Submit a summary of six of your articles on the discussion board. Discuss one strength. And one weakness for each of these six articles on why the article may or may not provide sufficient evidence for your practice change.

Example of a student’s post

Cimiotti, J., Gandrakota, N., Shah, M. (2021) Prevalence of. And Factors Associated With Nursing Burnout in the US. Retrieved from Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Nurse Burnout in the US | Nursing | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network

This article examines the survey data from more than 50,000 registered nurses in the United States. And found that nurses who leave their job 31% reported it was due to burnout and those who work in the hospital. And work more than 20 hours per week are associated with greater risk of burnout. This is expected to increase with the demands of Covid-19. The strength of this article is it examines a large amount of nurses in various care settings. A weakness of the article is it did not assess degrees in nursing practice categories.

Glassman, E. (2020) Developing a mentor program to improve support and retention. Retrieved from Developing a mentor program to improve support and retention – American Nurse (myamericannurse.com)

This article examines the benefit of a mentor program that goes beyond new hire orientation. Evidence shows that mentorship can be effective if the unit and its leaders make a commitment to support it. Employees were asked to stay on their unit for 2 years, 70% of nurses were retained on the unit after being part of the mentorship program. Strengths of this article are a guide for success to successfully implement a mentorship program. Weakness of the article is data is not given for employee satisfaction. Or improvement throughout the mentorship program, just at the beginning and end.

Mentorship during the pandemic

Handzel, S. (2021) Mentorship during the pandemic: A community-based hospital’s approach. Retrieved from Mentorship during the pandemic: A community-based hospital’s approach | Wolters Kluwer

This article also examines the benefit of a mentorship program. It was found after just 3 months of a mentorship program that satisfaction scores trended higher than before the program. Job satisfaction also trended higher. While intent to stay did not compare to previous results. Considering the influence of the pandemic on bedside nurses. And the working environment it is important to look further into why intent to stay did not improve through the program. Which was a weakness of this article. A strength of the article is it took place on 8 measure units which allowed a better look into how mentorship can work for acute hospital nurses to prevent burn out. And it gave insight into implementing the program.

The Influence of Leader Empowering Behaviors

Hassan, N., Mudallal, R., Othman, W. (2017) Nurses’ Burnout: The Influence of Leader Empowering Behaviors, Work Conditions, and Demographic Traits. Retrieved from Nurses’ Burnout: The Influence of Leader Empowering Behaviors, Work Conditions, and Demographic Traits (nih.gov)

This article is on a study that was conducted to assess the level of burnout in nurses. And investigates the influence of leader empowering behaviors. The importance of nurse leaders in improving work conditions and motivating nurses to decrease burnout, turnover rates, and improve the quality of nursing care is highlighted. A strength of this article is it included a variety of nurses from 11 hospitals and with at least 6 months of experience to fully assess burnout influences as well as gives insight into where burnout is impacting healthcare. A weakness of the article is not using nurses in different care settings to compare the influence of different workload on burnout.

Kluwer, W. (2020) Leadership’s role in helping nurses during COVID-19. Retrieved from Leadership’s role in helping nurses during COVID-19 | Wolters Kluwer

nursing practice related to Covid-19

This article examines the changes in nursing practice related to Covid-19 and how that has impacted nursing burnout. Moral distress has increased and can be a significant factor in burnout. Possibly threatening the stability of the workforce. Strengths of this article are analysing recommendations for nurse leaders and how they impact bedside nurse burnout. Weakness of the article is intervention results aren’t assessed.

Lagasse, J. (2020) Healthcare workers experiencing burnout stress during to COVID-19 pandemic. Retrieved from Healthcare workers experiencing burnout, stress due to COVID-19 pandemic | Healthcare Finance News

This article aims to understand the causes of burnout. And factors that can protect against it to improve healthcare workers quality of life and patient’s quality of care. The study measured organization capacity for change, individuals’ change readiness, hours worked per week, and burnout. It was found that organizational change capacity impacted burnout scores. As the change capacity of the organization increased. Burnout in healthcare workers decreased. These positive responses to change further decreased burnout. Strengths of this article are examining organizational factors in burnout. And how when they change so does employee satisfaction. Weakness of this article is not comparing inpatient vs outpatient organizations.

Week 10: Concepts of Women’s and Men’s Health, Infections, and Hematologic Disorders

 

 

 

In this Assignment, you examine a case study and analyze the symptoms presented. You identify the elements that may be factors in the diagnosis. And you explain the implications to patient health.

 

Case Study (Scenario)

42-year-old man presents to ED with 2-day history of dysuria, low back pain. Inability to fully empty his bladder, severe perineal pain along with fevers and chills. He says the pain is worse when he stands up and is somewhat relieved when he lies down. Vital signs T 104.0 F, pulse 138, respirations 24. PaO2 96% on room air. Digital rectal exam (DRE) reveals the prostate to be enlarged, extremely tender, swollen, and warm to touch.

 

Instructions:

In your Case Study Analysis related to the scenario provided, explain the following as it applies to the scenario you were provided:

· The factors that affect fertility (STDs).

· Why inflammatory markers rise in STD/PID,  prostatitis and infection happens. Also explain the causes of systemic reaction.

