1.
Answer these discussion questions in your initial post:
1. AONE has a defined set of Nurse Competencies. Which one do you feel is the most important one and why?
2. What would you do to improve the autonomy of staff nurses in your work area?
200-300 Words in text citing and references.
Rubric
Information clearly relates to the main topic and includes several supporting details and/or examples in a well-organized way. Grammar is correct. When required, replies to peers are thoughtful and meaningful.
2. Personal Mission Statement
Develop and write your personal mission statement. Submit a Word docx
About the class
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND NURSING
This course explores the economic issues relevant to nursing practice and health care and uses a systems approach to analyzing the financial impact of health care decisions. The course further assesses the financial implications of nursing decisions from a clinical perspective. Topics include a myriad of financial concepts ranging from staffing and budgeting to measuring productivity and forecasting costs. The goal of this course is to enable nurses in managerial roles to implement change without negatively affecting patient care outcomes.
3.
Research with multiple parts.
Provide the research question you are considering for your Literature Review and your rationale behind your choice. What challenges do you anticipate or questions might you have as you begin the research process? Do you have any pre-conceived notions or expectations related to your potential findings?
1. Use the information below to guide your responses in the "Research Question" discussion board in Schreiner
Discussion Board
1. Return to the "Research Question" discussion and follow the 3-2-1 style response where you:
· Select 3 classmates' posts to respond to in 100-200 words
· Include 2 relative or substantive comments in each response
· Include 1 suggestion or idea for further exploration
· Include the support of valid references with correct APA style of referencing. Remember, your textbook is a reliable information source, and page citations are immensely helpful to everyone.
To help identify a researchable research question, consider the following suggested strategy. Begin with a broad area of interest (i.e., safe staffing levels, hunger, obesity) and then begin to streamline this focus (i.e., personal, client, or organizational factors that influence definitions of safe staffing; the impact of access to grocery stores or local farmers' markets has on abating hunger; influence of personalized education programs discussing exercise and diet on weight reduction).
NURS 4375: Financial ManagementPersonal Mission Statement AssignmentReflection Rubric
Requirement
Low Quality
Moderate Quality
High Quality
Quality of Content and Organization
(40%)
Response has little or nothing to do with the main topic or may be disorganized.
(0-1 points)
Response has some relation to the main topic or may be somewhat organized.
...
The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker
H
Walden University
Transforming Nursing And Health Through Technology
NURS 6051
Nov 27, 2019
1
The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker
2
Purpose
Explain the concept of a knowledge worker.
Define and explain nursing informatics and highlight the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
The concept of a knowledge worker
The term “knowledge worker” was first coined by Peter Drucker. Ducker defined knowledge workers as high-level workers who apply theoretical and analytical knowledge, acquired through formal training, to develop products and services (CFI, 2019). He emphasized that due to the high level of productivity and creativity of knowledge worker, that they would be the most valuable assets in the 21st century organization. Professionals that can be referred to as knowledge worker includes engineers, pharmacists, architects, financial analysts, public accountants, physicians, scientists, design thinkers, and lawyers. Furthermore, knowledge workers have a high degree of expertise, experience, education and the primary purpose of their jobs involve the distribution, creation and application of knowledge.
3
Definition of a knowledge worker by Peter Drucker
Professional that are referred to as knowledge worker
Nursing Informatics
Nursing Informatics is a subset of informatics, specific to the nursing field and the role of the nurse in the healthcare setting. There has been several interpretation of nursing informatics. The American Nurses Association (ANA), identified nursing informatics as a specialty that integrates nursing, science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice (ANA, 2001, pg.17).
4
Nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
A nurse leader is one who inspire others to work together to achieve a common goal, for instance enhanced patient care or satisfaction. All nurses are called to nurse leadership, however there are different levels of nurse leadership. Nurse leaders are expected to help the organization to fulfill the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategies to achieve long-range plans. Nurse leaders part take in policy setting, overseeing quality measures are carried out, accountability for overall quality of patient care delivery, staff satisfaction and organizational outcomes. For a nurse leader as a knowledge worker to be productive in an organization, the nurse leader must understand that knowledge work requires continuous learning on the part of the knowledge worker, but equally continuous teaching on the part of the knowledge worker. Having said that, a knowledge worker nurse leader will depend hugely on evidenced based practice to be productive in a healthcare organization. The use of EBP by knowledge worker nurse leader will require learning and teaching. Most healthcare organizations or hospitals rely on evidenced based practice to im.
• Develop strategic and business plans
The document outlines competencies for nurse executives as defined by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE). It identifies five core competency domains: communication and relationship building, knowledge of the healthcare environment, leadership, professionalism, and business skills. Within each domain, specific competencies are described to provide guidance for nurse leaders. The competencies are intended to help nurses develop skills for executive roles and guide organizations in evaluating nurse leader performance.
Impact report to senior leadership.pdfstudywriters
The document discusses creating a new nurse leadership position to address a nursing challenge of patient safety issues at a nursing facility. It identifies the challenge as nurses administering incorrect medications or causing patient falls through negligence. These adverse events negatively impact patients and can hinder nurses' career development. Using systems theory, it explains how smaller issues in nursing practice can affect the organization's ability to achieve its health care goals. The document calls for a SWOT analysis and discusses how the new leadership role would help influence change and improve patient outcomes through key leadership skills.
This document discusses the development and use of the AONE Nurse Executive Competencies (AONE-NEC) over the past 12 years. It was developed by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) to provide guidance for nurse executive practice and education. The competencies address areas like leadership, professionalism, and business skills. They have been widely adopted by academic programs and healthcare organizations to guide curriculum, performance evaluations, and professional development. The competencies also provide a framework for graduate nursing administration programs to align content and fieldwork experiences. Their use demonstrates how AONE has positioned itself as an expert in nurse executive competency.
For more classes visit
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Midterm Case Study: Motivating Employees
Due Week 5 and worth 300 points
Imagine that you have been appointed the Director of Health at the Kaluyu Memorial Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya – a for-profit hospital. The facility is also a referral hospital and receives severe cases of accidents, chronicle / communicable diseases, and houses an HIV / AIDS ward. As you settle into your position, you realize that the
· Write an executive summary, 4-5 pages in length, of existing out.docxlillie234567
· Write an executive summary, 4-5 pages in length, of existing outcome measures related to a performance issue uncovered in your gap analysis that you intend to address.
