Were the recruitment and selection of study participants clearly described and appropriate? Were the data collected in a consistent way? Were the study controls maintained as indicated by the design? Did the design include an intervention that was consistently implemented?

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Assignment Data Collection

Select a quantitative research study.  Critically appraise the article using the following guidelines:

  1. Were the recruitment and selection of study participants clearly described and appropriate?
  2. Were the data collected in a consistent way?
  3. Were the study controls maintained as indicated by the design?  Did the design include an intervention that was consistently implemented?
  4. Did the researchers obtain data from an existing database?  If so, did the data obtained address the study purpose and objectives, questions, or hypotheses?  Were the reliability and validity of the database addressed in the research report?

 

Assignment Identifying and Determining Your Statistical Analysis Approach

  • Critically Appraising the Results From Quantitative or Outcomes Studies
  • Choose a Quantitative or Outcome Study Article
  • Identify the statistical procedures used.
  • Judge whether these procedures were appropriate for the purpose and the hypotheses questions, or objectives of the study, and for the level of measurement of the variables.
  • Determine whether the researchers’ interpretations of the results are an appropriate evaluation of the clinical importance of the study’s findings.

Assignment Critical Appraisal

Select a quantitative research article for appraisal and clearly state the title in your submission.  Answer the following questions:

  1. Was the focus of the study on examining relationships, making predictions, and/or determining group differences?
  2. Were the results from the analyses clearly presented and appropriately interpreted?
  3. Were the results statistically significant?
  4. Was the power presented for any nonsignificant finding?  If so, was the power adequate for the study, at least 0.80 or stronger?

Assignment Qualitative Article Critique

Select a qualitative research article for appraisal and clearly state the title in your submission.  Answer the following questions:

  1. Was the focus of the study on examining relationships, making predictions, and/or determining group differences?
  2. Were the results from the analyses clearly presented and appropriately interpreted?
  3. Were the results statistically significant?
  4. Was the power presented for any nonsignificant finding?  If so, was the power adequate for the study, at least 0.80 or stronger?

 

Identify at least 2 interventions that can mitgate poor health attributed to social determinants. How do these interventions differ from your usual primary prevention strategies?

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Essay Assignment One

Instructions: From the assigned readings in Mason et al. and the assigned topical readings:

  • Identify a vulnerable group and select 2 theoretical explanations linking specific social determinants to health inequity in this population.
  • Identify at least 2 interventions that can mitgate poor health attributed to social determinants. How do these interventions differ from your usual primary prevention strategies?

Evaluate the leadership qualities and skills that are most important to successfully implementing your proposed plan and sustaining strategic direction. Identify those leadership qualities and skills that are essential to achieving your goals and outcomes and sustaining strategic direction.

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Health care quality and safety improvements

Develop a 5-10 year strategic plan for achieving specific health care quality and safety improvements, based on the analysis you completed in Assessment 1. Use either an AI approach or your SWOT analysis and a chosen strategic planning model.

Introduction
Evaluation of strategic choices is important. The methods for selecting strategic alternatives help leaders organize significant issues to support decision making. However, it is important that the techniques do not make the decision. Rather, leaders should use the techniques to reveal the inherent situation and to organize their thought processes. This assessment provides you with an opportunity to evaluate and apply some of the techniques for successful strategy development and implementation.

Note: You will use your care setting environmental analysis as the basis for developing your strategic plan in this assessment.

Preparation
The feedback you received on your care setting environmental analysis has been positive. Consequently, you have been asked to select one of the potential improvement projects you noted in your analysis and create a full, 5–10-year strategic plan to achieve the desired quality and safety improvement outcomes. You will develop your strategic plan, using either an AI approach (addressing the design stage), or by building on your SWOT analysis and applying a strategic planning model of your choice.

How you structure your plan should be based on whether you are taking an appreciative inquiry approach or using a specific strategic planning model. Regardless of the approach you choose, the requester of the plan has asked that you address the key points outlined below in the strategic plan requirements. In addition, your plan should be 5–8 pages in length.

Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center’s Writing Support page.

As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.

