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 Select a topic for your Topic 3 Executive Summary assignment. Post your idea and basic thoughts about the topic using the assignment details from Topic 3. You should provide thoughts to your peers about their topics and ideas that may assist them in completing their projects. 

 Respond  by providing at least two contributions for improving or including  in their Parent Guide and at least two things that you like about their  guide. 

NOTE: Positive comment

(Parent Guide attached bellow)

Discussion: Building a Health History

Every two weeks, you will submit a reflective journal to the discussion forum for review by course faculty and your classmates. All are expected to engage and support one another by sharing these experiences in a supportive, constructive, and professional environment. Journaling is an active learning technique that is meant to enhance reflective practice (Blake, 2005). Reflective practice involves looking back over what has happened in the practice setting in an effort to improve performance or to encourage professional growth (Ruth-Sahd, 2003).

Your Weekly Practicum Journal is:

• A personal, introspective subjective account of your practicum experience and how your practicum experience relates to Healthy People 2020 and course objectives. Include events that occurred in your practicum experience, and be sure to describe your thoughts and feelings about those events. How did your perceptions change? What did you learn that was unexpected? Describe your thinking about your thoughts and feelings regarding the new learning you experienced.
• Connected to South University’s College of Nursing Conceptual Framework Pillars (Caring, Communication, Critical Thinking, Professionalism, and Holism)
• Connected to prior coursework and experiences through reflective analysis.
• Written in a scholarly, academic style using APA style format. Two or three sentences are not sufficient nor are daily logs/reports of activities.

Citations should conform to APA guidelines. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources or connect to the APA Style website. 

the assignment will be on a diabetic/ hypertensive patient that keeps getting admitted to the hospital for uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension. patient will be admitted to a cardiac/ telemetry floor

Vision

My future nursing vision is to have “an environment that fosters lifelong learning, nursing involvement in decision-making, optimal utilization of professional skills and knowledge, and health informatics to improve patient outcomes via the supportive legal and ethical framework.”

Vision’s fit with IOM Recommendations

            IOM made four critical recommendations regarding the future of nursing. The first recommendation is to allow nurses to operate at their optimal potential (Diaz, 2020). My vision statement emphasizes the need for a supportive legal and ethical framework to support optimal professional skills and knowledge utilization. It is essential to note that legal and ethical frameworks encourage accountability in nursing. However, the policies should not limit the scope of nursing. As policymakers enforce safety and quality measures, it is necessary to promote autonomy in nursing practice.

            Second, my vision emphasizes the need for lifelong learning. Nursing is a complex profession characterized by rapid changes. Lifelong learning encourages the development of problem-solving and critical-thinking skills essential in addressing emotional patient concerns. It allows nurses to be up-to-date with new procedures, techniques, and policies. IOM’s second recommendation is to support nurses to receive higher training and education for career development. The only way to achieve this goal is by supporting learning efforts among nurses. Therefore, my mission endorses this recommendation.

            Another way my vision supports IOM recommendation is by envisioning an environment that encourages nurses’ involvement in decision-making processes. Taking part in decision-making is part of ensuring nurses participate in leadership functions and overcome the health system’s inferiority notion. IOM emphasized the involvement of nurses in decision-making and assuming leadership (Diaz, 2020). However, achieving this goal requires developing a culture that fosters all health personnel’s inclusivity in providing expert opinions.

            Finally, the last component of my vision statement underscores the use of health informatics in nursing. According to Darvish et al. (2014), health informatics facilitates the coordination of nursing care. It increases the ability to track workflow, communication, and staffing to identify improvement areas. Nursing informatics relies on efficient data collection, analysis, and interpretation to empower informed decision-making and policy formulation. IOM recommends the need to improve data collection and information infrastructure.

Vision Promotion Plan

 A strategic vision’s success depends heavily on promotional activities to ensure everyone understands the expected long-term goals. One of the ways I can promote the above idea is through advocacy. Initiating a sustainable change in healthcare requires the involvement of all key stakeholders. However, people can only support what they understand. Therefore, through lobbying efforts, various stakeholders can gain insight into the recommendations and their role in attaining them. This way, people will be motivated to take part in transforming the sector. Besides, involving government officials is necessary because they allocate resources for various healthcare functions.

            Another way to promote the vision is by drafting precise and achievable goals to provide a clear guideline for accomplishing the strategic plan. Having a conversation with different contributors is the best way to transform a vision or idea into results. These goals should outline the responsibilities of various stakeholders. Given the universality of nursing practice, it is imperative to use multiple media platforms to communicate the vision’s critical message. The goal is to create a shared vision and gain public support by stressing the nursing profession’s importance in achieving health equity and justice.

