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bj week 7

For this assignment, you will Reflect on topics they have covered over the last eight weeks, Discuss the application of Middle Range Theories and Nursing Practice, and Discuss the impact of mentors during the course. 

Please include 400 words or more in your initial post with 3 or more scholarly articles in the references, APA style, Turnitin less than 20 %, no AI

 As their names imply, the honeyguide bird and the honey badger both share an affinity for honey. Honeyguide birds specialize in finding beehives but struggle to access the honey within. Honey badgers are well-equipped to raid beehives but cannot always find them. However, these two honey-loving species have learned to collaborate on an effective means to meet their objectives. The honeyguide bird guides honey badgers to newly discovered hives. Once the honey badger has ransacked the hive, the honey guide bird safely enters to enjoy the leftover honey.

Much like honeyguide birds and honey badgers, nurses and health professionals from other specialty areas can—and should—collaborate to design effective programs. Nurses bring specialties to the table that make them natural partners to professionals with different specialties. When nurses take the requisite leadership in becoming involved throughout the healthcare system, these partnerships can better design and deliver highly effective programs that meet objectives.

In this Assignment, you will practice this type of leadership by advocating for a healthcare program. Equally as important, you will advocate for a collaborative role of the nurse in the design and implementation of this program. To do this, assume you are preparing to be interviewed by a professional organization/publication regarding your thoughts on the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources and reflect on your thinking regarding the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.
• Select a healthcare program within your practice and consider the design and implementation of this program.
• Reflect on advocacy efforts and the role of the nurse in relation to healthcare program design and implementation.

In a 2- to 4-page, create an interview transcript of your responses to the following interview questions:

• Tell us about a healthcare program, within your practice. What are the costs and projected outcomes of this program?
• Who is your target population?
• What is the role of the nurse in providing input for the design of this healthcare program? Can you provide examples?
• What is your role as an advocate for your target population for this healthcare program? Do you have input into design decisions? How else do you impact design?
• What is the role of the nurse in healthcare program implementation? How does this role vary between design and implementation of healthcare programs? Can you provide examples?
• Who are the members of a healthcare team that you believe are most needed to implement a program? Can you explain why?

Weekly Resources

• Short, N. M. (2022). Milstead’s health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (7th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
  • Chapter 4, “Policy Analysis and Design” (pp. 77–93)
  • Chapter 9, “The Influence of Patient Health Data on Health Policy” (pp. 197–217)
  • Chapter 10, “Financing Health Care” (pp. 247–257 only)
• American Nurses Association (ANA). (n.d.). AdvocacyLinks to an external site.. Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy
• Congress.govLinks to an external site.. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.congress.gov/
• Klein, K. J., & Sorra, J. S. (1996). The challenge of innovation implementationLinks to an external site.. Academy of Management Review, 21(4), 1055–1080.
• Office of Policy, Performance, and Evaluation. (2019). The CDC policy processLinks to an external site.. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/policy/polaris/policyprocess/index.html
• Sacristán, J., & Dilla, T. D. (2015). No big data without small data: Learning health care systems begin and end with the individual patientLinks to an external site.. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 21(6), 1014–1017.
• Tummers, L., & Bekkers, V. (2014). Policy implementation, street level bureaucracy, and the importance of discretionLinks to an external site.. Public Management Review, 16(4), 527–547.

Please provide a speak-over PowerPoint presentation on the utilization of Psychotherapeutic Approaches for Addictions. 

Presentation Guidelines

Your PowerPoint should include the following slides:

1. Title Slide
   • Include your name, course, date, and title of your presentation.
2. Introduction Slide
   • Provide a brief overview of what your presentation will cover.
3. Current Trends and Practices
   • Highlight contemporary approaches and innovations in addiction treatment.
4. Principles of Effective Treatment
   • Discuss the key principles that make treatment approaches successful.
5. Models of Treatment
   • Present at least two models of addiction treatment and their applications.
6. Conclusion Slide
   • Summarize the key points discussed in your presentation.
7. References Slide
   • Include all sources used in APA format.

Over the past eight weeks, I have experienced a transformative journey exploring the intricate relationship between theoretical frameworks and practical applications in healthcare settings. By reviewing middle-range theories, I have consolidated my understanding of such theories as middle-range theories that act as a link between the broad theoretical framework and practice nursing interventions. Theories such as Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Theory, Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory, and Leininger’s Transcultural Nursing Theory have demonstrated significant relevance in addressing specific patient populations and healthcare scenarios I will encounter. These frameworks have given me set ways of approaching problems that are most often faced in nursing but are flexible enough to suit different contexts. Judging by experiences in this course, applying these theories in evidence-based practice has helped me grow in critical thinking and also broadened my knowledge of the theoretical background of nursing, hence improving my professional practice and patient outcomes.

The application of middle-range theories in nursing practice represents a crucial development in my professional nursing identity and clinical decision-making processes. If appropriately assimilated, I can turn theories into authentic tools that I use in making my assessments, decisions, and evaluations regarding my patient management. For instance, Swanson’s Theory of Caring has a more detailed framework of knowing, being with, doing for, empowering and believing, which I can easily align with clear and specific nursing activities in several organizations within the healthcare sector. Same to this, Benner’s Novice to Expert Model provides clear guidelines for my professional practice that can be useful in clinical competency programs and mentorship. These middle-range theories further act as a framework upon which I establish protocols in nursing, enhance nursing care quality and pursue research. These help in maintaining focus without getting too broad yet finding ways of explaining the reason behind my clinical approach and how I modify plans to fit patients.

Reply to this discussion: APA style, 200 words or more, 2 or more references, turnitin less than 20 %, No AI

The mentorship component throughout the course has proven essential in facilitating my transition from theoretical knowledge to clinical application. Professional tutors have also shown me how there can be integration of theory in practice while treating patients; they have shown me real-life scenarios on how students can implement some aspects of theory while caring for patients. Positive and required sources of feedback from my mentors have encouraged me to delve deeper into the thinking behind my clinical practice choices, which puts me into a better perspective on the theories that are being taught in the class. These relationships have allowed me to clarify my assumptions and problem-solve regarding approaches to perceiving, approaching and managing patient care scenarios. The collective discussion with my mentors has revealed how expert performers automatically translate theory into practice knowledge, therefore making the theoretical, in a way, the practical that is taken for granted in the nursing profession. The application of theory has been made very clear to me; aspects of the theory and the significance of thinking conceptually in the formation of my clinical decision-making wherever achieved here.

Speak first person

In response to your peers, offer any advice and feedback to address your peers’ progress and concerns. 

Health-Related Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, or Feeding/Eating Disorder

After studying Module 6: Lecture Materials & Resources, address the following in a discussion post:

• Explain why some cultural/ethnic groups are disproportionately affected by childhood obesity.
• Identify your ethnicity and culture. Then, list three health promotion strategies that can be taken to address this obesity in your culture/ethnicity.
• Use the US clinical guidelines to support your response.
  Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources from the past 5 years. 
• create in a word doc 

A 2-month-old is identified during newborn screening with sickle cell anemia.

• How would you manage this patient at 2 months, 2 years, 6 years, and at 13 years old?
• What are the issues for each stage in development?
• Where would you refer this child?
• How would you coordinate the care of this child?