Strategic planning models aid in setting goals, establishing time frames, and forging a path toward achieving those goals. Consider the strategic planning models you are familiar with:

Which model would you choose to create goals and outcomes that could address the area of concern you identified in your Assessment 1 SWOT analysis?
Why is this model the best choice among alternatives?
How does goal setting through appreciative inquiry provocative propositions differ from goal setting in the strategic planning model you selected?

Additional Requirements
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so at a minimum, be sure to address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

Writing, Supporting Evidence, and APA Style
Write clearly, with professionalism and respect for stakeholders and colleagues.
Integrate relevant sources of evidence to support your assertions.
Cite at least 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence.
Format your document using APA style. Use the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX]. Be sure to include:
A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.
A running head on all pages.
Appropriate section headings.
Properly formatted citations and references.
Proofread your writing to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult to focus on the substance of your analysis.
Strategic Plan
Develop strategic goal statements and outcomes that reflect specific quality and safety improvements for your care setting. You should have at least one short-term goal (just-in-time to one year) and one long-term goal (five years or longer).
Determine realistic timelines for achieving your goals.
Explain how your short-term goals support your long-term goals.

Note: For plans based on an AI approach, the goal statements and outcomes are provocative propositions that may be refinements of the positive, yet attainable, goals that you proposed during the dream phase of your inquiry. For plans based on a SWOT analysis, the goal statements and outcomes are specific, measurable, and applicable to the area of concern in your analysis for which you proposed pursuing improvements.

Justify the relevance of your proposed strategic goals and outcomes in relation to the mission, vision, and values of your care setting.
Analyze the extent to which your strategic goals and outcomes, and your approach to achieving them, address:
The ethical environment.
The cultural environment.
The use of technology.

Applicable health care policies, laws, and regulations.
Explain, in general, how you will use relevant leadership and health care theories to help achieve your proposed strategic goals and outcomes.
Consider whether different theories are more applicable to the short-term or long-term goals of your strategic plan.
Evaluate the leadership qualities and skills that are most important to successfully implementing your proposed plan and sustaining strategic direction.
Identify those leadership qualities and skills that are essential to achieving your goals and outcomes and sustaining strategic direction.
Identify those leadership qualities and skills that will have the greatest effect on the success of your plan.

Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

Competency 1: Evaluate qualities and skills that promote effective leadership within health care organizations.
Evaluate the leadership qualities and skills that will be most important to successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction.
Competency 2: Apply strategies to lead high-performing health care teams to meet organizational quality and safety goals.
Develop strategic goal statements and outcomes that support the achievement of specific quality and safety improvements for a care setting.
Justify the relevance of proposed strategic goals and outcomes in relation to the mission, vision, and values of a care setting.
Competency 3: Apply cultural, ethical, and regulatory considerations to leadership decision making.
Analyze the extent to which strategic goals and outcomes address the use of technology and the ethical, cultural, and regulatory environments.
Competency 4: Integrate leadership and health care theories into the role of the nurse leader.
Explain how relevant leadership and health care theories will be used to help achieve proposed strategic goals and objectives.
Competency 5: Communicate with stakeholders and constituencies to build collaborative partnerships and create inclusive work environments.
Communicate analyses clearly and in a way that demonstrates professionalism and respect for stakeholders and colleagues.
Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

Provide a literature review of what is known about this issue and how it impacts nursing practice and/or healthcare. Discuss your recommendations for reducing or eliminating this problem based on what you have found in the literature.

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EHR Concerns and Recommendations

Nurses are experiencing Alarm Fatigue, they are routinely disregarding prompts from the Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS)

Provide an introduction for your paper.

Define the topic of interest (Nurses are experiencing Alarm Fatigue, they are routinely disregarding prompts from the Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS))

Provide a literature review of what is known about this issue and how it impacts nursing practice and/or healthcare.

Discuss your recommendations for reducing or eliminating this problem based on what you have found in the literature.

Provide a conclusion for your paper.

Use proper grammar/spelling/and APA format guidelines as applicable. Include an introduction and Conclusions or Recommendations section for your presentation

Introduction – State what your paper will present.

Define the Topic of Interest – Provide a well-founded definition of the issue.
Literature Review of Topic – Provide a thorough literature review of what is known about the issue, and how this impacts nursing practice.

Recommended Approach to Reduce/Eliminate the Problem – Provide a proposed recommendation to reduce the identified problem in the organization, based on what is found in the literature. (You may assume that this is not currently being done in the organization.)

