Identify two to three scholarly resources, that evaluate the impact of leadership behaviors in creating healthy work environments. Reflect on the leadership behaviors presented in the three resources that you selected for review.

Discussion 1: Leadership Theories in Practice

A walk through the Business section of any bookstore or a quick Internet search on the topic will reveal a seemingly endless supply of writings on leadership. Formal research literature is also teeming with volumes on the subject.

However, your own observation and experiences may suggest these theories are not always so easily found in practice. Not that the potential isn’t there; current evidence suggests that leadership factors such as emotional intelligence and transformational leadership behaviors, for example, can be highly effective for leading nurses and organizations.

Yet, how well are these theories put to practice? In this Discussion, you will examine formal leadership theories. You will compare these theories to behaviors you have observed firsthand and discuss their effectiveness in impacting your organization.

To Prepare:

Review  Transformational leadership, and democratic leadership

  • Identify two to three scholarly resources, that evaluate the impact of leadership behaviors in creating healthy work environments.
  • Reflect on the leadership behaviors presented in the three resources that you selected for review.

 

 

Explain an organizational or patient issue for which a collaborative interdisciplinary team approach would help achieve a specific improvement goal. Summarize an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to address an organizational or patient issue. Explain how the interdisciplinary plan could be implemented and how the human and financial resources would be managed. Propose evidence-based criteria that could be used to evaluate the degree to which the project was successful in achieving the improvement goal.

Learn reflection

In addition to summarizing the key points of Assessments 2 and 3, you will provide stakeholders and/or leadership with an overview of project specifics as well as how success would be evaluated—you will essentially be presenting a discussion of the Plan, Do, and Study parts of the PDSA cycle. Again, you will not be expected to execute the project, so you will not have any results to study. However, by carefully examining the ways in which your plan could be carried out and evaluated, you will get some of the experience of the thinking required for PDSA.

Be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.

Explain an organizational or patient issue for which a collaborative interdisciplinary team approach would help achieve a specific improvement goal. Summarize an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to address an organizational or patient issue. Explain how the interdisciplinary plan could be implemented and how the human and financial resources would be managed. Propose evidence-based criteria that could be used to evaluate the degree to which the project was successful in achieving the improvement goal.

Communicate the PowerPoint presentation of the interdisciplinary improvement plan to stakeholders in a professional manner, with writing that is clear, logically organized, and respectful with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.

When creating your PowerPoint for this assessment, it is important to keep in mind the target audience: your interviewee’s organizational leadership. The overall goal of this assessment is to create a presentation that your interviewee could potentially give in his or her organization.

There are various ways to structure your presentation; following is one example:

Part 1: Organizational or Patient Issue.
-What is the issue that you are trying to solve or improve?
-Why should the audience care about solving it?

Part 2: Relevance of an Interdisciplinary Team Approach.
-Why is using an interdisciplinary team relevant, or the best approach, to addressing the issue?
-How will it help to achieve improved outcomes or reach a goal?

Part 3: Interdisciplinary Plan Summary.
-What is the objective?
-How likely is it to work?
-What will the interdisciplinary team do?

Part 4: Implementation and Resource Management.
-How could the plan be implemented to ensure effective use of resources?
-How could the plan be managed to ensure that resources were not wasted?
-How does the plan justify the resource expenditure?

Part 5: Evaluation.
-What would a successful outcome of the project look like?
-What are the criteria that could be used to measure that success?
-How could this be used to show the degree of success?
-Again, keep in mind that your audience for this presentation is a specific group (or groups) at your interviewee’s organization and tailor your language and messaging accordingly. Remember, also, that another person will ultimately be giving the presentation. Include thorough speaker’s notes that flesh out the bullet points on each slide.

On your own, search, select, and study two theories (or theorists) and present a comparative review of their theories. Then, show how those two theories, if adopted, would shape your professional behavior and your nursing practice in your current workplace. And, lastly, tell us if you would be satisfied with the application of those two theories in your own practice?

Exploring Nursing Theories

You have so far pondered upon the nature of theory for the profession of nursing, presented some guiding principles drawn from the work of Florence Nightingale, depicted a collage of your inspirations as a nurse, and studied the work of a few scholars who have had a major impact on the practice of nursing.

