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Assignment 2: Leadership and the Graduate Nursing Role

In Week 5, the Final Project will synthesize what you have discovered about the different advanced practice roles and scope of practice found in the master of nursing curriculum. Family Nurse Pactitioner You will review all roles and then examine the specialty for which you were admitted, focusing on the scope of practice, core competencies, certification requirements, and legal aspects of practice for that specific role. This week you will focus on Leadership and the Graduate Nurse Role.

The graduate nurse evidences leadership as seen in the four domains: the profession of nursing, clinical practice arena, health policy arena, and systems level. In order to complete this assignment, complete the short eighteen-question quiz (this takes approximately five minutes) about your leadership style at

Cherry, K. (2016). What’s Your Leadership Style? Learn more about your        strengths and weaknesses as a leader. Retrieved from        https://www.verywell.com/whats-your-leadership-style-3866929

In a 3- to 5-page paper (excluding the title page, references and appendices), you will address the following criteria:

  • Report your findings from the quiz:
    • What kind of leader were you?
    • How does this fit into your beliefs about your leadership style?
  • Examine the attributes of leadership that may be needed for graduate level nurses.
  • Analyze your personal leadership attributes you feel you have that will help you in your graduate nursing role. Also discuss those attributes that you feel you may need to develop in your graduate nursing role.

Finish with a quotation from a library article related to leadership in an advanced nursing role. Look in some of the known leadership journals like The Journal of Nursing Scholarship or Nursing Leadership Forum or the American Journal of Nursing, Journal of Nursing Administration, Nursing Administration Quarterly, Nursing Management or Health Care Management Review

Epidemiology

The link provided will take you to a case study on Salmonella in the Caribbean. While reading through this interactive presentation, answer the posted questions throughout, noting the correct answers, so you may formulate responses to the following questions for homework. Responses should be in your own words and with your own thoughts and opinions.
1. Explain why this is considered to be a case-control study? Include in your answer, who were the cases, and how many were used for the study? Who were the controls, why were they used, and how many were in the study? (3 pts)
2. What were the steps they used to explore the problem? In your assessment, what could some of the potential bias issues be, and how might they control for these? (3 pts)
3. If you discuss the association between exposure and disease for this situation, what conclusions did the investigators draw, and why? Use depth and specificity in your response. (2 pts)
4. What measure do investigators use to determine association for case-control studies? Explain what it may tell you? (2 pts)
5. Did their conclusions change when the researchers investigated the problem in various countries of the Caribbean? (2 pts)
6. What are some policy implications or benefits for having a Survelliance System in place? What are some pertinent qualifications of an effective Survellience System? (3 pts)
Please remember to number your responses appropriately.

Writing Assignment #2
Background Review and
Synthesis of Literature
 
 
Summary of assignment
 
· Task: You will complete the following:
· Select a topic for writing assignment #4 o Research that topic in OneSearch
· Locate at least seven articles from scholarly or credible trade journals on the topic o Write a synthesis of the articles.
 
· Length: 1000-1400 words.
 
· Format: APA
 
· Sources: At least seven sources from scholarly or credible trade journals
 
· Writing Process: You will submit a first draft of the essay to the assignment folder. The first draft will not be graded. The instructor will provide comments to it. After receiving comments from the instructor, you will submit a revised draft. The final draft will be graded.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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How This Assignment Informs Future Assignments in WRTG 394

This assignment is designed to help you prepare for the final paper in WRTG 394. Keep in mind that your final paper in WRTG 394 will be a report in which you define a problem in your workplace or community persuasively and accurately and propose a solution or solutions to the problem or issue.
For writing assignment #2, consider the problem you will address and conduct research in the library on the topic.
For example, let us assume that you are considering writing a report to the Dean of The School of Arts and Sciences at UMGC to recommend that UMGC move from LEO as its learning management system (LMS) to a different learning management system. In preparing to write this type of report, you might complete the following for writing assignment #2: Conduct library research on the topics of learning management systems for schools, online teaching, and effective teaching in an online environment.
 
 
What do We Mean by Synthesis?
 
In a background review and synthesis of the literature, you don’t take a stand on an issue. You review what the articles say on the issue, dividing the arguments in the articles into themes.
 
