Complete the Human Needs Theory Interactive Case Study following the readings and presentation for this week. Associate what you have learned about the theories to this case study, and then see the instructions below to complete a journal entry about your experience.

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Human Needs Theory Journal

Complete the Human Needs Theory Interactive Case Study following the readings and presentation for this week. Associate what you have learned about the theories to this case study, and then see the instructions below to complete a journal entry about your experience.

During weeks 2 & 4, you will complete interactive case studies and be asked to associate what you have learned about theory in comparison to the case study and reflect on it.

Each time you have completed a case study, submit your reflection.

Each reflection should include the following:

  • A comparison of what you have learned from the case study to related theories you have studied. Make sure to cite these theories in APA format.
  • A comparison of the case study to your nursing practice, giving one or two examples from your nursing experience in which you might have applied a particular theory covered.
  • Your reflection should be a minimum of five to six paragraphs

 

Do you own any gadgets or gizmos? Discuss 1 gadget that you own and explain 1 reason why it is useful. What is your most valuable possession? Explain 1 reason why it is valuable.

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The Beeps

 Josh Freed is an award-winning journalist and documentary film writer.

Uh-oh.  Something in the house is beeping – but what?  Is it the stove announcing that dinner is cooked?  Or is the dryer proclaiming my clothes are ready?  Is the fridge defrosting, the thermostat adjusting, the smoke alarm dying, or is my cell phone dead?  I’m living in an electronic jungle, trained to leap at every beep – if I could just figure out which beep it is.

I grew up in a time of easier-to-identify sounds, when telephones ding-a-linged, cash registers ka-chinged, and typewriters clacked; when school bells clanged, fire alarms rang, and ambulance sirens wailed –instead of today’s digital whooping.  Now they are all being replaced by the beep-beeps and bing-bings that are the frantic soundtrack of the 21st century.

Many of these high-pitched beeps are strangely hard to locate, even when they are right beside you.  I usually fumble around for my cell phone when it rings because I can’t figure out which pants pocket it’s in – or which pants.  Maybe it’s lost under the armchair again?  Several times a week a mystery beeping goes off somewhere in our house, and I run around like a lunatic trying to find whatever it is.  I listen to our bookshelves, to our laundry piles, and even to the inside of the fridge.  But the beeping always stops long before I crack the mystery.

Meanwhile, I am bombarded on every side by other urgent electronic sounds.      My car beeps constantly, nagging me to put on my seat belt, or turn off the lights, or lock the trunk, or whatever else it’s trying to tell me – probably:  “Wipe your shoes before you mess up my floor, mister!”  My printer beeps identically when it’s out of paper, or out of toner, or when something is jammed – but which is it?  My microwave beeps all the time, just for fun.

Out in the world, elevators and ATM machines beep constantly.  TV shows beep when they bleep out swear words.  Store machines beep when they swipe your groceries, or you try to swipe theirs without paying.  Then there are security beeps: the loud BEEEEP . . . BEEEEP . . . BEEEEP that says you’re about to be run down by a city street cleaner that’s backing up; the shrill beep-beep-beep-beep that says you have 15 seconds to punch in the house alarm code or an old-fashioned siren will go off alerting a security firm that you are an intruder in your own home.  The simple but dreaded beep of an airline security wand means it’s time to start your striptease act.

Even life itself is measured in beeps.  Hospitals are full of machines whose soft beeps indicate you are still alive.  “I beep, therefore I am.”  We are born into the world in a noisy jungle of beeping medical monitors and wires.  We will probably leave it the same way – for most of us, the world will end with a beep, not a bang.

Who would have guessed the sound of the 21st century would be the cry of the cartoon Road Runner, the fast-stepping bird that was always pursued by Wile E. Coyote, crying beep-beep as it ran?  Today we are all Road Runners, frantically beeping as we run for our lives, chased by our own high-speed machines and hectic lifestyles.

Beep-beep!  Fasten your seat belt.  Beep-beep! You have another new email . . . NOW.  BEEP! BEEP!  Hello, we value your call, but we can’t be bothered to take it now, so please don’t speak until the beep.”  Electronic sounds have become so widespread, ornithologists report many birds are now mimicking our beeps, buzzes, and chirps as art of their mating songs.  There are parrots that sound like cellphones, mockingbirds that mimic microwaves, and white-bellied caiques that do perfect car alarms.