Introduction
Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
As a nurse leader, you must be able to access, identify, and describe outcome measures as they relate to safety and quality problems in your organization.
This assessment provides an opportunity to examine existing outcome measures, assess their strategic value, and present your findings to executive leaders in a manner that will help you gain their support.
Quality and safety are everyone's responsibility as a team of interprofessional care delivery partners. Together we develop policies that support quality and safe care delivery. As part of the interprofessional team, nurses are leaders in care and thus are responsible and accountable for leading and providing safe quality care.
Health care delivery is structured around evidenced-based information. Quality is defined by exploring proven, evidenced-based information. After reviewing and defining evidenced-based information, the interprofessional team applies this knowledge to assess the organization's or the practice setting's ability to provide evidenced-based care delivery. When a gap in care is identified, it is important to propose an evidenced-based change and to execute a plan for improved care.
Your summary of relevant outcome measures is based on your findings from the quality and safety gap analysis you completed in the previous assessment.
Preparation
Your analysis of the gap between current and desired performance was the first step toward improving outcomes. You now have the information you need to move forward with proposed changes. Your next step is to focus on existing outcome measures and their relationship to the systemic problem you are addressing. For this assessment, you have been asked to draft a summary of existing outcome measures for your organization's executive team to raise awareness of the problem and the strategic value of existing measures.
Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center's
Writing Supportpage.
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
Building stakeholder support is crucial to fostering and sustaining change. Therefore, as you approach this assessment, think about the stakeholders w.
Health Care Delivery Models and Nursing PracticeExamine changeJeanmarieColbert3
This document outlines an assignment for nursing students to write a 1,000-1,250 word paper discussing changes to the US healthcare system through recent laws and regulations and their effects on nursing practice. Students are asked to: 1) outline a current healthcare law and its impact on nursing; 2) discuss how quality measures and pay-for-performance affect patient outcomes and nursing's role; 3) discuss emerging nursing leadership roles; and 4) predict future changes to nursing practice in the next five years. Students are required to cite at least three sources published within the last five years.
Essentials of Master Education in Nursing Paper FNU.docxwrite22
This document outlines the Essentials of Master Education in Nursing as put forth by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). It discusses 9 essentials that all master's programs in nursing should address, including: background from sciences/humanities, organizational leadership, quality improvement/safety, translating scholarship to practice, informatics, health policy, interprofessional collaboration, clinical prevention/population health, and master's-level nursing practice. The essentials provide a framework for curricula to prepare graduates for diverse nursing roles through expanded knowledge and higher-level skills.
The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker
H
Walden University
Transforming Nursing And Health Through Technology
NURS 6051
Nov 27, 2019
1
The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker
2
Purpose
Explain the concept of a knowledge worker.
Define and explain nursing informatics and highlight the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
The concept of a knowledge worker
The term “knowledge worker” was first coined by Peter Drucker. Ducker defined knowledge workers as high-level workers who apply theoretical and analytical knowledge, acquired through formal training, to develop products and services (CFI, 2019). He emphasized that due to the high level of productivity and creativity of knowledge worker, that they would be the most valuable assets in the 21st century organization. Professionals that can be referred to as knowledge worker includes engineers, pharmacists, architects, financial analysts, public accountants, physicians, scientists, design thinkers, and lawyers. Furthermore, knowledge workers have a high degree of expertise, experience, education and the primary purpose of their jobs involve the distribution, creation and application of knowledge.
3
Definition of a knowledge worker by Peter Drucker
Professional that are referred to as knowledge worker
Nursing Informatics
Nursing Informatics is a subset of informatics, specific to the nursing field and the role of the nurse in the healthcare setting. There has been several interpretation of nursing informatics. The American Nurses Association (ANA), identified nursing informatics as a specialty that integrates nursing, science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice (ANA, 2001, pg.17).
4
Nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
A nurse leader is one who inspire others to work together to achieve a common goal, for instance enhanced patient care or satisfaction. All nurses are called to nurse leadership, however there are different levels of nurse leadership. Nurse leaders are expected to help the organization to fulfill the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategies to achieve long-range plans. Nurse leaders part take in policy setting, overseeing quality measures are carried out, accountability for overall quality of patient care delivery, staff satisfaction and organizational outcomes. For a nurse leader as a knowledge worker to be productive in an organization, the nurse leader must understand that knowledge work requires continuous learning on the part of the knowledge worker, but equally continuous teaching on the part of the knowledge worker. Having said that, a knowledge worker nurse leader will depend hugely on evidenced based practice to be productive in a healthcare organization. The use of EBP by knowledge worker nurse leader will require learning and teaching. Most healthcare organizations or hospitals rely on evidenced based practice to im.
• Develop strategic and business plans
The document outlines competencies for nurse executives as defined by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE). It identifies five core competency domains: communication and relationship building, knowledge of the healthcare environment, leadership, professionalism, and business skills. Within each domain, specific competencies are described to provide guidance for nurse leaders. The competencies are intended to help nurses develop skills for executive roles and guide organizations in evaluating nurse leader performance.
Impact report to senior leadership.pdfstudywriters
The document discusses creating a new nurse leadership position to address a nursing challenge of patient safety issues at a nursing facility. It identifies the challenge as nurses administering incorrect medications or causing patient falls through negligence. These adverse events negatively impact patients and can hinder nurses' career development. Using systems theory, it explains how smaller issues in nursing practice can affect the organization's ability to achieve its health care goals. The document calls for a SWOT analysis and discusses how the new leadership role would help influence change and improve patient outcomes through key leadership skills.
This document discusses the development and use of the AONE Nurse Executive Competencies (AONE-NEC) over the past 12 years. It was developed by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) to provide guidance for nurse executive practice and education. The competencies address areas like leadership, professionalism, and business skills. They have been widely adopted by academic programs and healthcare organizations to guide curriculum, performance evaluations, and professional development. The competencies also provide a framework for graduate nursing administration programs to align content and fieldwork experiences. Their use demonstrates how AONE has positioned itself as an expert in nurse executive competency.
