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professional development plan

Overview
Write a 6–8-page professional development plan for your work as a nurse educator.
Learning never stops for the nurse educator. Lifelong learning is necessary to stay current both in the practice world and in education. Nurse educators need to have a plan for their own continued professional development that will help them maintain and advance their skills both as nurses and as educators.
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Toggle Drawer Context
The Institute of Medicine has urged nurses to be leaders in health care change, and that requires educators to be at the forefront of those changes.
Read more about nurse educators as scholars and educators in the Assessment 4 Context [PDF] document.

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

What are some approaches that nurse educators can use when encountering resistance to change?
How might effective leadership styles be the same or different for the following roles?
BSN nursing faculty.
Community health educator.
Staff development educator.
What are some ways that scholarship fits with nursing practice?
How do you or would you view the following evaluation processes as an educator? What can be most useful to faculty from student evaluations?
Regular evaluation of nurse educators by students and administrators.
Peer evaluations of teaching skills.
Toggle Drawer Resources
Required Resources
The following resources are required to complete the assessment.
Capella Resources

Assessment 4 Context [PDF].

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Assessment Instructions
Write a 6–8-page professional development plan for your career as an MSN-prepared nurse. The professional development plan should include the following:

Introduction: A brief introductory paragraph that clearly states the purpose of the paper.
Area of focus: A description of your specific area of focus in nursing education, the position that you wish to obtain, and the educator competencies that you will need as an MSN-prepared nurse.
Professional goals: A statement of your specific professional goals (a minimum of three) and discussion of their relationship to your nurse educator philosophy.
Influences: A brief description of any additional forces (social, economic, political, or institutional) that may influence your nursing education role.
Analysis: An analysis of how you will carry out scholarship activities as an MSN-prepared nurse and a specific plan for scholarship based on a model.
Leadership role: A discussion of specific ways (a minimum of two) that you will develop a leadership role in your chosen area of focus.
Development plan: Specific plans for professional growth and any additional education, certifications, or training to be acquired.
Reflection: A reflection in a concluding paragraph on your abilities to meet goals and achieve your professional development plan and ethical practice.
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should meet the following requirements:

Written communication: Written communication should be free of grammar and spelling errors that distract from the content.
APA format: Use correct APA format, including running head, page numbers, and a title page. Citations and references (if used) are to be in correct APA format.
Format: Submit your assessment as a Word document.
Length: 6–8 double-spaced pages, not including the title page and references page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman or Arial, 12 point.
Creating a Professional Development Plan
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public health agency.

You have been an RN for 3 years. Six months ago, you left your position as a day charge nurse at one of the local hospitals to accept a position in the

You have been an RN for 3 years. Six months ago, you left your position as a day charge nurse at one of the local hospitals to accept a position in the public health agency. You really miss your friends at the hospital and find most of the public health nurses older and aloof. However, you love working with your patients and have decided that this is where you want to build a lifetime career. Although you believe that you have some good ideas, you are aware that because you are new, you will probably not be able to act as change agent yet. Eventually, you would like to be promoted to agency supervisor and become a powerful force for stimulating growth within the agency. You decided that you can do a few things to build a power base. You spend a weekend designing a personal power-building plan

 

Make a power-building plan. Give six to ten specific examples of thing you would do to build a power base in the new organization. Provide rationale for each selection. Outline specific actions that you would take. It might be helpful to consider your own community and personal strengths when solving this learning experience.

. You really miss your friends at the hospital and find most of the public health nurses older and aloof. However, you love working with your patients and have decided that this is where you want to build a lifetime career. Although you believe that you have some good ideas, you are aware that because you are new, you will probably not be able to act as change agent yet. Eventually, you would like to be promoted to agency supervisor and become a powerful force for stimulating growth within the agency. You decided that you can do a few things to build a power base. You spend a weekend designing a personal power-building plan

 

Make a power-building plan. Give six to ten specific examples of thing you would do to build a power base in the new organization. Provide rationale for each selection. Outline specific actions that you would take. It might be helpful to consider your own community and personal strengths when solving this learning experience.

