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NURS 5323 Week 3 MSN Personal Clinical Objectives Assignment

Overview: From this submission, you need to develop anywhere from 3-4 personal objectives for clinicals that you will work to meet throughout the semester. As you log your clinical hours, you will need to document how those hours helped you to meet one or more of your personal objectives. You will evaluate your progress towards meeting these objectives throughout your clinical rotation. You will share these objectives with your preceptor so that they will know what your goals are.

Instructions: Please use the template below to type in your objectives. You do NOT need a title page or a reference page. Please submit in pdf or word format by the due date indicated on the course schedule.

**Use SMART format when writing your clinical objectives. Try to be as specific as you can be when writing your objectives. Ensure that your goal is measurable. Do not use terms such as “more comfortable” as you often cannot measure this. Your goal should be relevant to your clinical rotation and site and should be attainable. Make sure to include the time frame for achievement. Make sure your objectives are clearly distinct from one another and do not overlap**

Example: By the third week of the clinical rotation, I will be able to independently interpret at least 3 treadmill stress tests without the assistance of my preceptor.

This assignment will help you meet the following: AACN Essentials (2022): Domains 2, 6, 9, 10; AACN MSN Essentials (2011): II, VII, IX; NONPF NP Core and Population-Focused Competencies (2012;2017): Leadership and Independent Practice.

Personal Clinical Objectives Template

Name:

Course Name and Number:

Preceptor’s name:

Agency/Practicum Site:

MSN Personal Clinical Objectives Rubric

CriteriaMeets ExpectationsDoes not Meet ExpectationsNo effortObjective 130 points · Objective is in SMART format· Objective is specific and not superficial· Objective is measurable and excludes any goals that cannot be measured· Objective is attainable within the students scope of practice and clinical rotation· Objective is relevant to the clinical rotation and fits within the overall objectives for the clinical rotation· Objectives is defined by time and the time is appropriate for the written objective 15 points · Missing one or more components 0 Points · No effortObjective 230 points · Objective is in SMART format· Objective is specific and not superficial· Objective is measurable and excludes any goals that cannot be measured· Objective is attainable within the students scope of practice and clinical rotation· Objective is relevant to the clinical rotation and fits within the overall objectives for the clinical rotation· Objectives is defined by time and the time is appropriate for the written objective 15 points · Missing one or more components 0 Points · No effortObjective 330 points · Objective is in SMART format· Objective is specific and not superficial· Objective is measurable and excludes any goals that cannot be measured· Objective is attainable within the students scope of practice and clinical rotation· Objective is relevant to the clinical rotation and fits within the overall objectives for the clinical rotation· Objectives is defined by time and the time is appropriate for the written objective 15 points · Missing one or more components 0 Points · No effortProfessionalism10 Points · Objectives submitted on appropriate template· Less than 2 grammatical or spelling errors· Additional objectives meet all the appropriate criteria 5 Points · Objectives not submitted on appropriate template and/or· More than 2 grammatical or spelling errors· Additional objectives do not meet the appropriate criteria0 Points · No effort

NURS 5323 Module 4

Readings: Leifer & Fleck: Chapters 5–6

PowerPoints

Attached Files:

o Leifer – Chapter 5 Book Powerpoint (79.324 KB)

o Leifer – Chapter 6 Book Powerpoint (69.646 KB)

Texas Health Steps Modules Week 4

Due Saturday 23:59

Go to https://www.txhealthsteps.com/courses
Complete the required modules:

Genetic Screening, Testing, Treatment and Referral
Preconception Health: Screening and Intervention
Prenatal Health: Screening and Intervention

3. Submit a PDF copy of CE certificate/proof of completion.

NURS 5323 Module 5 Overview

Review as needed

Exam 1 will open on Wednesday at 0000 and close on Saturday at 2359. The exam will not be visible in this Module or your Blackboard calendar until the exam opens.

NURS 5323 Module 6·

Readings: Leifer & Fleck: Chapter 7

PowerPoint

Attached Files:

o Leifer – Chapter 7 Book Powerpoint.pptx (64.229 KB)

Texas Health Steps Modules Week 6

Due Saturday 23:59

Go to https://www.txhealthsteps.com/courses
Complete the required modules:

Critical Congenital Heart Disease
Infant Safe Sleep
Newborn Hearing Screening
Newborn Screening

3. Submit a PDF copy of the CE certificate/proof of completion.

NURS 5323 Module 7

Overview

Readings: Leifer & Fleck: Chapter 7

PowerPoint

Attached Files:

o Leifer – Chapter 7 Book Powerpoint (64.229 KB)

Texas Health Steps Modules Week 7

Due Saturday 23:59

Go to https://www.txhealthsteps.com/courses
Complete the required modules:

XALD: Newborn Screening, Treatment, and Referral
Sickle Cell Disease and Trait
Developmental Surveillance and Screening: Birth through 6 Years

Submit a PDF copy of the CE certificate/proof of completion.

Infant Discussion Board Case Study Discussion

A 6-month-old male infant is brought to your office by his mother for a routine well-child visit. His mother is concerned that he is not yet saying “mama,” because her best friend’s baby said “mama” by age 6 months. Your patient was born via an uncomplicated pregnancy to a 23-year-old G1 P1 mother. He was delivered by a spontaneous vaginal delivery at full term and there were no complications in the neonatal period. You have been following him since his birth.

He has had appropriate immunizations. He had one upper respiratory infection at 5 months that was treated symptomatically. There is no family history of any developmental, hearing, or speech disorders. He has been fed since birth with iron-fortified infant formula. Cereals and other baby foods were added starting at age 4 months. He lives with both parents, neither of whom smokes cigarettes.

On exam, he is a vigorous infant who is at the 50th percentile for length and weight and 75th percentile for head circumference. His physical examination is normal. On developmental examination, he is seen to sit for a short period of time without support, reach out with one hand for your examining light, pick up a Cheerio with a raking grasp and put it in his mouth, and he is noted to babble frequently.

Answer questions 1- 5 using course resources and at least one additional scholarly resource found outside the course resources.

What immunizations would be recommended at this visit?
By what age should an infant say “mama” and “dada”?
What are some milestones to discuss with the parent during this visit?
The child’s mother asks when she can place him in a front-facing car seat. What is your recommendation?
Discuss health maintenance in infancy.

Answer questions 1- 5 using course resources and at least one additional scholarly resource found outside the course resources.

Deliverable Instructions:

You will not be able to see posts until you post yours.
Initial post by Wednesday 23:59.
Replies to peers by Friday 23:59.
Additional replies as appropriate by Saturday 23:59 (closing the loop).
Initial discussion post word count should be no more than 500 words.
Reply posts should be no more than 350 words.
Late posts will incur a 10% penalty per day.
For grading criteria, see Discussion Board Participation Rubric.

MSN Personal Clinical Objectives Update

Overview: From this submission, you need to evaluate your progress towards meeting the objectives you submitted previously. Have you met the objectives? Do you realize the objective is not relevant or unattainable? If you have met the objectives, do you have new ones? Do you need to revise the objectives? Remember, as you log your clinical hours, you will need to document how those hours helped you to meet one or more of your personal clinical objectives.

Instructions: Please use the template below to fill in your updates. Make sure to include your original personal clinical objective created earlier in the semester. Type your updates directly underneath your stated objective. You must address each objective – whether it has been met or your progress towards meeting it. Discuss specific patient cases (1-2 cases) as examples to justify that the objective was met. You do NOT need a title page or a reference page. Please submit in pdf or word format by the due date indicated on the course schedule.

**Use SMART format when writing your clinical objectives. Try to be as specific as you can be when writing your objectives. Ensure that your goal is measurable. Your goal should be relevant to your clinical rotation and site and should be attainable. **

Example: By the end of this clinical rotation, I will be able to independently interpret at least 3 treadmill-stress tests.

I have completed 5 treadmill-stress tests but was only able to interpret 1 without the assistance of my preceptor. My preceptor made plans to give me a few stress EKGs that have been completed for me to practice some more. The clinic does about 4 -5 treadmill stress test per day, so I am confident that I can achieve this goal by the end of my clinical rotation.

Personal Clinical Objectives Update Template

Name:

Course Name and Number:

Preceptor’s name:

Agency/Practicum Site:

Clinical Log for NP Student Clinical Hours and Preceptor Signature

Student Name:

Clinical Site:

Course:

DateHoursTotal Hours at SitePreceptor Signature

MSN Clinical Update Assignment Instructions and Rubric

Overview: The purpose of the clinical update assignment is to thoroughly reflect on your time spent during your clinical rotation. This reflection should be consistent and ongoing throughout your clinical rotation. The clinical update assignment allows for you and your clinical faculty/preceptor to address both positive experiences and concerns encountered during the clinical rotation.

In the assignment, the student will reflect on their personal clinical objectives created at the beginning of the semester and evaluate their progress towards achieving the objectives. The Clinical Update helps ensure the student is on track in documenting their clinical hours and clinical case logs in Typhon. The assignment helps to facilitate communication between the student, clinical faculty, and preceptor.

Instructions: The assignment has four components:

1. Grad CPAT Student Reflection Form (Clinical Update #1)

Students will check competencies that have been accomplished thus far in the current clinical rotation. Only mark the actions that apply. Students must make comments under each Domain showing deep reflection on how these competencies have been met or are in progress. You assign a self-score for each Domain.

Scoring Scale: (1) Failing; does not meet standards; requires constant guidance (2) Needs Improvement; requires intensive guidance (3) Satisfactory with direction (4) Meets Expectations with Assistance (5) Exceeds Expectations with Minimal Assistance.

Remember that the quality of your clinical performance as you describe in detail in the “Student Comments” determines your grade. It is not necessary to check all of the actions listed to get higher grades. Grades are determined by the quality of your work and reflections in the “Student Comments” not by the number of items checked. You should provide concrete examples, especially if assigning a score of 1 or 5.

Clinical Update Form (Clinical Update #2)

Students will type answers to prompts directly on the form. Answers should be thorough and show deep reflection of the student’s clinical experience. Each prompt must be addressed.

2. MSN Personal Clinical Objectives Update

Students will use the template provided in the course to provide a thorough evaluation of their progress towards their personal clinical objectives. Student’s original personal clinical objective created earlier in the semester should be included and the student will type updates directly underneath your stated objective. Student will discuss specific patient cases (1-2 cases) as examples to justify that the objective was met. You do NOT need a title page or a reference page.

3. Typhon Update

Student should be logging their patients in Typhon on a frequent and consistent basis. For this update, please submit a graphical spreadsheet showing that case logs and hours for the clinical rotation are up-to-date. An example can be located in the course.

4. Clinical Hours Log

Student is responsible for obtaining preceptor signature at the end of each clinical day. For the update, student will submit the signed clinical hours log. Dates and hours must match the dates and hours in Typhon and the latest clinical schedule submitted in the course.

MSN Clinical Update Assignment Rubric

CriteriaMeets ExpectationsNeeds ImprovementDoes not meet ExpectationsGraduate CPAT Self-Reflection Form / Clinical Update Form40 points · Graduate CPAT Self Reflection Form / Clinical update form submitted on appropriate template· Student answers show thorough reflection and insight into clinical experience/progress· Each prompt is addressed· 0-2 grammatical or spelling errors20 points · Superficial responses to question prompts· Missing one or more components· More than 3 grammatical or spelling errors 0 Points · Not submittedPersonal Clinical Objectives Update15 Points · Personal objective update submitted on appropriate template and in appropriate format· Reflections show thorough insight into progress with 1-2 cases as examples for met objectives· 0-2 grammatical or spelling errors7.5 points · Superficial responses to question prompts· Missing one or more components· More than 3 grammatical or spelling errors 0 Points · Not submittedTyphon Update30 points · Typhon log pdf submitted to Blackboard· Case logs are up-to-date· Case logs are in proper format15 points · Missing one or more components 0 Points · Not submittedClinical Hours Log15 Points · Clinical log accurate with preceptor’s signature· Clinical hours log match the latest submitted clinical schedule and Typhon history 7.5 Points · Clinical log missing dates and/or not signed by preceptor· Clinical hours log does not match submitted clinical schedule and Typhon history 0 Points · No submitted

GRADUATE CLINICAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT TOOL (GCPAT)—

Student Self-Reflection Worksheet: Course NURS ______

Check one of the following: Clinical Mid-point ____ or End of Semester Review _____

Instructions: Only mark the actions that apply. Remember that the quality of your clinical performance as you describe in detail in the “Student Comments” determines your grade. It is not necessary to check all of the actions listed to get higher grades. Grades are determined by the quality of your work and reflections in the “Student Comments” not by the number of items checked.

