Develop a 3-5 page outline of concepts you would like to apply to your own life and identify relevant scholarly sources that will help you with your application of concepts.
As you may have noticed as you have worked through earlier assessments, Sociology is applicable to our everyday lives. We can oftentimes take a sociological concept and use it to explain something that occurs in our own lives. For example, you have learned about norms and how we tend to follow the norms of a society. You can use that to explain how people behave when they are in an elevator. Most people face forward, look up at the numbers, and don’t talk.
Many of your experiences can be analyzed using sociological concepts. For your final assessment, Assessment 6, you will complete a Sociology of Me and apply many of the concepts you have learned about in this course to your own life. For Assessment 5, begin to think about which concepts you would like to apply to your own experience, develop an outline, and identify appropriate resources. In order to complete this assessment, you will need to show your understanding of some additional concepts related to social structure, education, and technology/media.
We have learned how a society’s culture can influence people. There are other elements in society, however, that also affect our decisions and behavior. Sociological research has found that in addition to culture, social structure and groups also significantly impact many of our individual choices. Our position in the social structure affects our behaviors, attitudes, and ideas. For example, an important element of social structure are groups. We belong to a variety of different groups. Decades of research have documented the impact of group conformity on the individual. Although people tend to often believe that they act as individuals and aren’t impacted by others, research has found this is usually not the case. The Milgram experiment in your Resources is a great example. Milgram (1963) examined conformity and obedience and found that people are highly influenced by authority and the demands of conformity, even to the point that we will inflict pain on another person to obey authority.
Sociologists also study education and how it is impacted by a society’s culture and structure. The purpose of education is to provide knowledge (facts, skills, cultural norms) to members of a society. In the United States, education teaches us not just skills, but also how to be effective citizens. Education transmits the dominant culture, ensuring that children understand cultural norms and values. Educational attainment impacts life outcomes—it affects our occupation, earnings, work conditions, and health. Thus, education is related to social inequality. We have a tendency to assume that education is an equalizer in the United States, but this is something that is debated by sociologists. Is education equally available to everyone? Studies suggest it is not. Social class can impact the quality of school children attend, what they study, and how many years they attend school. Many students graduate from college with significant student loan debt. How might someone’s experience after college graduation be different if they graduated from college debt-free because their parents could afford to pay for it?
We regularly see new products and services as a result of increasing technology. We often take the influence of technology and media for granted, but it has a substantial impact on how we understand our culture and society as a whole. Many new products and services are a response to society’s changing needs. But technology can also serve to shape the values held by a society. Think about how our interaction has changed in the past ten years as a result of technology. Has that impacted our values? A small number of corporations deliver Internet platforms and a small number of corporations produce most of our media. What impact does that have on our access to technology and information?
Reference
Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(4), 371–378.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Examine how theory and sociological concepts apply to everyday life.
Identify sociological concepts that affect one’s own field of study.
Competency 2: Explain the basic tools of sociological inquiry.
Identify resources to support analysis from a sociological perspective.
Competency 4: Analyze the influence of culture on both the individual and society.
Explain the relevance of concepts to sociological topics.
Competency 6: Compose text that articulates meaning relevant to its purpose and audience.
Develop text using organization, structure, and transitions that demonstrate understanding of cohesion between main and subtopics.
In this assessment, you will create an outline for Assessment 6, The Sociology of Me. The outline should identify concepts you will be using to analyze your own experiences and provide a brief summary of why each concept may be relevant. Your sociological analysis of yourself should be supported by credible, scholarly sources, such as those from academic journals. As such, you will also identify scholarly sources that you intend to use.
Deliverable
Write an essay in which you complete all of the following:
Part 1: Section Outline
Identify the sociological concepts you plan to discuss in each section.
Briefly explain the relevance of each concept.
Sections need to include:
Culture and Socialization.
Examine the impact culture and socialization has had on your life.
Examples of concepts to include: Socialization, agents of socialization, culture, values, language, norms, subculture, counterculture, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism.
Social Structure and Groups.
Analyze the impact of social structure and groups on your life.
Examples of concepts to include: Social structure, hierarchy, power, bureaucracy, role, status, primary groups, secondary groups, and group think.
Education.
Explain your educational experience from a sociological perspective.
Examples of concepts to include: Hidden curriculum, tracking, social stratification, and stereotypes.
Professional field.
Explain sociological issues that affect your field of study.
All concepts from other sections are relevant.
Technology and Media.
Analyze the role of technology and media in your everyday life. Examples of concepts: Media, digital divide, framing, and social change.
Part 2: Identify Preliminary Supporting Resources
Identify resources to support an analysis from a sociological perspective.