For this activity, you are to further broaden your understanding of nursing theories and theorists. On your own, search, select, and study two theories (or theorists) and present a comparative review of their theories.

Then, show how those two theories, if adopted, would shape your professional behavior and your nursing practice in your current workplace.

And, lastly, tell us if you would be satisfied with the application of those two theories in your own practice?

Here are some simple resources for you to locate a theory or a theorist:

Nursology (Links to an external site.) https://nursing-theory.org/
Nurseslab (Links to an external site.) https://nurseslabs.com/nursing-theories/#list_of_nursing_theories_and_theorists
Nursing Theorists (Links to an external site.) https://nursology.net/nurse-theories/

 

The task is simple. You will write a post that includes the following:

An introduction to each theory (one short paragraph each)
A comparative presentation and analysis of the two theories (one paragraph)
If you were to adopt these, explain how would they shape and impact your practice as a nurse in your current workplace (one short paragraph each)
Whether and why you will be content and satisfied with such adoption of the said theories (one paragraph)?

How is wisdom defined in this article? How is wise compassionate leadership defined in this article? Based on the article, describe the data that were used to better understand wise compassionate leadership. Which trusted data principles may be question for the study data?

Week 6 assignment Compassionate Leadership

INSTRUCTIONS
Follow the instructions given below. This assignment is worth 20 points. Read this entire document before you begin working on the assignment, so you know what is expected. Complete this assignment before the due date and submit your results on Canvas to be graded. If you have questions about how to complete this assignment, please schedule a time to meet with me during student hours or send questions to me by email.

1. Read the article entitled Compassionate Leadership Is Necessary but Not Sufficient. (Also available in Canvas, Module 6: Week6)

2. Use MSWord to create a document named compassionateleadership.docx to answer the questions that follow. Include at the top of your document the assignment name, the course number and section, my name, and your name. Include each assignment question and number in your document to give the proper context for your response. Use complete sentences when answering each question and be sure to check your work before submitting it on Canvas (i.e., grammar and spelling).

3. How is wisdom defined in this article?

4. How is wise compassionate leadership defined in this article?

5. Based on the article, describe the data that were used to better understand wise compassionate leadership (i.e., how many leaders, in how many companies, and how many countries contributed data to the study?). Which trusted data principles may be question for the study data (i.e., accurate, compete, in context)?

6. Assuming that your compassion is strong, summarize the three strategies presented in the article that can be used to increase your wisdom.

7. Submit your compassionateleadership.docx document on Canvas before the due date so you can participate in at least one document review cycle with me. This review cycle is part of the assignment. Feedback will be provided to you using Canvas or the Review features of MSWord (i.e., comments, track changes).

Explain how physical health and mental health are correlated. What impact does each have on the other? Give at least one detailed example of how either a specific physical ailment leads to a breakdown in mental health or how a specific mental health disorder can lead to physical issues.

Mental Health in the Community

Write a 1000-1500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be 5 main sections; introduction, one for each bullet below, and conclusion. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) sources using citations in your essay. Make sure to cite using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page in correct APA do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Part 1:

1. Go to the Healthy People 2020 website
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives

2. Search for the option in “M” for Mental Health and Mental Disorders and click into this option

3. After reading the Overview section for Mental Health and Mental Disorders, click into the Objectives for this section.

4. From the Objective section, pick TWO objectives/goals from the list that you feel affect YOUR community (either your county, city, or state)

5. In your paper, note the number of the TWO objectives chosen as well as the names and explain why these TWO were chosen related to YOUR community.

6. As a nurse in your community, what can YOU do to help the community move towards these two objectives/goals? (this is about what YOU personally can do, ok to use first person)

Part 2:

1. Explain how physical health and mental health are correlated. What impact does each have on the other?

2. Give at least one detailed example of how either a specific physical ailment leads to a breakdown in mental health or how a specific mental health disorder can lead to physical issues. Be specific and detailed.

Part 3:

1. Explain Trauma Informed Care in detail.

2. As a nurse, how can YOU use Trauma Informed Care to assist a child who has been impacted by trauma? (this is about what YOU personally can do, ok to use first person)

What are the economic issues involved? Which economic theories or approaches best explain the issue? What are the statistical facts related to the issue? Which statistical processes used to study the issue provide for the best explanation or understanding?