Role 1 (R1): Provider of Care; Domain 1 (R 1-D1) Knowledge of Nursing PracticeCompetencies: Clinical reasoning and Judgment, Scope of Practice, Standards of Care.  NP: Knowledge of PracticeScore· ____ Assesses environmental and Individual factors to obtain and accurately document relevant health histories and focused assessments for clients of all ages· ____ Performs and accurately documents appropriate comprehensive or focused physical examinations of clients of all ages.· ____ Conducts family assessment·
____ Recognizes & analyzes cues to formulate and refine hypotheses of health needs/concerns to identify health and psychosocial risk factors of clients and families in all stages of the family life cycle.· ____ Distinguishes between normal and abnormal changes with aging· ____ Identifies signs and symptoms of acute and chronic illnesses across the lifespan·
____ Prioritizes health needs and generates planned solutions to meet those needs· ____ Takes action to implement standards of care within scope of practice for APRN’s· ____ Evaluates outcomes of care and revises plan and interventions based on the evaluation data Student Comments:   Domain 2 (R1-D2): NP: Person-Centered CareCompetencies: Patient Centered Care and Nursing Skills.  · ____ Provides holistic, patient-centered, safe nursing care using systematic processes· ____ Safely performs preventative, restorative, rehabilitative, and supportive interventions including safe client handling and interdisciplinary care measures· ____ Promptly and accurately documents care and client’s response to care·
____ Plans, directs, controls, and evaluates according to the goals established, the setting of the activities, and persons involved.· ____ Considers alternative approaches when faced with a problem to solve·
____ Considers the ethical outcome of actions before they are implemented· ____ Examines all aspects (physical psychosocial, developmental, cultural, and spiritual) of a situation when establishing a goal or making a judgment that will affect others· ____ Uses imagination to generate new ways to solve old and repetitive problems. Student Comments:   Domain 3 (R1-D3): Population HealthCompetencies: Community Health, Global Health, and Healthcare Delivery System. NP Health Delivery System and Clinical Prevention and Populations Health CompetenciesNP: Population Health · ____ Assesses environmental, cultural and spiritual relationships that impact quality of life, years of healthy life and health disparities· ____ Analyzes the family and community health factors that affect the person’s health· ____ Adheres to legal and ethical principles, and site policies and procedures· ____ Seeks site resources for providing holistic care Student Comments:   Role 2 (R2): Member of the Profession. Domain 4 (R2-D4): Scholarship for Nursing PracticeCompetencies: Nursing Research/Evidence –Based Practice and Nursing Science.NP: Practice Scholarship and Translational Science · ____ Demonstrates knowledge of current literature (particularly research literature) related to clinical practice.· ____ Incorporates information from textbooks and professional journals into the plan of care· ____ Uses research findings as a basis for discussion for actions taken with clients·
____ Uses resources to solve problems when faced with an unfamiliar or new dilemma· ____ Uses standard references to compare expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care and modifies care in response to subtle or overt shifts in client status· ____ Evaluates the credibility of information sources including data accessed on the world wide web Student Comments:   Domain 9 (R2-D9): ProfessionalismCompetencies: Lifelong Learning and Contributions to the Profession. NP: Professional Acumen · ____ Demonstrates professional conduct, appearance, and dress· ____ Assumes responsibility for own actions, practice and learning; seeks out and accepts constructive feedback on own performance and improves behaviors· ____ Engages in self-reflection and evaluation to refine practice and improve care·
____ Complies with professional and organizational standards of appearance, demeanor, behavior, and client confidentiality· ____ Seeks guidance and clarification in areas outside of scope and own knowledge and abilities· ____ Demonstrates good professional character· ____ Reports unsafe incidents including near misses· ____ Upholds boundaries of the Nurse-Client Relationship Student Comments:   Domain 10 (R2-D10): Personal, Professional, and Leadership DevelopmentCompetencies: Innovation, Integration of Resources for Patient Care, Upholds Regulatory and Accreditation Standards, and Guides others for Care CoordinationNP: Personal and Professional Leadership · ____ Individualizes care based on client’s personal, cultural, and spiritual relationships while maintaining standards of care and APRN scope of practice· ____ Upholds National Patient Safety Goals and other Joint Commission standards· ____ Provides clear directives when delegating activities to others____ Communicates (verbally and in writing) desires, concerns and information in a concise, clear and respectful way to clients, preceptors, staff and faculty Student Comments:   Role 3 (R3): Patient Safety Advocate. Domain 5 (R3-D5): NP: Quality and Safety.Competency: Quality Improvement, including Patient Safety, Core Measures, and Cultural of Safety.  · ____ Role models and acts as an advocate for client needs, health literacy, healthy lifestyle, and early detections and treatment of diseases, illnesses, mental illnesses and injuries in adults· ____ Provides educational materials that address the language and cultural beliefs of clients; provides anticipatory guidance, teaching, counseling and education for clients and their families·
____ Plan of care is based on Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely (SMART) goals· ____ Seeks feedback and demonstrates efforts to improve own performance· ____ Provides feedback to appropriate colleagues and leaders to promote quality improvement Student Comments:    Role 4 (R4): Member of Healthcare Team. Domain 6 (R4-D6): Inter-professional PartnershipsCompetencies: Teamwork, Collaboration, and CommunicationNP: Interprofessional Collaboration in Practice · ____ Monitors and reports changes promptly and with accuracy· ____ Evaluates immediate and/or necessary interventions· ____ Collaborates and/or consults with members of the healthcare team regarding variations in health outcomes· ____ Assists other team members with care or tasks as consistent with own education and capabilities· ____ Uses therapeutic communication with clients and staff· ____ Recognizes communication barriers; alert to nonverbal cues Student Comments:   Domain 7 (R4-D7): Systems-Based PracticeCompetencies: Diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare and advocate for the Profession and Patient Care. NP: Health Systems · ____ Informs patients regarding their plans of care· ____ Encourages patient participation in decision-making to ensure consistency and accuracy in their care· ____ Assesses the adequacy of the resources and support systems available for patient care· ____ Provides holistic, patient-centered safe nursing care in a compassionate, caring, nonjudgmental, culturally appropriate, non-discriminatory manner·
____ Demonstrates concern for client’s safety, welfare, and dignity· ____ Identifies cultural and spiritual differences that impact care and communication· ____ Shows respect for the inherent dignity of every human being regardless of age, gender, religion, socioeconomic class, sexual orientation and ethnicity.
· ____ Demonstrates sensitivity and concern for others; recognizes cultural issues and interact with clients in culturally sensitive ways.· ____ Makes decisions so problems are solved in precise and equitable ways by incorporating cultural preferences, health beliefs, behaviors, and practices into the management of care Student Comments:    Domain 8 (R4-D8): Information and Healthcare TechnologyCompetencies: Informatics. NP: Technology and Information Literacy Competencies · ____ Uses technology for assessment, provision of care and evaluation of care and client’s responses to care· ____ Skillfully uses equipment according to its function and ensures competency with new equipment, technology and electronic data access· ____ Updates electronic health record in timely manner with accurate data· ____ Adheres to information management policies Student Comments:     Average score and Grade Conversion per chart

NURS 5323 Module 9

Overview

Readings: Leifer & Fleck: Chapter 8

PowerPoint

Attached Files:

o Leifer – Chapter 8 Book Powerpoint (59.07 KB)

Texas Health Steps Modules Week 9

Due Saturday 23:59

Go to https://www.txhealthsteps.com/courses
Complete the required modules:

ADHD: Screening, Diagnosis and Management
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Screening, Diagnosis and Management
Childhood Anxiety Disorder
Identifying and Treating Children with Asthma

Submit a PDF copy of the CE certificate/proof of completion.

NURS 5323 Module 10

Readings: Leifer & Fleck: Chapter 8

PowerPoint

Attached Files:

o Leifer – Chapter 8 Book Powerpoint (59.07 KB)

Texas Health Steps Modules Week 10

Due Saturday 23:59

Go to https://www.txhealthsteps.com/courses
Complete the required modules:

Hearing and Vision Screening
Diabetes Screening, Diagnosis and Management
Exercise-Induced Dyspnea

Submit a PDF copy of the CE certificate/proof of completion.

Well-Visit Case Write-Up #1

Attached Files:

o 2021EMCoding (222.35 KB)

o MSN Well-Visit Case Write Up Assignment Instructions & Rubric_HCU_08.01.23.docx (94.957 KB)

o Growth and Development Template_HCU_08.01.23.docx (62.688 KB)

Please use attached instructions to complete the assignment. Due Saturday 23:59

FNP students: If Well-Visit Case Write-Up #1 is completed on a pediatric patient, then you will have to select an adult patient for Well-Visit Case Write-Up #2. If Well-Visit Case Write-Up #1 was completed on an adult patient, then you will have to select a pediatric patient for Well-Visit Case Write-Up #2.

PNP-PC students: Pay attention to the developmental stage of the patient selected for Well-Visit Case Write-Up #1. You must select a patient of a different developmental stage for Well-Visit Case Write-Up #2.

School of Nursing and Allied Health – MSN Well-Visit Case Write Up Assignment

The purpose of the Well Visit Case Write- Up Assignment is for your instructor to “see” what you are doing in clinical and “see” how you are making clinical decisions. For these write-ups, you will select a patient seen in your current clinical rotation. You will “write-up” the visit, omitting any identifying patient factors. Ensure your write-ups demonstrate comprehensive advanced practice thinkin

NURS 6002 Transition to Graduate Study for NursingAssignment: Academic Success a ...

NURS 6002 Transition to Graduate Study for Nursing

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 2: Academic Resources and Strategies

New construction projects begin with a design phase, where architects blueprint the vision complete with design details. They work in collaboration with builders who use the designs to prepare the appropriate strategies, tools, and materials to bring the vision to reality. You are both architect and builder of your success. You have started to blueprint your vision in your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan. You have identified others with whom you will collaborate. Now you can begin to prepare the appropriate strategies, tools, and materials

How will you approach your studies? What types of resources are available to you, and how will you access and utilize them? Taking the opportunity to prepare these strategies, tools, and materials will help ensure you can “break ground” without incident and successfully move to the phase where you begin building your vision.

FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW CAREFULLY!!!!

To Prepare:

Consider your goals for academic accomplishments while a student of the MSN program.
Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources for this week.

The Assignment:

Clearly identify and accurately describe in detail at least three academic resources or strategies that can be applied to the MSN program.
Clearly identify and accurately describe in detail at least three professional resources that can be applied to success in the nursing practice in general or in a specialty.
Clearly and thoroughly explain in detail how you intend to use these resources, and how they might benefit you academically and professionally.

Note: Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Week 1 Assignment, which was built off the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

Remember to include an introduction paragraph which contains a clear and comprehensive purpose statement which delineates all required criteria, and end the assignment Part with a conclusion paragraph.

ATTENTION TO STUDYPOOL WRITER THIS IS ME SO YOU GET SOME IDEAS OF MY INTRODUCTION

Mario Carralero I am in THIS MSN FOR THE “ ACUTE GERONTOLOGY CRITICAL NURSE PRACTIONER, AGCNP”

Hi, again my name is Mario Carralero I have been married for 19 years, I have a 9 years old daughter, and a teen 17 years old boy. I have been a Registered Nurse for ten years and achieved my Bachelor degree five years ago. Even-though for many nurses ten years may seem as a regular average time of working experience in their lives, for me ten years is an invaluable time. Sometimes we used to say, ” the time flies away” and we do not appreciate it. However, in my case I feel blessed because those ten years transformed me in a better person as a whole, professionally, and sociologically.

I had the amazing opportunity of working in all bed side care areas and learn all different nursing skills. I did worked in Med-surge, Telemetry, and ICU. I have worked in the float pool of ICU going to all them MICU, SICU, CVICU, NSICU, and TICU settings wherever the need. At present I still do some ICU, but I am working full time in the Intervention Radiology. I grew up exponentially in my career, also it floating around allows me to create a great network throughout the hospital. I noticed my devotion for critical patients.

Finally, last two weeks I decided to start at once my plan on going back school. My continue relationship with nursing ICU has given me more insight into pursuing my MSN program in Acute Care Gerontology Advance Practitioner nurse. One day in the morning I opened my emails at my hospital and I saw the education department recommending to all nurses to complete their BSN and MSN programs at Walden University. I did my own researched on best online program around that meet my expectation to achieve my goal. As I further searched in the internet I saw again Walden University. I believe that Walden mission’s statement aligned with my need to progress further.

According to Walden, their mission is to “provide a diverse community of career professionals with the opportunity to transform themselves as scholar-practitioner so that they can effect positive social change”( Walden University, 2019b.). Which defines my overall goal to become a Practitioner who “provide life long, comprehensive care through disease management, health education, and preventative health services” ( Nurse Journal, 2020, para. 2). Walden University for sure will leave a positive impact not only to me as professional but also to my family since this MSN online program is a perfect example of dedication and perseverance.

Incorporation of Social Change

As I become an Acute Practitioner Nurse, I will convey more effectively the patient care to all levels of our society and different ethnic groups in collaboration with physicians. The communication between patient and professional will be more transparent regarding patient condition. Walden University (2019b) defined positive social changes as a”deliberate process of creating and applying ideas, strategies, and actions to promote the worth dignity, and development of individuals, communities, organizations, institutions, cultures, and societies” (para. 4).

I will be ready to create bigger and better solutions mainly for the health care industry. I see myself expanding my knowledge base here in Walden University, and hopefully improving the health disparity of minorities. I will work on making possible to provide medical care to all sectors of our community in needs of care. This aligns with Walden University’s view which is to promote a positive social change in the improvement of human and social conditions ( Walden University, 2020b).

Week 2: Academic and Professional Strategies and Resources

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Recommend solutions for academic questions or concerns (D)
Analyze resources and strategies for academic success (A)
Analyze resources and strategies for professional success (A)
Formulate strategies for effective online learning related to planning, time management, communication, and technology use (A)
Construct elements of an Academic Success and Professional Development Plan (A)
USE THIS RESOURCES TO CREATE THE REFERENCES, PLEASE…DO NOT FORGET THE REFERENCES!

Also Read: Module 4 Assessment Evidence-Based Project Table

NURS 6003 Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 3: Research An ...

NURS 6003 Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 3: Research Analysis

NURS 6003 Module 3 | Part 3: Research Analysis Example

I have identified one topic of interest for further study. I have researched and identified one peer-reviewed research article focused on this topic and have analyzed this article. The results of these efforts are shared below.

Directions: Complete Step 1 by using the table and subsequent space below identify and analyze the research article you have selected. Complete Step 2 by summarizing in 2-3 paragraphs the results of your analysis using the space identified.

