This assignment requires you to interview one person and requires an analysis of your interview experience.

Part I: Interview

Select a patient, a family member, or a friend to interview. Be sure to focus on the interviewee’s experience as a patient, regardless of whom you choose to interview.

Please review the following joint commission resource questions

*Who or what provides the patient with strength and hope?

*Does the patient use prayer in their life?

*How does the patient express their spirituality?

*How would the patient describe their philosophy of life?

*What type of spiritual/religious support does the patient desire?

*What is the name of the patient’s clergy, ministers, chaplains, pastor, rabbi?

*What does suffering mean to the patient?

*What does dying mean to the patient?

*What are the patient’s spiritual goals?

*Is there a role of church/synagogue in the patient’s life?

*How does your faith help the patient cope with illness?

*How does the patient keep going day after day?

*What helps the patient get through this health care experience?

*How has illness affected the patient and his/her family?

All these will provide some guidelines for creating spiritual assessment tools for evaluating the spiritual needs of patients. Using this resource and any other guidelines/examples that you can find, create your own tool for assessing the spiritual needs of patients.

Your spiritual needs assessment survey must include about 7 questions that can be answered during the interview. During the interview, document the interviewee’s responses.

The transcript should include the questions asked and the answers provided. Be sure to record the responses during the interview by taking detailed notes. Omit specific names and other personal information through which the interviewee can be determined.

Part II: Analysis

Write a 500-750 word analysis of your interview experience. Be sure to exclude specific names and other personal information from the interview. Instead, provide demographics such as sex, age, ethnicity, and religion. Include the following in your response:

1. What went well?

2. Were there any barriers or challenges that inhibited your ability to complete the assessment tool? How would you address these in the future or change your assessment to better address these challenges?

3. How can this tool assist you in providing appropriate interventions to meet the needs of your patient?

4. Did you discover that illness and stress amplified the spiritual concern and needs of your interviewee? Explain your answer with examples.

Submit both the transcript of the interview and the analysis of your results. This should be submitted as one document. The interview transcript is not part of  the word count for analysis.

PLEASE USE APA FORMAT

NO PLAGIARISM PLEASE

PLEASE READ INSTRUICTIONS

THANK YOU.

Overview: 

Develop a position statement regarding whether you would consider participating in a clinical trial related to heart disease.  Simply look at the pros and cons to determine which would persuade your decision and write 3-4 paragraphs to defend your position. Be sure to include at least one citation to support your work.

Breakdown:

Heart Disease Assignment

1. Review the following websites to gain an understanding of the #1 threat to women:

http://www.consultant360.com/content/heart-disease-women

 https://www.yourethecure.org/     Explore You’re the Cure to gain better understanding.

1. Review the booklet: http://www.healthyheartsforwomen.com/whd/#/1 with close review of page 31.
2. Read the following to become more aware of the historical disparity in clinical trial that have likely had impact ;on the diagnosing and treatment of heart disease in women.  

Women make up just over half the US population and should not be considered a special, minority population, but rather an equal gender whose health needs require equal research efforts as those for men. Historically, however, the health needs of women, apart from reproductive concerns, have lagged in medical research. In 1985, the Public Health Service Task Force on Women’s Health Issues concluded that “the historical lack of research focus on women’s health concerns has compromised the quality of health information available to women as well as the health care they receive.” Since the publication of that report, there has been a transformation in women’s health research—including changes in government support of research, in policies, in regulations, and in organization—that has resulted in the generation of new scientific knowledge about women’s health. Offices on women’s health have been established in a number of government agencies.1Government reports and reports from other organizations, including the Institute of Medicine (IOM), have highlighted the need for, and tracked the progress of, the inclusion of women in health research. A number of nongovernment organizations have also provided leadership in research in women’s health. And women as advocates, research subjects, researchers, clinicians, administrators, and US representatives and senators have played a major role in building a women’s health movement. A number of non-governmental organizations have also provided leadership in research in women’s health. And women as advocates, research subjects, researchers, clinicians, administrators, and US representatives and senators have played a major role in building a women’s health movement.  