References

Darvish, A., Bahramnezhad, F., Keyhanian, S., & Navidhamidi, M. (2014). The Role of Nursing Informatics on Promoting Quality of Health Care and the Need for Appropriate Education. Global Journal of Health Science, 6(6). https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v6n6p11 (Links to an external site.) 

Diaz, Y. (2020). Analysis of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report: The Future of Nursing.

Edited by Diaz, Yerandy on Oct 7 at 12:52amVision of Nursing.docx

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Nursing is an ever-growing field that is evolving with the need for registered nurses expected to increase in the future. According to Joseph and Fowler (2016), the complex and changing environment needs to be met with a new and changed mindset among the nurse leaders. However, it is crucial that nurses be involved in the best clinical practice that ensures quality improvement in healthcare globally by raising their profile and status. The current changing needs mean that nurse leaders have a significant role to play in the future. The emergence of advanced technology and new innovative types of services indicates that nurses can play a leading role from community to home-based care, holistic and patient-centred care, with the increased focus on prevention and control and making better use of the advanced technology. Therefore, providing good quality and safe patient treatment by promoting nursing leadership should be at the fore-front of the nursing discipline.

The future of nursing explores how nurses’ leadership responsibilities, roles, training, and education should change and cope significantly with the increased demand for patient wellness (Institute of Medicine, 2015). This demand is created by healthcare reform to meet increasingly complex patient needs in the healthcare system. Its reform has made it in the United States accessible and affordable to everyone as seen by the increase in the number of patients in hospitals. However, with this growth in necessity, nursing is facing the challenge of delivering patient quality treatment. My vision is to quickly adapt to the new world of advanced technology in the nursing leadership that I can use to offer reliable and quality attention to the patients.

As a nurse, I am the primary care provider, and therefore, I have the vision and power to provide a consistently safe environment for the patients. Achieving this vision will require the establishment of evidence-based clinical practice which will enhance the reliability of nursing care. Moreover, fulfilling the vision of leadership for nurses will ensure that they will not feel undervalued in the hospital, which will then facilitate quality care being delivered to patients. According to Hart (2015), nurses often feel like their voices are not heard in the inter-professional team and that their complex roles in caring for patients are not appreciated. This means that nurses should have power in leadership which will act as an incentive when delivering quality healthcare.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended that nurses should have leadership roles in healthcare as per their recently released report. My vision for the future of nursing is for nurses to have power in leadership roles which will enable them to provide safe and quality patient-centred care. Thus, this vision fits with the recommendations in the IOM report, where nurses should have leadership roles in the healthcare sector. This report states that nurses should be supported in their leadership roles regardless of where they work so that they can be the true leaders that they are.

There are two action steps that I plan to take to promote this vision. The first step is to ensure nurses network with big players. This means that nurses will push to be in the higher leadership boards such as the public health and government boards, which will ensure that their voices and intricate work are recognized. The next step is to stand out nurse leaders in leading for change, seamless progression, and advancing health.

References

Hart, C. (2015). The elephant in the room: Nursing and nursing power on an interprofessional team. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 46 (8) 349-355.

Institute of Medicine (2015). IOM releases progress report on the Future of Nursing 2020 goals.https://www.nurse.com/blog/2015/12/10/iom-releases-progress-report-on-future-of-nursing-2020-goals (Links to an external site.)

Joseph, M. L., & Fowler, D. (2016). Innovating traditional nursing administration challenges. JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 46(3), 120-121.

Assignment 7 Discussion. Transition to Professional Nursing.docx

All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.

  For my community assessment project, i want to complete it on
> Sickle cell Anemia among African Americans. Focusing on City of Minneapolis,  Hennepin county, Mn. 

3-5 pages. 

Please provide statistical and mathematical answers for each question from 1-6.

After each answer provide 100 words explanation for each response as to how you derived that answer. MUST HAVE EXPLANATION FOR EACH ANSWER. Due in 3 hrs from now. 

the document is attached to this email. THANK YOU.

Social media plays a significant role in the lives of nurses in both their professional and personal lives. Additionally, social media is now considered a mainstream part of the process for recruiting and hiring candidates. Inappropriate or unethical conduct on social media can create legal problems for nurses as well as the field of nursing.

