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Emotional Competence

Only when leaders integrate technical skills, goal-directed activities, and the ability to form meaningful relationships through emotional competence does optimal organizational effectiveness result. Scenario: A team of highly competent members has become adept at organizing and managing itself. The self-sufficiency of the team is appreciated by senior leadership who assumes the team can respond to […]

Nursing Theory

ANS200083 January 29, 2011 20:1 Char Count= 0 Advances in Nursing Science Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 67–77 Copyright c© 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Nursing Theory-Based Independent Nursing Practice A Personal Experience of Closing the Theory-Practice Gap Kathleen Musker, PhD, RN The article presents a narrative and exemplar from an […]

medication errors

You are the unit supervisor of a medical-surgical unit.  Jane is an RN on your unit.  She graduated 3 years ago from nursing school and has made a number of small errors in the past few months. all of which she voluntarily reported.  These errors included things like missing medications, giving medications late, and giving […]

types of quantitative and qualitative research

Sampling It is anticipated that the initial discussion response should be in the range of 250-300 words How do the sampling methods and sample sizes vary for the different types of quantitative and qualitative research? Hypothetically, what sampling method would you use to conduct a study of your selected evidence-based practice problem/topic? Why? How would […]

Introduction to Evidence Practice Problem

Unit 2 – Introduction to Evidence Practice Problem Paper Submit Assignment Instructions In this assignment, you will select an evidence-based practice problem from an identified list of topics provided by your course faculty (this is the topic you selected and identified in your unit 1 discussion:  PICOT Research Question: “in-patient with osteoarthritis of the knees, is […]

Development Of A Theory Of Nursing

A Beginning Concept Analysis Towards the Development of a Theory of Nursing Practice In this assignment, you will write, no more than four (4) pages about a concept and explaining why you hold it dear to yourself. This is called values clarifications. Perhaps you have gone through self introspection every now and then you might ask […]

Affordable Healthcare Comparison

Affordable Healthcare Comparison It may seem to you that healthcare has been a national topic of debate among political leaders for as long as you can remember. Healthcare has been a policy item and a topic of debate not only in recent times but as far back as the administration of the second U.S. president, […]

Health & Medical Patient Centered Care

NUR3805 Nursing Role and Scope Research Paper # 2 The paper should address the following: 1. Describe the dimensions of Patient-Centered Care and how do you apply PCC in your current practice. 2. Effective communications between health care providers and the patient is an essential component of PCC, why? 3. Describe an interprofessional healthcare team […]

Healthcare & Information Technology

Healthcare & Information Technology Examine the organization where you currently work, somewhere you have worked in the past, or a place where you would like to be employed in the future. Identify a need for an IT system to replace a paper/manual process or to upgrade an existing system. In your paper: Describe the need […]

Health Information Management

 Health Information Management Case Study 5 Your facility has decided to purchase a new Encoder. You have just developed a survey instrument with interview questions to be used in determining the functional requirements of the software. Who should be included in the survey/interviews? (provide titles/categories of employees) Justify why you choose these job titles. The […]