For more classes visit
www.snaptutorial.com
Midterm Case Study: Motivating Employees
Due Week 5 and worth 300 points
Imagine that you have been appointed the Director of Health at the Kaluyu Memorial Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya – a for-profit hospital. The facility is also a referral hospital and receives severe cases of accidents, chronicle / communicable diseases, and houses an HIV / AIDS ward. As you settle into your position, you realize that the
· Write an executive summary, 4-5 pages in length, of existing out.docxlillie234567
· Write an executive summary, 4-5 pages in length, of existing outcome measures related to a performance issue uncovered in your gap analysis that you intend to address.
Introduction
Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
As a nurse leader, you must be able to access, identify, and describe outcome measures as they relate to safety and quality problems in your organization.
This assessment provides an opportunity to examine existing outcome measures, assess their strategic value, and present your findings to executive leaders in a manner that will help you gain their support.
Quality and safety are everyone's responsibility as a team of interprofessional care delivery partners. Together we develop policies that support quality and safe care delivery. As part of the interprofessional team, nurses are leaders in care and thus are responsible and accountable for leading and providing safe quality care.
Health care delivery is structured around evidenced-based information. Quality is defined by exploring proven, evidenced-based information. After reviewing and defining evidenced-based information, the interprofessional team applies this knowledge to assess the organization's or the practice setting's ability to provide evidenced-based care delivery. When a gap in care is identified, it is important to propose an evidenced-based change and to execute a plan for improved care.
Your summary of relevant outcome measures is based on your findings from the quality and safety gap analysis you completed in the previous assessment.
Preparation
Your analysis of the gap between current and desired performance was the first step toward improving outcomes. You now have the information you need to move forward with proposed changes. Your next step is to focus on existing outcome measures and their relationship to the systemic problem you are addressing. For this assessment, you have been asked to draft a summary of existing outcome measures for your organization's executive team to raise awareness of the problem and the strategic value of existing measures.
Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center's
Writing Supportpage.
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
Building stakeholder support is crucial to fostering and sustaining change. Therefore, as you approach this assessment, think about the stakeholders w.
Health Care Delivery Models and Nursing PracticeExamine changeJeanmarieColbert3
This document outlines an assignment for nursing students to write a 1,000-1,250 word paper discussing changes to the US healthcare system through recent laws and regulations and their effects on nursing practice. Students are asked to: 1) outline a current healthcare law and its impact on nursing; 2) discuss how quality measures and pay-for-performance affect patient outcomes and nursing's role; 3) discuss emerging nursing leadership roles; and 4) predict future changes to nursing practice in the next five years. Students are required to cite at least three sources published within the last five years.
Essentials of Master Education in Nursing Paper FNU.docxwrite22
This document outlines the Essentials of Master Education in Nursing as put forth by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). It discusses 9 essentials that all master's programs in nursing should address, including: background from sciences/humanities, organizational leadership, quality improvement/safety, translating scholarship to practice, informatics, health policy, interprofessional collaboration, clinical prevention/population health, and master's-level nursing practice. The essentials provide a framework for curricula to prepare graduates for diverse nursing roles through expanded knowledge and higher-level skills.
Midterm Case Study: Motivating Employees
Due Week 5 and worth 300 points
Imagine that you have been appointed the Director of Health at the Kaluyu Memorial Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya – a for-profit hospital. The facility is also a referral hospital and receives severe cases of accidents, chronicle / communicable diseases, and houses an HIV / AIDS ward. As you settle into your position, you realize that the employees always act scared as they approach their superiors. Some of the employees even deliver files and leave your office in a hurry.
Change in Healthcare Organizations.docxstudywriters
This document provides instructions for a proposal to address a problem and drive change within a healthcare organization or the nursing profession. The proposal must identify an issue, describe evidence-based solutions and barriers to change, and develop an implementation plan involving an interprofessional team. Examples of issues include improving patient safety, addressing the nursing shortage, or developing programs around technology, mobility, or mentoring within an organization. The completed 4-6 page proposal must analyze the problem's impacts, cite evidence-based interventions, overcome potential barriers, and outline steps and resources to apply solutions with input from other healthcare professionals.
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The Affordable Care Act
Healthcare reform is a term that is ever present in our practice settings and will not disappear any time soon.
Outcome Measures Issues Opportunities in Healthcare Organizations.docxsdfghj21
The document provides guidance for a 6-page report on outcome measures, issues, and opportunities in healthcare organizations. It outlines competencies the report should demonstrate, such as analyzing quality outcomes from an administrative perspective and determining how organizational functions affect measures. The report should identify relevant outcomes and measures, performance issues, and a strategy for change using a model. Resources are provided on quality improvement, measures, and writing.
Nursing Informatics in Health Care Research Paper.pdfbkbk37
The document discusses a research paper assignment on the topic of nursing informatics in healthcare. Students are asked to write a 4-5 page evidence-based proposal arguing for the need of a nurse informaticist role in a healthcare organization. The proposal must include sections on nursing informatics and the nurse informaticist role, experiences of other organizations, impact on patient care, and opportunities and challenges. The goal is to justify this new role to organizational leaders by demonstrating return on investment in technology, quality improvement, and engaging nurses. Students are provided guidelines on research, formatting, and including citations and references in APA style.
The document discusses assessing an organization's culture and readiness for implementing an evidence-based practice project to prevent CLABSI in a NICU. An organizational assessment tool was used to evaluate readiness. It found strengths like leadership support but also weaknesses such as lack of time and EBP knowledge. The author recommends strategies to improve readiness like recognizing top performers and aligning with available resources. Key stakeholders for the project include nurses, doctors, patients, and insurance companies. Information technologies could help implementation and care delivery if integrated properly.
1 Assessment 3 Context Developing a Nursing Philosop.docxjeremylockett77
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Assessment 3 Context
Developing a Nursing Philosophy
As nurses we develop our own philosophy about our role as a nurse. For some, this philosophy
is steeped in the tradition of the nursing program we attended. For most of us, it has evolved
over time as we gained experience and developed specializations. We may not always
articulate a clear philosophy, but each nurse does have a system of beliefs and values about
health, health care, nursing, and his or her role as a nurse that guide nursing practice.
Educational theories and strategies can be applied in nursing education. Some are more
applicable than others, depending on the individual nurse educator role. Knowing education
theories and strategies is valuable as you determine your own path as a nurse educator and the
areas that will be your focus within nursing and health care.