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   Theoretical foundation of nursing practice.                                                

Theoretical foundation of nursing practice.

Use APA reference citation

Address each component of each item

1) identify how the development of nursing diagnosis and nursing therapeutic Taxonomies contribute to advancing nursing knowledge. identify how the support for evidence-based-practice is an indication of progress in the nursing discipline.

2) Describe  grand nursing theory, Give 2 example of grand nursing theories.

3)Discuss the impact of grand nursing theories on patient care.

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theories and principles of nursing

CO1 Utilize prior knowledge of theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines to explain expected client behaviors, while differentiating between normal findings, variations, and abnormalities. (PO 1)
CO2 Recognize the influence that developmental stages have on physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual functioning. (PO 1)
CO3 Utilize effective communication when performing a health assessment. (PO 3)
Fred is an 83-year-old male who is being admitted to the medical-surgical unit status post fall. He is alert and oriented and reports that while visiting a local casino with his wife Margaret earlier this evening, he tripped over a curb and fell landing on his right side. After receiving morphine in the emergency room prior to transfer to your unit, Fred is rating his pain at 6/10. He has multiple bruises from his jawbone to his knee as well as a slight rotation of his right leg.

Past medical history includes: myocardial infarction (MI) x 2, peripheral vascular disease (PVD) with bilateral iliac stents, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), sleep apnea, and degenerative joint disease.

Medications include: aspirin, Plavix, Lopressor, Lisinopril, and Metformin.

After reviewing the above scenario please answer the following questions.

Based on the information provided, how will you prioritize your care, what assessments will you include and in what order? Please provide rationale for your response.
Considering this patient’s age, injury, past medical history, and list of current medications, what, if any, concerns do you have related to his potential need for surgery?
Should surgery to repair his right femur be required; what type of clearance and pre-op orders would you anticipate receiving related to his diet, meds, lab work, and so on?
STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS

CLASS: I am certain that most of you have encountered a patient like Fred. They are vibrant and engaged elderly people who suffer a fall and sustain what can be life threatening injuries. His situation is complicated by his age (the condition of his vital organs and musculoskeletal system), his previous medical history and his current medication regimen. Be sure to consider each of these complications as you create your plan for his nursing care.

References:

Chamberlain College of Nursing (2019) NR305 RN Health Assessment.Week 7 lesson Downers Grove, IL Online Publication

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Nurse Manager

Nurse Manager

Include your nurse facilitator’s credentials, position, scope of responsibilities, length of time as a manager, etc. Describe his or her participation in professional organizations, which professional journals he or she typically reads, and other pertinent information related to ongoing professional development.

 

Communication

Provide specific examples of communications interactions upward, downward, as well as peer communication. How effective or ineffective is the manager in various roles, and what recommendations do you have that would help him or her to be a more effective communicator?

 

Nurse Leader

Describe the leadership style of the nurse manager with supportive references cited. Provide specific examples of how he or she handles responsibilities and indicate whether you believe the responsibilities were handled effectively or ineffectively. Provide at least two specific examples of leadership skills in practice, and critique the effectiveness/ineffectiveness for the identified situation. (Examples may include situations related to use of power, conflict management, managing personnel, crisis management, effective delegation, team building, etc.)

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clinical environment

Assignment

In collaboration with your approved course mentor, you will choose a specific evidence-based practice proposal topic for the Capstone Project. Consider the clinical environment in which you are currently working or have recently worked. The Capstone Project topic can be a clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a quality improvement suggestion, a leadership initiative, or an educational need appropriate “supervised to your area of interest as well as your practice immersion (practicum) setting. A combination of 100 clinical hours” in community health and leadership areas will be obtained through the application of the objectives listed in the “Guidelines for Undergraduate Field Experiences” manual and as captured in the ISP.