For example, let us assume that you conduct library research on the topic of learning management systems for schools, online teaching, and effective teaching in an online environment. You might find that three major themes emerge from your perusing of the seven articles:
· common reasons for resisting the move to a new LMS
· impact on faculty members when transitioning to a new LMS
· impact on students when transitioning to new LMS
 
 
 

Selection of Topics

Examples of Topics for Writing Assignment #4, the Research-Based Report

 
A student could write a report on a number of topics. The following are some examples. Please note that these are examples of topics. You are not required to choose any of them. They are provided here to help illustrate this assignment.
· a report to your supervisor at work suggesting that email be used less frequently for communication and that another application be used to improve communication
· a report to your city council suggesting a new smart traffic light system for parts of the city
· a report to the program chair of your major at UMGC to suggest changes to one or more of the classes required in the major
· a report to the manager of your unit at work noting that recycling facilities in the workplace should be improved
 
 

Examples of Topics for Writing Assignment #2, the Background Review and Synthesis, Based on the Suggested Topics Above

In any report of this nature, some background research is necessary. For example, consider the following strategies when collecting background research for the topics mentioned above:
· For a report to your supervisor at work suggesting that email be used less frequently for communication and that another application be used to improve communication, some scholarly literature or articles from credible trade journals on transitioning to alternative electronic communication would be beneficial. In addition, articles that demonstrate the problems with email communication would add to the argument.
· For a report to your city council proposing a new smart traffic light system, some trade journal or scholarly literature on such systems would augment the report considerably.
· For a report to the program chair of your major at UMGC, some scholarly or trade journal articles on the skills that a graduate of that major needs in the workplace would be very effective. This information would greatly enhance the credibility of a report that suggests changes to the curriculum.
· For a report to the manager of your unit at work arguing that recycling facilities in the workplace should be improved, some scholarly articles or studies on the challenges of and benefits to implementing recycling facilities in organizations would be persuasive. Of course, there are varieties of recycling programs. The articles you find would help define what type of recycling program you would propose.
 

Length of Your Paper

 
As noted above, your background review of the literature on your topic should be 1000-1400 words in length.
The sources should be cited throughout the paper in APA format and listed in a References page at the end of the paper in APA format.
You will find that your synthesis will be a helpful component of your final research-based report. In fact, if your synthesis is well written, you might be able to take parts of it and copy them into sections of the final report. The skills and strategies you gain from writing the background review and synthesis of literature will be very valuable in writing your final research-based report.
 
Guides to Help You in Writing this Assignment:
Please read the sample paper in our class from Tom Student.
In addition, the following links provide access to guides on writing a research-based business report. While the guides provide instruction on writing a research-based business report, for the purposes of writing assignment #2, you might focus on how each guide instructs you on the use of sources and secondary research for the report.
· Victoria University of Wellington
· Queen Margaret University
· Murdoch University
· Colorado State University
 

Additional Topics that Previous Students Have Used

Some possible workplace research topics are the following. These are examples to help you get started. Please contact your instructor to have other topic ideas approved .
· Making a change in the computer infrastructure at your workplace
· Establishing a drug policy
· Establishing an employee leave donation program
· Establishing an equipment donation program for used computers, etc.
· Establishing a company recycling program (paper, etc.)
· Education/retraining for your employees
· Recommending the purchase of standing desks for employees
· Designing a training program for workplace safety issues
· Redesigning employee performance evaluations
· Establishing on-site day care or providing other child care benefits
· Providing gym membership or creating an on-site workout facility
· Creating or revising a charitable contribution policy
· Creating or improving a tuition assistance program
· Accommodations needed for employee/s with specific health issues (for example, migraines)
Some students have chosen topics outside of their workplaces, such as the following:
· Getting additional lighting in the neighborhood
· Changing traffic patterns around your child’s school
· Starting a PTA website for your child’s school
· Constructing a crying baby room at your place of worship
· Offering ESL courses at your church
· Increasing participation in a military Family Support Group
· Introducing a youth sports program to a school or community
· Changing the design of a class for your university
· Changing the learning management system for online classes for your university
 
Submitting the assignment:
 
You will submit a first draft of the essay to the assignment folder. The first draft will not be graded. The instructor will provide comments to it.
 
After receiving comments from the instructor, you will submit a revised draft. The final draft will be graded.
 