Nurse Educator Competencies for Academia
As an academic nurse educator or nursing faculty member, it is necessary to have a
combination of skills. The nursing skills that we have learned and developed over time are
extremely important as we teach others to become nurses or teach nurses to develop new skills
and acquire further education. We also, however, need skills to teach, critique, and offer
guidance to students; evaluate student performance; develop curriculum; and advance our
professional knowledge.
The challenge for academic nurse educators in this time of rapid practice changes is to be
teaching a bit ahead of the curve so that new graduates at all levels are prepared for the
advancements in the practice world.
The National League for Nursing (NLN) has identified competencies for academic nurse
educators and at the Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) credential that is offered by the NLN,
saying:
For academic nurse educators, it [the Certified Nurse Educator credential] establishes
nursing education as a specialty area of practice and creates a means for faculty to
demonstrate their expertise in this role. It communicates to students, peers and the
academic and health care communities that the highest standards of excellence are
being met. By becoming credentialed as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE), you serve as
a leader and a role model. (n.d., para. 2)
Nurse Educator Competencies for Staff and Hospital
Educators
Nurses in staff development specialist and hospital educator positions are very much nurse
educators, but the scope of their practice and areas of responsibility will differ, often depending
on the demands of the health care organization and the specialties of the individual nurse
educators, and will also differ from educators working in academic environments.
Some nurse educators in these roles will hold certifications in specific nursing specialties to
demonstrate their skill and competence in those areas. Other nurse educators who focus more
broadly on staff development will be interested in the American Nurse's Association's
Professional Dev ...
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Midterm Case Study: Motivating Employees
Due Week 5 and worth 300 points
Imagine that you have been appointed the Director of Health at the Kaluyu Memorial Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya – a for-profit hospital. The facility is also a referral hospital and receives severe cases of accidents, chronicle / communicable diseases, and houses an HIV / AIDS ward. As you settle into your position, you realize that the employees always act scared as they approach their superiors. Some of the employees even
PurposeThe purpose of this assignment is to identify nursing carTakishaPeck109
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to identify nursing care models utilized in today's various health care settings and enhance your knowledge of how models impact the management of care and may influence delegation. You will assess the effectiveness of models and determine how you would collaborate with a nurse leader to identify opportunities for improvement to ensure quality, safety and staff satisfaction.
Course Outcomes
Completion of this assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.
CO1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO2)
CO2: Implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team through communication and relationship building. (PO3)
CO3: Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change. (PO7)
CO4: Apply concepts of leadership and team coordination to promote the achievement of safe and quality outcomes of care for diverse populations. (PO4)
CO6: Develop a personal awareness of complex organizational systems and integrate values and beliefs with organizational mission. (PO7)
CO7: Apply leadership concepts in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and/or system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (PO2, and 3)
CO8: Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process, and outcome measures to identify clinical questions as the beginning process of changing current practice. (PO8)
Read your text, Finkelman (2016), pp- 111-116.
You are required to complete the assignment using the template.
Observe
staff in delivery of nursing care provided. Practice settings may vary depending on availability.
Identify
the model of nursing care that you observed. Be specific about what you observed, who was doing what, when, how and what led you to identify the particular model
Review
and summarize one scholarly resource (not your textbook) related to the nursing care model you observed in the practice setting.
Review
and summarize one scholarly resource (not including your text) related to a nursing care model that is
different
from the one you observed in the practice setting.
Discuss
the nursing care model from step #6, and how it could be implemented to improve quality of nursing care, safety and staff satisfaction. Be specific.
Summarize this experience/assignment and what you learned about the two nursing care models.
Submit your completed worksheet no later than 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday by the end of Week 5.
References and important information:
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Write a report on the application of population health improvement i.docxarnoldmeredith47041
Write a report on the application of population health improvement initiative outcomes to patient-centered care, based on information presented in an interactive multimedia scenario.
In this assessment, you have an opportunity to apply the tenets of evidence-based practice in both patient-centered care and population health improvement contexts. You will be challenged to think critically, evaluate what the evidence suggests is an appropriate approach to personalizing patient care, and determine what aspects of the approach could be applied to similar situations and patients.
SHOW LESS
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Apply evidence-based practice to plan patient-centered care.
Evaluate the outcomes of a population health improvement initiative.
Develop an approach to personalizing patient care that incorporates lessons learned from a population health improvement initiative.
Competency 2: Apply evidence-based practice to design interventions to improve population health.
Propose a strategy for improving the outcomes of a population health improvement initiative, or for ensuring that all outcomes are being addressed, based on the best available evidence.
Competency 3: Evaluate outcomes of evidence-based interventions.
Propose a framework for evaluating the outcomes of an approach to personalizing patient care and determining what aspects of the approach could be applied to similar situations and patients.
Competency 4: Evaluate the value and relative weight of available evidence upon which to make a clinical decision.
Justify the value and relevance of evidence used to support an approach to personalizing patient care.
Competency 5: Synthesize evidence-based practice and academic research to communicate effective solutions.
Write clearly and logically, with correct grammar and mechanics.
Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
Recall an instance in which you have taken a strategy, finding, or lesson learned from one care context and applied it in another.
What challenges did this type of knowledge transfer present?
Did applying this knowledge in a different setting lead to improvements in the safety and quality of care? How?
Did applying this knowledge in a different setting raise any particular ethical .
The Distinction between Leadership and ManagementThink of the mana.docxhe45mcurnow
The Distinction Between Leadership and Management
Think of the managers you have reported to thus far in your career. Now consider the people you have worked with or know of that you would consider leaders. Based on these experiences, what would you surmise about the responsibilities of managers and leaders and about the distinctions between these two categories in health care settings?
This week’s Learning Resources classify management and leadership (which are often confused in everyday discussion) and explain their significance for health care organizations. As you advance professionally, it is critical to understand the distinctions between management and leadership and how you can apply this knowledge for increasing effectiveness in your workplace.
To prepare:
·
Review the information in the Learning Resources.
·
Conduct additional research on your own and select at least two current, credible sources that contribute to your understanding of management and leadership.
·
Reflect on how the roles of management and leadership differ in supporting the organization to set and achieve goals.
