Academic Success and Professional Development Plan

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 6: Finalizing the Plan

At some point in every construction project, efforts turn from design and the focus moves to actual construction. With the vision in place and the tools secured, the blueprint can be finalized and approved. Then it is time to put on hardhats and begin work.

Throughout the course you have developed aspects of your Academic and Professional Development Plan. You have thought a great deal about your vision and goals, your academic. And professional network of support, research strategies and other tools you will need, the integrity of your work. And the value of consulting the work of others. With your portfolio in place, it is now time to finalize your blueprint for success.

Much as builders remain cognizant of the building standards as they plan and begin construction, nurses must remain mindful of the formal standards of practice that govern their specialties. A good understanding of these standards can help ensure that your success plan includes any steps necessary to excel within your chosen specialty.

In this Assignment you will continue developing your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan by developing the final component–a review of your specialty standards of practice. You will also submit your final version of the document, including Parts 1–5.

 

The Assignment:
Complete the following items and incorporate them into the final version of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan.

  • With the resources specific to the MSN specialization and the, Walden University. (n.d.). Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), shared in this module, write a paragraph or make a Nursing Specialty Comparison table, comparing at least two nursing specialties that include your selected specialization and second-preferred specialization.
  • Write a 2- to 3-paragraph justification statement identifying your reasons for choosing your MSN specialization. Incorporate feedback you received from colleagues in this Module’s Discussion forum.
  • Identify the professional organization related to your chosen specialization for this Assignment. And explain how you can become an active member of this organization.

Note: Your final version of the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan should include all components as presented the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan template.

motivation for pursuing a Masters degree in Nursing

motivation for pursuing a Masters degree in Nursing

500-1000 word writing which addresses the following: Please speak to the specific specialty area leadership and business administration you would like to pursue, your motivation for pursuing a Masters degree in Nursing in this specialty and the population you would like (undeserved) to service or the area of health care in which you would like to work after graduation. Also address, the qualities you feel are essential to the advanced nursing profession that you bring with you. And finally, what are your research interests or your practice issues in this specialty area?

Global Health Comparison Matrix

Assignment: Global Healthcare Comparison Matrix and Narrative Statement

If you talk about a possible poor health outcome, do you believe that outcome will occur? Do you believe eye contact and personal contact should be avoided?

You would have a difficult time practicing as a nurse if you believed these to be true. But they are very real beliefs in some cultures.

Differences in cultural beliefs, subcultures, religion, ethnic customs, dietary customs, language. And a host of other factors contribute to the complex environment that surrounds global healthcare issues. Failure to understand and account for these differences can create a gulf between practitioners and the public they serve.

In this Assignment, you will examine a global health issue and consider the approach to this issue by the United States and by one other country.

 

Assignment: (1- to 2-page Global Health Comparison Matrix; 1-page Plan for Social Change)

Part 1: Global Health Comparison Matrix

Focusing on the country you selected and the U.S., complete the Global Health Comparison Matrix. Be sure to address the following:

  • Consider the U.S. national/federal health policies that have been adapted for the global health issue you selected from the WHO global health agenda. Compare these policies to the additional country you selected for study.
  • Explain the strengths and weaknesses of each policy.
  • Explain how the social determinants of health may impact the global health issue you selected. Be specific and provide examples.
  • Using the WHO’s Organization’s global health agenda as well as the results of your own research, analyze how each country’s government addresses cost, quality, and access to the global health issue selected.
  • Explain how;
  • the health policy you selected might impact the health of the global population. Be specific and provide examples.
  • the health policy you selected might impact the role of the nurse in each country.
  • global health issues impact local healthcare organizations and policies in both countries. Be specific and provide examples.

Part 2: A Plan for Social Change

Reflect on the global health policy comparison and analysis you conducted in Part 1 of the Assignment and the impact that global health issues may have on the world, the U.S., your community, as well as your practice as a nurse leader.

In a 1-page response, create a plan for social change that incorporates a global perspective or lens into your local practice and role as a nurse leader.