 

1
 
 
 
 
Writing
 
Assignment
 
#2
 
 
Background
 
 
Review
 
and
 
 
 
Synthesis
 
of
 
Literature
 
 
 
 
 
Summary
 
of
 
assignment
 
 
 
 

 
Task:
 
You will complete the following:
 
o
 
Select a topic for writing assignment #4
o
 
Research that topic
in OneSearch
 
o
 
Locate at least seven articles from scholarly or credible trade
journals on the topic
o
 
Write a synthesis of the articles.
 
 
 

 
Length:
 
1000

1400 words.
 
 
 

 
Format:
 
APA
 
 
 

 
Sources:
 
At least seven sources from scholarly or credible trade journals
 
 
 

 
Writing Process:
 
You will submit a first draft of the essay to the assignment folder. The
first draft will not be graded. The instructor will provide comments to it. After receiving
c
omments from the instructor, you will submit a revised draft. The final draft will be
graded.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
Writing Assignment #2
Background Review and
Synthesis of Literature
 
 
Summary of assignment
 
• Task: You will complete the following:
o Select a topic for writing assignment #4 o Research that topic
in OneSearch
o Locate at least seven articles from scholarly or credible trade
journals on the topic o Write a synthesis of the articles.
 
• Length: 1000-1400 words.
 
• Format: APA
 
• Sources: At least seven sources from scholarly or credible trade journals
 
• Writing Process: You will submit a first draft of the essay to the assignment folder. The
first draft will not be graded. The instructor will provide comments to it. After receiving
comments from the instructor, you will submit a revised draft. The final draft will be
graded.
 submit a summary of an article or news report about something to do with the construction industry.
Consult professional journals (Concrete Construction, Concrete Products, Asphalt Journal, Asphalt Magazine, etc.),
web sites (NRMCA, PCA, CalCIMA, Asphalt Institute, etc.), newspapers, magazines (ENR), or individual corporation
web sites for news and articles on projects, materials, or processes that sound interesting to you.
Organize your summary to include:
1. Title, author, and date of article.
2. A brief summary of the article in your own words, and its relevance to the class.
3. Your own personal opinion of the subject.
4. Reference citation of the source of the article.
The summary is to be typewritten double-spaced a minimum of one to two pages in length,
maximum 12-point font, 1-inch margins, and written in your own words.

Health Disparities Essay Paper – Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/Leading-Health-Indicators
From this website, Please select Maternal, Infant, and Child Health, and research for Colorado, and complete the following.
Health Disparities
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For this discussion:
•Review Leading Health Indicators on the HealthyPeople Web site listed above.
•Select one of the health indicators and respond to the following:  (Maternal, Infant, and Child Health)
◦How prevalent is this issue in your community or workplace? Health Disparities Essay Paper – Maternal, Infant, and Child Health.
◦What community health promotion strategies are in place to assist with this issue?
◦What pharmacological agents are typically used to treat the issue? Is there a particular procedure performed in conjunction with the drugs?
◦How do you educate the group of patients? ◦
What cultural factors or barriers contribute to the group’s health disparity?
◦Are the outcomes being measured? If so, how? If not, how might they be measured?  Health Disparities Essay Paper – Maternal, Infant, and Child Health.
•Support your observations and strategies with information found in this week’s reading assignment and the scholarly literature
Minimum of 150 words. Needs at least 1 APA formatted reference throughout the assignment and one as a reference. Health Disparities Essay Paper – Maternal, Infant, and Child Health

The Doctoral Degree and Professional Nursing Practice

In response to the continuous changes in health care today, nurses are charged with staying well informed on many rapidly evolving aspects of patient care. They are also expected to contribute to the improvement of health care quality. Engaging in doctoral education is an admirable way to position oneself for accomplishing this goal, and it can lead to new professional opportunities.

Why did you decide to enroll in graduate school? What informed your decision to pursue your chosen degree? How will earning this degree influence your career?

This week, you consider the characteristics of various programs, including the DNP and the PhD. The focus of the DNP degree is on clinical practice, whereas the focus of the PhD is on research. In conjunction with other professional colleagues, DNP- and PhD-prepared nurses often collaborate to analyze critical issues and find appropriate ways to address them.

This first Discussion provides an opportunity for you to examine what it means to earn a doctorate and how your selected degree program relates to your professional goals.

