PUBLIC HEALTH/NURSING

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This assignment is due on Wednesday April 24, 2013 at midday . It is important that you follow all instructions and respond to all questions detail as require. In text citation is require and proper APA format must be used to complete this assignment . For the PPT , you must read and follow closely the instructions associated with the questions .
SECTION A
The topic is Obesity, and you are required to submit a minimum of 10 slides PPT including a minimum of 50 words speaker notes per slides. For each slides, you should include a minimum of 5 bullets points and 50 words speaker notes. The bullets points should be in the slides and why the speaker notes should elaborates on them. A reference slide is also required at the end all in APA format. In text citation is critical and must be use throughout the entire assignment.
Submit a 10 slide Power Point presentation about Obesity In the United states.
– Give a brief background, but then be specific as to how public health is affected by Obesity.
– Make recommendations for health education and outreach regarding Obesity in the United States.
SECTION B
Write 400 words minimum in APA format responding to the situation below. It is important to clearly respond to the questions asked below showing clearly part 1 and 2. The similarity scores cannot be more than 15% and in text citation must be use .
As a leader in your nursing department, you must review the registered nurse practice act for the state in which you work: the guideline for each nurse who works in that state.
•Part 1:
?Locate Maryland state’s nurse practice act and summarize it.
?In your own words, post what the act says about the nurses’ responsibility when delegating care to unlicensed assistive personnel.
?What does the delegation language mean to you in regard to your own delegation of care to unlicensed assistive personnel?
•Part 2:
?Describe a change that recently occurred in your workplace.
?How did the staff react?
?From your…
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You have been asked by your employer to educate employees on the benefits and requirements of health insurance.
Be sure to include the following information in your paper:
1. health impacts
2. financial advantages, including risk pools
3. access
4. avoiding sanctions or fines; and
5. figures and statistics supporting your findings.
Your assignment should meet the following structural requirements.
•       write a paper of 3 – 4 pages, not including the cover sheet and reference page

•       Include headings titled Introduction, Health Impacts, Financial Advantages, Sanctions and Conclusion.

•       Formatted according to APA

•       Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of 6 scholarly articles (within 5 years).

Impact of Nursing Theory Upon Healthcare Organization

Discuss how a specific middle-range nursing theory has been or could be applied by nurse leaders or nurse managers to effectively deal with an administrative issue (i.e., staffing, use of supplies, staff performance issues). Include an example from the literature or your own experience to illustrate your points.
In the second thread for this week we will be discussing how we can use theory to address administrative issues in the workplace. Use of theory by a knowledgeable nurse in an administrative position will increase professional power in influencing others. In addition, theory increases professional autonomy in structuring practice.
In this thread you will respond to: Discuss how a specific middle-range theory has been used or could be applied by nurse leaders or nurse managers to effectively deal with an administrative issue (i.e., staffing, use of supplies, staff performance issues). Include an example from the literature or your own experience to illustrate your point.
The course outcomes that will be used to guide the learning process are:
• Propose strategies foe use of relevant theories that nurse leaders can employ in selected healthcare or educational organizations, considering legal and ethical principles. (PO #2, 6)
• Communicate the analysis of and proposed strategies for the use of a theory in nursing practice. (PO#3)
• Recommend strategies for the use of theory as the basis for actions of advanced nursing practice in leadership and education. (PO#5)
WHAT ARE YOUR PERSONAL VALUES AND BELIEFS ABOUT NURSING, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND PATIENT CARE DELIVERY?

Select a theory or model that might be valuable in your advanced nursing role, or that interests you. Explain your response to the following questions:

  1. What are your personal values and beliefs about nursing, health, environment, and patient care delivery?
  2. What are the underlying assumptions, values, and beliefs of the particular theory or model that you have chosen?
  3. Is this theory or model congruent with your own values and beliefs about nursing, nursing care, nursing environment, and health?
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Assignment 1: Planning a Needs Assessment II
One of the many reasons social workers conduct needs assessment is to provide support for new programs. Social workers have many methods available to collect necessary data for a needs assessment.
Social workers can use existing data from a wide range of sources, including local and national reports by government and nonprofit agencies, as well as computerized mapping resources. Social workers can gather new data through interviews and surveys with individuals and focus groups. This data can provide the evidence that supports the need for the program.
To prepare for this Assignment, review the needs assessment plans that you and your classmates generated for this week’s Discussion. Also, review the logic models that you created in Week 7 and any literature on needs of caregivers that you used to generate them.
Consider the following to stimulate your thinking:
· Getting information about the needs of the target population:

  • Who would informants be?
  • What is your purpose for        interacting with them?
  • What questions would you ask?
  • What method would you use        (interview, focus group, questionnaire)?