Step 1: Research Analysis

Complete the table below

Topic of Interest: Research Article: Include full citation in APA format, as well as link or search details (such as DOI)Gibson, C., Goeman, D., & Pond, D. (2020). What is the role of the practice nurse in the care of people living with dementia, or cognitive impairment, and their support person(s)?: a systematic review. BMC Family Practice, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01177-y Professional Practice Use:One or more professional practice uses of the theories/concepts presented in the articleThis article provides key information to assist the nursing staff in providing great care to dementia patients. The potential value of expanding the Nurse position to include dementia recognition and management has been recognized. Nurses are well-positioned to give comprehensive dementia information and support, empowering people living with dementia to self-manage their health and live well with dementia.Research Analysis MatrixAdd more rows if necessaryStrengths of the ResearchLimitations of the ResearchRelevancy to Topic of InterestNotesLarge number of articles were reviewed to collect the data. The article focuses on practice nurses.The article demonstrates the necessity of helping dementia patients live a quality life.As nursing practitioners, we can alleviate suffering and help dementia patients live better lives.Electronic databases and Google Scholar were searched for review articles.There were no specifications on the types of dementia and their specific management.The issue of dementia and cognitive impairment is a growing concern with an aging population.Nurses as primary providers need knowledge on how to take care of patients experiencing cognitive impairment with growth in the population of old people.Articles spanning 19 years have been used to improve the reliability of the information. Most of the articles analyzed do not give the causal relationship between aging and the development of dementia.The article illustrates the importance of treating the elderly as a vulnerable population.Elaborating the role nurses can play in picking and management of cognitive impairment has the ability to improve the quality of care for elderly patients.The article applies evidence-based intervention, which improves its validity. The authors assert the need for further research to understand dementia on a grand scale.The article is relevant to the topic of interest since it also shows the limitations of the research.

Step 2: Summary of Analysis

Craft a summary (2-3 paragraph) below that includes the following:

Describe your approach to identifying and analyzing peer-reviewed research
Identify at least two strategies that you would use that you found to be effective in finding peer-reviewed research
Identify at least one resource you intend to use in the future to find peer-reviewed research

Identification and analysis of peer-reviewed research articles necessitate using an effective method and applying databases and search terms to locate relevant research sources. I started by going through the university library’s databases and publications in this situation. PubMed from the National Library of Medicine, CINHAL Comprehensive, and Web of Science were among them. I also concentrated on papers about Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive impairment. The last step was to narrow my research findings using key terms and words such as “Alzheimer’s and dementia.”

After reading the abstract and full-text articles, I assessed the significance of the paper’s content. I also ensured that the publications I obtained were full-text articles to acquire all possible information, particularly the study’s limitations. The article was then assessed based on its relevance to the topic of interest. I also ensured that the articles were published within the last five years.

In research analysis, having successful strategies is critical. In this example, the aim was to have journal articles published by well-known and recognized institutions and researchers to increase their reputation and trustworthiness. Ensuring that the articles are listed in an online database like PubMed, overseen by the National Library of Medicine, was a vital element of the study. In the search, I also utilized keywords and concepts to find research publications and studies with relevant material on the topic of interest.

PubMed, particularly its online database, is a fantastic resource I plan to use to obtain peer-reviewed research study publications. This resource, managed by the National Library of Medicine, contains many peer-reviewed and full-text papers to help create enough information on their research topic and interest. Obtaining peer-reviewed research on any topic requires entering keywords relating to the issue into the database and filtering the results using the phrase “peer-reviewed.”

In every case, research analysis is a critical component of obtaining materials that address issues of interest to researchers. In this situation, the selected article demonstrates how nurses play an important role in assisting elderly patients with dementia and cognitive impairment. This study’s findings are reliable and valid, and they encourage practitioners to handle the issue in the most effective way possible to lessen the negative consequences of cognitive impairment on the elderly. More research can be conducted to improve the care given to older individuals.

NURS 6003 Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 3: Research Analysis Reference

Gibson, C., Goeman, D., & Pond, D. (2020). What is the role of the practice nurse in the care of people living with dementia, or cognitive impairment, and their support person(s)?: a systematic review. BMC Family Practice, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01177-y

NURS 6003 Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 3: Research Analysis

Architect Daniel Libeskind is credited with saying “To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history, but to articulate it.” The suggestion is that his work does not copy the efforts of others but relies on it.

Understanding the work of others is critically important to new work. Contributions to the nursing body of knowledge can happen when you are able to analyze and articulate the efforts of previous research. Research analysis skills are therefore critical tools for your toolbox.

In this Assignment, you will locate relevant existing research. You also will analyze this research using a tool helpful for analysis.

To Prepare:

Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources this Module’s Learning Resources in support of locating and analyzing research.
Use the Walden Library to identify and read one peer-reviewed research article focused on a topic in your specialty field that interests you.
Review the article you selected and reflect on the professional practice use of theories/concepts described by the article.

The Assignment:

Using the “Module 3 | Part 3” section of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template presented in the Resources, conduct an analysis of the elements of the research article you identified. Be sure to include the following:

Your topic of interest.
A correctly formatted APA citation of the article you selected, along with link or search details.
Identify a professional practice use of the theories/concepts presented in the article.
Analysis of the article using the “Research Analysis Matrix” section of the template
Write a 1-paragraph justification stating whether you would recommend this article to inform professional practice.
Write a 2- to 3-paragraph summary that you will add to your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan that includes the following:
- Describe your approach to identifying and analyzing peer-reviewed research.
- Identify at least two strategies that you would use that you found to be effective in finding peer-reviewed research.
- Identify at least one resource you intend to use in the future to find peer-reviewed research.

Note: Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Module 1 Assignment, which was built from the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

By Day 7 of Week 5

Submit your analysis, including your completed section of the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template sections and your matrix and summary.

Module 4 (Weeks 6–7): Master of Science in Nursing Practicum

Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2018). The Walden Journey to a Masters in Nursing: Strategies and Resources for Success [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

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Learning Objectives

Students will:

Analyze practicum requirements
Evaluate preceptors
Evaluate practicum sites
Identify MSN Practicum concepts and requirements

Due ByAssignmentWeek 6, Days 1–2Read the Learning Resources.Week 6, Days 3–7Begin to complete your Assignment by ensuring you can login to MeditrekWeek 7, Days 1–6Continue to compose your Assignment in Meditrek.Week 7, Day 7Deadline to submit your Assignment.

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Practicum Assignment: Meditrek and the Practicum Plan

NURS 6003 Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 3: Research Analysis

One of the requirements you must successfully complete for the Master of Science in Nursing is the Practicum(s). Everything you need to know about the Practicum requirements can be found in the Practicum Manual. It is important for you to be familiar with the Practicum Manual and the Practicum Requirements.

In preparation for the Practicum, you must identify your Preceptor(s), qualified nurses within a practicum site who are responsible for guiding students’ practicum experiences. There are specific qualifications for Preceptors. Once you find a person who is interested in serving as your Preceptor, you must also find out whether this individual meets the qualifications to serve as your preceptor. It is never too early to begin looking for a Preceptor.

For this Assignment, you will first login to Meditrek, the application the College of Nursing uses to track all Practicum information and documentation. You also will identify potential Preceptors and Practicum Sites and indicate when you plan to take the Practicum course(s) by completing the Practicum Plan in Meditrek.

Note: Make sure to start on this assignment early just in case you have problems logging into Meditrek.

To Prepare – Locate your Meditrek Credentials (Username and Password):

Your credentials have been emailed to your Walden student email address. Search your Walden student issued email to locate the email from support@meditrek.info. (NOTE: Do not email Meditrek directly, please use the following methods if you are unable to locate your Meditrek credentials.)
If you are unable to find your email, you may request your credentials emailed to you online by requesting a password reset online: https://edu.meditrek.com/public/ForgotPassword.aspx
If you are unable to obtain your username and password for Meditrek, complete the Meditrek Credential Request form.
If you are unable to reset your password online, call the Customer Care Team Support at 800-925-3368 or live chat via your student portal.
Within Meditrek, click the “Search Affiliation Agreements” link to review the database of affiliation agreements that Walden has with potential field sites in your specialty and area.

The Assignment:

Part 1:

Login to Meditrek.
Once you are logged into Mediatrek, utilize the following tutorial to create a PDF of the home screen.
- How to save a webpage as a PDF

Part 2:

Using the affiliation agreement database search within Meditrek, identify potential Practicum Sites that are in your area.
Complete the Practicum Plan form found in Meditrek.
Once you have submitted the Practicum Plan, you will receive a confirmation email. Use the following tutorials to create a PDF of your confirmation email.
- Windows – Save an email as a PDF file
- Mac – Save an email as a PDF file

By Day 7 of Week 7

Submit the PDF of the Meditrek Home Screen and the email confirmation you received after submitting your Practicum Plan form in Meditrek

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NURS 6003 Assignment Transition to Graduate Study

NURS 6003 Week 4 Assignment

Abstract

In this module, we will discuss NURS 6003 Assignment Transition to Graduate Study. The retention of new nurses remains a challenge for most healthcare organizations. Approximately 75% of newly licensed registered nurses (NLRNs) resign their positions within the first year of employment due to transition shock from the academic resources setting to the practicum setting. Other reasons for resignation include lack of confidence, poor critical thinking skills, and feeling overwhelmed to provide quality patient care.

This loss of retention among NLRNs poses a significant threat to the delivery of quality and safe patient care. Nurses who assume the role of mentor to newly licensed nurses face many barriers to fulfilling their role effectively, including a lack of proper training or skills to perform this role, lack of time, and competing demands of being a mentor and providing patient care.

Therefore, the purpose of this doctoral project on the transition to graduate study for nursing was a development of an evidence-based staff education curriculum on mentoring for professional staff nurses in an acute care hospital in a southeastern state. The goal of the staff education project was to prepare nurses as mentors to assist the NLRN’s transition into practice. Patricia Benner’s theoretical model “from novice to expert” was the framework used in this project.

Sources of evidence included the collection of data obtained from peer-reviewed articles in the Cumulative Index to Nursing Allied Health Literature database, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and Patricia Benner’s novice to expert framework. This project promotes social change by offering a quality, evidence-based mentorship program to benefit all stakeholders of the organization through its implications for practice.

Read Also: NURS 6003 Discussion: Examining Nursing Specialties

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Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 1: Developing an Academic and Professional Network

Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). The Foundation of Success [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). The Walden Journey to a Masters in Nursing Practice: The Journey Begins [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

NURS 6003 Assignment Transition to Graduate Study Learning Objectives

Students will:

Analyze relationships among Walden’s vision, mission, goals, and social change initiatives to professional and academic goals
Analyze the relationship between MSN program outcomes and perspectives to their goals
Identify the collaborators for success
Identify concepts for Walden readiness
Identify individuals or teams to collaborate with for success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse

Note: Use APA style formatting.

Due By Assignment

Week 1, Days 1–2

Read the Learning Resources.

Compose your initial Discussion post.

Begin to compose Part 1 of your Assignment.

Week 1, Day 3

Post your initial Discussion post.

Begin to check your knowledge with the Quiz.

Continue to work on of Part 1 of your Assignment.

Week 1, Day 4

Continue to check your knowledge with the Quiz.

Continue to work on Part 1 of your Assignment

Week 1, Day 5

Review peer Discussion posts.

Compose your peer Discussion responses.

Continue to check your knowledge with the Quiz.

Continue to compose your final draft of Part 1 of your Assignment.

Week 1, Day 6

Post two peer Discussion responses.

Continue to check your knowledge with the Quiz.

Continue to compose your final draft of Part 1 of your Assignment.

Week 1, Day 7

Wrap up Discussion.

Final day to complete Quiz.

Deadline to submit your final draft of Part 1 of your Assignment.

Click the Week 1 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

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NURS 6003 Assignments: Transition to Graduate Study Quiz: Walden’s Student Readiness Orientation

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You probably have a lot of questions (and perhaps some hesitation) about the journey you are undertaking. How do I navigate the online classroom? How can I have access to a library in this environment? The Student Readiness Orientation (SRO) minicourse available on your MyWalden page provides answers to such addressing questions and helps ensure you understand how to navigate the online classroom and utilize the many resources available to you as a student at Walden.

The Readiness Check will help you determine your preparedness for navigating the online classroom.

The questions presented on the Quiz are derived from the readiness check presented in the SRO.

Click on the NURS 6003 Week 1 Quiz link after you have read the directions carefully.

The readiness check includes 15 questions in various formats including true/false and multiple choice. If you score 12 or below, please retake the exam. You may retake the exam as many times as you would like in order to achieve your desired score. Your highest score will be recorded. To retake the Quiz, click on “Take Test Again” (this does not appear as a hyperlink but works as a hyperlink when you click on the area).

To view the questions you answered correctly and incorrectly, click on your score in the “My Grades” area.

To Prepare:

Review Walden’s SRO found on your MyWalden page.

By Day 7

Complete the quiz.

Submission and Grading Information

Submit Your Quiz by Day 7 of Week 1

To submit your Quiz:

Continue to NURS 6003 Week 2 Quiz

NURS 6003 Discussion: Strategies for Academic Portfolios

NURS 6003 Week 2 Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 2: Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity and Professional Ethics

Nurse-scholars have a significant obligation to their community as well. Their work must have academic and professional integrity. Their efforts are designed to add to the body of knowledge, advance the profession, and ultimately help in the care of patients. Work that lacks integrity is subject to erode quickly or worse.

Fortunately, there are strategies and tools that can help ensure integrity in academic and professional work. This Assignment asks you to consider these tools and how you might apply them to your own work.

In this Assignment, you will continue developing your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan by appending the original document you began in the previous assignment.

To Prepare:

Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources for this Module in support of academic style, integrity, and scholarly ethics.
Reflect on the connection between academic and professional integrity.

The Assignment: Part 2, Section 1: Writing Sample: The Connection Between Academic and Professional Integrity

Using the Academic and Professional Success Development Template you began in Module 1, write a 2- to 3-paragraph analysis that includes the following:

Explanation for the relationship between academic integrity and writing
Explanation for the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics
Cite at least two resources that support your arguments, being sure to use proper APA formatting.
Use Grammarly and SafeAssign to improve the product.
Explain how Grammarly, Safe Assign, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity.