Will the entire animal kingdom eventually chirp, roar, and growl electronically? Or will a new generation of humans choose more soothing sounds, like a phone ring that sounds exactly like birdsong, instead of vice-versa?  Or an alarm clock that sounds like a rooster?  Or a cash register that once again makes a genuine Ka-ching?  Perhaps we will all have truly personalized ring tones made by gentle New Age mechanical voices that show some respect for our space: “Jossshhh . . .  This is your sto-o-ove speaking.  Dinner is ready whenever you are, but don’t rush – I’ll keep it warm.  Sorry if I disturbed you.”  “Suu-ssan . . .  This is your phone ringing.  Suu-ssan.  I’m in your brown purse, under your make-up and your dirty gum socks.  Will you take the call . . . or should I?”  To beep or not to beep?  That is the question future generations must face.  But for now, I’ve got to run.  That beeping just started again, and I’ve just figured out what it is: my computer.

 

Directions: Write a clear, concise, well-organized, and fully-supported paragraph in response to each of the prompts below.

Your paragraph should have a topic sentence/main idea, three major supporting details, minor supporting details/examples to clarify your point, transitions, and a concluding/summary sentence.  Remember to proofread carefully before submitting your writing.

Guidelines:

  1. Type in 12 pt, Times New Roman
  2. Double Spaced
  3. Write your last name and the page number at the top of each page.
  4. You may use an outline.
  5. You may use a dictionary and/or thesaurus.

WRITING PROMPTS

  1. Do you own any gadgets or gizmos? Discuss 1 gadget that you own and explain 1 reason why it is useful.
  2. What is your most valuable possession? Explain 1 reason why it is valuable.
  3. Reflect on the quotation by Alice Kahn. Does modern technology make life easier or was life better when technology was simpler?  Explain 1 reason to support your point of view.

What are three key responsibilities in your role as informatics nurse or technology specialist that supports the healthcare interdisciplinary collaboration?

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Interview with Informatics Nurse or Technology Specialist

Interview (by telephone, in person or by pre-scheduled WebEx meeting) a master or doctoral prepared informatics nurse specialist or technology specialist. Summarize the interview, in the attached template, by addressing the following:

Introduction of the interviewee including job title, years of experience along with employment and educational background.

  1. What brought you into the field of informatics and technology?
  2. Why do you believe this specialty is important to healthcare?
  3. What are three key responsibilities in your role as informatics nurse or technology specialist that supports the healthcare interdisciplinary collaboration?
  4. What are the methods for collecting data within your organization?
  5. What are the sources of data that you look at in your organization for quality improvement efforts?
  6. Is there any theoretical models or frameworks you refer to as a resource to support best practice as it pertains to information technology?
  7. Who are key stakeholders, you collaborate with to ensure data is disseminated and addressed?
  8. What are some challenges experienced in your role? How did you address these challenges?
  9. What is one of the most rewarding experiences in your role?
  10. What would be your greatest advice for a new nurse interested in the field of informatics?

 

Explain how organizations function. Compare and contrast characteristics of leadership and management. Apply trends, issues, theories, and evidence as guidelines for management decisions. Evaluate effectiveness of communication patterns using specific management situations

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Nursing Leader

Module 4 Assignment 1: Organizational Analysis – The Nurse Leader

In this assignment, you will analyze your nurse leader’s characteristics and behaviors regarding others in managing, leading, and communicating. By respectfully, but critically, critiquing these attributes of the nurse leader you have been “shadowing,” you can identify the attributes that you consider most and least effective, and most and least similar to the way you see yourself managing, leading, and communicating.

Complete this document to record your analysis of your nurse leader.

Objectives

Explain how organizations function.

Compare and contrast characteristics of leadership and management.

Apply trends, issues, theories, and evidence as guidelines for management decisions.

Evaluate effectiveness of communication patterns using specific management situations

 

Describe the selected issue. Discuss how it impacts quality of care and patient safety in the setting in which it occurs. Discuss how professional standards of practice should be demonstrated in this situation to help rectify the issue or maintain professional conduct.

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Effective Approaches in Leadership and Management

In this assignment, you will be writing a 1,000-1,250 word paper describing the differing approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice. To complete this assignment, do the following:

-Select an issue from the following list: bullying, unit closures and restructuring, floating, nurse turnover, nurse staffing ratios, use of contract employees (i.e., registry and travel nurses), or magnet designation.
-Describe the selected issue. Discuss how it impacts quality of care and patient safety in the setting in which it occurs.
-Discuss how professional standards of practice should be demonstrated in this situation to help rectify the issue or maintain professional conduct.
-Explain the differing roles of nursing leaders and nursing managers in this instance and discuss the different approaches they take to address the selected issue and promote patient safety and quality care. Support your rationale by using the theories, principles, skills, and roles of the leader versus manager described in your readings.
-Discuss what additional aspects managers and leaders would need to initiate in order to ensure professionalism throughout diverse health care settings while addressing the selected issue.
-Describe a leadership style that would best address the chosen issue. Explain why this style could be successful in this setting.
-Use at least three peer-reviewed journal articles other than those presented in your text or provided in the course.