At least one scholarly source should be identified for each section above.
Provide a brief summary of each identified source.
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Develop text using organization, structure, and transitions that demonstrate understanding of cohesion between main and subtopics. Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Sources: Cite at least five scholarly sources.
Length: 3–5 pages, not including title and reference pages.
Format: Include a title page and reference page. Use in text citations to cite your sources. [Example: Writing becomes better as the child matures (Britton, Thomas, & Miller, 1996).]
Font and size: Times New Roman, 12-point.

Based on what you have learned so far this week, create a PowerPoint presentation (minimum 12 slides) with detailed notes for each slide that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least four (4) citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations (an example is in the Resources tab) related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements.
Explain the five stages of group development.
Describe the various information gathering methods a group may use.
Explain the difference between a traditional work team and a self-managing work team.
Explain the various approaches managers can use to build team performance.

The collection of evidence is an activity that occurs with an endgame in mind. For example, law enforcement professionals collect evidence to support a decision to charge those accused of criminal activity. Similarly, evidence-based healthcare practitioners collect evidence to support decisions in pursuit of specific healthcare outcomes.
In this Assignment, you will identify an issue or opportunity for change within your healthcare organization and propose an idea for a change in practice supported by an EBP approach.
To Prepare:
Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you critically appraised in Module 4.
Reflect on your current healthcare organization and think about potential opportunities for evidence-based change.
The Assignment: (Evidence-Based Project)
Part 5: Recommending an Evidence-Based Practice Change
Create an 8- to 9-slide PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
Briefly describe your healthcare organization, including its culture and readiness for change. (You may opt to keep various elements of this anonymous, such as your company name.)
Describe the current problem or opportunity for change. Include in this description the circumstances surrounding the need for change, the scope of the issue, the stakeholders involved, and the risks associated with change implementation in general.
Propose an evidence-based idea for a change in practice using an EBP approach to decision making. Note that you may find further research needs to be conducted if sufficient evidence is not discovered.
Describe your plan for knowledge transfer of this change, including knowledge creation, dissemination, and organizational adoption and implementation.
Describe the measurable outcomes you hope to achieve with the implementation of this evidence-based change.
Be sure to provide APA citations of the supporting evidence-based peer reviewed articles you selected to support your thinking.
Add a lessons learned section that includes the following:
A summary of the critical appraisal of the peer-reviewed articles you previously submitted
An explanation about what you learned from completing the evaluation table (1 slide)
An explanation about what you learned from completing the levels of evidence table (1 slide)
An explanation about what you learned from completing the outcomes synthesis table (1 slide)

Summary:
Journaling allows students to express thoughts and feelings regarding aspects of the weekly clinical experience. It is not an account of tasks performed but rather a way of one-to-one communication with your instructor of your innermost feelings about your day of patient care. It is difficult for instructors to recognize all challenges or successes that a student might experience. Your journal offers the instructor a chance to give you support through feedback.
During this course you will keep a self-reflective journal. Entries are to be made at the beginning and at the end of the course using the Journal Tool in D2L.
Directions:
You are required to submit 2 journals:
For journal #2: due week 8
Create an entry that synthesizes and identifies the key components of the course for you.
Summary:
Journaling allows students to express thoughts and feelings regarding aspects of the weekly clinical experience. It is not an account of tasks performed but rather a way of one-to-one communication with your instructor of your innermost feelings about your day of patient care. It is difficult for instructors to recognize all challenges or successes that a student might experience. Your journal offers the instructor a chance to give you support through feedback.
During this course you will keep a self-reflective journal. Entries are to be made at the beginning and at the end of the course using the Journal Tool in D2L.
Directions:
You are required to submit 2 journals:
For journal #2: due week 8
Create an entry that synthesizes and identifies the key components of the course for you.
Discuss how this will be implemented into your new role as an advanced practice nurse.
Identify challenges you encountered with the course, or course content.
Identify 2-4 positive or negative thoughts, feelings, or emotions that occurred as a result of any knowledge and practice change that you have experienced at the end of the course
Submit 1-2 pages
Identify challenges you encountered with the course, or course content.
Identify 2-4 positive or negative thoughts, feelings, or emotions that occurred as a result of any knowledge and practice change that you have experienced at the end of the course
Submit 1-2 pages

Review the Resources and examine the Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory, found on page 20 of Clark (2015).
Review the Work Environment Assessment Template.
Reflect on the output of your Discussion post regarding your evaluation of workplace civility and the feedback received from colleagues.