Part 2, Section 2: Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of Work

Expand on your thoughts from Section 1 by identifying and describing strategies you intend to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of your:

academic work as a student of the MSN program and
professional work as a nurse throughout your career. Include a review of resources and approaches you propose to use as a student and a professional.

Note: Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Module 1 Assignment, which was built from the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

By Day 7 of Week 3

Submit both Section 1 and Section 2 of Part 2.

NURS 6003 Module 3 (Weeks 4–5): Scholarship and Nursing Practice

Discussion: Using the Walden Library

Where can you find evidence to inform your thoughts and scholarly writing? Throughout your degree program, you will use research literature to explore ideas, guide your thinking, and gain new insights. As you search the research literature, it is important to use resources that are peer-reviewed and from scholarly journals. You may already have some favorite online resources and databases that you use or have found useful in the past. For this Discussion, you explore databases available through the Walden Library.

Note: Unless otherwise noted, initial postings to Discussions are due on or before Day 3, and response postings are due on or before Day 6. You are required to participate in the Discussion on at least three different days (a different day for main post and each response). It is important to adhere to the weekly time frame to allow others ample time to respond to your posting. In addition, you are expected to respond to questions directed toward your own initial posting in a timely manner.

To Prepare:

Review the information presented in the Learning Resources for using the Walden Library, searching the databases, and evaluating online resources.
Begin searching for a peer-reviewed article that pertains to your practice area and interests you.

By Day 3 of Week 4

Post the following:

Using proper APA formatting, cite the peer-reviewed article you selected that pertains to your practice area and is of particular interest to you and identify the database that you used to search for the article. Explain any difficulties you experienced while searching for this article. Would this database be useful to your colleagues? Explain why or why not. Would you recommend this database? Explain why or why not.

By Day 6 of Week 4

Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ posts by offering suggestions/strategies for working with this database from your own experience, or offering ideas for using alternative resources.

Sample Week 4 Discussion By Lauren West

The article that I chose was a review of a digital style of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in adolescents with depression. The article highlights the advantages and disadvantages of using digital CBT in adolescent therapy and its effect on depression treatment. (Ivlev et al., 2022). I chose this article because it is something that I plan on investigating closer during my studies to achieve my PMHNP. My interest in treatment is in the adolescent age group and the effects of mental health on their life as well as treatments that benefit them. The database I used to find this article was APA PsycInfo and EBSCOhost via the Walden University library resource.

When using APA PsycInfo and EBSCOhost I did not encounter any specific difficulties during my search. I think the only difficulties others may have is the amount of information on the topics searched. For instance, while I have used these types of resources before, it can sometimes be overwhelming to research topics because there are so many options to choose from. It may be difficult to comb through the amount of information given at one time. In an article by GreenBook, the writer explains that “professionals are now often overwhelmed with organizing the vast amounts of data they get” (GreenBook, 2022).

I believe that these databases would be extremely helpful to my colleagues. I recommend the use of the databases to anyone doing or involved with scholarly research. These scholarly search engines are filled with a plethora of information pertaining to anything. It can keep scholars up to date with the latest in research. As advanced practitioners, they can increase our knowledge of the latest treatments for patients and any developments in current treatments. By doing this, it can increase the quality of care given to the patient as well as maintain a higher level of knowledge to advance one’s practice. As a student, it is very beneficial to our success by providing quality information and credible sources (H, 2021).

References

Ivlev, I., T.L., Haynes, J.S., & Patnode, C. D. (2022). Rapid evidenct review of digital cognitive-behavioral therapy for adolescents with depression. Journal of Adolescent Health, 71(1), 14-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadhohealth.2022.01.220

Manage the overwhelming chaos of qualitative research data. GreenBook. (2022, August 1). Retrieved September 19, 2022, from https://www.greenbook.org/mr/insights/manage-the-overwhelming-chaos-of-qualitative-research-data/

Walden University Library. (n.d.). Databases A-Z: Nursing. Retrieved September 19, 2022

Why use databases? – H-B woodlawn. H. (2021, October 5). Retrieved September 19, 2022, from https://hbwoodlawn.apsva.us/library-home/research/why-use-databases/

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 3: Research Analysis

In this Assignment, you will locate relevant existing research. You also will analyze this research using a tool helpful for analysis.

To Prepare:

Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources this Module’s Learning Resources in support of locating and analyzing research.
Use the Walden Library to identify and read one peer-reviewed research article focused on a topic in your specialty field that interests you.
Review the article you selected and reflect on the professional practice use of theories/concepts described by the article.

The Assignment:

Your topic of interest.
A correctly formatted APA citation of the article you selected, along with link or search details.
Identify a professional practice use of the theories/concepts presented in the article.
Analysis of the article using the “Research Analysis Matrix” section of the template
Write a 1-paragraph justification stating whether you would recommend this article to inform professional practice.
Write a 2- to 3-paragraph summary that you will add to your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan that includes the following:
- Describe your approach to identifying and analyzing peer-reviewed research.
- Identify at least two strategies that you would use that you found to be effective in finding peer-reviewed research.
- Identify at least one resource you intend to use in the future to find peer-reviewed research.

Note: Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Module 1 Assignment, which was built from the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

By Day 7 of Week 5

Submit your analysis, including your completed section of the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template sections and your matrix and summary.

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NURS 6003 Discussion: Using the Walden Library EssayWhere can you find evidence ...

NURS 6003 Discussion: Using the Walden Library Essay

Where can you find evidence to inform your thoughts and scholarly writing? As nursing students, one of the essential skills you need to develop is the ability to locate and analyze evidence to support your ideas and arguments. The Library is an invaluable resource that can help you find credible and relevant sources to inform your scholarly writing. In this article, we will discuss how you can use it to locate evidence to inform your thoughts and scholarly writing.

Throughout your degree program, you will use the research literature to explore ideas, guide your thinking, and gain new insights. As you search the research literature, it is important to use academic resources that are peer-reviewed and from scholarly journals. You may already have some favorite online resources and databases that you use or have found useful in the past.

For this Discussion, you explore the databases available. The first step to locate evidence is to identify the relevant resources. You can start by selecting the appropriate databases to search for your topic. The most relevant databases include CINAHL, MEDLINE, and PubMed. These databases are specifically designed to index and provide access to nursing and healthcare literature.

When searching for resources, use appropriate keywords and phrases related to your topic. For example, if you are researching the impact of exercise on mental health, you could use keywords such as “exercise,” “mental health,” “anxiety,” and “depression.” It’s also helpful to use Boolean operators such as “AND” and “OR” to refine your search and retrieve more targeted results.

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Read Also: NURS 6003 Discussion: Examining Nursing Specialties

To prepare:

Review the information presented in the Resources, search the databases, and evaluate online resources.

Begin searching for a peer-reviewed article that pertains to your area and is of particular interest to you.

Identify the database that you used to search for a peer-reviewed article of your interest.

Reflect on your experience with searching the database. Did you note any difficulties when searching for an article? What steps/strategies did you find helpful for locating a peer-reviewed article? Would this database be useful to your colleagues? Would you recommend this database?

Once you have selected your peer-reviewed article, evaluate its strengths and weaknesses in terms of scholarly writing, bias, opinion, quality of evidence, and appropriateness to its target audience.

BY DAY 3

Post a brief summary of your peer-reviewed article, the database you located your article in, your database searching experience, keywords utilized in the search, and an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the article.

Support your Discussion assignment with specific resources used in its preparation using APA style formatting. You are asked to provide a reference for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

This week, you explore the Walden Library and consider the differences between peer-reviewed research evidence and non-peer-reviewed evidence. In addition, you continue your examination of effective scholarly writing as you analyze writing in terms of its purpose, audience, bias, and quality of evidence.

NURS 6003 Discussion: Using the Walden Library Essay Example

Decision-making in healthcare necessitates the use of evidence to inform thoughts and scholarly writing. I understand the role and relish the impact of an evidence-based approach to care on patients’ health outcomes and the healthcare system as a whole. As a registered nurse (RN), I am frequently confronted with multiple scenarios daily that require me to explore ideas, stimulate my thinking, and seek insights from people or scholarly articles.

The latter has proven to be extremely useful in my practice, and learning how to locate scholarly articles was most likely the source of my seamless practice. In keeping with the use of the Walden library, the following discussion provides an example of a database I frequently use, the difficulties I encounter, and whether or not I recommend the same databases to colleagues.

Peer-Reviewed Article Selected

As an RN, I perform the duties outlined by the American Nurses Association. In addition, as a psychiatric mental health nursing practice enthusiast and aspiring psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP), I care for adult patients with a variety of mental health care needs. I work as an RN at Wellpath South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center while also pursuing my MSN PMHNP program. In keeping with the clinical setting and my interests, I chose an article about caring for elderly patients who require mental health care. Flint et al. (2020) investigate the impact of Covid19 on the care of elderly patients.

The elderly population is growing as a result of (1) improved medical care for the elderly, which increases life expectancy, and (2) improved medical care for children and youth, which lowers mortality among that age group (WHO, 2021). Why is this population group important in my line of work? Older adults are at a higher risk of severe infection and death in the Covid19 era due to the likelihood of multiple comorbidities and waning immunity, as well as, to some extent, a lack of adequate social support (loneliness) and low financial support. It is my responsibility as an RN and PMHNP enthusiast to understand the population and design appropriate interventions to assist patients with mental health care needs.

NURS 6003 Discussion: Using the Walden Library Essay

Database Used and Difficulties Encountered

I used the PubMed search engine to find the article. PubMed is a reputable medical and nursing database that contains over 34 million biomedical literature citations and abstracts (Frandsen et al., 2019). When I entered the keywords ‘ impact of Covid19 on mental healthcare’ into the PubMed search box, several articles appeared. In addition, I customized the year so that only articles published within the last five years (since 2018) appeared. The challenge I encountered was that there were several articles to choose from, and deciding on one, in particular, was difficult.

Is the Database useful to my Colleagues and would I recommend it?

PubMed is a free resource for searching biomedical and life sciences literature. The primary goal of the literature search is to obtain information that can be used to improve global healthcare practice as well as personal practice (Tucker et al., 2021). Since medical and nursing practice relies heavily on evidence, the database is extremely beneficial to my colleagues. Furthermore, because healthcare professionals are obligated to improve patient health outcomes, I recommend the database to my colleagues to obtain credible information that will inform practice.

NURS 6003 Discussion: Using the Walden Library Essay References

Flint, A. J., Bingham, K. S., & Iaboni, A. (2020). Effect of COVID-19 on the mental health care of older people in Canada. International Psychogeriatrics, 32(10), 1113–1116. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610220000708

Frandsen, T. F., Eriksen, M. B., Hammer, D. M. G., & Christensen, J. B. (2019). PubMed coverage varied across specialties and over time: a large-scale study of included studies in Cochrane reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 112, 59–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.04.015

Tucker, S., McNett, M., Mazurek Melnyk, B., Hanrahan, K., Hunter, S. C., Kim, B., Cullen, L., & Kitson, A. (2021). Implementation science: Application of evidence-based practice models to improve healthcare quality. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 18(2), 76–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12495

World Health Organization. (2021). Ageing and health. Who.int. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ageing-and-health

Sample NURS 6003 Discussion: Using the Walden Library Essay BY AB

RE: Discussion – Week 4

I decided to research covid survivors’ long-term symptoms. In doing this, I did a google search of Peer review Post Covid 19 long-term symptoms. There were multiple articles that were presented for this area. I selected an article from the National Library of Medicine (NIH). This website is well known for factual information. I choose this specific area since I am a family nurse practitioner that rounds in the hospital and 2 nursing homes. I see a lot of post-covid symptoms in the covid survivors. I am going to be using the “Long-Term Sequelae of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of One-Year Follow-Up Studies on Post-COVID Symptoms” article for my peer-reviewed article during this assignment.

NIH’s database is a good place for any medical student to use in research. In reading about the NIH Peer Review process, applicants have to go through and pass two review boards to be granted money to start the applied research. The review board strives in promoting a fair and unbiased process. This is to ensure the highest quality of research in biomedical science. I believe this is a good site for articles due to the core values used in each selection of the researchers. The core values are “(1) expert assessment, (2) transparency, (3) impartiality, (4) fairness, (5) confidentiality, (6) security, (7) integrity, and (8) efficiency.” (NIH Peer Review: Grants and Cooperative Agreements 2019)

Reference

Han Q, Zheng B, Daines L, Sheikh A. (2022). Long-Term Sequelae of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of One-Year Follow-Up Studies on Post-COVID Symptoms. Pathogens. 2022 Feb 19;11(2):269. PMID: 35215212; PMCID: PMC8875269. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11020269

National Library of Medicine. (2019). NIH Peer Review: Grants and Cooperative Agreements. NIH Peer Review – National Institutes of Health. Retrieved September 12, 2022, from https://grants.nih.gov/grants/PeerReview22713webv2.pdf

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NURS 6003 Week 2 Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 2: Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity and Professional Ethics

Learning Objectives

STUDENTS WILL:

Evaluate research databases

Analyze a peer-reviewed article in terms of its purpose, audience, presence of bias, and quality of evidence

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REQUIRED READINGS

Please review the Academic Integrity area located on the Course Information page, particularly the SafeAssign Tutorial.

Cornell University Library. (2010). Distinguishing scholarly journals from other periodicals.

This online article from the Cornell University Library distinguishes scholarly journals from other periodic literature and provides the general criteria that define an academic journal.

Eaton, S. E. (2010). Reading strategies: Differences between summarizing and synthesizing.

The author proposes that critical reading must include using critical thinking to create “new” information and insights from this information.