PARKINSONS

Answer each prompt Compose a focused paper that explains and describes your healthcare issue/topic from the scientific and mathematical/analytical perspectives of inquiry. (You will cover two perspectives in one paper.)

Address your general topic by forming and answering two levels of research questions for each inquiry.

Choose a “Level 1 Research Question/Writing Prompt” from both of the lists below to answer in the paper.
Compose a “Level 2 Research Question/Writing Prompt” for each kind of inquiry that provides detail, specificity, and focus to your inquiry, research, and writing.
State your research questions in the introduction of your paper.
Answer each research question and support your assertions with evidence (research) to form the body of your paper.
In the conclusion of the paper, briefly review the issues, research questions, answers, and insights.

Level 1 Research Questions/Writing Prompts
SCIENTIFIC Perspective of Inquiry

What are the anatomical, physiological, pathological, or epidemiological issues?
Which body systems are affected?
What happens at the cellular or genetic level?
Which chemical or biological issues are most important?

Level 1 Research Questions/Writing Prompts
MATHEMATICAL/ANALYTICAL Perspective of Inquiry

What are the economic issues involved?
Which economic theories or approaches best explain the issue?
What are the statistical facts related to the issue?
Which statistical processes used to study the issue provide for the best explanation or understanding?
Your paper must be five pages in length and reference four to six scholarly, peer-reviewed resources. Be sure to follow current APA Style (e.g., spacing, font, headers, titles, abstracts, page numbering).

What search engines or databases are you using to identify the articles for your Weekly Article Summary assignment? What key words are you using for your search? Have they been effective in finding articles that are relevant to your clinical practice?

Research Questions, Search Engines, & Databases

This discussion contains 2 parts:

Part 1: Research Question

Referring to Chapter 2 Table 2-2 Research Question Format, create 4 research questions (one of each type) related to your nursing clinical practice area and/or role.

Choose 1 of the research questions and, referring to Chapter 2 Table 2-3 Components of Research Questions and Related Criteria, map out the independent and dependent variables, the population, and the testability.

Why is this research question of most interest to you?

Part 2: Search Engines & Databases

What search engines or databases are you using to identify the articles for your Weekly Article Summary assignment?

What key words are you using for your search?

Have they been effective in finding articles that are relevant to your clinical practice? Include rationale.

Identify a topic for your review and write the research question that your review will answer. Develop a search strategy for your review: inclusion and exclusion criteria, search terms, databases to search. Complete your search, keeping records of the number of results and use these to populate a PRISMA flow chart. Decide how you are going to critically appraise the papers which meet your inclusion criteria.

Advanced concepts in research: methodology and methods

In infected traumatic wounds, are silver dressings more effective as opposed to other antimicrobial dressings?

Guidelines

Your research/project proposal will set out a plan for the project you intend to carry out in the final module of your programme. The proposal consists of two parts:

  1. A literature review which will detail a repeatable search and synthesis of published literature. It is intended to help you develop skills in reviewing and evaluating the state of research evidence. The literature review provides background for your proposal and demonstrates the need for research/systematic review/project in this area.
  2. A research protocol/project proposal which uses the resulting synthesis of research from your literature research to define research questions/project aims and objectives, and provides a project plan for the execution of your proposed work. The purpose of the protocol/proposal is to define a repeatable and structured investigation which you will undertake as your project in your final module on the programme (APP753 or SPP702).

Process

You should work on this assignment in two parts, completing the literature review first and subsequently building a protocol/proposal that has used the current state of evidence as its foundation. The final written assignment will be presented as one document to integrate the literature review and the project proposal.

Part 1: Literature Review* – approximately 1500 words

  • Identify a topic for your review and write the research question that your review will answer.
  • Develop a search strategy for your review: inclusion and exclusion criteria, search terms, databases to search. You may find it helpful to use PICO(S) or similar tool.
  • Complete your search, keeping records of the number of results and use these to populate a PRISMA flow chart.
  • Decide how you are going to critically appraise the papers which meet your inclusion criteria.
  • Read and critically appraise each included paper, keeping notes of key critical points and the findings from each paper. Your critique should enable you to draw conclusions about the strength of the findings. Compare findings/results across studies and write a synthesis of these in each relevant area. This synthesis should provide a concise summary of the state and strength of the evidence in the area.