  • Explain how;
  • you would advocate for the incorporation of a global perspective or lens into your local practice and role as a nurse leader.
  •  the incorporation of a global perspective or lens might impact your local practice and role as a nurse leader.
  • the incorporation of a global perspective or lens into your local practice as a nurse leader represents and contributes to social change. Be specific and provide examples

 

To Prepare:

  • Review the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global health agenda and select one global health issue to focus on for this Assignment.
  • Select at least one additional country to compare to the U.S. for this Assignment.
  • Reflect on how the global health issue you selected is approached in the U.S. and in the additional country you selected.
  • Review and download the Global Health Comparison Matrix provided in the Resources

Pharmacology & Therapeutics

1.  Describe the blood brain barrier

2.  Describe the pathophysiology of parkinson’s disease

3.  Describe the mechanism of action of the dopaminergic medications to treat parkinson’s.  How do these medications reduce symptoms? Is there a cure for parkinson’s

4.  Describe the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease

5.  Describe the mechanism of action of the drugs for cognitive impairment (page 193).  How do these medications achieve a therapeutic effect in Alzheimer’s disease.

6.  Describe the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis

7.  Describe the mechanism of action of the disease modifying drugs used to treat MS

8.  Discuss 3 major nursing implications to medication used to treat MS and how these would be attended to

9.  Describe the 5 ways in which antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) work to reduce seizures

10.  Discuss two teaching points for a patient that is starting phenytoin

11.  How do centrally acting muscle relaxants work to relieve spasticity?

NOTE: Please kindly cite all answers.

clients for treatment of mental health disorders

Examine Case 3: You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the diagnosis and treatment for this client. Be sure to consider co-morbid physical as well as mental factors that might impact the client’s diagnosis and treatment.

At each Decision Point, stop to complete the following:

  • Decision #1: Differential Diagnosis
    • Which Decision did you select?
    • Why did you select this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
    • What were you hoping to achieve by making this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
    • Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #1 and the results of the Decision. Why were they different?
  • Decision #2: Treatment Plan for Psychotherapy
    • Why did you select this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
    • What were you hoping to achieve by making this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
    • Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #2 and the results of the Decision. Why were they different?
  • Decision #3: Treatment Plan for Psychopharmacology
    • Why did you select this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
    • What were you hoping to achieve by making this Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
    • Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #3 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?

data analysis research

Peer 1

During data analysis research it is important to utilize all tools that could make data analyzing easier and more accurate. Microsoft Excel provides a data analysis tool to calculate descriptive statistics. As a researcher I could take the variables and input the information into the descriptive statistics tool to obtain the mean, median, mode, or other information of the input data.

I have minimal experience running descriptive statistics; I was unaware that Excel had this option for researchers. It took multiple attempts and researching how to utilize this tool on Excel to understand the assignment and complete the statistical portion and the graphing portion.

I have plans to continue learning about Excel and utilizing the tools available for my research as an APRN. The information that I have learned about this software will benefit my future analysis of research data by allowing me to analyze a large amount of data and have all information together.

Peer 2

This was a new experience to me and very educative. I have taken statistics classes before, but this made me feel like I needed a little refresher. I watched a few YouTube videos over how to run statistical analyses in excel. It is very valuable information to know. Knowing how to run statistics in excel is very valuable because excel available on just about every computer and is not expensive to purchase compared to other statistical programs (Gray et al., 2016). It will convert my data into tables, graphs, and charts. The downsides to the program is having to pay for a subscription, I only have the program downloaded on one computer, and when I need to send the database to my other team members or statistician I have to convert the file back to Excel.

I would like to learn more about this program to run more complex statistical analyses such as Fischer’s or Chi-Squared. Being verse in multiple statistical programs is invaluable. I am a visual learner, so I like to watch YouTube video tutorials. I would like to watch more of these to learn how to navigate statistical analysis on Excel.