Walden University. (2012g). Walden University: Scholarly writing.

Another excellent resource provided by the Walden Writing Center, this website defines scholarly writing and explains the characteristics of scholarly writing.

Walden University. (2012h). Walden University webinar archives.

Review the following archived webinar:

Writing at the Graduate study Level

The Writing Center archives its webinars so you can review them at a time that is convenient for you. This Webinar was created to help you improve your writing skills as a graduate and to assist you in the development of your scholarly voice.

Walden University Library Links and Resources

The Walden Library webinars provide relevant information on accessing and evaluating scholarly sources. The information on retrieving evidence-based sources is especially pertinent to MSN students.

Introduction to the Walden University Library

Searching and Retrieving graduate study Materials in the Research Databases

Identifying and Evaluating the nursing practice Online Resources

The Walden University Library and Your Total Information Network

Document: Introduction to Scholarly Writing: Finding a Scholarly Voice (PDF)

What does it mean to write with a scholarly voice? This document reinforces the information presented in the media program and provides information about how to find your scholarly voice.

Document: Introduction to Scholarly Writing: Purpose, Audience, and Evidence (PDF)

Purpose, audience, and evidence are three important topics a scholar-practitioner needs to keep in mind when writing. This document will help to reinforce the information presented in the video program and enrich your understanding of scholarly writing.

Document: Introduction to Scholarly Writing: Tips for Success (PDF)

This document, which accompanies the media program of the same title, provides resources for improving your scholarly writing and critical-thinking skills.

Document: Stages in Critical Reading of Research Articles (Word document)

This chart describes the purpose of, and questions for, six stages of critically reading research articles. Focus on the many activities and questions that make up the critical reading process. Begin to consider the journal articles and books you read in terms of these criteria.

Document: Basics Checklist: Citations, and Reference List (PDF)

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Quiz: Walden’s Student Readiness Orientation

You probably have a lot of questions (and perhaps some hesitation) about the journey you are undertaking. How do I navigate the online classroom? How can I have access to a library in this environment? The Readiness Orientation (SRO) minicourse available on your MyWalden page provides answers to such questions and helps ensure you understand how to navigate the online classroom and utilize the many resources available to you.

The Readiness Check will help you determine your preparedness to navigate the online classroom.

The questions presented on the Quiz are derived from the readiness check presented in the SRO.

Click on the Week 1 Quiz link after you have read the directions carefully.

To view the questions you answered correctly and incorrectly, click on your score in the “My Grades” area.

To Prepare:

Review Walden’s SRO found on your MyWalden page.

By Day 7

Complete the quiz.

Submit both Section 1 and Section 2 of Part 3.

Remember to include an introduction paragraph that contains a clear and comprehensive purpose statement that delineates all required criteria, and end the assignment Part with a conclusion paragraph.

NURS 6003 Module 2 | Part 2: Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity and Professional Ethics

I have analyzed the relationship between academic integrity and writing, as well as the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics. I have also identified strategies I intend to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics in my academic work while a student of the MSN program, as well as my professional work as a nurse throughout my career. The results of these efforts are shared below.

Directions: In the space below, craft your analysis/writing sample, including Part 1 (The Connection Between Academic and Professional Integrity) and Part 2 (Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of Work).

Part 1: Writing Sample: The Connection Between Academic and Professional Integrity

In the space below, write a 2- 3-paragraph analysis that includes the following:

Explanation for the relationship between academic integrity and writing
Explanation for the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics
Cite at least 2 resources that support your arguments, being sure to use proper APA formatting.
Use Grammarly and SafeAssign to improve the product.
Explain how Grammarly, Safe Assign, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity

Answer:

One of the most important principles in nursing is honesty, and it is imperative that this value be upheld in all situations. This is something that should come easily, and if you do it right, it will indicate that your nursing identity is genuine. The dedication of a learning institution to upholding academic standards guarantees that its students will receive an excellent education that will adequately equip them for rewarding professions in the disciplines in which they want to work (Bloomfield et al., 2021).

Maintaining one’s professionalism requires continually pushing oneself to become better, as well as adhering to a set of rigorous ethical rules. Students should get encouragement and assistance, satisfy their requirements, and be provided with the resources necessary for academic achievement. It is essential to make the classroom a place where everyone feels safe to speak openly and honestly, to create an environment devoid of cheating and unethical behavior, and to maintain that environment. Students should be honest in their writing and avoid any forms of cheating or unethical behavior.

To have imposed integrity in this field and to be able to set the standards for sustaining morality and ethics is a mark of respectability in any educational system across the world. Plagiarism and cheating are unacceptable forms of academic behavior, as they encourage dishonesty and a perverted approach to education (Ruddy & Ponte, 2019). It fails to appreciate the hard work of its subjects. There are no shortcuts through the learning process because it is so intricate. While discussing works of literature, it is essential to give credit where credit is due and to acknowledge the expertise of one’s teachers and advisors. It is crucial for the success of the institution and the quality of its education that all students maintain their academic integrity.

Both Grammarly and Turnitin contribute to academic integrity in various ways. Grammarly also has a free plagiarism detector to review your writing to see if anything has been stolen. Plagiarism can be detected in one’s work with the help of these programs; some of them will even underline the offending phrases and provide a link to the original source (Brown et al., 2019). In addition, by comparing submitted writing to other works in their database and on the web, the online tool Turnitin can assist in detecting and preventing plagiarism. When users generate an originality report, they can examine the matched sources and verify whether or not they were properly cited.

PART 2: Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of Work

Expand on your thoughts from Part 1 by:

Identifying and describe strategies you intend to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of your 1) academic work while a student of the MSN program and 2) professional work as a nurse throughout your career. Include a review of resources and approaches you propose to use as a student and a professional.

Answer:

As a student in the MSN program, I have to maintain high levels of integrity and ethics in both my academic work and professional work. Keeping one’s word and doing one’s best are two ways to act with integrity and honesty. Building trusting relationships with others is essential for success in this line of work, so we should always do what we say we will do. In addition, Grammarly, Turnitin, and other paraphrasers are only two of several options for ensuring that students’ work is presented as their own and can be used to demonstrate its originality (Brown et al., 2019). Such websites serve as plagiarism checkers and are essential in limiting misconduct and unethical actions in academic writing.

Upholding one’s moral principles is essential in a nurse’s professional role. Nurses should put in their utmost effort to provide patients with the highest quality care possible. Better patient outcomes will result from caregivers who are trustworthy and who prioritize patient safety. Another approach to implementing this principle in nursing is to be courteous and helpful to everyone, regardless of their background or ability level (Haar et al., 2020). Treating your superiors, colleagues, and patients with the same respect will demonstrate your honesty and professionalism. Being truthful to yourself and other people is essential. Lastly, nurses should not take the chance of lying just because they are afraid the audience will not appreciate the truth, as this is considered unethical.

References

Bloomfield, J. G., Crawford, T., & Fisher, M. (2021). Registered nurses understanding of academic honesty and the perceived relationship to professional conduct: Findings from a cross-sectional survey conducted in Southeast Asia. Nurse Education Today, 100, 104794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104794

Brown, T., Bourke-Taylor, H., Isbel, S., Gustafsson, L., McKinstry, C., Logan, A., & Etherington, J. (2019). Establishing similarities and differences among the self-reported academic integrity of Australian occupational therapy undergraduate and graduate-entry Master’s students. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 7(3), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1558

Haahr, A., Norlyk, A., Martinsen, B., & Dreyer, P. (2020). Nurses experiences of ethical dilemmas: A review. Nursing Ethics, 27(1), 258–272. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733019832941

Ruddy, C., & Ponte, F. (2019). Preparing students for university studies and beyond A micro-credential trial that delivers academic integrity awareness. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 68(1), 56–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750158.2018.1562520

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To Prepare:

Reflect on strategies that you can pursue in developing portfolios or portfolio elements that focus on academic achievements.
Review one or more samples from your own research of resources focused on portfolio development.

By Day 3 of Week 8

Post an explanation of at least two strategies for including academic activities and accomplishments into your professional development goals. Then

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NURS 6003 PhinterMaurice Discussion Networking Opportunities

NURS 6003 Module 1 (Week 1): Networking for Academic and Professional Success

Discussion: Networking Opportunities

In this module, you begin laying the foundation for your academic and professional success. Your efforts begin with a vision that includes your own definition of success. Your vision may vary from those of your colleagues, but this does not mean you have to take these first steps alone.

Walden University and the College of Nursing also have a vision and mission, which include helping you to make your own vision a reality. Members of your new academic community, such as faculty, support teams, and fellow students, can also be helpful. Current practitioners and other member of the professional community can also help you to clarify your vision.

This Module’s Discussion asks you to consider how the Walden mission and vision as well as the College of Nursing’s mission and vision apply to your professional and academic goals. You will also begin to identify individuals and teams who can help you along the way as you begin designing the “blueprint”—your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan—that will guide you toward your own vision for academic and professional success. Finally, you will explain the importance of networking and how it can help you achieve your professional and academic goals.

To Prepare:

Review the Walden and College of Nursing mission and vision statements, Walden’s goals and University Outcomes, and the MSN Program Learning Outcomes presented in this Module’s Learning Resources.
Reflect on your professional and academic goals as they relate to your program/specialization.
Consider how the information in these resources fit with your own goals and to your becoming a scholar-practitioner.
Also consider academic and professional individuals and teams with whom you may collaborate in support of your efforts as a student at the university and as a professional within your organization and career.
Consider the importance of networking and how it may help you achieve your professional and academic goals.

By Day 3 of Week 1

Post a brief introduction of yourself to your colleagues. Include an explanation as to how Walden’s vision, mission, goals, and social change initiatives relate to your professional and academic goals and to your becoming a scholar-practitioner. Also include an explanation for how the Walden MSN Program Outcomes and perspectives relate to your professional and academic goals and to your becoming a scholar-practitioner. Finally, explain why networking is important and how it may help you achieve your professional and academic goals.

By Day 6 of Week 1

Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ posts by suggesting additional individuals and/or teams with whom you wish to collaborate or by offering additional networking strategies.

NURS 6003 PhinterMaurice Discussion Networking Opportunities Example Discussion 1

Nursing Goals Vision and Mission

Introduction

My name is Yaa Wiafe. I am currently an ICU nurse and have been working in an ICU for many years now. I also have a master’s degree already, but I wanted to change to Acute care. When I first decided to further my education, I was torn between FNP and acute care. I decided on the FNP route initially, but since I am an ICU nurse, I later found that I am interested in the acute care route. Multiple schools came to mind when choosing a school to complete this goal. In the end, Walden stuck out more to me.

The mission, vision, and goals of Walden are pretty much self-explanatory, and these goals, vision, and mission aligned with my goals. Walden School of Nursing’s vision is for the graduate professionals to transform nursing services and the continuum of care to meet the needs of the local and global individuals in the communities (Walden University, 2022b). Diversity in healthcare is crucial, and being able to provide care for all is imperative.

I also found Walden’s program to be very flexible for me in becoming a great nurse practitioner. The Adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner program has practical outcomes that can be applied within my professional goals and development. Advancing my career is very important to me, and choosing the right school is essential as well. Walden’s goals and outcome align with my desire to become the best advanced practitioner who can change the community.

Incorporating Social Change

While enrolled as a student in this program, I plan to commit myself to learning and applying new skills, acquiring more knowledge, and adapting various perspectives to identify practical problems at an individual, state, and national level (Walden University, 2022b). My plan to promote change is to continue acquiring all the knowledge, educating, and caring for everyone I come into contact with to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for the community.

Networking

Experts agree that the most connected people are often the most successful. When you invest in your relationships both professionally and personally, it can pay you back in dividends throughout the course of your career (Goolsby & Knestrick, 2020). Networking is important because it helps one develop and improve one’s skill set and stay on top.

One can meet mentors, clients and keep and gain access to resources that are important. Furthermore, connections that an individual makes broaden list of contacts that can keep you informed, refer you to job openings, suggest volunteer opportunities, nominate you for professional honors, or help you expand your leadership skills.

As a nurse, I come in contact with different people daily, and one thing that I have learned in my many years of nursing is that, the nursing world is very small. In all, one must always keep have a great attitude because you will never know whom you will need and meet in the long run. As I navigate this program, I will always network daily, especially during clinical rotations. I believe this will help me in the end.

NURS 6003 PhinterMaurice Discussion Networking Opportunities References

Goolsby M. J., Knestrick J. M. (2020). Effective professional networking. Journal of American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 29(8):441-445. https://doi.org/10.1002/2327-6924.12484

Walden University. (2022b). Mission, vision, and goals. Retrieved from Walden University website

Mario Owens Sample 2 NURS 6003 PhinterMaurice Discussion Networking Opportunities

My name is Mario Owens, FNP. I am from Loíza, Puerto Rico, and raised in Tallahassee, Florida. I currently work at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia. I have been an FNP for three years and want to continue my acute care nurse practitioner studies.

The vision, mission, goals, and social change initiatives of Walden University will assist me in achieving my goals of medical mission work around the world. This small feat can lead to the betterment of the community.

I believe that advanced care providers will be the driving force to provide the social change lacking in today’s world. These values and teachings will allow me to continue being current on the latest advancements in healthcare and how healthcare has evolved to unbelievable heights. This can provide the change necessary to help protect our friends, families, communities, and world.

As of now, health disparities are one of the biggest problems I see in the news daily. This program can assist us in changing that narrative. The knowledge will be instrumental in the fight for equality for all. The need for information is critical to positive change so that our patients receive the correct information instead of reading misinformation that is not peer-reviewed.

This is crucial to prevent unnecessary deaths from occurring. We live in the era of social media, where anyone can post misinformation, which can spread in seconds. This is why the vision, mission, goals, and social change initiatives must be so vital, and I hope to contribute in a positive way (Walden University).