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.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

RN to BSN

  • 1.1: Exemplify professionalism in diverse health care settings.
  • 1.3: Exercise professional nursing leadership and management roles in the promotion of patient safety and quality care.
  • 3.4: Demonstrate professional standards of practice.

Examine the advanced nursing practice role for which you are being prepared and briefly describe the role, including the history of the role, education, and certifications required or preferred by employers, and major functions of this role.

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Professional Development and Labor Market Research

MSN-prepared nurses must be prepared to market themselves to others so that the key characteristics and contributions of their expertise and the role are recognized and valued in the healthcare environment. However, prior to doing so, it is important to understand the labor market and the employers that are of most interest to you. Furthermore, you need to be aware of all of the tools and resources available to you once you begin the job search, and more importantly, be knowledgeable of the strengths and barriers that may come into play as you prepare to advance your career.
As you navigate through your program, it is never too early to begin researching what the job market looks like in your area, as well as what credentials and licenses you may need to advance within your chosen field in the future.
The purpose of this assignment is to help you feel more prepared as you begin to think about your future career and the path that you are hoping to take. First, develop a job search strategy for your chosen advanced nursing practice role. You will educate your audience on the value you bring to the healthcare team and the opportunities that exist in your chosen labor market and profession.
This assignment will be prepared as a 7- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation meeting the following criteria. All content must be on the slides. Please do not use the speaker notes area for any of the content.

Directions:
1. Examine the advanced nursing practice role for which you are being prepared (nurse practitioner, executive leader, or nurse educator) and briefly describe the role, including the history of the role, education, and certifications required or preferred by employers (i.e., DEA license), and major functions of this role.

2. For your selected advanced nursing practice role, please locate, research, and include the following information in your PowerPoint as well:
o Projected job growth in state
o Average salary range
o Similar job titles
o Five employers who are hiring these roles in your area

Resources to utilize include (but are not not limited to):
• Purdue Global – Holland Code Assessment
• O*Net Online – Find Careers
• BLS Occupational Opportunity Handbook
• Career Network
• Google Map Search
• CareerBuilder
• Indeed

3. Create a marketing plan to support your value to the healthcare team. You will need to look at the literature beyond nursing. Address each of the 4Ps to market your advanced nursing practice role.

4. Investigate at least two of the central and core competencies (i.e., Direct Clinical Practice, Guidance and Coaching, Consultation, Evidence-Based Practice, Leadership, Collaboration, Ethical Decision Making) described in Hamric’s integrative model of advanced practice nursing and how these competencies can influence and advance health care.

Your presentation must be presented in a single PowerPoint presentation. The presentation must be 7–10 slides in length, not including the title and reference slides. The presentation must use proper APA formatting as directed in the APA Publication Manual, 7th edition, including a title slide and reference slide, with properly formatted citations in the body of the presentation. Please view the Career Services Skill Market video to provide a better understanding of how to market yourself for your new career.
To view the grading rubric for this assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

Explore how a nurse theorist of your choice created their theory. Define the terms, explain relationships between the terms, and examine their expansion.

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Nursing Theorist

Introduction
Theories are constructed and developed by nursing theorists to describe and explain phenomena in nursing. Nursing science and development of the profession of nursing relies on this process to expand the understanding of what nursing is and what nursing does. The purpose of this assignment is to explore how a theorist explicates their philosophy and thoughts and then develops their theory based on testing and use in practice. An evaluation of the theory will make clear its usefulness to nursing practice, leadership, and/or education.

Directions
In this assignment, you are going to explore how a nurse theorist of your choice created their theory. You will become the theorist immersing yourself in the writings from the earliest mentioned to the most current literature. Writing in the voice of the theorist (taking on the persona of the theorist), you will create the theory through the following four stages.
In the first stage, theorizing occurs. This is where you, as the theorist, identify the concepts of what nursing is and is not. Perhaps you questioned what concepts were guiding those in nursing practice and then started to question your role. You started asking yourself, “Where am I in nursing, and where the profession is going? Is there some overarching understanding that guides the professional in his or her practice?” This is where you recognize that a theory is needed.

