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This assignment focuses on the importance of self-assessment and reflection.

Self-Assessment

Self-awareness is essential for developing leadership skills. Recognizing your own strengths, weaknesses, and values, and understanding emotional intelligence and learning styles can help you to be a more effective nurse leader.

For this assignment, you have the opportunity to take a variety of self-assessments to learn more about yourself and identify your assets and weaknesses as a leader. This will assist you in discovering how you can improve your own self-leadership skills. You will be asked to think critically about your results and submit a reflection as directed below.

Select three of the following self-assessments and complete them. Be sure to document the results of each assessment to assist you in completing the reflection portion of the assignment below.

1. Emotional Intelligence Assessment: “Emotional Intelligence Test”: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/personality/emotional-intelligence-test 
2. Personality Assessment: “Free Personality Test”: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test 
3. Learning Styles Assessment: “Values Profile”: http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/ 
4. Values Assessment: “Values Profile”: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/personality/values-profile 
5. Values Assessment: “Rokeach Values Survey”: http://faculty.wwu.edu/tyrank/Rokeach%20Value%20Survey.pdf
6. Diversity Assessment: “Cultural Competence Self-Test”: https://www.oregon.gov/DHS/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/PROVIDERS-PARTNERS/SCPAconference/Cultural%20Competence%20Self-Test.pdf 

Self-Assessment Reflection

Becoming self-aware is an ongoing process requiring introspection. The more often people practice self-reflection, the more opportunities they have to understand their own behaviors and adapt their approaches to working with other people, which can improve both your own and other’s abilities to meet their professional goals.

In a 750-1,000 word reflective essay, address the following:

1. Briefly summarize why you selected each self-assessment and the results you obtained on each assessment.
2. Identify the leadership style that closely aligns to your philosophy of care, and explain what appeals to you about that style.
3. Reflect on how you might incorporate elements of that particular style as you exercise leadership in a practice or health care organization setting.
4. Discuss any particular areas for improvement the assessments helped you identify and some steps for improving your leadership capabilities.

You are required to cite three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.

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.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. 

Description:

You will be building your Philosophy of Nursing paper that will be submitted at the end of the unit. Take time now to review the details and write the paper according to the attached rubric.

Purpose: 

The purpose of this assignment is to enable the student to discover his or her personal philosophy of nursing as it exists at the beginning of the academic journey toward the BSN.

Guidelines: 

Download the guidelines and grading criteria for the Philosophy of Nursing paper from the module resources before you start the paper and refer to them as you work.

Note: the guidelines and grading criteria rubric is attached. APA format 7TH edition and Zero Plagiarism.  5 pages excluding cover and reference page.

For this assignment you will be given a case study about a young lady named Sarah Smith. Review the information provided and answer the questions following. Be sure to cite your references. Look at Sarah as if she is a patient in your office seeking care. What are your immediate concerns? What needs to be done for her? Be thorough and succinct in your responses.

Case Study:

Sarah Smith is a 28 y/o African American female who presents to the office with c/o wound to her left foot for the past few days. States she had tripped and fell while barefoot scraping the top of her foot on the pavement. She denies any other injury from the incident. Over the past 24 hours the wound has had “smelly” drainage. Has been experiencing generalized achiness, but denies fever and chills. Did not seek medical attention at the time of injury. Has been using hydrogen peroxide to clean her wound. Is unclear of her last tetanus vaccination. Patient PMHx significant for DM II. States that she takes her medications when she remembers, and does not always check her blood sugar.

PMHx:

Asthma: no hospitalizations for exacerbation.

DM II

PSHx:

Denies

SHx:

Former tobacco user: ceased smoking 2 years ago. Had smoked 1ppd x 5 years

ETOH: socially

Illicit drugs: denies

FHx:

Significant for paternal DM, otherwise unremarkable

Medications:

Metformin: 500mg BID po – did not take the last few days

Albuterol MDI: 2 puffs every 6 hours prn – last use just PTA

Singulair: 10mg po daily

Trinessa: 1 tab po daily – last taken this am

Allergies:

PCN: hives

LNMP: 2 weeks ago.