· Finding potential clients:

  • Who would informants be?
  • What is your purpose for        interacting with them?
  • What questions would you ask?
  • What method would you use?

· Interacting with the target population:

  • Who would informants be?
  • What is your purpose for        interacting with them?
  • What questions would you ask?
  • What method would you use?

Submit a 2-page paper outlining a hypothetical needs assessment related to the support group program for caregivers. Include the following:
· The resources needed to operate this service
· The program activities
· The desired outcomes
· A plan for gathering information about the population served
· Justifications for your plans and decisions
· A one-paragraph conclusion describing how you might conduct a follow-up to the needs assessment at the implementation stage of the program evaluation
References (use 2 or more)
Dudley, J. R. (2014). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do. (2nd ed.) Chicago, IL: Lyceum Books.
· (For review) Chapter 6, “Needs Assessment” (pp. 107–142)
· Chapter 7, “Crafting Goals and Objectives” (pp. 144–164)
Document: Tutty, L. M., & Rothery, M. A. (2010). Needs assessments. In B. Thyer (Ed.), The handbook of social work research methods (2nd ed.,pp. 149–162). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (PDF)
Assignment:
Journal: Supervising Others
Take a minute and think about the supervisors you have had in the workplace. What were characteristics of effective supervisors? As you reflect on these experiences, consider how supervision affected your ability to complete the tasks associated with your job. Also, think about how leadership styles can influence the relationship between social workers and their supervisors.
For this Assignment, review the Petrakis case study in this week’s video and note how supervisory and leadership skills are portrayed.
Assignment (4–5 paragraphs)
Complete the following Journal entry:
· Identify attributes of leadership styles and approaches that facilitate quality supervision.
· Evaluate the supervisory and leadership skills demonstrated in the Petrakis case study by identifying which supervisory and leadership skills the supervisor demonstrated.

Data Collection and Measurement Assignment
Access the following information. You may read the PDF online or download it.

American Nurses Association. (2014). Fast facts: The nursing workforce 2014: Growth, salaries, education, demographics & trends. ANA. http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ThePracticeofProfessionalNursing/workforce/Fast-Facts-2014-Nursing-Workforce.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

  1. Review these facts, and describe what the results say about this sample of the nursing workforce.
  2. What do you believe was the intent of the researcher who designed the survey?
  3. The next process for our study is to collect data. The research design will indicate the best data to be collected. The tools that we use to collect data need to be reliable and valid. Define these terms with respect to research, and explain why they are important.
  4. Consider data collection and measurement methods for your nursing clinical issue. Explain how you would collect data and what measurement methods you would use. Data Collection and Measurement Assignment

 DISCUSS  AND PROVIDE 2 SPECIFIC WAYS EARLY CONCEPTUALIZATION ABOUT NURSING

1- Discuss  and provide 2 specific ways Early Conceptualization About Nursing Theory can be applied to advanced practice nursing. Identify one MSN Essential that most relates to this particular topic.
*Under the Class Resources tab, students will find the MSN Essentials which help to guide and shape graduate nursing education. Select 1 of these essentials that most closely reflect the concepts of this theory.**
-All discussion posts must be minimum 250 words, references must be cited in APA format, and must include minimum of 2 scholarly resources published within the past 5-7 years.  Please be sure to cite your reference(s) in APA format, at the end of your posting.
One of the reference that you can use would be:
1- Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice (Parker, Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice) Authors: Marlaine Smith PhD RN AHN-BC FAAN; Marilyn E. Parker PhD RN FAAN, edition 4

HEALTH CARE PRACTICES THERE ARE MANY OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF CHANGING THE CULTURE OF HEALTH CARE PRACTICES.

