Understanding family structure and style is essential to patient and family care. Conducting a family interview and needs assessment gathers information to identify strengths, as well as potential barriers to health. This information ultimately helps develop family-centered strategies for support and guidance.

This family health assessment is a two-part assignment. The information you gather in this initial assignment will be utilized for the second assignment in Topic 3.

Develop an interview questionnaire to be used in a family-focused functional assessment. The questionnaire must include three open-ended, family-focused questions to assess functional health patterns for each of the following:

1. Values/Health Perception
2. Nutrition
3. Sleep/Rest
4. Elimination
5. Activity/Exercise
6. Cognitive
7. Sensory-Perception
8. Self-Perception
9. Role Relationship
10. Sexuality
11. Coping

Select a family, other than your own, and seek permission from the family to conduct an interview. Utilize the interview questions complied in your interview questionnaire to conduct a family-focused functional assessment. Document the responses as you conduct the interview.

Upon completion of the interview, write a 750-1,000-word paper. Analyze your assessment findings. Submit your questionnaire as an appendix with your assignment.

Include the following in your paper:

1. Describe the family structure. Include individuals and any relevant attributes defining the family composition, race/ethnicity, social class, spirituality, and environment.
2. Summarize the overall health behaviors of the family. Describe the current health of the family.
3. Based on your findings, describe at least two of the functional health pattern strengths noted in the findings. Discuss three areas in which health problems or barriers to health were identified.
4. Describe how family systems theory can be applied to solicit changes in family members that, in turn, initiate positive changes to the overall family functions over time.

Cite at least three peer-reviewed or scholarly sources to complete this assignment. Sources should be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria.

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

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Choose one health-promoting behavior in which you personally could but don’t engage. Identify factors, as defined in the health promotion model, which contribute to your decision not to participate. Include immediate competing alternatives.

2. Analyze factors that contribute to your participation in a health-promoting activity and place each factor under the appropriate label from the health promotion model.

3. Consider your own philosophy of health and prepare your description of wellness. Is absence of disease more prominent than positive, active statements of health?

4. Anticipate the health-promoting behaviors important at various stages of development across the life span. What health promotion topics do you include in your practice?

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Nursing research is at the heart of nursing practice because it helps nurses to stay up to date with evidence-based knowledge that can improve organizational, nursing, and patient outcomes. To ease the search of scholarly materials and ensure that GCU students produce sound research that can add value to nursing literature and practice, the GCU Library provides a large number of scholarly databases that a student can actually peruse in search of journals, articles, and periodicals to support their projects.

Two GCU Library scholarly databases that will help me find the best research articles to support my capstone project change proposal will include Ovid Nursing Essential database which has access to over 125 full-text nursing journals that covers a wide range of nursing topic, including titles from highly respected Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Grand Canyon University, n. d.-a). Another GCU Library database that I can resort to in finding evidence to support my capstone project change proposal is the EBSCO database which include the CINAHL Complete, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, ERIC(EBSCO) etc (GCU, n. d.-b).

The strengths of these two databases over Google Scholar or general Internet search cannot be underestimated. First, they can help to narrow my search to specific journals and articles that are peer-reviewed, unlike the Google Scholar or general Internet search that can provide a whole range of journals and articles that are not peer reviewed. In addition, searching for research evidence via these two GCU databases can help to save a lot of time in research. In a nutshell, GCU scholarly databases provide more valuable research tools for conducting both quantitative and qualitative research than the Google Scholar.

                                                                                References

Grand Canyon University. (n. d.-a). Ovid Nursing Essential Current Status. https://libanswers.gcu.edu/systems/6123

Grand Canyon University. (n. d.-a). EBSCO Databases Current Status. https://libanswers.gcu.edu/systems/5941

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The Grand Canon university library has 92 databases with full access to more than 6000 text journals and articles, each database has exclusive feature, which help students to specialize and focus on result in more than one subject (Grand Canyon University, 2017). I propose and recommend CINAHL and ProQuest nursing and allied health source databases the best sources for my research proposal. CINAHL database has access to variety of articles from health professionals and other researchers with good understanding of nursing encounter. The database allows researchers to find appropriate medical terms used in literature thus I will be able to collect more information useful to my EBP proposal.

ProQuest nursing and allied health source database is the other database I will use in my EBP proposal. Similar to CINAHL, ProQuest provides an extensive variety in nursing, allied health related fields, videos on clinical practical, evidence based resources such as dissertation and logic review plus reference materials (Grand Canyon University, 2016). Most librarians prefer and recommend ProQuest database for those students those taking nursing research nursing research and health care related field. Due to the suitability and credibility of the above database, I find it very suitable for my proposal writing. However, though both GCU and google scholar are commonly used internet sources. GCU is more suitable because it is easy to use and offer comprehensive contact to many literature and reference materials as well as google scholar.