Practicum immersion experiences are required in a community health setting. Community health and leadership practice immersion can occur in the same site and in conjunction with the evidence-based project in the NRS-490V course. Definitions of community-based settings should encourage community integration and involvement; expand accessibility of services and supports; promote personal preference, strengths, dignity; and empower people to participate in the economic mainstream. Examples of the integration of community health, leadership, and an EBP can be found at Healthy People 2020.

The goals of the practice immersion experience is to apply the learning from your research, community health, and leadership courses:

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of factors to consider when planning to work with a chosen community.
  2. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of approaches that will facilitate engagement of the community.
  3. Demonstrate and apply knowledge and skills required to work constructively with communities.
  4. Demonstrate and apply knowledge related to engagement of organizational leadership and change agents.
  5. Demonstrate and apply knowledge related to disseminating project findings/data with organizational leadership and change agents.
  6. Demonstrate and apply knowledge related to completing an evidence-based project to impact population health outcomes.
  7. Demonstrate and apply Healthy People 2010/2020 principles related to completing an evidence-based project to impact population health outcomes.

According to Healthy People.gov, educational and community-based programs and strategies are designed to reach people outside of traditional health care settings. These settings may include:

Schools

Worksites

Health care facilities

Communities

Each setting provides opportunities to reach people using existing social structures. This maximizes impact and reduces the time and resources necessary for program development.

In a composition of no more than 750 words, describe the nature of your proposed project topic. Include the following in your discussion:

  1. The setting or context in which the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need can be observed.
  2. A description providing a high level of detail regarding the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need.
  3. Impact of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need on the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
  4. Significance of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need and its implications to nursing.

Preview and utilize the “Project Topic Checklist” resource located in the topic materials to assist in developing your proposed Capstone Project topic. This resource will assist you in organizing your work and will provide additional information regarding the assignment. Note: You are required to retrieve and assess a minimum of 15 peer-reviewed articles. Plan your time to complete this assignment accordingly.

Attach the completed “Project Topic Checklist” to your assignment submission.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

 

 

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treatment goals

Mr. Russell is a 69-year-old male who presents to your clinic with complaints heart palpitations and light headedness on and off for the past month. He has a history of hypertension and is currently prescribed HCTZ.

Vital Signs: B/P 180/95, Irregular HR 78, Resp. 20, Weight 99 kilograms

Lower extremities with moderate 3+edema noted bilaterally, ABD + BS, Neuro AOX3,

Labs: NA 143mEq/L, CL 99 mmol/L BUN 18mg/dL, Hbg 15.

  • What are your treatment goals for Mr. Russell today?
  • What is your pharmacologic plan; please state your rationale for your plan?
  • What are five key patient education points based on your plan?
  • How would your plan change if your patient is African American?

(must be atleast 300 words)

(atleast 3 references)

(references need to be in APA format)

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The Landmarks of Tomorrow 

The term “knowledge worker” was first coined by management consultant and author Peter Drucker in his book, The Landmarks of Tomorrow (1959). Drucker defined knowledge workers as high-level workers who apply theoretical and analytical knowledge, acquired through formal training, to develop products and services. Does this sound familiar?

Nurses are very much knowledge workers. What has changed since Drucker’s time are the ways that knowledge can be acquired. The volume of data that can now be generated and the tools used to access this data have evolved significantly in recent years and helped healthcare professionals (among many others) to assume the role of knowledge worker in new and powerful ways.

In this Assignment, you will consider the evolving role of the nurse leader and how this evolution has led nurse leaders to assume the role of knowledge worker. You will prepare a PowerPoint presentation with an infographic (graphic that visually represents information, data, or knowledge. Infographics are intended to present information quickly and clearly.) to educate others on the role of nurse as knowledge worker.

Reference: Drucker, P. (1959). The landmarks of tomorrow. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.

To Prepare:

  • Review the concepts of informatics as presented in the Resources.
  • Reflect on the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
  • Consider how knowledge may be informed by data that is collected/accessed.

