Category: Nursing

Please see uploads for directions. Please label as Peer 1 and Peer 2 as I have so I know to whom the discussion belongs too. Write as though it is coming directly from me. Use peer reviewed sources less than 5 yrs old. Just doing peer replies.

This paper will be on the Nursing Specific Quality Indicator of Nursing Turnover Rates. Analyze the linked study to determine if the primary ethical principles issued by The Belmont Report are evident. Write a 500-750 word ethical analysis to determine whether the study was ethically sound. Include the following:
State the quality indicator (nursing turnover rates) and summarize the study related to the indicator.
Evaluate the methods used to promote ethical conduct in the research study. Explain how the methods employed prevented or did not prevent research misconduct.
Explain how the subjects’ rights were or were not protected.
Discuss whether the study was ethically sound. Provide support for your conclusion.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide.
Please only use the 2 linked PDFs as sources and please in text cite when you use quotes. Please use both.

Instructions: In this assignment, you are tasked with reflecting on your personal experiences with various technologies, as a nurse or in your academic studies. Examples include experience with documentation systems, use of software programs to engage in nursing education, experience in physician offices and technology. Write a 150-word response discussing your interactions with technology throughout your life. Consider the devices, software, and digital platforms you have encountered, and reflect on how they have impacted your daily life, education, work, or personal interests.
Assignment Guidelines:
Begin by briefly introducing the role of technology in your life and its significance.
Reflect on specific instances or experiences where technology has played a pivotal role. This could include interactions with computers, smartphones, software applications, social media platforms, or any other digital tools.
Discuss how these technologies have influenced your daily routines, communication patterns, learning experiences, or professional endeavors.
Reflect on any challenges or benefits you have encountered while navigating the digital landscape.
Conclude by summarizing the overall impact of technology on your life and any insights gained from your experiences.

Nursing Leadership Council on Acuity-based Nurse Staffing
Include the following:
Define acuity-based staffing
Explain how this model differs from the formula-based model of nurse patient ratios
Provide a sample tool 
Summarize results from the literature about the positive impact of acuity-based staffing
Anticipate barriers to adapting this model
Suggest positive points for use with nursing staff
Provide a reference slide with 3-4 peer reviewed articles

For this assessment, you will report on the information that you collected in your interview, analyzing the interview data and identifying a past or current issue that would benefit from an interdisciplinary approach. This could be an issue that has not been addressed by an interdisciplinary approach or one that could benefit from improvements related to the interdisciplinary approach currently being used. You will discuss the interview strategy that you used to collect information. Your interview strategy should be supported by citations from the literature. Additionally, you will start laying the foundation for your Interdisciplinary Plan Proposal (Assessment 3) by researching potential change theories, leadership strategies, and collaboration approaches that could be relevant to issue you have identified. Please be certain to review the scoring guide to confirm specific required elements of this assessment. Note that there are differences between basic, proficient and distinguished scores.
When submitting your plan, use the Interview and Issue Identification Template [DOCX],  Download Interview and Issue Identification Template [DOCX],which will help you to stay organized and concise. As you complete the template, make sure you use APA format for in-text citations for the evidence and best practices that are informing your plan, as well as for the reference list at the end.
Additionally, be sure to address the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.
Summarize an interview focused on past or current issues at a health care organization.
Identify an issue from an interview for which an evidence-based interdisciplinary approach would be appropriate.
Describe potential change theories and leadership strategies that could inform an interdisciplinary solution to an organizational issue.
Describe collaboration approaches from the literature that could facilitate establishing or improving an interdisciplinary team to address an organizational issue.
Communicate with writing that is clear, logically organized, and professional, with correct grammar and spelling, and using current APA style.
Additional Requirements
Length of submission: Use the provided template. Most submissions will be 2–4 pages in length. Be sure to include a reference page at the end of the plan.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than 5 years old.
APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations and reference list follow current APA style.

After studying Module 1: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:
Describe the importance of folk medicine practices and folk healers to African Americans in the rural setting. 
Mrs. M., a Mexican American who just gave birth, tells the nurse not to include certain foods on her meal tray because her mother told her to avoid those foods while breastfeeding. The nurse tells her that she doesn’t have to avoid any foods and should eat whatever she desires. What concept does this demonstrate? 
Describe at least two communication barriers encountered by non-Navajo nurses when providing care to Navajo clients. 
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.  

You will select Lewin’s change theory or the PDCA that would work best for your proposed quality improvement project. In a one- to two-page paper, you will need to summarize the main theoretical notions and concepts of the selected theory. You will then need to discuss in detail the various stages of implementation of the proposed project based on the selected theory.

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

1.     Using the PICOT worksheet provided, upload the PICOT worksheet as a Word Document.
2.     No direct quotes may be used in this assignment.
3.     Due to the reflective nature of the assignment, first person is acceptable.

Directions
In this assessment, you are going to explore how a nurse theorist of your choice created their theory. You will become the theorist immersing yourself in the writings from the earliest mentioned to the most current literature. Writing in the voice of the theorist (taking on the persona of the theorist), you will create the theory through the following four stages.
In the first stage, theorizing occurs. This is where you, as the theorist, identify the concepts of what nursing is and is not. Perhaps you questioned what concepts were guiding those in nursing practice and then started to question your role. You started asking yourself, “Where am I in nursing, and where the profession is going? Is there some overarching understanding that guides the professional in his or her practice?” This is where you recognize that a theory is needed.
In the second stage, syntax is developed. This is where you will define the terms, explain relationships between the terms, and examine their expansion. Syntax development is an evolution. Consider, for example, Jean Watson. She starts by defining the word “caring.” Within the last several years, she has refined her terminology changing the term caring to caritas and identified the relationships between terms. This demonstrates a growth and maturation from decades of research she and other scholars did to produce the theory of caring.
The third stage is theory testing. Here, the theorists and other researchers consider whether this theory helps answer questions that arise in nursing. This is where your theory is used by a widening group of researchers. For example, graduate nursing students request to use the tool you developed while testing your theory in an area of nursing.
The fourth and last stage is evaluation. This is where the theory is used in practice with the goal of improving healthcare. It is evidenced in the development of policies, procedures and best practice standards that have evolved from theory implementation.
Assessment Details
Begin your paper with an introductory paragraph that describes why you chose this theorist. First person voice (I, me, etc.) is acceptable in this paper.
Write in the first person voice (I, me, our, etc.) as the theorist. For example: I, Dr. Jean Watson, found that caring was a core concept of how I viewed nursing. To me, caring is the essence of nursing.
Use the four stages (theorizing, syntax, theory testing, and evaluation) to explain how your theory was developed and used in nursing.
In the first (theorizing) stage, provide the historical context that influenced the theorist’s thinking.
In the second (syntax) stage, describe the development of the concepts and statements.
In the third (theory testing), provide two (2) examples of research examining the theory.
In the fourth (evaluation), provide three (3) examples of how the theory has been used in practice and a brief evaluation of the theory.