing by modeling the values and articulating the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the nursing profession.

Review your past academic work, evaluate your effectiveness at meeting this program essential, and ponder the impact that this proficiency will have on your future.

Identify how you met the essential by referring to the assignment(s) specifically in your response. Additionally, reflect on and make connections between your academic experience and real-world applications. 

Showcase your academic work related to this essential and these outcomes in your ePortfolio and directly reference it in your reflection response.

Recommended: Refer to the work you completed for NURS 510 Policy, Organization, and Financing of Health Care and LDR 432 Principles of Leadership for Healthcare Organizations, as well as other courses, to gather academic examples and evidence of having met this essential. (DOCUMENTS ATTACHED)

Your reflection should be 1–2 pages APA formatted. Reference and cite any sources you use. 

PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED RUBRIC!!!!!

 Think of a time when you had a different opinion than another person. 

Reflect on personal values evident in encounters/challenges with patients, friends, teachers, and others.

Note what they think and feel about these situations. 

Trace how they developed each value and how their value(s) affected these encounters. 

Identify value differences that may have contributed to conflict or misunderstanding. 

Answer questions 

APA style

500 words

1.  In your own words and using the proper evidence-based references please define the following terms;

      a.  Community health nursing  

       b.  Community based nursing   

       c.  Population focus care  

       d.  Public Health nursing

2.  Discuss any relationship between Community health nursing and Public Health Nursing and mention and discuss any relationship between both terms. 

 3.  Discuss the concept of community assessment and why is the purpose of it and how  beneficial it is for the community health nurse.

  4.  Mention and discuss at least 2 community health frameworks/models.  

Assignments must be presented in an APA format, word document, Arial 12 font attach the forum in the discussion board call “week 1 discussion questions”.  A minimum of 2 evidence-based references must be cited according to APA and  two replies to any of your peers posting sustained with the proper references are required.    A minimum of 500 words excluding the first and references page are required.

Prepare and post a 550-word response that addresses the following:

 Qualitative research often is viewed as not having the same rigor and adherence to objective standards as quantitative studies. 

Using the references provided to assist you, prepare an argument to either support or refute this claim and post it to the Discussion. 

In your response, explain if qualitative research does or does not have the controls needed to generate the results that contribute to the nursing knowledge base.

· Then, explain if qualitative research could be used to investigate the patient safety problem you identified in Week 1.( Hand Hygiene)

Note: Post a five paragraph (at least 550 words) response. Be sure to use evidence from the readings and include in-text citations. Utilize essay-level writing practice and skills, including the use of transitional material and organizational frames. Use the writing resources to develop your post.

Text:

Gray, J. R, Grove, S. K., & Sutherland, S. (2017). The practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. 

Chapter 4, “Introduction to Qualitative Research” (pp. 62-73)

Chapter 12, “Qualitative Research Methods” (pp. 251-28