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

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This week, reflect on your perception of healthcare delivery models and the nurse’s role in public health programs as it has evolved over the course of your BSN program. Identify specific healthcare delivery models you support, and compare and contrast public health programs you are familiar with. How does your academic work support evidence of meeting the following?

Essential III: Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice

Outcome #2: Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of the research process and models for applying evidence to clinical practice.
Outcome #5: Participate in the process of retrieval, appraisal, and synthesis of evidence in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team to improve patient outcomes.
Outcome #6: Integrate evidence, clinical judgment, interprofessional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care.
Outcome #7: Collaborate in the collection, documentation, and dissemination of evidence.
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.

Recommended: Refer to work you completed for NURS 561 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and NURS 350 Research in Nursing, as well as other courses, to gather academic examples and evidence of having met this essential.

WRITE A COMPARISON OF AT LEAST TWO APRN boards of NURSING REGULATIONS IN YOUR STATE/REGION WITH THOSE OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER STATE/REGION.

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Professional Nursing and State- Level Regulation

(1) Review and Reflect on the mission of state/regional boards of nursing as the protection of the public through the regulation of the nursing practice

. (2) Consider how key regulations may impact nursing practice.

(3) Review key regular for nursing practice of your state’s/ region’s board of nursing and those of at least one other state/ region and select at least two advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) regulations to focus on for this discussion.
THE ASSIGNMENT

( A) WRITE A COMPARISON OF AT LEAST TWO APRN boards of NURSING REGULATIONS IN YOUR STATE/REGION WITH THOSE OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER STATE/REGION.

( B) DESCRIBE HOW THEY MAY DIFFER. BE SPECIFIC AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES.

(C) THEN, EXPLAIN HOW THE REGULATIONS YOU SELECTED MAY APPLY TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES (APRNs) WHO HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO PRACTICE WITHIN THE FULL SCOPE OF THEIR EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.

( D) PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW APRN MAY ADHERE TO THE TWO REGULATIONS YOU SELECTED. PLEASE GIVE THREE REFERENCES.

(E) RESPOND TO TWO COLLEAGUES AND EXPLAIN HOW THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND THE REGULATIONS SELECTED BY YOUR COLLEAGUES differ from your state/region. BE SPECIFIC AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES.  GIVE TWO REFERENCES EACH FOR THE COLLEAGUE RESPONSES. ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS EXPECTATIONS, WRITE CONCISELY WITH NO GRAMMAR OR SPELLING ERRORS.

What are those differences, and how do those differences relate to the public health nurse’s role?

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DISCUSSION QUESTION
The terms population and community are frequently used interchangeably, but there are differences. What are those differences, and how do those differences relate to the public health nurse’s role?

Are nurses seen as leaders in public health? If yes, what have you observed that supports your answer? If not, why do you think that is true, and what do think needs to change?

How does public health nursing practice support the core functions of public health? Which of the 10 Essential Health Services are nurses most involved?

How has the patient’s control over his own health care changed?

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Collaboration in patient education & compliance

How has the patient’s control over his own health care changed?

What specific bills has the legislator/nurse sponsored or supported that have influenced health care.

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Influencing healthcare through advocacy

Choose a legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse and discuss the importance of the legislator/nurse’s role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bills has the legislator/nurse sponsored or supported that have influenced health care.

Describe what professional certification and advanced degrees (MSN, DNP, etc.) you want to pursue and explain your reasons for wanting to attain the education.

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Professional Development in Nursing

The IOM published report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” makes recommendations for lifelong learning and achieving higher levels of education.

In 1,000-1,250 words, examine the importance of nursing education and discuss your overall educational goals.
Include the following:

Discuss your options in the job market based on your educational level.

Review the IOM Future of Nursing Recommendations for achieving higher levels of education.

Describe what professional certification and advanced degrees (MSN, DNP, etc.) you want to pursue and explain your reasons for wanting to attain the education. Discuss your timeline for accomplishing these goals.

Discuss how increasing your level of education would affect how your competitiveness in the current job market and your role in the future of nursing.

Discuss the relationship of continuing nursing education to competency, attitudes, knowledge, and the ANA Scope and Standards for Practice and Code of Ethics.

Discuss whether continuing nursing education should be mandatory. Provide support for your response.

Discuss the planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based, person-centred care for people living with LTCs.

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Long term conditions

ASSESSMENT OUTLINE

Structured analysis:

Identify someone who you are working with who has at least one LTC and who consents to allow you to discuss their condition and the challenges it presents.

Using this information, analyze the implications the LTC has for the person and their family.

Focusing on the themes of the module, explore how the person is able to manage their LTC and what additional strategies would support them and their family/carer to remain living well in the community.

Learning Outcomes
1. Summarize the altered physiology in people living with LTCs, and reflect on the impact it has on the person’s well being and that of their family/carer.

2. Analyze and apply holistic, evidence-based assessment strategies for people living with complex needs and/or LTCs and their family/carer.

3. Explore the complex nature of LTCs and the need for effective integrated care.

4. Discuss the planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based, person-centred care for people living with LTCs.

5. Analyze and demonstrate the importance of shared decision-making in working effectively with people living with LTCs and their family/carers to enable self-management.

6. Adapt and apply effective interpersonal and communication skills with people who have LTCs, using a range of skills and strategies in order to meet their needs, and enable them to live well in their chosen environment.

 

Briefly discuss the different LTC’s the person may have and how each of the LTC interact on each other and the impact this can have on the person and their family.

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Explore the complex nature of LTCs and the need for effective integrated care.

Briefly discuss the different LTC’s the person may have and how each of the LTC interact on each other and the impact this can have on the person and their family.

By doing this it will give you an understanding of the complexities of LTC’s.

You will also need to demonstrate how the complexities of LTC’s rely on good integrated care and what this means

Determine the scope of the problem, consider, select, and discuss appropriate qualitative and quantitative data points for your project, using the examples above.

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Gather as much information about Hospice in a Spanish Community. Consider both qualitative and quantitative data. Examples of these include:

Leader and peer interviews

Patient/customer surveys

Quality improvement (QI) reports from the facility

Bench marking studies/baseline data. If baseline data is available:

What are the goals?

Are current practices meeting the organizational goals?

Are the prescribed practices followed?

Determine the scope of the problem, consider, select, and discuss appropriate qualitative and quantitative data points for your project, using the examples above.

Apply any relevant key quality improvement tools to your problem.

Review and aggregate the information you collected on the selected problem.

Determine the level of risk and frequency of the problem. This will provide you with the scope and significance of the problem.

You must cite two scholarly references other than the text to support your responses.

 

Identify the problem statement or research question identified in your research article.

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Answer the following questions regarding the attached article:

Was the research qualitative or quantitative. Why did you choose your answer?

Identify the problem statement or research question identified in your research article.

Did your study use a pilot study before the research was conducted? If so, what did that involve?

Give your impression/professional opinion on the implementation of these findings in your clinical setting.

Identify the six common types of qualitative designs & summarize their primary features. THEN further expand on/explore how this information was applied to a research article you chose, focusing on just the type of qualitative design used in your research article ~ focus on the design. Reference your article in APA format.