Part 2: Research Protocol/Project proposal* approximately 1500 words

Follow either 2a for a research/systematic review protocol or 2b for a project proposal. If you are not following any specific programme you can choose either option.

Part 2a Research/Systematic review Protocol (for those intending to take APP753 Disseration module)

  • Define research questions stemming from your literature review.
  • Consider what the philosophical foundations are for the questions/aims you have defined – is your project going to be predominantly interpretivist or positivist in approach or something else?
  • Choose your methodology to fit with your identified philosophical approach, then select data collection methods that are appropriate for that approach and your chosen questions.
  • Use published research texts/journal articles to help you when making these choices. These texts will also help you to write each of the sections outlined below which follow on from the identification of your chosen methodology and methods.

Part 2b Project proposal (for those intending to take SPP702 Substantive Professional Project)

  • Define your aims and objectives based on the findings from your literature review. Note that a practice development proposal should focus on applying knowledge not generating new knowledge.
  • Consider the philosophical foundations for your aims and objectives – is your project going to be underpinned by an emancipatory or a technical approach to practice development or something else?
  • Choose your methodology to fit with your identified approach (e.g. Action Research, PARiHS Framework, PDSA etc), then select the methods appropriate for that approach and your aims and objectives.
  • Use published research texts/journal articles to help you when making these choices. These texts will also help you to write each of the sections outlined below which follow on from the identification of your chosen methodology and methods.

Tell us what characteristics of Loma Linda University are particularly attractive and meaningful to you and why you have chosen to apply for advanced education. Discuss how your spiritual origins, development, and experience have influenced and been integrated into your daily life.

Characteristics of Loma Linda University

 

Tell us what characteristics of Loma Linda University are particularly attractive and meaningful to you and why you have chosen to apply for advanced education. (4000 characters max)
 
Discuss how your spiritual origins, development, and experience have influenced and been integrated into your daily life. (4000 characters max)
 
Tell us the desirable qualities that you see in yourself that you believe would aid us in considering your application. (4000 characters max)
 
LLU believes deeply in integrating spiritual values into the educational experience. As a result, religion courses and chapel attendance are part of the curriculum. Tell us why you believe such a faith-based education would be of special benefit to you. (4000 characters max)
 
As a Seventh-day Adventist institution, Loma Linda University has lifestyle expectations which include abstinence from alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs/substances in all forms while enrolled. If you are accepted to Loma Linda University, are you willing to abide by the lifestyle policies of the University (http://www.llu.edu/central/apply/lifestyle.page) while enrolled? (4000 characters max)

 

Conduct a needs assessment and develop a job description for your current organization or a preapproved organization that you have access to interact with.

Aquiring Employees

Assessment Description

During this course, you will develop materials that support the human resource process from acquiring, developing, and leveraging on employee strengths. This project is broken into four separate assignments due in Topics 2, 3, 5, and 7.

In this assignment, conduct a needs assessment and develop a job description for your current organization or a preapproved organization that you have access to interact with. If you are not currently in an organization, inform your instructor of the organization you will use to complete this project. They must approve your selection prior to beginning your assignment and you must have the ability to observe employees and functions within that organization.

Needs Assessment

Observe and assess the state of your current organization or another pre-selected organization. A needs assessment is necessary to identify areas for potential growth, both at the employee and organizational level. If you are not in a position to look holistically at your organization, you can focus on a department or team within the organization. Use the “Needs Assessment Matrix” to complete your needs assessment. You are required to analyze required functions, department or employment needs, jobs or tasks, and current trainings in order to complete your matrix and prepare for the next part of this assignment.

Job Description

Once your needs assessment is complete, you are required to select an existing position in your organization and develop a one-page detailed job description for that position that is informed by the findings of the needs assessment. It is recommended that you take the time to conduct a job analysis and observe current employees in the selected positions to accurately depict the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics that must be incorporated into the job description. If you are unable to observe, do your best to accurately depict the specific functions of the job. Incorporate any new job roles you feel should be added to the position based on your findings. Make sure the job description is based on the needs and available resources of the organization, and that it adheres to all applicable labor laws.