Select and review one or more of the following articles found in the Resources:
Clark, Olender, Cardoni, and Kenski (2011)
Clark (2018)
Clark (2015)
Griffin and Clark (2014)
The Assignment (3-6 pages total):
Part 1: Work Environment Assessment (1-2 pages)
Review the Work Environment Assessment Template you completed for this Module’s Discussion.
Describe the results of the Work Environment Assessment you completed on your workplace.
Identify two things that surprised you about the results and one idea you believed prior to conducting the Assessment that was confirmed.
Explain what the results of the Assessment suggest about the health and civility of your workplace.
Part 2: Reviewing the Literature (1-2 pages)
Briefly describe the theory or concept presented in the article(s) you selected.
Explain how the theory or concept presented in the article(s) relates to the results of your Work Environment Assessment.
Explain how your organization could apply the theory highlighted in your selected article(s) to improve organizational health and/or create stronger work teams. Be specific and provide examples.
Part 3: Evidence-Based Strategies to Create High-Performance Interprofessional Teams (1–2 pages)
Recommend at least two strategies, supported in the literature, that can be implemented to address any shortcomings revealed in your Work Environment Assessment.
Recommend at least two strategies that can be implemented to bolster successful practices revealed in your Work Environment Assessment.
Incivility at the workplace is common in nursing education and clinical practice (Clark, Olender, Cardoni, & Kenski, 2011). Workplace incivility can be defined as repeated offensive, disrespectful, or discouraging behavior, misuse of power, or unfair punishments that make the receiver distressed and feel shamed; creating strain; and decreasing the employee’s self-confidence (Warner, Sommers, Zappa, & Thornlow, 2016). Uncivil behaviors can appear in different forms and may cause profound effects on their recipients.
The work environment assessment of my workplace resulted in a score 35. According to Clark (2015), a score below 50 in the Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory indicates a very unhealthy work environment. It is surprising that two statements where the organization scored the highest were those that stated individuals and collective achievements are celebrated and publicized ; and that use of effective conflicts resolution skills, (Clark, 2015). The publicity and celebration of individual and collective achievements is a new thing that has just been initiated and we are going strong with it. The staffs are vastly knowledgeable on conflicts resolutions. The organization is neutral on communication, living by shared vision and employee are treated in fair and respectful manner. Somewhat untrue about communication. The organization scored low in all other aspect of the assessment.
Going by this score form Workplace assessment, I will say the organization is a very unhealthy place. We discuss this almost every day with other staff in my department. Unhealthy place is not safe for both staff and even patients Communication is very poor. Nobody has the idea of when decisions are made which means staffs are excluded from decision making. The staff feels that Patient’s acuity is not put into consideration before staffing is made which made the workload voluminous and makes the environment unsafe. Staff from other departments with no basic knowledge of crisis prevention intervention are been thrown to the psychiatry units. The staff doesn’t feel supported by the management. The organization is not able to retain staff because the salary is not competitive enough and are not true to their words in terms of benefits, so there is very high turnover of staff. Only few staff has stayed for more than 2 years. Most new staff leaves between 2 weeks and 6 months.
One occasion of incivility that I have experienced was when the supervisor spoke to me in a disrespectful manner because one unidentified person called from ER and asked if we had an extra mental health worker and I responded no. She said I was being unfair and there is a reason while they called for a help. I requested to speak to her in the staff room with one other staff that was with me when the call came in . She apologized after I had expressed myself because we were never staff with an extra staff. I couldn’t have sent any staff to ER because I have an agency staff working with me who does know these patients. I could have created an unsafe place for patient and the staffs when we were already short staff and an agency staff?.
To create a high-performance team, implementation of strategies to improve work environment safety is necessary . To create an even stronger work team, it is vital that establishing excellent communication between employees be present in the organization. Respect and professional communication in a healthcare organization produces improved outcomes for patients and more civil employees (Griffin & Clark, 2014).
References
Clark, C. M. (2015). Conversations to inspire and promote a more civil workplace. American Nurse Today, 10(11), 18-23. Retrieved fromhttps://www.americannursetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ant11-CE-Civility-1023.pdf
Clark, C. M., Olender, L., Cardoni, C., & Kenski, D. (2011). Fostering civility in nursing education and practice: Nurse leaders perspective. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 41(7/8), 324-330. doi:10.1097/NNA.0b013e31822509c4
Griffin, M., & Clark, C. M. (2014). Revisiting cognitive rehearsal as an intervention against incivility and lateral violence in nursing: 10 years later. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 45(12), 535-542. doi:10.3928/00220124-20141122-02
Warrner, J., Sommers, K., Zappa, M., & Thornlow, D. (2016). Decreasing workplace incivility. Nursing Management, 47(1), 22-30. doi: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000475622.91398.c3