·
Drawing upon specific examples from a current or previous practice setting, bring to mind someone who seemed to be a leader but not a manager and someone who seemed to be a manager but not a leader (generally speaking, or within a specific circumstance). Be prepared to support your assessment with specific behavioral descriptions found in the literature.
Address the following in my Assignment:
1.
An analysis of how management and leadership roles differ in terms of supporting an organization to set and achieve goals.
2.
In addition, post descriptions of an individual who demonstrates leadership behaviors but not management behaviors and an individual who demonstrates management behaviors but not leadership behaviors.
3.
Provide your rationale, identifying specific characteristics of effective managers and leaders. (
Note:
Do not identify these individuals by name, position, or location
.)
4.
Summary with Conclusion
REMINDERS:
1)
2-3 pages (addressing the 4 questions above excluding the title page and reference page).
2)
Kindly follow APA format for the citation and references! References should be between the period of 2011 and 2016. Please utilize the references at least three below as much as possible and the rest from yours.
3)
Make headings for each question.
Readings
·
Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2015).
Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application
(8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
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Review Chapters 2 and 3
Note:
Many of the articles in this week’s Required Readings are foundational in the leadership and management literature. The concepts presented in these early articles still apply to today’s workplace.
·
Jennings, B. M., Scalzi, C. C., Rodgers, J. D., & Keane, A. (2007). Differentiating nursing leadership and management competencies.
Nursing Outlook, 55
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The document provides instructions for a nursing presentation on care coordination. It outlines key topics to address, including effective strategies for collaborating with patients, aspects of change management that affect patient experience, rationales for coordinated care based on ethics, impacts of healthcare policies, and raising awareness of nurses' roles in care coordination. Nurses must consider factors like safety, ethics, policies, cultural needs, and community resources when coordinating care.
Implementing Quality Initiatives in Healthcare Organizations.docx4934bk
The document discusses implementing quality initiatives in healthcare organizations and provides instructions for an assessment on analyzing an existing quality improvement initiative. Students are asked to evaluate a QI initiative at their workplace related to a disease, condition, or public health issue. They must analyze the initiative's benchmarks and outcomes, incorporate perspectives from interprofessional team members, and recommend improvements. The analysis should be 5-7 pages long, cite at least 4 scholarly sources, and follow APA style guidelines.
Nursing Informatics in Health Care Research.docxstirlingvwriters
The document discusses a proposed 4-5 page evidence-based proposal to support adding a nurse informaticist role to an organization to improve health care outcomes. The proposal should include sections on nursing informatics and the nurse informaticist role, experiences of other organizations with nurse informaticists, the impact of fully engaging nurses in health care technology, opportunities and challenges, and 3-4 key recommendations. The proposal needs to follow APA style guidelines and cite at least 4 current scholarly sources to support recommendations.
Saint Leo University HCA303 Term Paper Profession.docxrtodd599
Saint Leo University
HCA303
Term Paper: Professional Development Exercise
This term paper applies the Buchbinder & Shanks (2017) textbook to lead HCA303 students
through a process of self-reflection, personal assessment, and professional development
planning. The term paper is designed to engage students in better understanding and
articulating professional interests, strengths, and areas for further learning and
development in preparation for managing and leading health care organizations in the
future.
The term paper is structured into nine sections, with word count guidelines provided in each
section. APA formatting is required. Term paper milestone deadlines, by module, are as
follows:
• Read and familiarize yourself with the term paper assignment in Module 1
• Begin researching and organizing non-textbook references for the term paper in
Module 2
• Proposed non-textbook term paper reference list is due to the Dropbox by no later
than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of Module 4
• A draft of the first four sections of the term paper is due to the Dropbox by no later
than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of Module 5
• The final term paper is due to be submitted no later than Sunday 11:59 PM
EST/EDT of Module 8. Students who do not submit the assignment will receive a
zero. This is a key program assessment; the results are used to ensure students are
meeting program goals. Video and PDF instructions can be found on the course
home page. PDF instructions are also located in the Start Here folder.
Section 1: Organizational Settings
Below are 25 categories of organizational settings in the health industry. In about 250
focused and concisely written words, (a) select one according to your interest for the
organization setting of a future health care management position and (b) explain why you
choose such an organization.
• Community hospitals
• Pharmaceutical/biotechnology
• Health systems/integrated delivery companies networks
• Medical devices/equipment
• Academic medical centers
• Physician practices
• Federally qualified health centers
• Outpatient diagnostic facilities
• Home health care
• Surgery centers
• Hospice care
• Urgent care centers
• Dental offices
• Health information systems
• Government agencies
• Insurance/managed care companies
• Public health
• Continuing care retirement communities
• International health care
• Nursing homes/skilled nursing facilities
• Assisted living facilities
• Consulting
• Higher education
• Professional associations
• Entrepreneurship
Section 2: Leadership
Apply the leadership concepts in Chapter 2 (e.g., competencies, models, styles, protocols,
responsibilities) in answering the following three items in a total of about 400 words.
Incorporate at least two references above and beyond the textb.
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Saint Leo University
HCA303
Term Paper: Professional Development Exercise
This term paper applies the Buchbinder & Shanks (2017) textbook to lead HCA303 students
through a process of self-reflection, personal assessment, and professional development
planning. The term paper is designed to engage students in better understanding and
articulating professional interests, strengths, and areas for further learning and
development in preparation for managing and leading health care organizations in the
future.
The term paper is structured into nine sections, with word count guidelines provided in each
section. APA formatting is required. Term paper milestone deadlines, by module, are as
follows:
• Read and familiarize yourself with the term paper assignment in Module 1
• Begin researching and organizing non-textbook references for the term paper in
Module 2
• Proposed non-textbook term paper reference list is due to the Dropbox by no later
than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of Module 4
• A draft of the first four sections of the term paper is due to the Dropbox by no later
than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of Module 5
• The final term paper is due to be submitted no later than Sunday 11:59 PM
EST/EDT of Module 8. Students who do not submit the assignment will receive a
zero. This is a key program assessment; the results are used to ensure students are
meeting program goals. Video and PDF instructions can be found on the course
home page. PDF instructions are also located in the Start Here folder.
