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Assignment Content

1. Write a 525- to 700-word article that addresses the following:
   • Define what leadership is to you.
   • Share a personal experience that informed your thoughts about health care leadership.
   • List the traits of an authentic leader.
   • Share an effective exercise in developing the skills or habits of an authentic leader.
   • Explain how this exercise is beneficial to be coming an authentic health care leader.
   • Cite 2 reputable references to support your article (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

     Include a citation of your article in your assignment.

      

Part 1: Progress Note

Using the client from your Week 3 Assignment, address the following in a progress note (without violating HIPAA regulations):

• Treatment modality used and efficacy of approach 
• Progress and/or lack of progress toward the mutually agreed-upon client goals (reference the Treatment plan—progress toward goals)
• Modification(s) of the treatment plan that were made based on progress/lack of progress
• Clinical impressions regarding diagnosis and/or symptoms
• Relevant psychosocial information or changes from original assessment (i.e., marriage, separation/divorce, new relationships, move to a new house/apartment, change of job, etc.)
• Safety issues 
• Clinical emergencies/actions taken 
• Medications used by the patient (even if the nurse psychotherapist was not the one prescribing them)
• Treatment compliance/lack of compliance
• Clinical consultations
• Collaboration with other professionals (i.e., phone consultations with physicians, psychiatrists, marriage/family therapists, etc.)
• Therapist’s recommendations, including whether the client agreed to the recommendations
• Referrals made/reasons for making referrals 
• Termination/issues that are relevant to the termination process (i.e., client informed of loss of insurance or refusal of insurance company to pay for continued sessions)
• Issues related to consent and/or informed consent for treatment 
• Information concerning child abuse, and/or elder or dependent adult abuse, including documentation as to where the abuse was reported
• Information reflecting the therapist’s exercise of clinical judgment

Part 2: Privileged Note

Based on this week’s readings, prepare a privileged psychotherapy note that you would use to document your impressions of therapeutic progress/therapy sessions for your client from the Week 3 Practicum Assignment.

• The privileged note should include items that you would not typically include in a note as part of the clinical record. 
• Explain why the items you included in the privileged note would not be included in the client’s progress note.
• Explain whether your preceptor uses privileged notes, and if so, describe the type of information he or she might include. If not, explain why.

Family Nurse Practitioner vs Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Step 1: Comparison of Nursing Specialties

My selected specialty is psychiatric nurse practitioner

Use the space below to write 2-3 paragraphs comparing the nursing specialty you have selected – or the one you prefer if your choice is still under consideration – to your second preference. Identify each specialty and describe the focus and the role that graduates are prepared for. Identify any other differentiators you feel are significant, especially those that helped or may help you reach a decision.

Step 2: Justification of Nursing Specialty

Use the space below to write a paragraph identifying and justifying your reasons for choosing your MSN specialization. Be sure to incorporate any feedback you received from colleagues in this week’s Discussion Forum.

Step 3: Professional Organizations

Use the space below to identify and examine one professional organization related to your selected or preferred specialty. Explain how you can become a member of this organization.

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.

Some patients will seek out alternative medicinal practices when treating diseases; therefore, it is important to know how alternative or herbal medications interact with prescription medications. Knowing how to navigate finding information on potential interactions is important in preventing complications when prescribing medications.

Groups will select a common disease and perform research on both conventional and alternative medicine treatment options. Using CAM as your primary resource, create a 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following items:

1. Identify the disease.

2. Identify the patient population that is most affected by this disease.

3. Identify complementary and alternative medicine resources and guidelines.

4. Evaluate the safety and effectiveness of complementary and alternative therapies.

5. Identify any common interactions of alternative and nonpharmaceutical medications with prescribed medications.

Include slide notes (150-250 words for each slide).

You are required to cite Four 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.

please follow the instruction

Virtual Patient – Dx: Femur Fracture with suspected abuse. Age: Less than 3 years old

Choose 1 of the following questions to answer by day 3 (Wednesday) and include 2 references (in APA format). Your post should be at least 250 words. Please remember to answer to 2 of your classmates’ discussions (on 2 separate days) by Saturday.  The reply to your classmates should be at least 100 words each.  The references are not included in the word count!

DQ 1

Differentiate among sterilization, disinfection, and sanitization

 As you think about EBP, why is it important to integrate patient values and preferences into evidence-based practice? 

I need a answer for this question with 2 paragraphs and use at least 2 sources no later than 5 years.

Thans 

I need a paper done.

Why is there increasing emphasis on nutrition and exercise for middle  aged and aging families? Why is it more significant than 30 years ago?

Your initial posting should be at least 400 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. 

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapter 3, 6, 7
• Lesson 1, 2
• Link (Word doc): Outline Template
• Minimum of 4 scholarly sources

Instructions
For the final outline, continue conducting research for your presentation, locating specific scholarly sources to include on your references page.

Include and submit the following components:

• Title page (title of speech, name of presenter, audience prepared for – school or institution, date)
  • You can use this information to create your first slide in PowerPoint.
• General goal, specific goal, thesis statement, introduction paragraph (written out), body in outline format using complete sentences, summary paragraph (written out) (approximately 4 pages)
• Visuals and their description plan (1-2 pages)
  • This section should include a minimum of 5 images you will use for your PowerPoint slides with a description of how and why you will be using each image. Paste the images onto the document (Do not simply provide a URL for each image).
• Reference page with minimum of 4 authoritative, outside scholarly sources
  • These sources can include the sources referenced during Weeks 2 and 3.
  • Anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable.
  • References must be written in APA format with hanging indents, in alphabetical order, and with everything double spaced.
  • The word references should be centered.
  • Include copyrighted image resources in this list.
  • You can copy and paste this to use as the last slide in your PowerPoint.

Presentation Note: Do not copy and paste your table of contents, final outline, or visuals description plan into your PowerPoint slides. Your speech slides must be created as a meaningful presentation.

• Use a few bullets for each slide with one phrase or one sentence for each bullet.
• Do not put any paragraphs into the slides.

Any questions about this assignment may be discussed in the Course Q & A Forum.

Optional: Team Editing
This is not required or graded. Complete the following steps for team support on your outline. This is not a group project:

• Early in the week (Day 1, 2, or 3), post in your group homepage a completed first or second outline draft with your team to ask for feedback. If you do not share I added this your first draft early in the week, you cannot expect other people to have time to review it for you. Provide good concrete constructive comments.
• During the week (Days 1-5), respond to team members who have asked for your suggestions, comments, and corrections on their outlines. Try to respond as early as you can, or at least within 2 days. If you can’t review an outline or provide any comment within 2 days of receiving a team member’s outline, notify your team member about when to expect your comments. Day 5 should be your latest date to respond to other people, or Day 6 for emergency last-minute reviews. Remember that other people need time to use your ideas and revise their outlines!
• Review the suggestions, comments, and corrections that you receive from your team and incorporate the best ideas into your first draft outline.
• Save the end of your week (Days 6 and 7) for revising and updating your own outline and preparing the final outline version, completing the description of visuals (PowerPoint images plan) page, and checking the references page.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 3-4 pages (not including title page or references page)
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page (minimum of 4 scholarly sources)

Grading

This activity will be graded based on W5 Presentation Outline Grading Rubric.

Course Outcomes (CO): 3

Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday