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In collaboration with the approved course preceptor, students will identify a specific evidence-based topic for the capstone project change proposal. Students should consider the clinical environment in which they are currently employed or have recently worked. The capstone project topic can be a clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a leadership or quality improvement initiative, or an unmet educational need specific to a patient population or community. The student may also choose to work with an interprofessional collaborative team.

Students should select a topic that aligns to their area of interest as well as the clinical practice setting in which practice hours are completed.

Write a 500-750 word description of your proposed capstone project topic. Include the following:

1. The problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project that will be the focus of the change proposal.
2. The setting or context in which the problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project can be observed.
3. A description (providing a high level of detail) regarding the problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project.
4. Effect of the problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project.
5. Significance of the topic and its implications for nursing practice.
6. A proposed solution to the identified project topic with an explanation of how it will affect nursing practice.

You are required to cite to a minimum of eight peer-reviewed sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and relevant to nursing practice. Plan your time accordingly to complete this assignment.

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

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

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

Overview

Disasters occur every day. The community health nurse has a significant role in preparedness, response and recovery when disaster strikes locally. Effective response to disaster demands the community health nurse to develop specific competencies. These include understanding the role, recognition of disaster-related health conditions, infection control post disaster, disease reporting, public education and stress management in the affected community.

Discussion Question:

Identify your own level of preparedness should disaster strike in your area. Visit the Red Cross site: http://www.redcross.org/get-help/prepare-for-emergencies/be-red-cross-ready to review details on disaster preparedness kit, plan and information. Discuss your response to this information. Were you surprised at your level of readiness? What steps will you take to prepare yourself and your family for the possibility of disaster? How can you share this information with your community?

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

Preparing Additional WRITTEN PAPER: Additional Questions

· Page Length: 2-3 pages EXCLUDING title page and reference (APA format)

· Answers must be descriptive and comprehensive.

§ Each answer must have 2 complete paragraphs with at least 10 sentences in each paragraph.

§ Must use complete sentences. 

· Paper must be written following Paper Format using APA format (Title page, Running head, Page number, Headings, In-text Citation, Full-sentences, and References)

PAPER FORMAT

Body Weight and Physical Status

· How does excess body weight affect Five body systems?

§ Describe the mechanisms of extra body weight on each body system.

§ Cardiovascular (CV)System

§ Gastrointestinal (GI) System

§ Musculoskeletal System

§ Endocrine System

§ Immune System

· Must include in-text citations

Barriers and Challenges 

· Identify Three barriers and challenges to losing weight in the U.S.

· Describe how and why each identified barrier and challenge affect losing weight? 

· Must include in-text citations

Cultural Considerations

· Identify Three different cultures. 

· Describe how and why each culture influence weight and weight loss with clients in each culture

· Must include in-text citations

Advice for Mark

· What would you suggest to help Mark achieve a healthy weight?

· Must include in-text citations

PLAGIARISM: “Turnitin” Percentage: Less than 25 percentage: Acceptable Percentage.

· Turnitin Draft Submission Box

§ Submit your draft of paper into Turnitin Draft Submission Box to check your percentage as many times as needed before you submit your final paper to designated Unit. 

· If your Final paper has 25% or higher percentage, you must revise/modify your paper contents BEFORE you submit your paper due date and time.

· If your Final paper has 25% or higher percentage AT/AFTER you submit your final paper due date and time, Academic Integrity Violation Procedures will be initiated

Academic Integrity Violation Procedure

· Academic Integrity Violation letter will be sent to student

· Assignment Grade will be 0 point

· The violation case will be reviewed and a further sanction will be determined by the Administrators.

PICOT Question

Among patients admitted in the hospital (P), how effective is providing a safe hospital environment (I) as compared to conducting standardized assessments (C) in preventing falls (O) within the period of stay in the hospital (T)?

Literature Review

While the implementation plan prepares students to apply their research to the problem or issue they have identified for their capstone project change proposal, the literature review enables students to map out and move into the active planning and development stages of the project.

