Category: Nursing

I have a Portfolio project in my nursing class, Organizational Behavior in Health Care. I have attached the instructions for this assignment. I chose the topic of leadership. I work as a nurse in the Operating Room and I would like the context of this paper to reflect that. The paper needs to be at least 6 pages and no more than 8 pages, not including the title page and reference page. This needs to be done in APA 7 format. The textbook for our class is Organizational Behavior in Health Care fourth edition ISBN: 9781284183245. I need the sources cited to be able to be pulled up without purchasing the article.

In a 4-5 page reflection paper, assess your nursing career through “appreciative inquiry” (Billings & Kowalski, 2008).
Drawing on your own life stories and experiences, what does a nursing career meant to you? How does your nursing practice parallel the ANA (2015) Code of Ethics? List 4 specific examples from the Code of Ethics.
Why is consistent and standardized nursing language necessary for care in today’s healthcare environment and how does it relate to the Code of Ethics? What motivates you to remain in the nursing profession? Give an example through a personal story and what you learned that motivates you as a registered nurse.
Develop 3 short-term and 3 long-term goals that emphasize your unique strengths.
How will a BSN degree impact your short-term and long-term goals?
Be creative and talk about your personal journey as a nurse. Include a personal nursing philosophy in the reflection. Readings & Resources
Chapter 7 – Ethics: Basic Concepts for Professional Nursing Practice in Black, B. P. (2019). Professional nursing: Concepts & challenges.
American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements
Winland-Brown, J., Lachman, V. D., & Swanson, E. O. (2015). The new “code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements” (2015): Practical clinical application, part I. MEDSURG Nursing, 24(4), 268–271.
Billings, D., & Kowalski, K. (2008). Appreciative inquiry. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 39(3), 104.
The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses
Moore, C. (2019). What is appreciative inquiry? (definition, examples, & model). Additional Instructions:
All submissions should have a title page and reference page.
Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.
Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.
Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.
Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Lone Peak Hospital in Draper, Utah is hiring graduate nurses for their StaRN Residency Program Download StaRN Residency Program, and, for this assignment, you are going to prepare a cover letter and resume to apply to this program. 
You will create a resume and cover letter that highlights your skills, qualifications, and experience. When you are ready to apply for Registered Nurse jobs in your area, you can take this resume and cover letter and modify it to fit a specific position.
You can use a resume and/or a cover letter template if you wish. There are many different options available for no cost on the internet.
Click the picture to the right for ‘Resume Best Practices(HERE’S THE LINK FOR THE PICTURE)
https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2021-08/Resume_Best_Practices.pdf
Review the job description for the StaRN Residency Program. Compose your resume and cover letter based on this posting.
Ensure your resume is readable and clear. 
Address each item in the rubric.
Cover Letter Requirements:
Resume Requirements:
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTION
Your cover letter should include:
Header with your name, email, address, phone number
Professional greeting
Introduction that includes basic details about you and why you want the job. Include the title of the job you are applying for.
Qualifications
Values and Goals: Research the company and discuss how your goals align with the company’s goals.
Thank the hiring manager and request an interview 
Professional closing and signature
Your resume should include: 
Your name and contact information. Include a link to you LinkedIn profile if you have one.
Professional Summary
Qualifications / Skills 
Work and Clinical Experience listed in reverse chronological order
Education with pending graduation date (BSN GRADUATION DATE IS 08/2025)
Certifications such as CPR
Honors / Professional Involvement / Community Involvement
SUBMISSION DETAILS:
Draft your resume and cover letter on separate Word documents.
I UPLOADED MY JOB RESUME WHICH WAS WRITTEN FROM PREVOIUS SEMESTER(IT HAS ALL DETAILS ABOUT WORK, EDUCATION ETC). THIS RESUME CANNOT BE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS ONE. JUST GET THE INFORMATION FROM THERE AND CREATE NEW ONE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT. I WILL SEND MY LINKEDIN ACCOUNT IN CHAT SOON.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANY QUESTIONS.
Resume and Cover Letter Rubric
Resume and Cover Letter Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCover Letter- Header with your name, email, address, phone number
2.5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
1 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
2.5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCover Letter- Professional greeting
2.5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
1 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
2.5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCover Letter- Introduction that includes basic details about you and why you want the job. Include the job title you are applying for.
2.5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
1 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
2.5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCover Letter- Qualifications
2.5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
1 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
2.5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCover letter- Values and goals: How do your goals align with the company’s goals?
2.5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
1 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
2.5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCover letter- Thank the hiring manager, request an interview, and include a professional closing and signature
2.5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
1 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
2.5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResume- Name and contact information
2.5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
1 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
2.5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResume- Professional Summary
5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
3 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResume- Qualifications and Skills
5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
3 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResume- Work and Clinical Experience listed in reverse chronological order
5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
3 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResume- Education with pending graduation date
5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
3 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResume- Certifications
5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
3 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResume- Honors / Professional Involvement / Community Involvement
5 pts
Exemplary
This criteria is included and professionally presented.
3 pts
Proficient
This criteria is included, but could be improved or edited for clarity or professionalism.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This criteria is not included.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOverall clarity, spelling, grammar
2.5 pts
Exemplary
Resume and cover letter are free of spelling and grammar mistakes and is professional in appearance.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
The resume and cover letter do not represent professional submissions. There are spelling and/or grammar mistakes present, and/or the information is not organized or presented in a visually-appealing manner.
2.5 pts
Total Points: 50
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Book source – Communication for Nurses: Talking with Patients
by Janice Foust, Lisa Kennedy Sheldon
– Its both a research paper and refection paper
– The book is a great source but outside sources can be included as well
Articles
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7387183/ (healthcare policy)
doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2020.03.014
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3863703/ (healthcare policy)
doi: 10.1177/00333549141291S211
Healthcare policy: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/reducing-disparities-health-care 
Therapeutic communication and evidence-based pracrice – https://www.myamericannurse.com/therapeutic-communication-techniques/
The book posted above is also a great resource for therapetic communication. 

More detailed instructions: Locate an elderly person—perhaps contact a retirement home for someone you may visit or interview a neighbor or grandparent. Ask them to share with you their life story and what they can of their personality. Write a four-page paper. Begin the paper by describing who you interviewed, how you met them or know them. Based on your interview, assess their personality in terms of Erikson’s developmental theory. You must include three of Erikson’s stages. Be sure to explain Erikson’s theory as you describe it. How did they resolve the various stages? Where do you believe they fit now? You should also comment on other aspects of their personality but be sure to spend at least half the paper on Erikson’s theory. This paper will be graded on content as well as GOOD WRITING. EDIT, PROOFREAD, HAVE SOMEONE ELSE LOOK IT OVER!!
Please use the following format:
Introduction to Erik Erikson:
Biographical Information of Client:
Stage: Name (Background information about stage-NO CLIENT HERE)
Stage (Application-This is where you apply interview to stage)
Repeat stages 3 times
Class Reflection:

Analyze the history, structure, and process of health-care-policy and politics in nursing and the health care delivery systems in the United States.
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. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

Assignment Requirements     STATE FLORIDA
Go to your state government web page. Find one health policy enacted within the last two (2) years at the state level. Write down the bill number and the sponsors of the bill and include this information in your initial post. 
Write a minimum of a one-page critical analysis summary of the policy. (250 words double spaced, APA). Your summary should integrate the concepts of advocacy, population health, and the ANA ethical statements (“The Code”), and course readings, to include a minimum of one course scholarly article (provided within the course). Be sure to speak to the role of advocacy and population health.
Respond to a minimum of two (2) peers/faculty posts with one (1) paragraph of 4-5 sentences integrating one scholarly source utilized in an in-text citation/APA.
Kaiser: Beyond Health Care: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health and Health Equity.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.

After studying Module 6: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:
1. What are the differences that may affect Cuban-American patients who immigrated at different times?
2. What can a nurse do to make life in the hospital more culture-specific for an Amish client?
3. List at least two etiological reasons for the development of alcoholism within an Irish-American family.
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.

After reviewing Module 1: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:
Who are the clients in Community Health nursing?
What government resources might they be eligible for?
What agencies are responsible for those resources?
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. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
Read and watch the lecture resources & materials below early in the week to help you respond to the discussion questions and to complete your assignment(s).
(Note: The citations below are provided for your research convenience. You should always cross-reference the current APA guide for correct styling of citations and references in your academic work.)
Read
Rector, C. & Stanley, M.J. (2022). 
Chapter 1 – Introduction to Community Health Nursing
Chapter 2 – History and Evolution of Community Health Nursing
Chapter 3 – Setting the Stage for Community Health Nursing
Chapter 4 – Evidence-Based Practice and Ethics in Community Health Nursing
Chapter 5 – Transcultural Nursing in the Community
Supplemental Materials & Resources
Catholic Relief Services. (2022). Home. https://www.crs.org/
Catholic Relief ServicesLinks to an external site.
Home of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (n.d.). Community. https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/community#:~:text=Healthy%20People%202030%20focuses%20on,improve%20health%20and%20well%2Dbeing
Office of Disease Prevention and Health PromotionLinks to an external site.

PROFESSIONAL NURSING AND STATE-LEVEL REGULATIONS
Boards of Nursing (BONs) exist in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands. Similar entities may also exist for different regions. The mission of BONs is the protection of the public through the regulation of nursing practice. BONs put into practice state/region regulations for nurses that, among other things, lay out the requirements for licensure and define the scope of nursing practice in that state/region.
It can be a valuable exercise to compare regulations among various state/regional boards of nursing. Doing so can help share insights that could be useful should there be future changes in a state/region. In addition, nurses may find the need to be licensed in multiple states or regions.
To Prepare:
Review the Resources and reflect on the mission of state/regional boards of nursing as the protection of the public through the regulation of nursing practice.
Consider how key regulations may impact nursing practice.
Review key regulations for nursing practice of your state’s/region’s board of nursing and those of at least one other state/region and select at least two APRN regulations to focus on for this Discussion.
Post a comparison of at least two APRN board of nursing regulations in your state/region with those of at least one other state/region. Describe how they may differ. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain how the regulations you selected may apply to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) who have legal authority to practice within the full scope of their education and experience. Provide at least one example of how APRNs may adhere to the two regulations you selected.