Section 1: Organizational Settings
Below are 25 categories of organizational settings in the health industry. In about 250
focused and concisely written words, (a) select one according to your interest for the
organization setting of a future health care management position and (b) explain why you
choose such an organization.
• Community hospitals
• Pharmaceutical/biotechnology
• Health systems/integrated delivery companies networks
• Medical devices/equipment
• Academic medical centers
• Physician practices
• Federally qualified health centers
• Outpatient diagnostic facilities
• Home health care
• Surgery centers
• Hospice care
• Urgent care centers
• Dental offices
• Health information systems
• Government agencies
• Insurance/managed care companies
• Public health
• Continuing care retirement communities
• International health care
• Nursing homes/skilled nursing facilities
• Assisted living facilities
• Consulting
• Higher education
• Professional associations
• Entrepreneurship
Section 2: Leadership
Apply the leadership concepts in Chapter 2 (e.g., competencies, models, styles, protocols,
responsibilities) in answering the following three items in a total of about 400 words.
Incorporate at least two references above and beyond the textb.
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You have been hired to secure ZXY’s network and ensure that the company has the highest levels of security to protect against internal and external attacks. In an 8-10 page proposal, include the following items to provide a comprehensive secure environment:
A plan to provide secure access control methods for all user access
A viable password policy, which includes complexity, duration, and history requirements
A cryptography method to ensure vital data is encrypted
A remote access plan to ensure that users who access the network remotely do so in a secure and efficient manner
A thorough plan to protect the network from malware and various types of malicious attacks
Your proposal should include all of the elements noted above with support, detail, and elaboration for each section explicitly grounded in knowledge from the assigned readings and media along with any outside sources you may choose to bring into your writing.
Your paper should be 8-10 pages in length with document formatting and citations of sources in conformity with APA Guidelines
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Describe the system (briefly!). As in: I’m going to talk about the _____ system, which does this, that and the other thing.
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: When we talk about confidentiality, we’re talking about
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authorized access to information. That means there is (or at least probably is) authorized access to information. For your system, what roles or people are there with authorized access – and what information can they see or use. Is there anything special about their roles or their level of access? Are there exceptions?
Second
: What (briefly) is the worst possible scenario you can think of for a confidentiality failure/breach? What repercussions or impacts are there?
Third
: How – in technical or other terms – could (or can) you improve the security of the situation? What measures or technologies would make sense? Why?
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Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2015).
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development in preparation for managing and leading health care organizations in the
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This week, you are a judge in a federal district court where a man has been charged with possessing and distributing cocaine. The police obtained the evidence of his drug possession and sale by searching his home. Police arrived at the defendant’s house without a warrant, and the defendant and his wife were at home. The officers knocked, and the wife answered the door and consented to the search. The defendant objected to the search. The defendant has filed a motion to have the evidence excluded from his trial. Decide if the evidence should be admitted, and provide the best arguments both the prosecutor and defendant can make to win the motion.
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Your Week 2 collaborative discussion and the Ch. 2 of
Introduction to Business
Research
the evolution of business with your assigned team members.
Locate
information on the following points:
Feudalism
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Commerce
Property rights
The Industrial Revolution
Individually,
create
a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft
®
PowerPoint
®
presentation describing the evolution of business.
BUS/211
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Your thesis statement will explain the ambiguity of why Prince hal b.docxpaynetawnya
Your thesis statement will explain the ambiguity of why Prince hal behaves the way he does, and how he arrives at his final comittment for his future. The book is " Henry the IV part 1"
Will be three pages, double spaced, using MLA format. Research is optional but would help. Any quotations must be in the orginal Shakesperean language.
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Body image and the desire to be thin begins developing in early childhood, especially for girls, according to a psychology textbook. The media is thought to significantly contribute to perpetuating the desire to be thin. The document asks for thoughts on how to apply biblical principles in addressing this issue with children.
Your textbook discusses various cultural models in terms of immigrat.docxpaynetawnya
Your textbook discusses various cultural models in terms of immigration, such as assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. What model is used today?
Use the library and your course materials to research these models. Your analysis should include a response to the following:
Discuss the assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism models, and include their historical timelines.
How is it that certain groups in the United States never given the opportunity to “assimilate”? Include the following groups in your analysis: Hispanics, African-Americans and others of African descent, Native-Americans, and Asian-Americans.
What model is used today?
Why is the current model significant in terms of access and privilege?
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Your team has been given the land rights to an abandoned parcel of land. The land has some unknown contamination; it has been stripped of natural vegetation, soil erosion has occurred, and a stream on the property is polluted. You have decided to turn this land into a sustainable agricultural food supply.
Resource:
University of Phoenix Material: Sustainable Agriculture Project Proposal Template
Design
solutions to develop the land. Provide a development plan to bring this land up to agricultural standards.
Write
a proposal to the city that describes the step-by-step plan your team intends to implement. Record your ideas on the University of Phoenix Material: Sustainable Agriculture Project Proposal Template.
Explain
the following in the proposal:
The importance—both locally and globally—of having a sustainable food supply
The major threats to this land’s sustainability
The characteristics that will enable your land to provide a long-term sustainable food supply
The steps your team will take to develop these characteristics
Ways this land will benefit the city economically and environmentally
The timeline of your plan
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Your supervisor, Ms. Harris, possesses a bachelor's of social work (B.S.W.) degree and is working on her master's degree in social work (M.S.W.) by going to school at night on a part-time basis. Prior to accepting the position at the pretrial diversion program, she worked in a community mental health clinic providing services to low-income families. You have your bachelor's degree in criminal justice behind you and your internship with the pretrial diversion program is halfway completed. You and Ms. Harris have had some intense discussions about human service practice in general and human service practice in the criminal justice field in particular.
You decide that you will chart the similarities and differences between the two and present a detailed outline to her comparing and contrasting the two. A detailed outline is in the traditional form of an outline; however, the text will contain sentences as opposed to single words or phrases. In your detailed outline, you should cover the following topics:
Identify 2 ways in which human service practice is different in the mental health setting versus the criminal justice setting (you may use any venue in the criminal justice setting for comparison, such as prison, jail, juvenile detention, pretrial diversion, parole, probation, etc.).Identify 2 ways in which human service practice is similar in the mental health setting versus the criminal justice setting (you may use any venue in the criminal justice setting for comparison, such as prison, jail, juvenile detention, pretrial diversion, parole, probation, etc.).What role does human service practice play in the pretrial diversion setting specifically?At what point, if any, does human service practice in the mental health setting converge on the pretrial diversion setting?