The outcomes and values of Walden University can, have, and will continue to help create the change needed to help extend the lifespan and health of the community. The enrichment of knowledge will help elevate the healthcare system to greater heights. The teachings can lead me to increase my knowledge to help my patients with health and positive outcomes.

The world is evolving, and a solid foundation will prepare for that challenge. Cases are becoming more complex daily, and critical thinking is monumental to solving these cases head-on. These outcomes and values will assist me in bettering myself as a role model and a voice for change. I plan to use and apply these outcomes and values in my practice (Walden University).

Networking has more value than I could have ever imagined. This definitely hits home for me as I am an introvert. Luckily, I could meet some great people who were instrumental in helping me with my development as a provider. I cannot thank them enough. If I knew what I know now, I would be so much further, but experience is the best teacher. They continue to help me to this day. I can always ask them questions if I feel stuck or need advice. This also allows me to expand and volunteer.

Volunteering is so much fun. This allowed me to meet new friends and discuss and share stories about our journeys in healthcare. Networking allows you to learn and grow. It is incredible how much information one can learn. The books will provide you with a base, but the experience will take your learning to the next level.

Medicine is not an exact science because every case does not follow the book, and this is where critical thinking comes in. There have been many days where I needed my mentor to assist me with, and over time, I began to see things in a different light. Networking is an amazing tool for my growth. I am still learning, so hopefully, I will continue improving (Wofford, 2018).

NURS 6003 PhinterMaurice Discussion Networking Opportunities References

Walden University. (n.d.). Walden University catalog.

Wofford, P. (2018). 10 networking tips for nurses who hate networking. Retrieved from https://nurse.org/articles/tips-for-nurse-networking/

Walden University. (n.d.). Walden University catalog.

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 1: Developing an Academic and Professional Network

When was the last time you read Meditation XVII of John Donne’s Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions?

Unless you are a student of seventeenth-century poetry, you may not be all that familiar with this piece. However, you may be much more familiar with one of its well-known phrases: “No man is an island…”.

As you begin your journey toward achieving your academic and professional goals, you have a great opportunity to network with academics and professionals who can help ensure you do not travel alone. This network can help to clarify your own vision for success and can help guide you now and in the future. To paraphrase Donne, no one is an island.

Begin creating an academic and professional network by identifying which academic and professional connections and resources with which you need to collaborate to succeed in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.

To Prepare:

Consider individuals, departments, teams, and/or resources within Walden University and within your profession that you believe can support your academic and professional success.
Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals, colleagues, or teams that might help you succeed in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.
Download the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

The Assignment:

Academic and Professional Network

Complete Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template. Be sure to address the following:

Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals or teams to collaborate with to be successful in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.
Explain why you selected these individuals and/or teams and how they will support your success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.

By Day 7 of Week 1

Submit Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 2: Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity and Professional Ethics

In this Assignment, you will continue developing your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan by appending the original document you began in the previous assignment.

To Prepare:

Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources for this Module in support of academic style, integrity, and scholarly ethics.
Reflect on the connection between academic and professional integrity.

The Assignment: Part 2, Section 1: Writing Sample: The Connection Between Academic and Professional Integrity

Using the Academic and Professional Success Development Template you began in Module 1, write a 2- to 3-paragraph analysis that includes the following:

Explanation for the relationship between academic integrity and writing
Explanation for the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics
Cite at least two resources that support your arguments, being sure to use proper APA formatting.
Use Grammarly and SafeAssign to improve the product.
Explain how Grammarly, Safe Assign, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity.

Part 2, Section 2: Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of Work

Expand on your thoughts from Section 1 by identifying and describing strategies you intend to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of your:

academic work as a student of the MSN program and
professional work as a nurse throughout your career. Include a review of resources and approaches you propose to use as a student and a professional.

Note: Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Module 1 Assignment, which was built from the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

By Day 7 of Week 3

Submit both Section 1 and Section 2 of Part 2.

NURS 6003 Module 3 (Weeks 4–5): Scholarship and Nursing Practice

Discussion: Using the Walden Library

To Prepare:

Review the information presented in the Learning Resources for using the Walden Library, searching the databases, and evaluating online resources.
Begin searching for a peer-reviewed article that pertains to your practice area and interests you.

By Day 3 of Week 4

Post the following:

By Day 6 of Week 4

Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ posts by offering suggestions/strategies for working with this database from your own experience, or offering ideas for using alternative resources.

Using the Walden Library Example 1

Matyas, N., Keser Aschenberger, F., Wagner, G., Teufer, B., Auer, S., Gisinger, C., Kil, M., Klerings, I., & Gartlehner, G. (2019). Continuing education for the prevention of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s-type dementia: a systematic review and overview of systematic reviews. BMJ Open, 9(7), e027719. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027719

Dementia and other cognitive impairment disorders are an area of interest to me as a nursing practitioner. I have been deeply moved by this condition’s significant impact on patients and their families while caring for older people. Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating and degenerative neurological condition that threatens patients’ cognitive and physical well-being and causes major emotional and physical distress to caregivers.

Nurses play a critical role in delivering compassionate, specialized care to Alzheimer’s patients, promoting their dignity, comfort, and quality of life while providing much-needed support and education to family members through the difficult caregiving journey. This article from PubMed has provided me with much-needed knowledge about preventing cognitive impairment, which I will apply in practice to improve results for this vulnerable demographic.

PubMed is a database with many papers from various fields of medicine, which gives it an advantage in terms of the amount of material available but can also make searching difficult for users. The key challenge is creating relevant search queries and filters to locate the relevant article. Multiple variations of the same article appear with each search, so necessary skills are required to obtain a quality article. Seeking advice from librarians and watching tutorials on utilizing search databases simplifies the search. One must also be familiar with the ever-changing features of PubMed.

My nursing colleagues and anyone interested in peer-reviewed healthcare papers would benefit greatly from the PubMed database. Because of its extensive collection of peer-reviewed publications in healthcare, this database is an excellent resource for nurses. PubMed gives healthcare practitioners quick access to up-to-date information, evidence-based practice, and the most recent breakthroughs in healthcare, allowing them to keep up with quickly changing medical knowledge. Nurses can also use PubMed to conduct literature reviews in research to improve patient care through well-informed clinical decisions.

I would strongly suggest PubMed to healthcare practitioners. The database contains a large and diversified collection of peer-reviewed publications spanning many medical specialties, particularly nursing, making it an excellent resource for staying up to date on the newest developments in healthcare. PubMed’s user-friendly design and advanced search features allow users to personalize their searches to specific research interests, ensuring they find relevant, high-quality literature as quickly as possible.

PubMed is well-known for its dedication to evidence-based medicine. It features an abundance of clinical trials and systematic reviews to help healthcare practitioners make informed judgments about patient care. The extensive database also aids in disseminating research findings, encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing throughout the medical community.

PubMed also includes other National Library of Medicine resources, such as MEDLINE, strengthening its reputation as a reliable and authoritative source. As a result, this database is a vital resource for anyone looking for trustworthy, peer-reviewed medical literature and an essential recommendation for all individuals involved in medical research or practice.

Sample Week 4 Discussion By Lauren West

The article that I chose was a review of a digital style of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in adolescents with depression. The article highlights the advantages and disadvantages of using digital CBT in adolescent therapy and its effect on depression treatment (Ivlev et al., 2022). I chose this article because it is something that I plan on investigating closer during my studies to achieve my PMHNP. My interest in treatment is in the adolescent age group and the effects of mental health on their life as well as treatments that benefit them. The database I used to find this article was APA PsycInfo and EBSCOhost via the Walden University library resource.

As advanced practitioners, they can increase our knowledge of the latest treatments for patients and any developments in current treatments. By doing this, it can increase the quality of care given to the patient as well as maintain a higher level of knowledge to advance one’s practice. As a student, it is very beneficial to our success by providing quality information and credible sources (Woodlawn, 2021).

References

Walden University Library. (n.d.). Databases A-Z: Nursing.

Woodlawn. H. (2021, October 5). Why use databases? Retrieved September 19, 2022, from https://hbwoodlawn.apsva.us/library-home/research/why-use-databases/

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 3: Research Analysis

In this Assignment, you will locate relevant existing research. You also will analyze this research using a tool helpful for analysis.

To Prepare:

Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources this Module’s Learning Resources in support of locating and analyzing research.
Use the Walden Library to identify and read one peer-reviewed research article focused on a topic in your specialty field that interests you.
Review the article you selected and reflect on the professional practice use of theories/concepts described by the article.

The Assignment:

Your topic of interest.
A correctly formatted APA citation of the article you selected, along with link or search details.
Identify a professional practice use of the theories/concepts presented in the article.
Analysis of the article using the “Research Analysis Matrix” section of the template
Write a 1-paragraph justification stating whether you would recommend this article to inform professional practice.
Write a 2- to 3-paragraph summary that you will add to your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan that includes the following:
- Describe your approach to identifying and analyzing peer-reviewed research.
- Identify at least two strategies that you would use that you found to be effective in finding peer-reviewed research.
- Identify at least one resource you intend to use in the future to find peer-reviewed research.

Note: Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Module 1 Assignment, which was built from the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

By Day 7 of Week 5

Submit your analysis, including your completed section of the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template sections and your matrix and summary.

NURS 6003 Module 4 (Weeks 6–7): Master of Science in Nursing Practicum

Practicum Assignment: Meditrek and the Practicum Plan

Note: Make sure to start on this assignment early just in case you have problems logging into Meditrek.

To Prepare – Locate your Meditrek Credentials (Username and Password):

Your credentials have been emailed to your Walden student email address. Search your Walden student issued email to locate the email from support@meditrek.info. (NOTE: Do not email Meditrek directly, please use the following methods if you are unable to locate your Meditrek credentials.)
If you are unable to find your email, you may request your credentials emailed to you online by requesting a password reset online: https://edu.meditrek.com/public/ForgotPassword.aspx
If you are unable to obtain your username and password for Meditrek, complete the Meditrek Credential Request form.
If you are unable to reset your password online, call the Customer Care Team Support at 800-925-3368 or live chat via your student portal.
Within Meditrek, click the “Search Affiliation Agreements” link to review the database of affiliation agreements that Walden has with potential field sites in your specialty and area.

The Assignment:

Part 1:

Login to Meditrek.
Once you are logged into Mediatrek, utilize the following tutorial to create a PDF of the home screen.

How to save a webpage as a PDF

Note: Tutorials for this assignment can be found on the following webpage. Look for the header labeled “Planning for Practicum” on the webpage

Part 2:

Using the affiliation agreement database search within Meditrek, identify potential Practicum Sites that are in your area.
Complete the Practicum Plan form found in Meditrek.
Once you have submitted the Practicum Plan, you will receive a confirmation email. Use the following tutorials to create a PDF of your confirmation email.

Windows – Save an email as a PDF file
Mac – Save an email as a PDF fi

NURS-6050 Assignment Advocating for the Nursing Role in Program Design and Imple ...

NURS-6050 Assignment Advocating for the Nursing Role in Program Design and Implementation Example

Tell us about a healthcare program, within your practice. What are the costs and projected outcomes of this program?

The healthcare program of interest is MyChart by EPIC. The program is a free service that helps organize and store patient information while allowing them to access their healthcare data. The facility’s money is spent on storing and securing the data because cybersecurity is a major issue in healthcare programs handling patient care information. Hospitals nationwide have progressively stored data in the MyChart program, which is free. The hospitals also use MyChart for messaging services in the program. The program has become a significant source of income from video and message e-visits, reimbursed by public insurance (Raman et al., 2021). The telehealth revenues from the program are projected to rise by 90% in the next financial year.

Who is your target population?

The program’s target population is all patients and their family members in inpatient and outpatient departments and healthcare providers. Patients of all ages and cultural backgrounds can access MyChart account connected to the hospital database, which helps them access their health information, telehealth services, and other health services, including risk assessment (Zylla et al., 2020).

What is the role of the nurse in providing input for the design of this healthcare program? Can you provide examples?

The healthcare program requires the nurses’ input in determining the type of services that can be offered online in the e-visits. Nurses can also provide vital perspectives on the program’s location, given that they are the primary users of these programs. Nurses also influence the templates/standardized terminologies used in the program for effective information sharing and collection. Standardized nursing terminologies include assessment tools, and they help ensure

What is your role as an advocate for your target population for this healthcare program? Do you have input into design decisions? How else do you impact design?

The nurses’ significant roles in advocating for the target population for this healthcare program include ensuring the safety, privacy, confidentiality, and security of their health information. My role is to ensure patients have access to vital information and services in the program. As an educator, I educate patients on the sig nuisance and use of the program. I also play a role in determining the hospital’s patient services. Nurses are also familiar with HITECH and HIPAA regulations and can provide vital perspectives contributing to security measures in these healthcare programs.

What is the role of the nurse in healthcare program implementation? How does this role vary between design and implementation of healthcare programs? Can you provide examples?

Nurses constitute a significant part of the healthcare program’s implementation. They execute the primary functions such as answering patient questions and overseeing telehealth video conferences. They also coordinate the implementation efforts. Nurses also educate patients on utilizing these programs for better health outcomes. In design, nurses influence how the programs will look and their functions, while in the implementation, they help facilitate the program’s use. For example, nurses play a vital role in designing templates to use in the program, such as the health assessment forms and patient health information presentation format. In the program’s implementation, nurses can help educate other nurses and patients on using these standardized terminologies. Thus, nurses play vital roles in designing and implementing healthcare programs.

Who are the members of a healthcare team that you believe is most needed to implement a program? Can you explain why?