References

Grand Canyon University. (2017).

http://library.gcu.edu/Database/Subject?subject=Nursing_And_Health_Sciences

Grand Canyon University. (2016). About the GCU Library. | www.gcu.edu. Retrieved 13

November 2017, from https://www.gcu.edu/future-students/campus- experience/library.php

• Share one benefit you may experience professionally because you are studying The Humanities.
• How have you needed to demonstrate soft skills in your current employment or in school?
• What would you most like to learn from this course? (Humanities)

A philosophy of nursing is a written paper declaring a nurse’s beliefs, values, and ethical considerations regarding their practice of nursing.  The purpose of this paper is to provide you with the opportunity to reflect on your nursing care and treatment of patients and how you see yourself as a practicing nurse and an individual.  You will find that your nursing philosophy is dynamic, growing as you grow personally and professionally. 

Write a scholarly paper using the following:

Assignment Criteria:

• Discuss your professional belief system of nursing. This will include broad statements of your values and beliefs that propose the nature and concerns of nursing and its moral obligations to society.
• Use the nursing theory you chose for the nursing theory PowerPoint. Explain the theory and how your values and beliefs are guided by the theory. 
• Provide your definition of nursing based on your personal belief system and nursing theory.
• Give at least two examples of how you apply your definition of nursing to your nursing practice.
• The scholarly paper should be in narrative format, no more than three (3)pages in length excluding the title and reference pages. An abstract is not needed. Include an introductory paragraph and a conclusion.
• Include Level 1 and 2 headings to organize the paper (see below).
• This scholarly paper is intended to include first person formatting, with statements such as “Ibelieve…” or “My values include…”
• Include a minimum of four (4) professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal references, professional organizations, or government websites to support the paper. At least two (2) of the four (4) references are current peer reviewed journal articles.References must be no greater than five (5) years old unless considered a “classic source”.
• APA format is required (attention to spelling/grammar, a title page, a reference page, and citations).
• Review your Turnitin Similarity Score and make any needed changes.If the score is greater than 20%, you must revise the paper prior to submission.  A Turnitin Similarity Score of 20% or less is required by the RN to BSN Program.

Title of Paper

(Note: Here you will write your introductory paragraph but do not label it as Introduction)

My Personal Belief System and/or Worldwide View of Nursing (Note: Choose one or the other, or both)

Nursing Theory Best Matching My Values and Beliefs

My Definition of Nursing Based on My Values, Beliefs, and Nursing Theory

How I Apply My Definition of Nursing to My Practice of Nursing

Conclusion

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 1: Developing an Academic and Professional Network

When was the last time you read Meditation XVII of John Donne’s Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions?

Unless you are a student of seventeeth-century poetry, you may not be all that familiar with this piece. However, you may be much more familiar with one of its well-known phrases: “No man is an island…”.

As you begin your journey toward achieving your academic and professional goals, you have a great opportunity to network with academics and professionals who can help ensure you do not travel alone. This network can help to clarify your own vision for success and can help guide you now and in the future. To paraphrase Donne, no one is an island.

Begin creating an academic and professional network by identifying which academic and professional connections and resources with which you need to collaborate to succeed in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.

To Prepare:

• Consider individuals, departments, teams, and/or resources within Walden University and within your profession that you believe can support your academic and professional success.
• Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals, colleagues, or teams that might help you succeed in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.
• Download the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

The Assignment:

Academic and Professional Network

Complete Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template. Be sure to address the following:

• Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals or teams to collaborate with to be successful in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse.
• Explain why you selected these individuals and/or teams and how they will support your success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.

By Day 7 of Week 1

Submit Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.

Complete Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template. Be sure to address the following:

·   Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals or teams to collaborate with to be successful in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.–

Excellent 32 (32%) – 35 (35%)Good 28 (28%) – 31 (31%)Fair 25 (25%) – 27 (27%)Poor 0 (0%) – 24 (24%)

·   Explain why these individuals and/or teams were selected and how they will support success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.–

Excellent 45 (45%) – 50 (50%)Good 40 (40%) – 44 (44%)Fair 35 (35%) – 39 (39%)Poor 0 (0%) – 34 (34%)

Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization:

Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria.–

Excellent 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)Good 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)Fair 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)

Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards:
Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation–

Excellent 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)Good 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)Fair 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)

Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, running head, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list.–

Excellent 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)Good 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)Fair 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)Total Points: 100

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case study.  

Students much review the case study and answer all questions with a scholarly response using APA and include 2 scholarly references. Answer both case studies on the same document and upload 1 document to Moodle.

 Case Study 3 & 4 S Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Urinary Obstruction 

The answers must be in your own words with reference to journal or book where you found the evidence to your answer. Do not copy paste or use a past students work as all files submitted in this course are registered and saved in turn it in program.

Answers must be scholarly and be 3-4 sentences in length with rationale and explanation. No Straight forward / Simple answer will be accepted.  

Turn it in Score must be less than 50% or will not be accepted for credit, must be your own work and in your own words. You can resubmit, Final submission will be accepted if less than 50%. Copy paste from websites or textbooks will not be accepted or tolerated. Please see College Handbook with reference to Academic Misconduct Statement.

All answers to case studies must have reference cited in text for each answer and minimum of 2 Scholarly References (Journals, books) (No websites)  per case Study

Read Chapter 14: Ethics in Professional Nursing Practice

Answer: Think about the ethical theories and approaches in this section and the moral conflicts you have experienced in the past. Have you used one of these approaches to resolve a conflict? Which theory or approach have you used?

Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs

Minimum of two references, not older than 2015.

APA style (intext citations and references)

Plagiarism FREE