Assignment: Conduct an assessment of the health care environment where you work (i.e. health department, long-term care facility, specialty clinic, inpatient hospital, etc). Specifically, examine potential barriers that may exist for a member of a minority group that has a significant presence in your community (i.e. Native American, Cubans, Hmong). Using the criteria below (and explained in greater detail on pages 39 and 40), assess […]

Assignment: Explore the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) website: http://www.ninr.nih.gov/ Review their publication Bringing science to life: NINR strategic plan (2011, p. 7) to identify the current priorities for nursing research. Do you agree with the priorities or would you recommend addition or elimination of some of the priorities? What effect do the nursing research priorities have on nursing researchers? What criteria must be […]

Reflect on the three TED Talks you watched this week. Based on what you saw, and the material from your assigned reading, describe your experience with the role of gender and culture in the external environment and how it influences your decisions about growth in your profession. What are your observations of the organizational landscape and how gender and culture in the external environment affects […]

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.  The purpose of this assignment is to assess leadership styles, traits, and practices as a nursing professional, establish the importance of effective interprofessional communication as a leader in nursing, and to explore the role of servant leadership in nursing practice. Share with your group about specific leadership styles, traits and qualities, so you can become familiar with […]

Multigenerational nursing Please, respond to the following discussion by using one reference from peer-reviewed Nursing Journal not older than 5 years. Some of the challenges of having different generations in the workplace include a difference in education, particularly vocational training, and a difference in communication style. As current practices are studied and re-evaluated, traditional practices may be replaced by those that are more recently researched […]

          Week 7 Assignment: Essay – Creating Your Ideal State          Due   Sunday by                  11:59pm    Points 160  Submitting a file upload  Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 15, 16, 17 Lesson InstructionsYour country just overthrew its  dictator, and you are the newly elected President. Unfortunately, due to  the divisions in the country and the years of war, economic, military,  and political […]

In this assignment, students will pull together the change proposal project components they have been working on throughout the course to create a proposal inclusive of sections for each content focus area in the course. At the conclusion of this project, the student will be able to apply evidence-based research steps and processes required as the foundation to address a clinically oriented problem or issue […]

Prepare a 10–12-slide PowerPoint presentation for department managers on building leadership and trust in collaborative teams.     Perhaps the best predictor of team success is its clarity of purpose and the team’s commitment to achieving it. To support that purpose, a team needs a process that moves smoothly from vision and mission to goals and tasks in order to achieve the desired outcomes. The foundation […]

Please, respond to the following discussion by using one reference from peer-reviewed Nursing Journal. not older than 5 years. The concept of organizational structure is fundamental in all companies. Among other things, it defines the characteristics of the organization of the company and has the mission of establishing authority, hierarchy, organizational charts, and departments, among other things. All organizations must have an organizational structure according […]

 n this week’s activity you will have an opportunity to play a clinician and diagnose fictitious individuals with mental disorders. Please answer the questions below; Susan, a college student, is anxious whenever she must speak. Her anxiety motivates her to prepare meticulously and rehearse material again and again. Is Susan’s reaction normal, or does she have an anxiety disorder? Explain the criteria you used in arriving at […]