Reference

Gray, J., Grove, S., & Sutherland, S. (2016). Burns and Grove’s the Practice of Nursing Research: Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence (8th ed.).

health care setting

health care setting

Discuss an EBP initiative that was implemented in a health care setting. (Use fictitious names for people and places) and whether it was successful or not sustainable, with rationale. Choose one of four models of organizational change (Melnyk [2019],  Chap. 15, pp. 432-437). That you would use in an advanced nursing role to enhance sustainability of EBP initiatives.

  • Length: A minimum of 300 words, not including references
  • Citations: At least one high-level scholarly reference in APA format from within the last 5 years

chemotherapy

Sandra, a 47-year-old divorced woman. Received a diagnosis of stage 3 ovarian cancer 4 years ago. For which she had a total hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo- oophorectomy, omentectomy, lymphadenectomy. And tumor debulking followed by chemotherapy. Consisting of cisplatin (Platinol), paclitaxel (Taxol). And doxorubicin (Adriamycin). She did well for 2 years. And then moved back to her hometown near her family. And underwent three more rounds of secondline chemotherapy. She accepted a less stressful job, bought a house. Renewed old friendships. And became more involved with her two sisters and their families. Sandra developed several complications. Including metastasis to the lungs. Then she could no longer work, drive, or care for herself.

She had been told by her oncologist that there was nothing else that could be done. And that she should consider entering a hospice. She met her attorney and prepared an advance directive and completed her will. And decided to have hospice care at home and. With the help of her family, set up her first floor as a living and sleeping area. She was cared for by family members around the clock for approximately 3 days.

Visiting Nurse Association

Sandra observed that she was tiring everyone out so much. That they could not really enjoy each other’s company. At this time, she contacted the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) to seek assistance. Her plan was to try to enjoy her family and friend’s visits. After assessment. The VNA nurse prioritized her problems to include fatigue. And caregiver role strain. Other potential problem areas that may need to be incorporated into the care plan. Include anticipatory grieving and impaired comfort.

Reflective Questions 1. What are some of the stresses on Sandra’s middle-aged sisters and their families? 2. What resources are available to manage these stresses. And support the sisters while caring for their dying sister Sandra? 3. Describe Sandra’s feelings about dependency. And loss of autonomy. Because she is unable to do her own activities of daily living any longer

the quality of care and patient satisfaction

Hirons,

Hi professor and classmates! Value based healthcare is the focused on the quality of care and patient satisfaction. Volume based healthcare focuses more on profit. Patients are charged one large fee for any service they might need from a single provider. The goal in value based healthcare to improve patients’ experiences and outcomes and reduce the extraordinary costs of healthcare services (Caron, 2019).

I am a nurse leader in a psychiatric hospital. We talk about patient safety constantly, but the context for a psychiatric population is much different than other patient populations. The most common reason for admission to the psychiatric hospital is suicidal ideation. Usually when safety is discussed, we are considering the patients’ ability and likelihood of harming themselves or others. I teach a training about de-escalation, self-defense, and restraints. All staff are required to attend the training annually to stay updated on the most recent evidence-based safety measures. In this class, I emphasize the importance of maintaining safety. My organization does promote a culture of safety for both patients and staff. This is evident in frequent education, policies, safety protocols, and comprehensive discharge planning (Sanchez et al., 2021).

discharge program

To improve safety outcomes, I would like to implement a discharge program in which we call to check in on patients upon discharge. Patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital are at extremely high risk for suicide completion upon discharge. This is why safety planning is so crucial to patient safety. Our social work team makes sure each patient has a support system, outpatient appointments, medications, and an action plan in case suicidal thoughts return. However, I think adding in an extra precaution, checking on our recently discharged patients, would benefit our patients and reduce the risk of suicide completion(Sanchez et al., 2021).

My strategy for implementing this plan is create an inter disciplinary committee of nursing staff, providers, and social workers. My proposal would be to assign one social worker to be our discharge coordinator, who is responsible for making these follow up calls. He or she would touching base with our recently discharged patients. This social worker would document the conversation in the patient’s chart. If the patient need assistance with resources, the social worker could help them, the patient is voicing hopelessness or suicidal ideation, the social worker could encourage the patient to come back to the hospital. And the patient is voicing suicidal ideation and refusing to go to the hospital, the social worker would need to contact the police for a welfare check.