The healthcare team members significant to the program’s implementation are the healthcare informaticists, nurses, doctors, and healthcare technicians/engineers. Healthcare engineers are focused on the program’s functionality, including accessibility, security, and maintenance of devices and an internet connection to facilitate it. The informaticists are professionals responsible for overseeing the program, collecting, and disseminating data. They are significant to the development and improvement of the healthcare problem. Nurses and physicians must execute healthcare interventions, such as consultation, which are the reason behind the program’s development.

References

Lomborg, S., Moring, C., & Kensing, F. (2021). Communication as Ongoing Care. Conjunctions, 8(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.7146/tjcp.v8i1.123037

Raman, K. P., Agorogianni, A., Hadjinicolaou, A., Nightingale, A., Mayhew, A., Munro, R., Raine, T., & McDermott, E. (2021). P432 MyChart application in addressing Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients’ concerns and impact on service utilization. Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, 15(Supplement_1), S434-S435. https://doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab076.556

Zylla, D. M., Gilmore, G. E., Steele, G. L., Eklund, J. P., Wood, C. M., Stover, A. M., & Shapiro, A. C. (2020). Collection of electronic patient-reported symptoms in patients with advanced cancer using Epic MyChart surveys. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28, 3153–3163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-05109-0

NURS-6050 Assignment Advocating for the Nursing Role in Program Design and Implementation Instructions

As their names imply, the honeyguide bird and the honey badger both share an affinity for honey. Honeyguide birds specialize in finding beehives but struggle to access the honey within. Honey badgers are well-equipped to raid beehives but cannot always find them. However, these two honey-loving species have learned to collaborate on an effective means to meet their objectives. The honeyguide bird guides honey badgers to newly discovered hives. Once the honey badger has ransacked the hive, the honey guide bird safely enters to enjoy the leftover honey.

Much like honeyguide birds and honey badgers, nurses and health professionals from other specialty areas can—and should—collaborate to design effective programs. Nurses bring specialties to the table that make them natural partners to professionals with different specialties. When nurses take the requisite leadership in becoming involved throughout the healthcare system, these partnerships can better design and deliver highly effective programs that meet objectives.

In this Assignment, you will practice this type of leadership by advocating for a healthcare program. Equally as important, you will advocate for a collaborative role of the nurse in the design and implementation of this program. To do this, assume you are preparing to be interviewed by a professional organization/publication regarding your thoughts on the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.

To Prepare:

Review the Resources and reflect on your thinking regarding the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.
Select a healthcare program within your practice and consider the design and implementation of this program.
Reflect on advocacy efforts and the role of the nurse in relation to healthcare program design and implementation.

The Assignment: (2–4 pages)

In a 2- to 4-page paper, create an interview transcript of your responses to the following interview questions:

Tell us about a healthcare program, within your practice. What are the costs and projected outcomes of this program?
Who is your target population?
What is the role of the nurse in providing input for the design of this healthcare program? Can you provide examples?
What is your role as an advocate for your target population for this healthcare program? Do you have input into design decisions? How else do you impact design?
What is the role of the nurse in healthcare program implementation? How does this role vary between design and implementation of healthcare programs? Can you provide examples?
Who are the members of a healthcare team that you believe are most needed to implement a program? Can you explain why?

The Care at Home (CAH) Medicaid Waiver Program Sample Paper

Tell us about a healthcare program, within your practice. What are the costs and projected outcomes of this program?

The Care at Home (CAH) Medicaid waiver program will be a state-run community-based program that allow severely disabled children to access home care and healthcare coverage within the community. The waiver program is based on the proposition that children with disabilities should have a proper support to enable them to become active participants in determining their future. The waiver program is a federally approved deferral of the Medicaid rules to enable disabled children to remain home and still benefit from the Medicaid coverage (Yingling et al, 2019).

Typically, such a waiver program disregards the guardian’s or parent’s resources and income when determining the eligibility for the means-tested program. This allows parents to benefit from services that they would otherwise not benefit from due to their low-income levels. The program the program is funded with a mix of both state and federal dollars and overseen by the state health agency. It allows physically disabled children to remain with their families at home while receiving healthcare, nursing and vehicle and home modifications.

Who is your target population?

This program benefits families that struggle with meeting their healthcare costs: drug coverage for disabled children and uncovered therapies. It especially targets autistic children and at-risk infants because of their low survival rates.

What is the role of the nurse in providing input for the design of this healthcare program? Can you provide examples?

The program spans from financing home care for children with disabilities to ensuring an adaptive, healthy and safe home environment for the children. As such, nurses are directly involved in ensuring safety and wellbeing of the beneficiaries by designing their living environment and ensuring those environments respond to each child’s unique disabilities.

Depending on the child’s specific needs, the nurse is responsible not only for care delivery but also for home modification. Considering home modification may be overwhelming to some families, the nurses are directly involved in advising on the necessary changes that parents or guidance need to make within the home environment to guarantee safety and wellbeing of the beneficiary children.

Key to the nurses’ role is ensuring that the home environment is accessible so that those using wheelchair can easily and safely get in and out of the rooms. The nurse would then present these environment modification requirements to the program design committee to justify the waiver and support other crucial decisions regarding the program. For instance, disabled children whose home environment require more modifications are prioritized as beneficiaries compared to those whose home environment require lesser modification. The idea is that those who require more home modification would need more resources, and are therefore eligible for the program’s support.

The nurse also plays a key role in designing the respite component of the program. Because respite is provided at home by the nurses or other healthcare professionals, these caregivers will help in design the schedule for respite services as well as the resources required for those services. Typically, the respite services relieve families from the challenges associated with care or deliver the care when the families are not around.

Because the nurse services are the most needed and most difficult to access as a result of the shortage of nurses (Mar? et al 2019), nurses’ input is required in terms of designing the care shifts depending on the needs of each beneficiary. More importantly, the nurses will play a significant role in the program evaluation stages, where they provide feedback to the program advisory committee on the program’s impact and any points for improvement.

What is your role as an advocate for your target population for this healthcare program? Do you have input into design decisions? How else do you impact design?

Information is a key resource for advocates; they need to have facts about the program and how it addresses the children’s special needs. Typically, the advocate is responsible for knowing the when, how, who and where about the program; documenting the information and using them as references during the program design process. Similarly, the advocate must be extremely aware of the special needs involved, including the relevant federal laws so that they can inform the program design process form a legal standpoint.

The advocate is also responsible for liaison between parents and the service providers. They are responsible for ensuring that there is a good relationship between the caregivers and the parents because sometimes it is easier for the two set of individuals to fall into a blame game whenever something is not right. Therefore, it is the advocate’s role to ensure that the disappointments and bureaucracies involved in the program does not impede the relationship between the program managers, caregivers and parents. They are the program’s vision keepers and are responsible for advocating for meeting the kid’s needs regardless of the bureaucracies involved.

What is the role of the nurse in healthcare program implementation? How does this role vary between design and implementation of healthcare programs? Can you provide examples?

Community health nurses’ role in implementing the program spans from protecting, promoting and preserving the children’s health. As per Barbero et al (2021), their roles are based on various fundamental principles including educating patients on making healthy choices and maintaining healthy lifestyles and providing direct care. the nurses primarily focus on delivering the children’s health needs. They coordinate with physicians and other health workers to ensure the children receive care that is equally as good as what they would receive in the hospital.

When they make home visits, they assess the children’s health conditions, deliver wound care, check vital signs (e.g. blood pressure) and manage prescription medicine when a child needs it. Furthermore, they are responsible for educating families and other community members on maintaining the children’s health and wellbeing (Assefa et al, 2019). Nurses also act as the gatekeepers for the children’s rights and protection, primarily protecting them from child abuse, sexual harassment, poor nutrition and teen pregnancy.

These roles are different from their program design roles in many senses. For instance, their program design roles involve identifying when to visit each home and how long they should take in each home. Contrastingly, the implementation role involves determining what they do in every visit, including conducting medical checks on the patients. In short, program design mainly entails the where, how and when the services are delivered, while program implementation roles entail what services are delivered and by who.

Who are the members of a healthcare team that you believe are most needed to implement a program? Can you explain why?

Medicaid senior leaders are important in the implementation process because they must communicate with the service providers about the program’s success and areas of improvement. According to Schwartz et al (2018), keeping the Medicaid senior leadership will help manage expectations and enhance the leader’s support. Other state agencies may also be important in the implementation process. This is especially for the purpose of gaining feedback and identifying any potential partnership benefits between the care management team and the program (Assefa et al, 2019). For example, the state’s Department of Health Disability Program might need to partner with the program managers in exploring other opportunities for enhancing the program.

The providers should also be involved in the implementation stage to ensure they buy in the idea. This can be done by forming provider advisory groups or board that provide feedback on the program strategies, guidelines and measures (Barbero et al, 2021). They may also help in developing quality improvement goals based on reported performance.

References

Assefa, Y., Gelaw, Y. A., Hill, P. S., Taye, B. W., & Van Damme, W. (2019). Community health extension program of Ethiopia, 2003–2018: successes and challenges toward universal coverage for primary healthcare services. Globalization and Health, 15(1), 1-11. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-019-0470-1

Barbero, C., Mason, T., Rush, C., Sugarman, M., Bhuiya, A. R., Fulmer, E. B., Feldstein, J., Cottoms, N. & Wennerstrom, A. (2021). Processes for Implementing Community Health Worker Workforce Development Initiatives. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 828. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.659017

Mar?, M., Bartosiewicz, A., Burzy?ska, J., Chmiel, Z., & Januszewicz, P. (2019). A nursing shortage–a prospect of global and local policies. International Nursing Review, 66(1), 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12473

Schwartz, P. M., Kelly, C., Cheadle, A., Pulver, A., & Solomon, L. (2018). The Kaiser Permanente Community Health Initiative: A decade of implementing and evaluating community change. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine, 54(5), S105-S109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2018.02.004

Yingling, M. E., Bell, B. A., & Hock, R. M. (2019). Comparing neighborhoods of children with autism spectrum disorder in a Medicaid waiver program and a state population, 2007–2015. Psychiatric Services, 70(11), 1034-1039. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800479

NURS 6050 Assignment: Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy EvaluationAssessing ...

NURS 6050 Assignment: Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation: Weight Loss Program Evaluation Sample Paper

Introduction

Over time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has involved different health stakeholders in evaluating health programs since evaluation enhances achieving the desired outcomes. Weight Loss Program is one of the health programs that has been subjected to several evaluations to ensure that individuals lose exercise weight.

The program focuses on human behavior, such as eating habits that can help one lose excess body weight. More than 95% of Americans have achieved their weight targets after the weight loss program has been evaluated regularly (Guan et al., 2018). In this context, the objective of this discussion is to assess weight loss program evaluation in the state of Illinois.

Outcomes of the Program Evaluation

Evaluating the weight loss program in Illinois State has improved individuals’ health as many people have lost excess weight. There is overwhelming evidence that different health care, such as Northwestern Memorial Hospital, have recorded few cases of excessive body weight complications.

Obesity is one of the diseases associated with excess weight, and it is evident that few Illinois people have been diagnosed with the disease (Hendrie et al., 2020). Before program evaluation was carried out, hospitals in Illinois received many patients suffering from excessive weight complications. Osteoarthritis and Coronary heart attacks are some of the common diseases that affected people of Illinois before the weight loss program was initiated.

Measures of Success

All healthcare organizations in Illinois have recorded low patient outcomes since most individuals are keen on their diet and physical exercise that generally supports health. Health records showing low patient outcomes clearly indicate that the program evaluation was successful. Also, the program was successful because the evaluation was conducted at the initial implementation stage, which is easy to make adjustments.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, most health program evaluations are successful because they are conducted at the initial stages of implementation, allowing stakeholders to make necessary adjustments for the easy achievement of desired goals (Hendrie et al., 2020). With these records, it is evident that approximately 90% of the population of Illinois was reached out and informed about the program evaluation.

Data Deployed

The program evaluation used both qualitative and quantitative data as they enhanced effectiveness. Qualitative data was the patients’ records who had suffered from overweight diseases. In contrast, the quantitative data compared the patient outcomes in different health before the evaluation and after the assessment. It is important to note that deploying both qualitative and quantitative any health-related program evaluation enhances quality outcomes since the evaluation captures all factors likely to affect the program.

Stakeholders Identified

The weight loss evaluation program involved several stakeholders from within Illinois. Healthcare providers, policymakers, patients, and funding agencies were the stakeholders. Patients and funding agencies are the most beneficiaries of this program for the following reasons: the program helped the patients understand the meals to consume to cut weight and different physical exercises that helped them lose excess weight.

For example, losing weight is of great significance to patients since it helps them avoid chronic diseases such as obesity. In other words, patients would lead a healthy life because of this program. Funding agencies are also the most beneficiaries of this program since they will make huge profits since all set goals are achieved. For instance, the health care department will likely give other programs the funding agencies to run, thus making huge profits.

Objectives of the Program

All the original intended objectives were achieved because the health of the people of Illinois improved. After people lost excess weight, healthcare organizations in Illinois recorded a low number of patients with overweight-related health complications. After program evaluation, a survey was also conducted to check whether program objectives were achieved. The survey found that less than 2% of the Illinois population was overweight (Thorning et al., 2018). This shows that most of the population is healthy, and thus, the program objectives were achieved. The program achieved all the set objectives because of the effective stakeholders and strategies that were used.

Recommendations

I would highly recommend this program to my workplace because it enhances the achievement of all desired goals. The program would be beneficial to both individuals and organizations because employees will be in a position to achieve their personal goals, and at the same time, the organization will also achieve its goals.

Involvement in the Program

As a nurse advocate, I could be involved in the program after implementation by taking part in the survey to check the effectiveness of the program. Secondly, I could involve myself in the program by forming alternative policies integrated into pre-existing policies to achieve the desired outcomes.