The Assignment:

  • Explain the concept of a knowledge worker.
  • Define and explain nursing informatics and highlight the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
  • Develop a simple infographic to help explain these concepts.

    NOTE: For guidance on infographics, including how to create one in PowerPoint, see “How to Make an Infographic in PowerPoint” presented in the Resources.

  • Surce that is youtube clip:

Public Health Informatics Institute. (2017). Public Health Informatics: “translating” knowledge for health [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLUygA8Hpfo.

  • Your PowerPoint should Include the hypothetical scenario you originally shared in the Discussion Forum. Include your examination of the data that you could use, how the data might be accessed/collected, and what knowledge might be derived from that data. Be sure to incorporate feedback received from your colleagues’ responses.

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healthcare problem

A. Write a brief summary (suggested length of 2–3 pages) of the significance and background of a healthcare problem by doing the following:

1. Describe a healthcare problem

Note: A healthcare problem can be broad in nature or focused.

2. Explain the significance of the problem.

3. Describe the current practice related to the problem.

4. Discuss how the problem impacts the organization and/or patient’s cultural background (i.e., values, health behavior, and preferences).

B. Complete the attached “PICO Table Template” by identifying all the elements of the PICO.

1. Develop the PICO question.

C. Describe the search strategy (suggested length of 1–2 pages) you used to conduct the literature review by doing the following:

1. Identify the keywords used for the search.

2. Describe the number and types of articles that were available for consideration.

a. Discuss two research evidence and two non-research evidence sources that were considered (levels I–V).

Note: Be sure to upload a copy of the full text of the aritcles with your submission

D. Complete the attached “Evidence Matrix” to list five research evidence sources (levels I–III) from scholarly journal sources you locate in major medical databases.

Note: Four different authors should be used for research evidence. Research evidence must not be more than five years old.

E. Explain a recommended practice change (suggested length of 1–3 pages) that addresses the PICO question within the framework of the evidence collected and used in the attached “Evidence Matrix.”

F. Describe a process for implementing the recommendation from part E (suggested length of 2–3 pages) in which you do the following:

1. Explain how you would involve three key stakeholders in the decision to implement the recommendation.

2. Describe the specific barriers you may encounter in applying evidence to practice changes in the nursing practice setting.

3. Identify two strategies that could be used to overcome the barriers discussed in F2.

4. Identify one indicator to measure the outcome related to the recommendation.

G. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

Articles have already been chosen, if c

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Global Health Comparison Matrix

The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Global Health Comparison Matrix; 1-page Plan for Social Change)

Part 1: Global Health Comparison Matrix

Focusing on the country you selected and the U.S., complete the Global Health Comparison Matrix. Be sure to address the following:

Consider the U.S. national/federal health policies that have been adapted for the global health issue you selected from the WHO global health agenda. Compare these policies to the additional country you selected for study.
Explain the strengths and weaknesses of each policy.
Explain how the social determinants of health may impact the global health issue you selected. Be specific and provide examples.
Using the WHO’s Organization’s global health agenda as well as the results of your own research, analyze how each country’s government addresses cost, quality, and access to the global health issue selected.
Explain how the health policy you selected might impact the health of the global population. Be specific and provide examples.
Explain how the health policy you selected might impact the role of the nurse in each country.
Explain how global health issues impact local healthcare organizations and policies in both countries. Be specific and provide examples.
Part 2: A Plan for Social Change

Reflect on the global health policy comparison and analysis you conducted in Part 1 of the Assignment and the impact that global health issues may have on the world, the U.S., your community, as well as your practice as a nurse leader.

In a 1-page response, create a plan for social change that incorporates a global perspective or lens into your local practice and role as a nurse leader.

Explain how you would advocate for the incorporation of a global perspective or lens into your local practice and role as a nurse leader.
Explain how the incorporation of a global perspective or lens might impact your local practice and role as a nurse leader.
Explain how the incorporation of a global perspective or lens into your local practice as a nurse leader represents and contributes to social change. Be specific and provide examples.

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