Login to all social media sites in which you engage. Review your profile, pictures and posts. Based on the professional standards of nursing, identify items that would be considered unprofessional and potentially detrimental to your career and that negatively impact the reputation of the nursing field.

In 500-750 words, summarize the findings of your review. Include the following:

1. Describe the posts or conversations in which you have engaged that might be considered inappropriate based on the professional standards of nursing.
2. Discuss why nurses have a responsibility to uphold a standard of conduct consistent with the standards governing the profession of nursing at work and in their personal lives. Include discussion of how personal conduct can violate HIPAA or be considered unethical or unprofessional. Provide an example of each to support your answer.
3. Based on the analysis of your social media, discuss what areas of your social media activity reflect Christian values as they relate to respecting human value and dignity for all individuals. Describe areas of your social media activity that could be improved.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is not required.

Video Transcript:

KARI (on phone): This is Kari the nurse from the Emergency Department. I’m calling to give you a transfer report on Ms. Janet Lieberman. Janet is a 36-year-old woman who came because she felt weak and dizzy. She has a history of Crohn’s disease with intermittent gastritis and six months ago she had surgery and an ileostomy. Traces of serosanguineous effluent were present in her ostomy bag upon arrival. Her Blood type is A-. She is typed and cross-matched for two units of packed RBCs, so please administer as soon as they are available. She started on Infliximab IV six months ago and the last dose was given seven weeks ago. Her vital signs were temperature 98.8, pulse 114, respiration 22, blood pressure 100/60, and oxygen saturation 95%. Her hemoglobin is seven milligrams per deciliter and her hematocrit is 21%. She has an IV of 0.9% sodium chloride 1000- milliliters infusing at 150-milliliters per hour, and has 700-milliliters remaining in the bag. We started an IV while she was in ED. Her skin has been pale, warm, and dry to the touch. She voided 500-milliliters at 1500 in the ED. A hemoccult of her stool was sent to the lab. Esther: Were the coagulation tests within normal range? KARI: Yes, her pro time is 12.2, her PT is 21 seconds, and her INR is 0.7. Esther: Okay, thanks for the report. KARI: You’re welcome. I’ll bring her up to your unit in a few minutes. Esther: Thanks. KARI: Hi Esther, this is Janet Lieberman. Esther: Hi Ms. Lieberman, my name’s Esther. I’ll be taking care of you this evening. KARI: I gave you a transfer report a couple minutes ago. Ms. Lieberman needs the two units of packed RBCs as soon as possible. Esther: Okay. Ms. Lieberman, I need to take a quick look at your ostomy bag. MS. LIEBERMAN: Sure, okay. Esther: Thank you. Do you have any family here? MS. LIEBERMAN: No, I came alone to the emergency room today, but I have a sister who’s on her way to the hospital. KARI: Do you have any questions before I leave? Esther: No, thanks for the report. I can take it from here. KARI: I am going back to the Emergency Department now. Esther’s going to be taking care of you. I hope you feel better soon. MS. LIEBERMAN: Thanks so much for taking such good care of me. Esther: Ms. Lieberman, I need to ask you some questions. MS. LIEBERMAN: Okay, what else do you need to know? Esther: I need to review your abdominal status. Are you having abdominal pain? MS. LIEBERMAN: Oh yes, it’s very sore and crampy. Esther: On a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being no pain, and 10 being unbearable, how do you rate your pain now? MS. LIEBERMAN: I would say a 6. Esther: When did the pain begin? MS. LIEBERMAN: Uh, after I got up this morning. Esther: Can I ask you where the pain is? MS. LIEBERMAN: Yes, it’s here in the top of my stomach. Esther: Okay, Have you noticed anything that brings on the pain or makes it worse? MS. LIEBERMAN: I’m pretty sure stress makes it worse. Esther: Okay. MS. LIEBERMAN: When I get stressed I don’t eat healthy foods and then I get headaches and take Ibuprofen. Esther: Okay, when you’re feeling a little bit better I’d like to review some ways to manage your stress. For now, I need to take a listen to your bowel sounds. MS. LIEBERMAN: Sure, Okay

  PowerPoint Presentation

Description

The purpose of this assignment is for the student to create a PowerPoint presentation. Board to share with their peers. The student will organize content about their value/viewpoint of the professional image of a nurse. There is no right or wrong to the content. You are to identify what you perceive as the professional image and provide at least 1 source to support your opinion. Must be 10 slide.

NOTE: See PowerPoint presentation Rubric is attached. APA Format 7th Edition. Zero plagiarism