Conclusion – Provide a brief conclusion for your paper.

Analyze the subjective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation. Analyze the objective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation.

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The Lab Assignment

Using evidence-based resources from your search, answer the following questions and support your answers using current evidence from the literature.
• Analyze the subjective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation.
• Analyze the objective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation.
• Is the assessment supported by the subjective and objective information? Why or why not?
• Would diagnostics be appropriate for this case, and how would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
• Would you reject/accept the current diagnosis? Why or why not? Identify three possible conditions that may be considered as a differential diagnosis for this patient. Explain your reasoning using at least three different references from current evidence-based literature.

How has your previous education, experiences and professional interests prepared you to be successful as a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)?

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Statement of Purpose

Prepare a 1-2 page statement of purpose that speaks to your interest in the Georgetown program. You may choose to incorporate the listed topics into your statement:

* How has your previous education, experiences and professional interests prepared you to be successful as a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)?

* What are your professional goals and how will completing the DNP degree help you meet your professional goals?

* How will a DNP degree prepare you to improve health outcomes for individuals and communities as an advanced practice nurse?

* What is your understanding of the role of a DNP (in your specialty, if applicable) and what are your intentions regarding service in selected care area, especially with underserved, vulnerable, or rural populations?

* How did your graduate nursing education and/or experience in a specialized or advanced nursing role prepare you for our graduate program?

*Add any additional information regarding your clinical skills that you would like to share with the Admissions Committee.

Construct a professional paper that outlines how the use of the following CAM health care modalities impacts the cardiovascular system.

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Health Interview Survey

Health Interview Survey (NHIS) were findings that 38% of adults use CAM [complementary and alternative medical] health care modalities.
Construct a professional paper that outlines how the use of the following CAM health care modalities impacts the cardiovascular system.

  • Ginseng
  • Hawthorn
  • L-Arginine
  • St. John’s Wort

For each of the modalities the discussion must include:

  • effect on the cardiovascular system
  • anticipated benefits
  • any identified risks or adverse effects
  • relative patient education
  • supporting reference from scholarly literature.

Examine the nurse practice act for the state where you plan to work as a nurse (Florida). Initial post, include a summary of one area in the nurse practice act and include an association you could use to examine the standards of practice.

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 Nurse practice act

Examine the nurse practice act for the state where you plan to work as a nurse (Florida). In your initial post, include a summary of one area in the nurse practice act and include an association you could use to examine the standards of practice.

Use at least one credible resource to support your initial discussion post and response posts. For example, a credible resource could be the State Board of Nursing website, a textbook, or a journal article.

Use in-text citations and list your references in APA format at the end of your initial discussion post and response posts.

Did you face any challenges, any success? If so, what were they? Describe the assessment of a patient, detailing the signs and symptoms (S&S), assessment, plan of care, and at least 3 possible differential diagnosis with rationales.

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Describe your clinical experience for this week.

  • Did you face any challenges, any success? If so, what were they?
  • Describe the assessment of a patient, detailing the signs and symptoms (S&S), assessment, plan of care, and at least 3 possible differential diagnosis with rationales.
  • Mention the health promotion intervention for this patient.
  • What did you learn from this week’s clinical experience that can beneficial for you as an advanced practice nurse?
  • Support your plan of care with the current peer-reviewed research guideline.

 

Discuss the similarities and differences of postpartum hemorrhage due retained placental fragments and uterine atony. Include assessment findings, interventions, medications, and any other pertinent information.

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Nursing care plan

Discuss the similarities and differences of postpartum hemorrhage due retained placental fragments and uterine atony. Include assessment findings, interventions, medications, and any other pertinent information.

Select a postpartum complication. Create a nursing care plan with 1 diagnosis and 3 interventions for your selected complication.

Compare and contrast postpartum blue and postpartum psychosis.

Create a flowchart that diagrams that changes that occur from fetal circulation to newborn circulation.

Describe 5 methods used to prevent heat loss in newborns.

Discuss 5 key educational points to give parents who have a newborn being discharged home.

Discuss transient tachypnea, hypoglycemia, and physiologic jaundice. Include ways to prevent these conditions from occurring, assessment findings, and interventions.