Requirements Develop a formal Teaching Plan for a target audience in a nursing academic or healthcare setting (Do not develop a Teaching Plan for patients.). Use the template provided to prepare and submit the Teaching Plan. Preparing the Paper This assignment will be submitted to the faculty member using the template provided. The Teaching Plan is to include the following information. Topic/title of presentation Description […]

Power in Organizations Have you ever been involved in union organizing, collective bargaining, or worked in a union shop? If so, share your experience. If not, locate a scholarly journal article that describes collective bargaining and describe how it works within an organization. Have you ever worked in a healthcare facility that had Magnet accreditation, or had experience with shared governance? If so, share your […]

Read chapter 25 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentation; once done answer the following questions. Mention and discuss the principles related to the occurrence and transmission of infection and infectious diseases. Describe and discuss the three focus areas in Healthy People 2020 objectives that apply to infectious diseases. Define and discuss the definition of infectious and communicable disease and give and […]

Go to the following website by clicking on the provided link, http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ , and select a county and a state (this may be the county/state in which you reside, attend school, or plan to live and work). After reviewing the website and the health outcomes in the County Health Rankings for the area, answer the following questions in a few short sentences as part of […]

In this assignment, you will be writing a 1,000-1,250 word paper describing the differing approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice. To complete this assignment, do the following: Select an issue from the following list: bullying, unit closers and restructuring, floating, nurse turnover, nurse staffing ratios, use of contract employees (i.e., registry and travel nurses), or magnet designation. Describe the selected issue. […]

Marcia Stapleton    2 posts   Re: Topic 10 DQ 2  Evidence based practice (EBP) is a large key to improving patient outcomes and therefore is an essential component of the BSN prepared nurse.As nurses, if we strive for improving the capacity for evidence based care in our facilities, we will make significant strides in achieving the best possible outcomes for our patients.We must, continue to look […]

Anne Kolsky    3 posts   Re: Topic 10 DQ 2  Importance of EBP for BSN-RN  Sustainability of evidence-based practice has waned. One thing I have noticed in my workplace is that people (including myself) tend to take the path of least resistance. “It’s easier to…” My mentor and I have had many conversations about this. It’s easier to just give a ‘Band-Aid or bag of ice’ […]

Please  answer the following 5 questions. Length must be 2 pages in addition to the title and reference pages. APA Format. I attached a checklist for your convenience. Thank you! 1. What factors should be considered to provide maximal protection when people are exercising in the cold? 2. How would training at medium altitude and then competing at higher altitude affect a runner’s performance? How […]

Me    5 posts   Re: Topic 2 DQ 2  Great post Dorothy also as a general rule, every policy should be reviewed every one to three years. But most experts recommend reviewing policies annually. Policy review doesn’t have to be as daunting a task as it sounds. By reviewing policies and procedures the organization is able to incorporate the current evidence-based practice and wed off the […]

This week’s graded topics relate to the following Course Outcomes (COs). CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (PO 4 & 8) CO 4: Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and significance related to evidence-based practice. (PO 4 & 8) CO 5: Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice. (PO 7 & 8) Discussion Access […]