We are a hospital with 60 beds and I do not think this would require another full time social worker. In considering a budget proposal, I would initiallysuggest that this added role would be 50% of a full time social worker’s responsibilities or a part time social worker’s full responsibilities (Conti et al., 2020).

Current technology

Current technology used to support patient safety includes the use of video monitoring throughout the hospital, except for in the bathrooms. The goal is to allow patients to have privacy, so staff members aren’t following them, but can still monitor the patients at all times. Unintended consequences include patients experiencing paranoia. To address this consequence, I am honest and genuine with patients. I say “these cameras are only here to keep you safe.

We want to make sure that other patients don’t go to the wrong room and that we can come help you if you need it.” I also assure the patients that there are no cameras in the bathroom, so to change clothes in there. If the patient is based in reality, the patient is usually satisfied. However, if a patient is very paranoid or experiencing psychosis, this is a little more difficult. If this is the case, I resort to active listening skills and validating the patient’s feelings. I also emphasize that the patient is safe (DeMasi, 2018).

mental health

Working in mental health, I experience daily frustration over insurance companies power over the treatment we can provide to mentally ill patients. I had a patient who was admitted to the psychiatric hospital for a few weeks. The utilization review department (who communicate with insurance companies) said the patient had “exhausted his days” and would need to be discharged. The patient was not safe to leave. He had a very specific plan to die by suicide, no support system, and no place to go. Thankfully, the provider and other members of the treatment team were not willing to risk the patient’s safety based on an insurance company’s willingness to pay. However, this was an eye opening experience. It seemed like volume based care focused on the amount of days the patient was in the hospital, rather than the patient’s actual safety (Caron, 2019).

References

Caron, R. M. (2019). Co-producing healthcare in a volume vs. value-based healthcare system: perspective of a parent of a patient and a health professions’ educator. Patient Experience Journal6(2), 16–19. https://doi.org/10.35680/2372-0247.1373 (Links to an external site.)

Conti, E. C., Jahn, D. R., Simons, K. V., Edinboro, L. P. C., Jacobs, M. L., Vinson, L., Stahl, S. T., & Van Orden, K. A. (2020). Safety planning to manage suicide risk with older adults: Case examples and recommendatioms. Clinical Gerontologist43(1), 104–109. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2019.1611685 (Links to an external site.)

De Masi, F. (2018). Working with difficult patients : from neurosis to psychosis . Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis.

Sánchez-Teruel, D., Robles-Bello, M. A., Muela-Martínez, J. A., & García-León, A. (2021). Resilience assessment scale for the prediction of suicide reattempt in clinical population. Frontiers in Psychology12, 673088–673088. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.673088

End Of Life Reflection (Ethics In Nursing)

Ethics in Nursing

End of Life—Reflection

 

Assignment: Write an essay of a minimum of 500 words that include the responses to the following questions. The rubric below instructs how this assignment will be graded. You are to use at one professional journal reference to substantiate your thoughts on end of life care or any of the ethical principles that were in operation (or not) during the end of life simulation experience.

 

1. How will you use this end-of-life experience to inform your nursing practice? What specific changes will you make?

 

 

2. What communication skills did you learn and how can you use them in applying these in your profession?

 

3. Did you see a satisfactory resolution to the ethical dilemmas presented? What would you have done differently if you had participated in this experience?

 

4. Has this end-of-life simulation experience changed or deepened your opinion/beliefs about death and dying? Please elaborate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of Life Journal Rubric

EOL Journal Assignment Points Available Points Earned
Essay of minimum of 500-word response including: 4 4

 

Ethical Principles/Standards Noted in Simulation 2 2
Professional journal (not more than 5 yrs old)—used to substantiate ethical principles or other aspects of end of life care 2 2

 

APA format/proper citation/grammar 2 2
Ticket to Enter

(Late submissions will result in 2 lost participation points per day)

0 0
Please read comments in the document 10 points 10 points

 

 

 

 

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