Conclusion

Illinois is one of the states that conducted weight loss program evaluations to improve the health and well-being of its residents. The program involved different stakeholders who ensured that the program achieved all its objectives. Patient outcome was used as a measure of success. The program deployed both qualitative and quantitative data for quality purposes. I would recommend this program as it enhances the achievement of both individual and organizational goals.

References

Guan, W., Thaw, A., N. Grondhuis, S., & Schaechter, A. (2018). Evaluation of a Commercial Telehealth Weight Loss and Management Program. Journal Of Nutrition & Weight Loss, 03(02). https://doi.org/10.35248/2593-9793.18.3.114

Hendrie, G., Baird, D., Brindal, E., Williams, G., Brand-Miller, J., & Muhlhausler, B. (2020). Weight loss and usage of an online commercial weight loss program delivered in an everyday context: A 5-year evaluation of the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet Online (Preprint). Journal Of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/20981

Thorning, T., Fabre, O., Legrand, R., Astrup, A., & Hjorth, M. (2018). Weight loss and weight loss maintenance efficacy of a novel weight loss program: The retrospective RNPC ® cohort. Obesity Medicine, 10, 16-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obmed.2018.05.001

NURS 6050 Assignment: Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Instructions

Program/policy evaluation is a valuable tool that can help strengthen the quality of programs/policies and improve outcomes for the populations they serve. Program/policy evaluation answers basic questions about program/policy effectiveness. It involves collecting and analyzing information about program/policy activities, characteristics, and outcomes. This information can be used to ultimately improve program services or policy initiatives.

Nurses can play a very important role assessing program/policy evaluation for the same reasons that they can be so important to program/policy design. Nurses bring expertise and patient advocacy that can add significant insight and impact. In this Assignment, you will practice applying this expertise and insight by selecting an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation and reflecting on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program/policy.

To Prepare:

Review the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template provided in the Resources.
Select an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation or choose one of interest to you.
Review community, state, or federal policy evaluation and reflect on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program or policy described.

The Assignment: (2–3 pages)

Based on the program or policy evaluation you selected, complete the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template. Be sure to address the following:

Describe the healthcare program or policy outcomes.
How was the success of the program or policy measured?
How many people were reached by the program or policy selected?
How much of an impact was realized with the program or policy selected?
At what point in program implementation was the program or policy evaluation conducted?
What data was used to conduct the program or policy evaluation?
What specific information on unintended consequences was identified?
What stakeholders were identified in the evaluation of the program or policy? Who would benefit most from the results and reporting of the program or policy evaluation? Be specific and provide examples.
Did the program or policy meet the original intent and objectives? Why or why not?
Would you recommend implementing this program or policy in your place of work? Why or why not?
Identify at least two ways that you, as a nurse advocate, could become involved in evaluating a program or policy after 1 year of implementation.

NURS 6050 Assignment Legislation Grid and Testimony Advocacy StatementSample Leg ...

NURS 6050 Assignment Legislation Grid and Testimony Advocacy Statement

Sample Legislation Grid Template

Use this document to complete Part 1 of the PA002 Assessment, Legislation Grid, and Testimony/Advocacy Statement. A minimum of 2 resources should be utilized and adequately cited.

Health-related Bill Name/Bill #Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act of 2021(PHISLA) Bill number S. 674DescriptionThe Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act (PHISLA) of 2021 provides annual funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen core public health infrastructure. Senator Patty Murray, the US Senate health, education, labor, and pension committee chair, reintroduced PHISLA to the Senate on 3 October 2021 following the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US healthcare system. The Bill focuses on various components, including: Public health assessmentPreparedness and response Community partnership developmentOrganizational competenciesAccountabilityEquity Federal or State?The Bill is federal because it seeks to ensure that the CDC can support State and local healthcare providers to enhance public health infrastructure.Legislative IntentThis legislation seeks to strengthen core public health infrastructure by providing annual findings for the CDC to Improve core elements of the US healthcare system, including public health assessment, preparedness and response, community partnership development, organizational competencies, accountability, and equity (Cogress.gov, 2021). The Bill proposes grants to each State or territorial health department and local health departments serving 500000 people or more. Apart from providing grants, PHISLA proposes funding for the CDC starting at $750 million for the 2022 financial year up to $4.5 billion for FY 2026 and beyond. Proponents/OpponentsThe Bill is sponsored by Senator Patty Murray and supported by over 120 organizations, including the American Academy of Nursing, the American Lung Association, and the American Health Information Management Association. Although the Bill does not currently have opponents for its implementation, it is vital to anticipate some opposition from organizations and policymakers who would associate the Bill with a higher economic burden to the country.
For instance, the US healthcare spending surpassed $10000 Per Capita, extending to almost twice the OECD countries’ average expenditures for heath (Milstead & Smart, 2019). Despite the increased health expenditures, unconvincing results would subject the PHISLA bill to the opposition. Target PopulationThe Bill targets healthcare organizations and vital infrastructure for promoting public health and addressing disparities among at-risk populations, including children, low-income families, unemployed Americans, and uninsured people. Status of the Bill (Is it in hearings or committees? Is it receiving press coverage?)The Senate read the PHISLA bill twice in 2020 before referring it to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Therefore, the Senate is yet to pass the legislation. General Notes/CommentsIf the PHISLA bill becomes a law, it will enhance CDC’s capacity to strengthen public health assessment and strengthen preparedness and response to healthcare concerns. Also, the Bill focuses on bolstering organizational capabilities to align resources towards advancing community health.
Finally, PHISLA focuses on enabling health organizations and departments to address disparities related to race, national origin, ethnicity, disability status, sex, and other factors. As a result, passing such a bill would lead to massive healthcare improvements necessary to prevent disease prevalence, address healthcare inequalities, and strengthen organizational competencies.

NURS 6050 Assignment Legislation Grid and Testimony Advocacy Statement References

Congress.gov. (2021). S.674 – Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act. Retrieved 18 October 2021, from https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/674. Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning

Assignment: Legislation Grid and Testimony/Advocacy Statement

As a nurse, how often have you thought to yourself, If I had anything to do about it, things would work a little differently? Increasingly, nurses are beginning to realize that they do, in fact, have a role and a voice.

Many nurses encounter daily experiences that motivate them to take on an advocacy role in hopes of impacting policies, laws, or regulations that impact healthcare issues of interest. Of course, doing so means entering the less familiar world of policy and politics. While many nurses do not initially feel prepared to operate in this space effectively, the reward is the opportunity to shape and influence future health policy.

To Prepare:

Select a bill that has been proposed (not one that has been enacted) using the congressional websites provided in the Learning Resources.

The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Legislation Grid; 1-page Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement)

Be sure to add a title page, an introduction, purpose statement, and a conclusion. This is an APA paper.

Part 1: Legislation Grid

Based on the health-related bill (proposed, not enacted) you selected, complete the Legislation Grid Template. Be sure to address the following:

Determine the legislative intent of the bill you have reviewed.
Identify the proponents/opponents of the bill.
Identify the target populations addressed by the bill.
Where in the process is the bill currently? Is it in hearings or committees?

Part 2: Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement

Based on the health-related bill you selected, develop a 1-page Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement that addresses the following:

Advocate a position for the bill you selected and write testimony in support of your position.
Describe how you would address the opponent to your position. Be specific and provide examples.

At least 2 outside resources and 2-3 course specific resources are used

NURS 6050 Assignment Legislation Grid and Testimony Advocacy Statement – Legislation Grid Template Example 2

The healthcare system is intricate and fraught with problems; several proposals are in the works to address these challenges. Hundreds of bills have been proposed at the federal and state levels. Most People rank healthcare as their top economic concern, highlighting the urgent need for accessible, affordable healthcare options (Singer et al., 2019). As part of the Health Care Affordability Act of 2019, it is suggested that the patient be provided with comprehensive cost information and other relevant financial data.

Many have been unable to afford their medical bills due to the astronomical costs involved since accurate pricing information on medications has not been easily accessible prior to treatment (Keehan et al., 2020). The law also mandates that all parties involved in a healthcare transaction, including the healthcare provider, the patient, and any insurance companies, should all collaborate to ensure the delivery of quality care.

Health-related Bill NameHealth Care Affordability Act of 2019 Bill NumberH.R. 1868DescriptionThe Health Care Affordability Act of 2019, or House Resolution 1868 (H.R. 1868), was introduced during the 116th Congress (2019-2020) in the United States of America with the goal of helping people get access to high-quality healthcare at a price they can afford. It does this by modifying the tax credit for low-income earners and cutting healthcare costs.Federal or State?FederalLegislative IntentHouse Resolution 1868’s Section 2 states that the law was created to help low-income taxpayers whose family income falls within a certain range obtain health insurance at an affordable price (Galvani et al., 2020). It suggests changing the current tax code from 1986. The Illinois representative Lauren Underwood presented H.R. 1868 with the support of 39 other representatives.Proponents/ OpponentsProponents:Representative Underwood, LaurenOpponents:Government.Target PopulationThe bill aims to ensure that all Americans, including those from low-income families, have access to high-quality healthcare at a price they can afford (Martin et al., 2021). The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 34 million Americans were poor in 2019. This subset of the U.S. population is highlighted by these numbers and represents the primary focus of the legislation.Status of the bill (Is it in hearings or committees?)The Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives is now responsible for considering the legislation; the sponsors must decide what steps to take next. General Notes/Comments The patient should be provided with full-cost data and other relevant financial information, as proposed in the bill. Guaranteeing universal access to affordable, high-quality healthcare requires the passage of laws aimed at addressing current barriers to providing it (Galvani et al., 2020). However, after these regulations are approved, it is crucial to ensure they are strictly adhered to and fully executed.
Every person has the freedom to choose their own healthcare practitioner and their own treatment plan, regardless of how much it may cost. Nonetheless, it is essential to ensure that patients keep getting quality care. Unfortunately, the issues plaguing the United States healthcare system cannot be resolved by simply establishing price structures.
Healthcare is a fundamental element of social security. Affordable, high-quality healthcare for all people is a human right. The astronomical price of medical care is one of the biggest problems facing the healthcare industry today.
The bill suggests setting payment rates, particularly for persons not covered by insurance, to solve the issue of excessively high medical costs (Vanness et al., 2021). The purpose of the legislation is to give people more information so they may make educated decisions when choosing a healthcare provider and plan.
Healthcare providers have been accused of increasing patient costs by simply informing them of other, often more expensive, treatment choices. Most people do not realize there are cheaper therapeutic options available to them.

PART 2: LEGISLATION TESTIMONY/ADVOCACY STATEMENT

I advocate for this healthcare bill for many reasons. As someone planning a career in healthcare, I believe that everyone should have access to high-quality medical care, regardless of their financial situation. I am confident this legislation will go a long way toward supporting the global community in realizing Sustainable Development Goal no. Three as set forth by the United Nations. At its core, nursing is about developing caring relationships with patients. Its primary purpose is to guarantee access to medical care for all people. I will be delighted if this law can make it through the House and Senate.

Policymakers in this country should make the provision of compassionate care, leadership, and service their top priority. The well-being and ease of the American people must take precedence over anything else. Maybe other things will emerge in their place. Opponents of this bill need to understand that health, comfort, and safety cannot be sacrificed in the name of economics (Butkus et al., 2020). I appreciate the lawmakers’ initiative in seeking out this kind of legislation, which will undoubtedly solve the difficulties of more than 34 million Americans.

To ensure everyone has access to affordable, high-quality healthcare, more bills seeking to do so should be introduced to Congress. It is also important to suggest amendments to current laws and resolutions if this would give a voice to the country’s underprivileged people. Finally, this measure is a call to action for our nation’s policymakers to consider, embrace, and pass it so that current and future generations of Americans can benefit.

Conclusion

The proposed Health Care Affordability Act of 2019 bill aims to ensure that all citizens in America have access to quality care regardless of their financial status. The bill aims at regulating taxes in the nation to ensure low-income earners are favored regarding healthcare. Providing quality care is fundamental to all people, which will help the nation achieve the sustainable development goals laid down by United Nations. I highly advocate for this bill in my nursing profession because I would be happy to see my patients receive quality patient care despite their financial status. The implementation of such beneficial bills in healthcare should be prioritized to ensure the delivery of quality and patient care.

NURS 6050 Assignment Legislation Grid and Testimony Advocacy Statement References

Butkus, R., Rapp, K., Cooney, T. G., Engel, L. S., & Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians*. (2020). Envisioning a better U.S. health care system for all: reducing barriers to care and addressing social determinants of health. Annals of Internal Medicine, 172(2_Supplement), S50-S59. https://doi.org/10.7326/M19-2410

Galvani, A. P., Parpia, A. S., Foster, E. M., Singer, B. H., & Fitzpatrick, M. C. (2020). Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA. The Lancet, 395(10223), 524-533. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)33019-3

Keehan, S. P., Cuckler, G. A., Poisal, J. A., Sisko, A. M., Smith, S. D., Madison, A. J., … & Hardesty, J. C. (2020). National Health Expenditure Projections, 2019–28: Expected Rebound In Prices Drives Rising Spending Growth: National health expenditure projections for the period 2019–2028. Health Affairs, 39(4), 704–714. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00094

Martin, A. B., Hartman, M., Lassman, D., Catlin, A., & National Health Expenditure Accounts Team. (2021). National Health Care Spending in 2019: Steady Growth for the Fourth Consecutive Year: Study Examines National Health Care Spending for 2019. Health Affairs, 40(1), 14–24. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.02022

Singer, A. J., Thode, H. C., & Pines, J. M. (2019). U.S. emergency department visits and hospital discharges among uninsured patients before and after implementation of the affordable care act. JAMA Network Open, 2(4), e192662-e192662. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.2662

Vanness, D. J., Lomas, J., & Ahn, H. (2021). A health opportunity cost threshold for cost-effectiveness analysis in the United States. Annals of Internal Medicine, 174(1), 25-32. https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-1392