In the second stage, syntax is developed. This is where you will define the terms, explain relationships between the terms, and examine their expansion. Syntax development is an evolution. Consider, for example, Jean Watson. She starts by defining the word “caring.” Within the last several years, she has refined her terminology changing the term caring to caritas and identified the relationships between terms. This demonstrates a growth and maturation from decades of research she and other scholars did to produce the theory of caring.
The third stage is theory testing. Here, the theorists and other researchers consider whether this theory helps answer questions that arise in nursing. This is where your theory is used by a widening group of researchers. For example, graduate nursing students request to use the tool you developed while testing your theory in an area of nursing.
The fourth and last stage is evaluation. This is where the theory is used in practice with the goal of improving healthcare. It is evidenced in the development of policies, procedures and best practice standards that have evolved from theory implementation.

Assignment Details
1. Begin your paper with an introductory paragraph that describes why you chose this theorist. First person voice (I, me, etc.) is acceptable in this paper.
2. Write in the first person voice (I, me, our, etc.) as the theorist. For example: I, Dr. Jean Watson, found that caring was a core concept of how I viewed nursing. To me, caring is the essence of nursing.
3. Use the four stages (theorizing, syntax, theory testing, and evaluation) to explain how your theory was developed and used in nursing.
4. In the first (theorizing) stage, provide the historical context that influenced the theorist’s thinking.
5. In the second (syntax) stage, describe the development of the concepts and statements.
6. In the third (theory testing), provide two (2) examples of research examining the theory.
7. In the fourth (evaluation), provide three (3) examples of how the theory has been used in practice and a brief evaluation of the theory.
8. Consult the Grading Rubric for this Assignment found in the course resources for further detailed expectations.

To identify and discover how a research study supports, validates and guides patient care. To critically how one therapy or interventions can affect the nursing care of patients.

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Impact of Nurses’ Intervention in the Prevention of Falls in Hospitalized Patients

Write an article review on the research article(Impact of Nurses’ Intervention in the Prevention of Falls in Hospitalized Patients)

Research Critique Objectives:

1) To identify and discover how a research study supports, validates and guides patient care.

2) To critically how one therapy or interventions can affect the nursing care of patients.

3) To utilize the American Psychological Abstract (APA) format in writing of a research paper.

 

After reviewing your research question and considering the levels of measurement, analyze your classification for each variable. What was behind your reasoning for labeling the variables? How might the data be analyzed based on these labels?

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Levels of Measurement

Review your research problem statement from Week 2 to develop your research question.

Review the Learning Resources on how to describe variables.

Consider the levels of measurement for your variables: nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.

After reviewing your research question and considering the levels of measurement, analyze your classification for each variable. What was behind your reasoning for labeling the variables? How might the data be analyzed based on these labels?

Consider advantages and challenges that you might encounter in the statistical analysis of your proposed variables.

Post your research question and describe the independent and dependent variables. Then, identify the level of measurement of both your independent and dependent variables. Provide a brief rationale for your classification of each variable. Be specific. Explain considerations of analyzing data related to each variable based on its level of measurement. Be sure to include any advantages or challenges that you might encounter in your statistical analysis of each variable and explain why.

 

Does this proposed project have potential to effect positive social change? Are the project purpose and project outcome(s) appropriate to a translation of evidence model and a project management approach?

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Assignment: Project Purpose and Team Identification

Using the Site Approval Minutes template, address the following:

  • Be sure to clearly identify your practice problem.
  • Be sure to clearly identify additional team members and/or additional stakeholders that will participate with you and the project mentor identified for your DNP Project.
  • Be sure to explain the site agreement and the process for obtaining the required signatures.
  • Review your previously submitted Organizational Readiness Assessment, Stakeholder Analysis, and SWOT Analysis or complete the templates required for this Assignment.
  • Make sure that your meeting includes a discussion on the following:

Have a meaningful project purpose and project outcome(s) been identified and explicitly stated? In other words, is addressing this problem the logical next step, given the previous discussion of the gap in practice or practice change needed at the site?

Does this proposed project have potential to effect positive social change?

Are the project purpose and project outcome(s) appropriate to a translation of evidence model and a project management approach? Can the project align with one of the three DNP checklists for a project management project: staff education, evaluation of a quality improvement initiative, or a clinical practice guideline?

https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/research-center/program-documents/dnp-8702-8703