G0p0

ROS:

General: denies any weight changes, fatigue or fever; + body aches

Skin: denies any rashes; + wound to left foot

HEENT: denies headache, head injury, dizziness, lightheadedness;

            Denies any vision changes

            Denies any hearing changes, tinnitus, vertigo, earache

            Denies any nasal congestion, discharge, nose bleeds or sinus tenderness

            Denies any sore throat, difficulty swallowing

Neck: denies any swollen glands, pain

Breasts: denies any pain, discharge

Respiratory: denies any dyspnea; positive cough and wheezing

CV: denies any chest pain, edema

GI: denies any nausea/vomiting/diarrhea/constipation; denies bloody stools

PV: denies claudication, swelling to LE

GU: denies frequency, urgency, burning;

            Denies vaginal discharge, itching, sores

            Denies penile discharge, itching or sores

MS: positive pain to left foot

Psych: denies nervousness, depression

Neuro: denies Headache, dizziness, vertigo, syncope, weakness; + numbness to right LE

Heme: denies any easy bruising

Physical Exam:

Vital signs: 100.5 (tympanic), 162/88, 118, 22, O2 sat 95% on RA

                        Height: 5’5”     Weight: 250 lbs.

            Blood glucose: 230 (Fasting; states has not eaten yet today)

patient awake, alert, oriented x 4 in NAD

Skin: warm, dry, color WNL. 4 cm lesion noted to anterior left foot with crusting and purulent drng; + surrounding erythema extending up 7 cm proximally

HEENT: head nontraumatic, normocephalic

Pupils PERRLA, EOMs intact; disc margins sharp, without hemorrhages, exudates; no AV nicking noted

Ears: bilateral TM with good cone of light and intact

Nose: mucosa pink, septum midline; no sinus tenderness appreciated

Mouth: mucosa pink, moist; tongue midline; tonsils 1+ without exudate

Neck: supple; trachea midline; no LAD

Resp: regular and unlabored; lungs with end expiratory wheezing throughout

CV: RRR, S1 and S2 noted; no s3, s4 or murmur appreciated

Abdomen: soft, non-distended; Bs + x 4; no tenderness with palpation; no CVA tenderness with percussion

Genitalia: deferred

Rectal: deferred

Extremities: warm and without edema; calves supple, non-tender

PV: no LE edema

MS: + swelling to left foot; + tenderness of 2-4th left metatarsals; + left pedal pulse; CMS intact; Cap refill < 2 sec.

Neuro: alert, cooperative; thought coherent; oriented x 4; cranial nerves II-XII intact

Questions:

1. List your differentials for her current problems. Remember you should have at least three different differentials for each problem. Include rationale for each differential.

2. At this time what medical diagnoses are you most concerned about? Do they impact other diagnoses? If so, how?

3. What diagnostic images would you order? Provide your rationale. What are you trying to rule in or out?

4. What laboratory work would you order? What would you anticipate to be abnormal? Provide your rationale for each.

5. What is your comprehensive plan of care? Include your rationales.

To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

Assignment Requirements

Before finalizing your work, you should:

• be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above)
• consult the Grading Rubric to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
• utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Examine the importance of professional associations in nursing. Choose a professional nursing organization that relates to your specialty area, or a specialty area in which you are interested. In a 750‐1,000 word paper, provide a detailed overview the organization and its advantages for members. Include the following:

1. Describe the organization and its significance to nurses in the specialty area. Include its purpose, mission, and vision. Describe the overall benefits, or “perks,” of being a member.
2. Explain why it is important for a nurse in this specialty field to network. Discuss how this organization creates networking opportunities for nurses.
3. Discuss how the organization keeps its members informed of health care changes and changes to practice that affect the specialty area.
4.  Discuss opportunities for continuing education and professional development.

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. 

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. 