You should cite all sources using APA style format, and include a reference section at the end of your submission.
Up to 300 words times new Roman,12 font
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Your Rating:
Group Discussion
"Delinquency Prevention" Please respond to the following:
Describe the key differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention programs. Discuss the overall effectiveness of these types of programs.
From the e-Activity, identify at least two (2) factors that contribute to a delinquency prevention program’s success. Specify the primary manner in which these types of programs have improved the lives of juveniles and their families.
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Identify the inventory valuation method (LIFO, FIFO, Average, etc.) used by your company and discuss the impact of the method on the income statement and balance sheet. Include the pros and cons/ tradeoffs of the method on the reported numbers.
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Your progress on the project thus far. Have you already compiled it?
Anything interesting you learned about the organization you chose.
The most difficult component of this project. What made it challenging? How did you address this challenge?
Post a 2 to 4 paragraph discussion post (300 words minimum). Justify your explanations by including in-text citations and references in APA format as applicable.
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Week 6 - Discussion 1
Evaluate the characteristics of each mode of transportation in terms of time and cost efficiencies. Give examples.
Week 6 - Discussion 2
The Bill of Lading is the single most important document in transportation. Describe at least two functions it performs in international logistics.
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WEEK 5 – EXERCISES
Enter your answers in the spaces provided. Save the file using your last name as the beginning of the file name (e.g., ruf_week5_exercises) and submit via “Assignments.” When appropriate,
show your work
. You can do the work by hand, scan/take a digital picture, and attach that file with your work.
For the following question(s): A school counselor tests the level of depression in fourth graders in a particular class of 20 students. The counselor wants to know whether the kind of students in this class differs from that of fourth graders in general at her school. On the test, a score of 10 indicates severe depression, while a score of 0 indicates no depression. From reports, she is able to find out about past testing. Fourth graders at her school usually score 5 on the scale, but the variation is not known. Her sample of 20 fifth graders has a mean depression score of 4.4. Use the .01 level of significance.
1.
The counselor calculates the unbiased estimate of the population’s variance to be 15. What is the variance of the distribution of means?
A)
15/20 = 0.75
B)
15/19 = 0.79
C)
15
2
/20 = 11.25
D)
15
2
/19 = 11.84
2.
Suppose the counselor tested the null hypothesis that fourth graders in this class were
less
depressed than those at the school generally. She figures her
t
score to be
-
.20. What decision should she make regarding the null hypothesis?
A)
Reject it
B)
Fail to reject it
C)
Postpone any decisions until a more conclusive study could be conducted
D)
There is not enough information given to make a decision
3.
Suppose the standard deviation she figures (the square root of the unbiased estimate of the population variance) is .85. What is the effect size?
A)
5/.85 = 5.88
B)
.85/5 = .17
C)
(5
-
4.4)/.85 = .71
D)
.85/(5
-
4.4) = 1.42
For the following question(s): Professor Juarez thinks the students in her statistics class this term are more creative than most students at this university. A previous study found that students at this university had a mean score of 35 on a standard creativity test. Professor Juarez finds that her class scores an average of 40 on this scale, with an estimated population standard deviation of 7. The standard deviation of the distribution of means comes out to 1.63.
4.
What is the
t
score?
A)
(40
-
35)/7 = .71
B)
(40
-
35)/1.63 = 3.07
C)
(40
-
35)/7
2
= 5/49 = .10
D)
(40
-
35)/1.63
2
= 5/2.66 = 1.88
5.
What effect size did Professor Juarez find?
A)
(40
-
35)/7 = .71
B)
(40
-
35)/1.63 = 3.07
C)
(40
-
35)/7
2
= 5/49 = .10
D)
(40
-
35)/1.63
2
= 5/2.66 = 1.88
6.
If Professor Juarez had 30 students in her class, and she wanted to test her hypothesis using the 5% level of significance, what cutoff
t
score would she use? (You should be able to figure this out without a table because only one answer is in the correct region.)
A)
304.11
B)
1.699.
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Week 5
Writing Assignment (Part 2): Outline and Preliminary List of References
Due Week 5 and worth 100 points
Complete the outline after you have done library / Internet research for evidence that bears on your hypothesis. Provide information about all of the following components of the final paper:
Subject:
Poverty.
What is your hypothesis?
1.
Specific Hypothesis
.
2.
Applicable Sociological Concepts
.
3.
Practical Implications
. Discuss the value of sociological research into your issue. Determine whether or not there are (or would be) practical implications of sociological inquiry into this issue.
Evidence
. This is the most important part of the paper. Analyze at least two (2) lines of evidence that pertain to the hypothesis that you are evaluating. Does the evidence support your hypothesis? For each type of evidence, consider possible biases and alternative interpretations.
Conclusions
. Draw conclusions based on the evidence that you have discovered. Does the evidence confirm or refute your hypothesis? Is the evidence sufficiently convincing to draw firm conclusions about your hypothesis?
For example, here is a generic example of what the headings of your possible outline might look like:
I.
Specific Hypothesis.
II.
Applicable Sociological Concepts.
a.
Theory A
b.
Concept 1
c.
Concept 2
III.
Practical Implications.
a.
Implications for public policy
i.
Education
ii.
Taxes
b.
Implications for employers
c.
Implications for spouses of workaholics
Evidence.
Line of evidence 1
i.
The evidence and what it means
ii.
Possible biases
iii.
Alternative explanations of what it means.
b.
Line of evidence 2
i.
The evidence and what it means
ii.
Possible biases
Conclusion(s): All available evidence refutes the hypothesis, but there are alternative explanations.
References
:
Baker, A. & Abel, E (2005) Villagers reject modern attitudes about car washing.
International Journal of Sociology
, 11, 12-57. Retrieved from EBSCO-Host.
Doe, J. (2010, April 1) Villagers retain traditional attitudes despite bombardment with western television.
The New York Times
. Retrieved from
www.nytimes.com/village_update
Steiner, H. (2012, January 4) Revolt against local ordinances in the village.