To prepare:

  • Consider the reasons you have chosen to pursue an advanced degree. How do you anticipate that earning this degree will support your professional goals?
  • Reflect on the comments shared by the experts in this week’s media regarding the value of a DNP degree and the various roles available to DNP-prepared nurses, as well as the characteristics of the PhD program and opportunities for PhD-prepared nurses.
  • Based on the information presented this week, have you developed any new ideas or goals for your future? If so, what are they?

By tomorrow 5/31/17, post 550 words essay in APA format with 3 references from the list below, that include the level one heading as numbered below:

Posta cohesive response that addresses the following:

1)       What does it mean to be a nurse with a practice or research doctorate? What are the expectations associated with this degree? How might this be different for a nurse who holds a different degree?

2)       How do these considerations relate to your motivation to pursue a doctoral degree right now?

Required Readings

Zaccagnini, M. E., & White, K. W. (2014). The doctor of nursing practice essentials: A new model for advanced practice nursing (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett. [Vital Source e-reader]

[For DNP students ONLY]

“Imagining the DNP Role” (pp. xvii–xxviii)

 This reading introduces and defines the DNP degree, with a particular emphasis on the aim to provide high-level preparation for the advanced practice of nursing.

Houser, J. (2015). Nursing research: Reading, using, and creating evidence (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

[For PhD students ONLY]

Chapter 1, “The Importance of Research as Evidence in Nursing”

 This chapter describes nursing research, its evolution, and its application in nursing practice.

 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/DNP/pdf/Essentials.pdf

[For DNP students ONLY]

“Introduction” (pp. 3–7)

 This section of an AACN document focuses on how the practice-oriented DNP degree complements and relates to the research-oriented PhD and other degrees.

 Cleary, M., Hunt, G. E., & Jackson, D. (2011). Demystifying PhDs: A review of doctorate programs designed to fulfill the needs of the next generation of nursing professionals. Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession, 39(2), 273–280.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

[For PhD students ONLY]

Conn, V. S. (2014). Prepare to launch: Optimizing doctoral education to ensure career success. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 36(1), 3–5.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Conn, V. S., Zerwic, J., Rawl, S., Wyman, J. F., Larson, J. L., Anderson, C. M., Markis, N. E. (2014). Strategies for a successful PhD program: Words of wisdom from the WJNR editorial board. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 36(1), 6–30.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

[For PhD students ONLY]

Foster, R. L. (2012). Doctoral education and the future of nursing. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 17(2), 77–78.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Sperhac, A. M., & Clinton, P. (2008). Doctorate of nursing practice: Blueprint for excellence. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 22(3), 146–151.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

[For DNP students ONLY]

 This article provides background on the development of the DNP degree, illustrates its necessary competencies, and evaluates the value of a DNP degree as well as challenges to its validity.

Required Media

 Laureate Education (Producer). (2012g). Welcome to Walden [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

 Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.

 In this media program, the president of Walden University welcomes you to the Walden learning community and shares examples of how Walden students are making a difference in their communities. She also describes how Walden’s Welcome Center supports you as a new student and makes it easier for you to connect with Walden when you have a question or need information.

 Laureate Education (Producer). (2011b). Introduction: The doctor of nursing practice [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

 Note:  The approximate length of this media piece is 15 minutes.

 In this media presentation, Dr. Joan Stanley discusses how the DNP degree evolved. In addition, Dr. Linda Beechinor and Dr. Susan Stefan share their experiences completing the DNP degree and explain how it has influenced their nursing careers.

For this assignment, you’ll first watch the 2019 Emmy-nominated documentary film American Factory (Directed by Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar).
After viewing the film, you’ll post a 300-400 word response to the questions
In your own words, how would you describe the culture of the US-born workers employed to work in the Fuyao factory?
How would you describe the culture of the Chinese-born workers and management who were brought to Ohio by the new owners to work in – and manage – the Fuyao factory?
What are some of the issues that ensued as these two constituencies worked side-by-side in the new Dayton, OH factory?
Consider at least one additional OB concept from this course, and discuss how it relates to the situation in this movie.
What did you learn about organizations from watching this film?
After viewing the film Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples’ Temple (If the link does not open for you on click, here is the URL: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llLBM58JXB0>) write an essay of 500-1200 words in length that analyzes the Jonestown tragedy according to the historical and cultural influences of the 1970s.
What is going on historically in the 1950s-1970s that creates so much social upheaval in America?  Why are so many people in the 1970s hungry for new religious answers to their problems and how does Jim Jones offer them an answer?  While it is an extreme example, how is Peoples’ Temple part of the religious cultural trend of the 1970s and how does it compare to other religious movements of the time?
Paper Requirements:

  • Write in 3rd person voice.  DO NOT use 1st person voice.
  • Use Arial or Helvetica font, 12 point size
  • Margins should be 1″ on all four sides of your essay
  • Name block is single-spaced.  The rest of the essay is double-spaced.
  • Do not add extra space after carriage returns or any other paper stretching method.  Remember, the word count (500-1200 words) is the requirement, so trying to stretch paper is pointless.  When you turn a paper in electronically, it gives a word count.  Short papers will receive a significant point deduction.
  • Grammar, punctuation, spelling and proper essay formatting count.  You should be able to write a well organized essay, which includes an introduction with a solid thesis, a well-organized and cohesive body, and a proper conclusion.
  • No outside sources are necessary or desired for this assignment.  If you make the choice to use outside sources, you will likely receive a bit of a penalty.  Failure to cite the source properly will constitute academic dishonesty, so if you do use outside sources, make sure you cite!
  • Double-check that you have properly cited your sources (including reference to the movie).  You must include both the proper in-text citation notes and the bibliography (works cited page) in either MLA, APA, or Chicago-Turabian style.
  • Put your NAME, STUDENT ID, AND CLASS (History 146) on your paper in the top left corner.  No cover sheet is necessary or desired.

If you are using an Apple product, do not use Safari to submit- use Chrome or Firefoxinstead.  You are required to turn in an electronic copy through Blackboard (no paper copy is necessary). 

DISCUSS HOW YOU COULD INCORPORATE THESE GOALS/OBJECTIVES INTO YOUR DAY-TO-DAY NURSING PRACTICE.

There are many factors that affect chronic illness—chronic pain, stigma, social isolation, altered mobility, or fatigue. Utilizing your learning from your readings and the South University Online Library resources, respond to the following questions:

  • Based on the research, which of these factors have the greatest impact on a patient? Why? Contrast at least two ways the factors would affect a twelve-year-old with the way they would affect a seventy-five-year-old.
  • Consider the twelve-year-old and the seventy-five-year-old have a chronic illness. How does the chronically ill patient’s illness trajectory influence the plan of care?
  • Review Healthypeople.gov website. Discuss how you feel these goals will impact the health of the nation. Briefly discuss how you could incorporate these goals/objectives into your day-to-day nursing practice.

IMPLICATIONS OF REGULATION IN NURSING SERVICES

Write a 2- to 3-page paper in which you address the following:

  • Describe Nursing Services in terms of how regulated it currently is.
  • Do
    you think this current state of regulation is appropriate? Why or why
    not? What problems have arisen because of regulation or the lack
    thereof?
  • What
    specific proposals do you have to increase, decrease, or otherwise
    modify regulation or government involvement within this submarket? What
    should the government’s role be in addressing issues of concern? What
    would be some potential consequences of these solutions?
  • Who would most benefit from this change? Who might suffer negative consequences?

Your
written assignment must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your
work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and
additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Pocket Guide to APA Style to ensure your in-text citations and reference list are correct.
SOURCES THAT CAN BE USED WHERE NECESSARY

  • Course Media: Health Policy and Economics
    • “The Role of Government in Health Care Markets” (Dr. Gerald Kominski and Dr. David Nash)
      This media segment examines the need for government intervention in health care delivery and financing.

Readings

  • Course Text: Health Economics and Financing
    • Chapter 14, “The Role of Government and Public Goods”
      This chapter explores the government’s role in regulating health care.
      Focus on the concept of market failure and the conditions that create
      the need for government intervention. In what ways is health care an
      example of a market failure that requires government regulation? This
      chapter also describes the characteristics of public goods. What makes
      something a public good and why is this relevant to health care?
  • Course Text: Essentials of Health Policy and Law
    • Chapter 8, “Health Economics in a Health Policy Context” (pp. 155-158 only; read from “Public Goods” to the end of the chapter.)