Write a 4 pages research paper on Tobacco use on adolescents smoking in the past 30 days

Identify the leading health indicators from Health People 20/20-applicable to the adolescents’ community. what are some Ideas for Health Promotion Project that can help adolescents who smoke tobacco? Describes approaches to educate the target population about the topic. • The approaches are appropriate for the cultural target population. • Identifies specific ways to promote lifestyle changes within the target population. Identify the community-group of people and locations in adolescents smoking cigarettes in the past 30 days?   

  When creating your persuasive speech rough draft outline, please be sure to follow the format of the speech outline example that is included in the directions. Be sure to use Roman numerals for each main point and capital letters, lowercase letters, and numbers for sub-points and sub-sub-points 

The post should be written in outline form. To prepare the Persuasive outline, use the full-sentence outline method. The outline should have enough content in order to deliver an 8-10 minute persuasive speech. The outline should include the following:

• Specific Purpose
• Central Idea (aka:  Thesis Statement or Preview Statement)
• Introduction – capture attention, establish YOUR speaker credibility, preview the speech
• Body – key points (minimum of 3), transitions between main points, supporting materials from at least 3 sources including in-text references to the sources.
• Conclusion – signal the end, summarize main points
• Researched supporting material references (minimum 3) – include a works cited at the end of your outline, use APA format.
• Identification of a presentation aid (visual)
• Use persuasive techniques and language

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with in-text citations and references in APA format.

 Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2018). Partnering to heal: Teaming up against healthcare-associated infections [Video]. Available from http://health.gov/hcq/training-partnering-to-heal.asp  

After you complete the video and assume the identity of each of the characters, you are to answer the six (6) questions below in a 3 to 5-page paper excluding the Title and Reference Pages. Please use the template provided. Paper must be in third-person point of view except for Question #5 

 Please focus on the content and concepts of the questions below. It is not necessary to discuss each of the characters in detail. What is important is to think critically about how their actions overall contributed to the outcome of the patients discussed in the video. Correlate the outcome of their overall actions to the questions below. 

 You may include some basic information regarding HAIs but they are not the focus of this paper so do not spend too much time discussing the different types of infections. 

 1. Discuss how preventing healthcare-associated infections requires both a change in behavior and a change in the organization’s culture.

 2. Discuss for a change to work, healthcare providers must work in teams and hold each other accountable at every level. 

3. Explain if leaders make zero-percent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) a personal goal, how others will likely follow.

 4. Explain how encouraging others to embrace infection prevention protocols requires effective communication skills, even in the face of confrontation. 

5. Which character was your favorite to play and why? What could they have done differently to change the outcome? 

6. What role does evidence-based practice have in preventing HAIs? 

 Below are the APA format references and citations for the Partnering to Heal video. Please provide correct APA format citations in your paper. Please refer to p. 177 in your APA 6th ed. Manual to learn correct format for citations for an author readily identified through abbreviations. 

 First in-text citation: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP, 2018) 

Subsequent citations: 

ODPHP (2018) First parenthetical citation: (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion [ODPHP], 2018) 

Please attached are my 2 assignments for 2 different courses, NURS 6501 and NURS 6053. Please pay attention to these and read well to understand both. All tasks are required to have 7th edition APA format and at least 3 references to get the required grade. Let me know if you have any questions.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY

Using the public health issue you identified in SLP 1, the information you have gathered for your community, and the logic model for your proposed program:

1. Develop an action plan for at least two of the strategies you identified in your logic model. Make sure to include each of the components of an action plan as provided in the example in the required readings.
2. Describe the relationship between a strategic plan and an action plan.
3. Discuss the responsibilities and competencies of health professionals as they relate to developing an action plan.

Length: 2–3 pages double-spaced, excluding the cover page and the reference list.

PLEASE SEE PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT IN ATTACHMENT FROM SLP 1

500 words no formal paper needed but must follow APA format. Correct citing and references. 

Please refer to the course calendar for due dates for initial and response post.

1. Discuss the pathophysiologic difference between diabetes mellitus type 1 and diabetes mellitus type 2.

2. Describe the role of insulin in the metabolism of glucose, fat, and protein. Also, discuss how insulin is related to the manifestations of diabetes.