Response to peer discussion board-150 words-1 reference within 5 years-NURSING JOURNALS ONLY.There is a large push for evidence-based practice to become the main foundation of all clinicalpractices and clinical decision making. In order to provide the best up to date quality careevidence-based practice must be used. By the year 2020 90% of clinical decisions will besupported by accurate timely and up-to-date clinical information and will reflect the bestavailable evidence (Boswell& Cannon 2017). Though it is ideal to have evidence-base practicedriving health care practices there are many obstacles in the way of changing the culture ofhealth care practices. There are many obstacles to change such as resistance to change fromstaff available resources to support changes lack of support and training from mentors andresearch findings incompatible with the realities of their practice (Johnston Coole Feakes Whitworth Tyrell & Hardy 2016 p. 392).Working at Shands Hospital in Gainesville Florida there is most definitely a strong push forthe best quality of care through evidence-based practice. Each unit throughout the hospital hasa clinical leader. The units clinical leaders main job description is to assure the unit is clinicallyusing practices that are evidence-based. The main obstacle that I have found on my unit hasbeen research findings incompatible with the realities of their practice (Johnston et al. 2016 p.392 ). Working on such a high acuity unit in the cardiovascular intensive care unit a lot ofevidence-based hospital driven policies and practices have had to be adjusted specially to fit ourunit. Hospital wide practices have had to be adapted because certain practices do not apply tothe realities and acuity of our unit. One main example is the MEWS assessment. The modifiedearly warning score (MEWS) is an example of a physiological track and trigger system designedto identify patients at risk of clinical deterioration in order to provide a timely response torequest appropriately-trained nursing or medical staff to assess the patient and provide anyinterventions required (Harris 2013 p.432). MEWS is an extremely useful tool on floor units but on my particular unit a majority of our patient population have such a high baseline MEWScore. If following our hospital protocol for our patients MEWS we would be constantly callingphysicians and bringing them to the bedside. Our patients have extremely high acuity which isone of the reasons they are in the intensive care unit. Our physicians are aware of the acuity ofour patients and therefore the hospital wide MEW score does not really apply to our unit. Wehad to adjust the triggers of the MEW Scores of when to notify a physician. On the floor aMEWS of 4 a physician is notified and needs to come assess the patient but in the CICU thescore for when a physician has to come to bedside was adjusted to a 6. MEWS is just one ofthe many obstacles present in implementing evidence-based practices on our unit. There aremany obstacles to implementing evidence-based practices in our clinical practices but it isimperative that we adjust or policies and practices to reflect the research found in order toprovide the best quality care.Answer rating (rated one time)
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In this assignment, you apply and integrate the concepts of attribution, attitude, behavior, and cognitive dissonance.
Identify a situation in which an individual was persuaded into a decision to engage in behavior that violated social values, beliefs, attitudes, ethics, and/or morals, such as misrepresenting a product, underreporting income on taxes, falsifying services on a billing document, taking supplies from work, or engaging in vandalism.
Write a 700-word paper in which you analyze your identified situation. Address the following items:

  • Analyze the situation from the perspective of the individual’s social, cultural, and spiritual influences and his or her ethics. Refrain from inserting your own judgments and opinions.
  • Describe the reciprocal relationship between behavior and attitudes.
  • Cite at least 3 references.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Every individual has faced a hard decision in one time of their lives and has come across a situation against their values and morals. Every person is different and has their morals, belief, and ethics they live by on an everyday basis. Society today is persuaded or pressured by another individual to do something wrong, even if they don’t want to do it. In this paper, we will discuss and identify a situation where a girl named Cristina decides to decide her values and morals, in regards to cheating and lying on her taxes. Even though she knew what might happen and what the consequences could be her morals were questioned.

Summary of the Situation

Cristina has realized she has worked a lot of overtime within the year and has made too much money. Furthermore, she knows that filling herself will result in having to pay back the IRS money she can’t even afford. Cristina’s sister had mentioned to her that she could let her claim her two children and use their social security, to get back a couple thousand therefore in return, Cristina could give her five hundred for both children. However, Cristina is aware that by claiming them it’s a wrongful act and she is committing fraud for alleging children that are not hers and can be held accountable and get audited by the IRS. Cristina isn’t thinking of the consequences of what might happen if she gets audited she is only thinking of the money she will get back. She also has an evident understanding of what is right from wrong.

ANALYZE THEORIES FROM NURSING AND RELEVANT FIELDS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR COMPONENTS,

In this thread you will have an opportunity to apply what you have learned in preparation of your TD 1 topic response post. As an advanced nurse in a specialty area, you will use borrowed theories, as well as nursing theory, to guide your practice
In this thread you will respond to and discuss: Choose a borrowed theory and apply its framework to an advanced nursing issue (i.e., hostility in the workplace, instituting bedside reporting, and shared leadership).
The course outcome that will be used to guide the learning process is:
• Analyze theories from nursing and relevant fields with respect to their components, relationships among the components, logic if the presentations, comprehensiveness, and utility to advanced nursing