· Why a patient would need a splenectomy after a diagnosis of ITP.

· Anemia and the different kinds of anemia (i.e., micro and macrocytic).

 

Requirements:

 

1. The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, conclusion, and references.

 

1. Keep in mind that APA 7 formatting is required.

 

1. At least 5 References and they should be no older than five years from publication.

 

Week 10: Concepts of Women’s and Men’s Health, Infections,

and Hematologic Disorders

the integration of individual clinical expertise

Evidence-based practice is the integration of individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research and patient’s values and expectations into the decision making process for patient care. It is a fundamental skill to be able to identify and appraise the best available evidence in order to integrate it with your own clinical experience and patients values.

Describe the four phases of critical appraisal and how to incorporate them into practice.

using 200-300 words APA format with at least two references. References within last five years.

APA format

1-3 paragraphs answering each section.

Topic is Increased risk of infection with covid-19 among the population of persons aged 65 and above of Hudson County, NJ related to knowledge deficit of preventive measures such as mask wearing, social distancing and vaccination as evidenced by an overall increase in covid-19 cases.

(B1) Health Inequity/Disparity 

Explain how the health concern from your community health nursing diagnostic statement is linked to a health inequity or health disparity within the target population.

(B1a) Primary community and Prevention Resources

Discuss the primary community resources and primary prevention resources currently in place to address the health concern.

(B1b) Underlying Causes

Accurately and logically discuss the underlying causes that contribute to the selected primary health concern. (This may be similar from the information you included in section B1).

(B2) Evidence-Based Practice

Logically and appropriately include evidence-based practice article(s) relevant to the selected primary prevention field experience topic.  Look for 1 or more articles that provide evidence for strategies, best practices, or guidelines that have been used to improve the problem within communities

[[This is not a section to discuss the reason for the problem in your community. Instead you should discuss the best practices (EBP) for prevention/promotion of the health concern. Discuss and in-text cite and reference scholarly journal article(s) to support the practices for the primary prevention topic.]]

(B2a) Identification of Data

In this section include relevant data relating to selected field experience topic at the local, state, or national level and discuss your findings. This should include supportive data that your prevention topic is a true problem in your community.

(C1) Social Media Campaign Objective

The description presents a measurable objective of what you hope to accomplish to improve the health concern for your population using the social media campaign. Refer to the SMART tool in the CDC intervention section: CDCynergy.

Components of the social media campaign objective should include

• improving what,
• for whom (target population)
• by what percent
• in what time frame.

(C2) Social Marketing Interventions

Provide 2 specific population focused social marketing interventions to aid in meeting your objective in section C1. Describe how each intervention would improve the health message related to the selected field experience topic.

(C3) Description of Social Media Platform 

Describe applications you will use to implement your interventions (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blogs, Snapchat, Instagram and others) that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking (electronic dissemination of ideas).

(C3a) Benefits of Social Media Platform 

Discuss how each platform will support preventative healthcare in your target population for your identified health problem.

(C4) Benefit to Target Population

You will Discuss how your target population will benefit from the social media campaign. Discuss how your target population would benefit from using social media to receive the health care message.

(D) Best Practices for Social Media

Discuss the general principles for best practice in implementing all types of social media tools for healthcare marketing. Look at the key concepts from 5.1  and 5.2 in your course material and refer to the CDC social media toolkit.

(E1) Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities

A stakeholder is someone who has an interest in the health problem and whose support is required for the social media campaign to be successful. Stakeholders have a special connection to you and your involvement in the prevention of the health problem Identify the role and responsibilities for each stakeholder

• They are or could be affected by the social media campaign
• They are interested in how the social media campaign will impact them
• They may know what you need to know for the campaign to be successful
• Points of view from community perspective
• Communicates your message (e.g. Advertises your campaign)

(E2) Potential Public and Private Partnerships

Partners have a working relationship to you and collaborate in an official capacity on the social media campaign. Discuss potential public partnerships relative to implementing your campaign (Public partners are comprised of organizations that are owned and operated by the government and exist to provide services for a community (e.g. law enforcement, healthcare agencies, emergency medical service (EMS), schools). Discuss potential private partnerships relative to implementing your campaign (Private partners is usually composed of organization that are privately owned and not part of the government (e.g. businesses, independently owned institutions, grocery stores).

Partners:

• are interested in fulfilling their role in the campaign and staying informed
• they work together with you to benefit everyone involved
• help to solve problems by seizing opportunity or sharing resources

(E3) Timeline

Discuss in detail the timeline with dates (week 1, week 2, etc.) for implementing the campaign.

Consider benchmarks (time points) from the planning phase to the evaluation phase.

(E4) Evaluation

Explain how you will evaluate the effectiveness of meeting your measurable objective for the social media campaign. Include a measurement tool.

(E5) Cost of Implementing the Campaign 

Discuss the estimated direct/indirect costs of planning, implementing, and evaluating your campaign.

(F) Reflection on Social Media Marketing

Reflect on how the community health nurse can use social media marketing to promote healthier populations (provide one or more examples).

(F1) Reflection on Future Nursing Practice

Reflect on how you can apply a social media campaign to your future nursing practice (provide one or more examples).