Institute Of Medicine, Committee on Women’s Health Research (2010). Women’s Health Research: Progress, Pitfalls, and Promises. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12908&page=1.

4.  Review: http://www.fda.gov/forpatients/clinicaltrials/default.htm then develop a position statement regarding whether you would consider participating in a clinical trial related to heart disease.  Simply look at the pros and cons to determine which would persuade your decision and write 3-4 paragraphs to defend your position. Be sure to include at least one citation to support your work.

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Question Description

NUR323:CONCEPTS IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING

Scholarly Paper Guidelines

The scholarly paper allows the student to critically analyze the roles, responsibilities and functions of a nurse, integrate concepts of profession, professional & professionalism, and discuss an issue relevant to the profession that will influence future professional practice.

Purpose:

The purpose of this paper is to enable the student to articulate concepts of professional nursing and integrate relevant and critical issues related to the nursing profession. This analysis will allow the student to understand the current issues that will impact their profession & work environment.

Objectives: 

At the completion of this project, the student will be able to:

• Describe roles, responsibilities, functions of a professional nurse (LO 3, 4)
• Analyze recent and relevant professional information related to the topic(LO 2, 4)
• Analyze a current, relevant nursing issue in relation to professional practice(LO 3, 5)

Process:

1.Each student will write an informational paper about the roles, responsibilities and functions of a professional nurse.The student will choose a current, relevant issue in nursing and integrate how the issue relates within the profession.Issues may include those in course content or other nursing issues of personal interest.

2. Investigate an issue of current professional nursing and integrate using no less than 2 current (2010-present) professional NURSING journals (total of 4 professional references). If you have a question on what is a suitable and professional journal, please contact the professor up to 48 hours before the paper is due. 

3. The final scholarly paper should follow APA format throughout and will consist of the following:

• Title Page
• Abstract
• Discussion (Body of paper which is your presentation of the topic. This section will consist of 5 pages).
• References
• Total number of pages: 8 (title page to reference page)

APA Format: 

A) Abstract:

The abstract should be a brief summary of the content of the paper – 150-250 words. 
B) Introduction:

Provide a clear and concise explanation of the topic of the paper include not only the information about professional nursing but also the current issue to be discussed. 
C) Presentation of Professional Nursing & Issue:

Analyze the roles, responsibilities, & functions of a professional nurse today.Identify a significant & current issue affecting current or future nursing in relation to nursing practice, administration, education and research.Use relevant professional articles and resources to discuss this important issue as it relates to professional nursing.Headings must be used. Bulleted and numbered seriation will not be acceptable in this paper.

D) Conclusion:

This is a discussion of your conclusions and/or summary. Do not restate the paper in this section.

E) APA Format:

The structure of the paper must be in APA format (6th ed.) with a title page, abstract, page numbers, running head, and reference page. Use headings throughout the body of your paper.

F) APA STYLE:

See Chapter 3 of the APA Manual entitled “Writing Clearly and Concisely”. Be aware of tone, economy of expression, precision and clarity, linguistic devices, and bias (see APA manual pp. 65-77).

Do not use personal pronouns!

Seek assistance from The Writing Center at Cedar Crest College

G) Spelling, Grammar and Organization:

The paper should have no misspellings or grammatical errors. The paper should be organized in a clear and understandable style with critical thinking and evidence of your own thought process. Statements or ideas should be clear.

H) References:

The paper must have a minimum of 4 current professional nursing references (minimum of 2 must be professional journal articles). Limit the usage of the textbooks, non-nursing & non-professional websites, newspaper articles, non-nursing and non-scholarly journals. These non-nursing and non-scholarly sources should only support the professional resources.

4. Complete Assignment Submission includes: The Vericite submission in the module & the final paper with PDF copies of the professional nursing journal articles due by April 16th (4/16/2017) by 2359

ONLINE submission only in the Scholarly Paper Dropbox found in the online course, “Scholarly Paper” module

Online submission of PDF copies of the journal articles utilized and accurate & complete web addresses for professional sites.

oPapers will not be graded if the PDF articles are not submitted.Web addresses of the reference page MUST be retrievable.

oPapers will not be graded if the paper was not submitted to Vericite.

oLate deductions accrue at 10% of the assignment points per day for five days (including weekends and holidays) for papers not submitted to Vericite and papers submitted without PDF articles. Complete assignments (paper & articles) not submitted within 5 days of the deadline or partial assignments after 5 days (ie. articles not submitted) will be graded with a 0/200 points.

oPlease alert the course faculty if you have submitted the paper or resources past the due date.

Your Scholarly Paper is worth 200 points (out of 1000) of the course grade.

Has to be a minimal of 5 pages, APA format, No plagiarism.

Scenario:

A 14 year old girl that was raped by a stranger and is contemplating abortion.

Criteria

Evidence Based Practice Project: Finding the Evidence Overview This assignment will allow you to create an evidence-based practice project that includes the development of a PICO question and follows the initial steps of the Iowa Model.  You will share your findings using an APA formatted paper.Submitting your assignment • Save this document to your desktop as a Word document. • Open the document from your desktop and review the assignment instructions and grading rubric. • Create a separate Word document for your paper. • Return to Blackboard and upload your paper and your nursing research article that was approved by your coach in Module 2 to the assignment submission link in Module Four.  Please note: if you forget to upload your nursing quantitative research article, a 5 point penalty will be applied to your paper.Grading Rubric Use this rubric to guide your work the assignment.  Points are awarded for each section based on content and clarity of expression. Accomplished (Maximum points awarded) Proficient(Points awarded based on content) Needs Improvement(Minimum points awarded)Initial PICO question completed / nursing research article selected. Research article is a quantitative article, nursing focused, and is 5 years or less from current publication date.Please note: if you forget to upload your nursing quantitative research article, a 5 point penalty will be applied to your paper5 – 4 points Research article is a quantitative article that is nursing focused but is greater than 5 years old.3 – 2 points Research article is not nursing focused or is a qualitative article, systematic review, meta-synthesis, meta-analysis, meta-summary, integrative review, clinical information article or “how-to” article.0 pointsOpening Paragraph(Paragraph #1) Introduction statement(s) present.PICO question with all elements present.  Statement of importance with two facts such as costs, morbidity, mortality, safety. Include related statistics with citation and is 5 years or less from current publication date.10 – 9 points No introduction statement(s).PICO statement is incomplete.  Statement of importance incomplete or missing.Citation is incomplete or missing.8 – 3 points No introduction statement(s).  PICO statement grossly incomplete or missing. Statement of importance missing.No citation2 – 0 points Summary paragraph for your nursing quantitative research article.(Paragraph #2) Three facts clearly identified from quantitative nursing research article and is 5 years or less from current publication date.A least two of the facts include information from the Results and / or Discussion sections.Facts clearly tied to PICO question.Facts connected to your nursing practice.   10 – 9 points Less than three facts clearly identified from quantitative nursing research article.Only one fact includes results or discussion sections.Facts not clearly tied to PICO question.Facts not clearly connected to your nursing practice.

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8 – 3 points No facts clearly identified from the article.No facts from the results or discussion sectionsNo attempt to connect facts from the article back to the PICO question. No attempt to connect facts from the article back to your nursing practice.         2 – 0 pointsReliability paragraph for your nursing quantitative research article.(Paragraph #3) Definition of reliability offered with citation.Discussion of reliability clearly connected to data collection or measurement methods with examples from the student’s research article. Type of reliability is identified and named.Hint: This information is covered in Chapter 10. Use Table 10-1 in your textbook to identify the type of reliability of the measurement instrument / tool. 10 – 9 points Vague or no definition of reliability.Minimal reference to data collection or measurement methods in discussion of reliability with no reference to specific information from the student’s article.Type of reliability is not clearly identified / named.8 – 3 points Vague statements about reliability made with no discussion of data collection or measurement methods offered.Type of reliability is not identified / named.2 – 0 pointsValidity paragraph for your nursing quantitative research article. (Paragraph #4) Definition of validity offered with citation.Discussion of validity clearly connected to data collection, or measurement methods with examples from the student’s research article.Type of validity is identified and named. Hint: This information is covered in Chapter 10. Use Table 10-1 in your textbook to identify the type of validity of        the measurement
instrument / tool. 10 – 9 points Vague or no definition of validity.Minimal reference to data collection, or measurement methods in discussion of validity with no reference to specific information from the student’s article.Type of validity is not clearly identified / named.8 – 3 points Vague statements about validity made with no discussion of data collection or measurement methods offered.Type of validity is not identified / named.2 – 0 pointsTwo additional strengths or weaknesses from your nursing quantitative research article. (Paragraph #5) Two strengths or two weaknesses or one strength and one weakness are specifically identified from your nursing quantitative research article.The student choices for strengths / weaknesses must focus on the methods used by the authors for sampling, measurement methods used (ex. a questionnaire), or how the data was collected (data collection) with examples from the student’s research article. 10 – 9 points Only one strength / or weakness explained well with second strength / weakness only identified.Strengths / weaknesses not based on sample, measurement methods, or data collection. 8 – 3 points Strength / weaknesses identified are not based on these three critique skills. No strengths / weaknesses identified.            2 – 0 pointsClinical practice guideline summary.(Paragraph #6) Name of the clinical practice guideline and specific website identified.  Guideline is the most recent version or published within the past five years.Three facts clearly identified that were found within the guideline and relate to the practice of a BSN.Facts clearly tied to PICO question.Facts connected to your nursing practice.       10 – 9 points Name of the clinical practice guideline or website not clearly identified.Fewer than three facts clearly identified that were found within the guideline or facts not specifically related to the practice of the nurse.Facts vaguely tied to PICO question.Facts vaguely connected to your nursing practice.           8 – 3 points Name of the clinical practice guideline or website not stated.No clearly identified facts from the guideline.Facts not tied to PICO question or nursing practice.

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2 – 0 points“Fourth resource” summary.(Paragraph #7) Three facts clearly identified from the fourth resource which is 5 years or less from current publication date.Facts clearly tied to PICO question.Facts connected to your nursing practice.        10 – 9 points Less than three facts clearly identified from the fourth resource.Facts not clearly tied to PICO question.Facts not clearly connected your nursing practice.           8 – 3 points No facts clearly identified from the fourth resource.No attempt to connect facts from the fourth resource back to the PICO question. No attempt to connect facts from the fourth resource back to your nursing practice.Instructions for Completing Your Assignmento Step one:  Using the topic you chose for Module 2 Searching for a Quantitative Nursing article, identify a nursing clinical practi It may not be a qualitative article, systematic review, meta-synthesis, meta-analysis, meta-summary, integrative review or a retrospective / quality improvement study. For more information on how to recognize these types of article see Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015)§ It must include implications and / or interventions that are applicable to nursing practice. § It must be no more than 5 years old from the current publication year.§ It must be from a nursing research journal or have a nurse as an author.§ It must be based on the topic list attached here.§ce question that you would like to explore.   o Step two: Complete the readings from Module Four.  Use the readings from Module Four to put your nursing clinical practice question into a PICO format.  o Step three:  Search for a nursing quantitative research article (or two) that relates to your PICO question using Academic Search Complete, CINHAL, Pubmed, Google Scholar, or any other database that contains nursing research articles.  Please note: you may be able to use the article that you submitted in Module Two to meet this requirement.o The article you will find must meet the following mandatory requirements:
 It may not be a clinical information article or “how-to” article.o Step four:  If you have questions about your PICO question formatting or the nursing quantitative research article that you found, post them to the Q§pp. 22-24. & A discussion board for feedback from your peers.o Self-check: if you choose the wrong type of nursing quantitative research article for your paper (the one that you will be using to write paragraph 2, 3, 4, &  Find a clinical practice guideline at http://ift.tt/2w6fYMV that relates to your question.  It must have information that relates to the role of the nurse.  Guideline is the most recent version or published within the past five years. (It is true§ Find a resource published within the past 5 years that provides you with at least two facts (ex. costs, morbidity, mortality, safety, or other related statistics) for why your clinical problem is important (provide statistics).  (The internet is a great place to get this information…just don’t forget to cite this information and add it to your reference page).§5) the best grade you could make is a 55.  Yikes!!!  Please make sure that yu have selected a nursing quantitative research article that meets the criteria for this assignment and ask for help if you are not sure. Please note: you may be able to use the article that you submitted in Module Two to meet this requirement.o Step Five: Collecting More Evidence (Do the research)
 Hint: Did you notice that you will be finding a total of four different sources of information for your PICO question?  To re-cap, these four sources are:• Statistics you are reporting in paragraph one.• Nursing quantitative research article for paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 5.• Clinical Practice Guideline (paragraph 6)• A source of your choosing (paragraph 7)o Step Six: Write up your findings in APA format and submit them to Blackboard by the due date and time listed in your syllabus.  Here’s§ Find a clinical “how-to” article, a nursing professional practice website, a systematic literature review, a meta-analysis, or a manufacturer’s website published within the past 5 years that relates to your practice question. §that guidelines are not always updated within 5 years so you will need to discuss this.)
 Paragraph #3: Define reliability as it is used in your textbook. Critique the reliability of the nursing quantitative research article you used.  Go back to what you learned in your article critique about measurement methods and data collection in Module 3 to make sure you are being thorough in your assessment. Use Table 10-1 in your textbook to identify the type of reliability for your measurement instrument / tool.§ Paragraph #2:  What did your nursing quantitative research article add to your knowledge on this topic?  Share at least three facts (two must be from the Results or Discussion sections) that you found within the article in this paragraph that is relevant to your PICO question and your practice as a nurse. § Paragraph #1: This is your opening paragraph. Start with an introduction statement. What is your PICO question? Describe why was it important (share the dollars, morbidity / mortality, statistics, safety stats you found with citation)?§ Start with a UTA CONHI approved cover page.§how to write up your findings:

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Paragraph #4: Define validity as it is used in your textbook.  Critique the validity of the nursing quantitative research article you used. Go back to what you learned in your article critique about measurement methods, and data collection to make sure you are being thorough in your assessment. Use Table 10-1 in your textbook to identify the type of validity for your measurement instrument / tool. Be specific, so§Be specific, so that your instructor, if reading the article, can find them too.
 Paragraph #5: Using the skills you have learned in your critique of a research article, describe two strengths or two weaknesses (or one strength and one weakness) that you found as you read this article.  Go back to what you learned in your article critique about sampling methods, measurement methods (ex. questionnaires), and data collection (how did they collect the data to make sure you are being thorough in§that your instructor, if reading the article, can find them too.  
 Note to students about writing up your findings: o This is a formal APA paper.  Look at the Rubric for more APA information for this paper.o Don’t forget to use your APA resources that were reviewed in Module Two!o Don’t forget to use the Module Four discussion board for additional questions about your paper.o Turn your paper (as a word document) and article (in pdf format) that you used for paragraphs 2, 3, 4,§ Paragraph #8 (and #9 if needed): re-state your PICO question and briefly summarize what you have learned through your search.  What would you recommend, if anything, as a change in practice for nurses?  Why?  Remember, this is your closing paragraph(s).§ Paragraph #7: Identify the fourth resource you found (clinical “how-to” article, a nursing professional practice website, a systematic literature review, a meta-analysis, or a manufacturer’s website) that relates to your practice question.  Share at least three facts that you found within this source that is relevant to the PICO question and your practice as a nurse, and cite appropriately. § Paragraph #6:  What is the name and website of the clinical practice guideline that you found?  Share at least three facts that you found within the guideline that is relevant to the PICO question and your practice as a BSN nurse and cite the guideline appropriately.§your assessment. Be specific, so that your instructor, if reading the article, can find them too.  Do not re-state the limitations provided by the authors of your study unless they have to do with the study’s sampling, measurement methods, or data collection.  Do not discuss the descriptive or inferential statistics used by the authors as a strength or weakness of the study, as this is not related to with the study’s sampling, measurement methods, or data collection. & 5 in to the assignment submission link in Module Four at the due date and time listed in your syllabus.o Possible points for this assignment: 100 points