A literature review analyzes how current research supports the PICOT, as well as identifies what is known and what is not known in the evidence. Students will use the information from the earlier PICOT Question Paper and Literature Evaluation Table assignments to develop a 750-1,000 word review that includes the following sections:

1. Title page
2. Introduction section
3. A comparison of research questions
4. A comparison of sample populations
5. A comparison of the limitations of the study
6. A conclusion section, incorporating recommendations for further research

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. 

1) Explain the role of the community health nurse in partnership with community stakeholders for population health promotion. 

2)Explain why it is important to appraise community resources (nonprofit, spiritual/religious, etc.) as part of a community assessment and why these resources are important in population health promotion.

Week 7: Signature Assignment – Personal Theoretical Framework for Advanced Practice Nursing

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Points: 320 | Due Date: Week 7, Day 7 | CLO: 3, 5 | Grade Category: Assignments

Assignment Prompt

Discuss a personal nursing philosophy.  Apply what you have learned about nursing theory in this course.  Identify a nursing philosophy that best matches your personal philosophy.  Discuss a nursing framework or theory that fits that philosophy including how it fits your personal philosophy.   Identify a possible situation in which that framework or theory would be a poor fit and discuss why it is a poor fit for that situation.  While it is an important skill to be able to match a theory with a situation, it is also critical to understand when a theory or framework does not fit a situation.

Expectations

· Due: Saturday, 11:59 pm PT

· Format: APA 7th edition

· Length: 5 pages, excluding title and reference pages, References must be  minimum of 5 

See USU NUR Research Paper Rubric 

Soap Note 2 Chronic Conditions (15 Points)

Pick any Chronic Disease from Weeks 6-10 (See Syllabus)

Must use the sample template for your soap note, keep this template for when you start clinicals.

Follow the MRU Soap Note Rubric as a guide

Use APA format and must include minimum of 2 Scholarly Citations.

Soap notes will be uploaded to Moodle and put through TURN-It-In (anti-Plagiarism program)

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.

The use of tempates is ok with regards of Turn it in, but the Patient History, CC, HPI, The Assessment and Plan should be of your own work and individualized to your made up patient.

Here the chronic disease to choose:

Diseases and Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System : Ascites • Appendicitis • Celiac Disease • Cholelithiasis • Cirrhosis • Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) • Colitis • Crohn’sDisease • Constipation • Diarrhea • Diverticulitis • Esophageal Varices.

Diseases and Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System : Gastritis • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease • Hemorrhoids • Hepatic Encephalopathy • Hepatitis • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) • Pancreatic Cancer • Pancreatitis • Peptic Ulcer Disease (Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome) • Salmonella Infection.

Diseases and Disorders of the Endocrine System : Addison Disease • Cushing Syndrome • Diabetes • Graves Disease • Hyper-, Hypoparathyroidism • Hyper-,Hypothyroidism • Myasthenia Gravis • 

Do you think that nurses should create a portfolio for their annual review? If not, why not?

Also, what does the research say about the importance or impact of using portfolios for the annual review process?

Review the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template provided in the Resources

Select an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation or choose one of interest to you.

Review community, state, or federal policy evaluation and reflect on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program or policy described.

reply1

Marial,   ( this is for the professor)

You made some great points regarding challenging your own perceptions and being open to other perceptions. This week we read about the stages of interpersonal conflict. Using what you learned about perception and the stages of interpersonal conflict walk us through a conflict you recently experienced and how perception impacted these stages of interpersonal conflict.

Reply2

Conflict within the workplace is inevitable. I recall that in my workplace, I experienced a dispute with one of my colleagues. My colleague did not want to wait for me to come in to give me the nurses’ report. She would leave early most of the time and not meet with me as required to go over the patients that she was supposed to transfer to my care. Because we were unable to find a resolution, I decided to speak with the charge nurse who would serve as the neutral third party. 

I would prefer the use of a facilitative approach to finding a resolution. With this type of approach, the third party, aims to facilitate negotiation between both parties (McKenzie, 2015). In this case, this approach is ideal because of the nature of the dispute. The charge nurse aims to find a resolution as patient care cannot be compromised. Perception can affect how one sees the problem leading to the conflict. In this case, the student’s colleague may not believe her actions are wrong.