Time Magazine
. pp. 14-15.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA format.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Evaluate the various methodologies for sociological research.
Apply the sociological perspective to a variety of socioeconomic and political problems.
Critically examine how society shapes individuals and how individuals shape society.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology.
Write clearly and concisely about sociology using proper writing mechanics.
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Week 5 eActivity
Read the "
Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation
" by NIST.
Read Chapter 19 of "
An Introduction to Computer Security: The NIST Handbook.
"
Please be prepared to discuss each of these items
Analyze the overall attributes of symmetric and asymmetric cryptography technologies. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each, and speculate upon the main reasons why organizations utilize both technologies today. Give an example of where you would consider using each of these forms of encryption within an organization to support your response.
From the e-Activity, give your opinion of whether cryptography should be a part of every email security strategy or if there are specific characteristics of organizations where such measures are not needed. Justify your answer.
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This document discusses network security and contains two questions. The first question asks about predominant electronic and physical threats to communications networks, such as hacking, malware, and physical damage. The second question asks about the importance of explicit enterprise security policies and procedures to protect networks and data through guidelines for acceptable and safe practices.
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advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
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population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
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'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
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to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
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Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
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1.Answer these discussion questions in your initial post1. AO.docx
1. 1.
Answer these discussion questions in your initial post:
1. AONE has a defined set of Nurse Competencies. Which one
do you feel is the most important one and why?
2. What would you do to improve the autonomy of staff nurses
in your work area?
200-300 Words in text citing and references.
Rubric
Information clearly relates to the main topic and includes
several supporting details and/or examples in a well-organized
way. Grammar is correct. When required, replies to peers are
thoughtful and meaningful.
2. Personal Mission Statement
Develop and write your personal mission statement. Submit a
Word docx
About the class
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND NURSING
This course explores the economic issues relevant to nursing
practice and health care and uses a systems approach to
analyzing the financial impact of health care decisions. The
course further assesses the financial implications of nursing
decisions from a clinical perspective. Topics include a myriad
of financial concepts ranging from staffing and budgeting to
measuring productivity and forecasting costs. The goal of this
course is to enable nurses in managerial roles to implement
2. change without negatively affecting patient care outcomes.
3.
Research with multiple parts.
Provide the research question you are considering for your
Literature Review and your rationale behind your choice. What
challenges do you anticipate or questions might you have as you
begin the research process? Do you have any pre-conceived
notions or expectations related to your potential findings?
1. Use the information below to guide your responses in the
"Research Question" discussion board in Schreiner
Discussion Board
1. Return to the "Research Question" discussion and follow the
3-2-1 style response where you:
· Select 3 classmates' posts to respond to in 100-200 words
· Include 2 relative or substantive comments in each response
· Include 1 suggestion or idea for further exploration
· Include the support of valid references with correct APA style
of referencing. Remember, your textbook is a reliable
information source, and page citations are immensely helpful to
everyone.
To help identify a researchable research question, consider the
following suggested strategy. Begin with a broad area of
interest (i.e., safe staffing levels, hunger, obesity) and then
begin to streamline this focus (i.e., personal, client, or
organizational factors that influence definitions of safe staffing;
the impact of access to grocery stores or local farmers' markets
has on abating hunger; influence of personalized education
programs discussing exercise and diet on weight reduction).
NURS 4375: Financial ManagementPersonal Mission Statement
AssignmentReflection Rubric
3. Requirement
Low Quality
Moderate Quality
High Quality
Quality of Content and Organization
(40%)
Response has little or nothing to do with the main topic or may
be disorganized.
(0-1 points)
Response has some relation to the main topic or may be
somewhat organized.
(2-3 points)
Response is meaningful and organized by headings or
paragraphs.
(4 points)
Completeness of response to prompt or questions
(40%)
One or no questions or topics are addressed or responses are
inadequate.
(0-1 points)
Incomplete or partial response to questions or topics or
responses are incomplete.
(2-3 points)
All questions, prompts, or topics are covered fully.
(4 points)
Format, Grammar, and Length (20%)
Errors in grammar, spelling, or formatting are excessive and
distract from content.
Length of response does not meet requirement.
4. (0 points)
Some errors in grammar, spelling, or formatting are present.
Length of response is near to or in excess of requirement.
(1 point)
Correct spelling, grammar and formatting, are present.
Length of response fits requirement range.
(2 points)
You will write a personal mission statement this week. The
assignment will follow the reflection guidelines. The
assignment is not an APA paper. It should have correct spelling
and grammar. This should be written in an essay format, with a
title at the top of the paper. Paper will be 500-700 words.
· Write your personal mission statement
· What influenced you as you created your statement?
· How will your personal mission statement influence your
practice?
Reflection Guideline
Updated 6/2016
Overview
Several years ago, the American Organization of
Nurse Executives (AONE) published its paper on the
role and function of nurses in executive practice.
This document outlined the transitions occurring
in health care leadership and the dimensions and
processes that were instrumental in executive
success. The AONE Board of Directors determined
that it was time to update this work with a more
in-depth description of the competencies integral
5. to the practice of nurse executives.
The turbulent, ever-changing world of health care
continues to present new challenges. With the
mission statement: “To shape health care through
innovative and expert nursing leadership,” AONE
recognizes that excellent leadership is essential to
ensure excellent patient care.
The competencies listed on these pages describe
skills common to nurses in executive practice
regardless of their educational level or titles in
different organizations. They are presented as
information for both nurse leaders and those who
employ or work with them. Executives can use these
competencies as a self-assessment tool, useful
in the identification of possible areas for growth.
Aspiring nurse leaders can use them in planning
personal preparation for their careers. Health care
organizations may see them as a guideline for job
descriptions, expectations and evaluations of nurse
leaders. Nurse educators can utilize them as a
curriculum guideline for the educational preparation
of nurses seeking expertise and knowledge in
executive practice.
The AONE Nurse Executive Competencies
Leadership skills include:
• Foundational thinking skills
• Personal journey disciplines
• The ability to use systems thinking
• Succession planning
• Change management
Professionalism includes:
7. to identify a common core set of competencies for leadership
executives in healthcare.
AONE believes that managers at all levels must be
competent in:
I. Communication and relationship-building
II. A knowledge of the health care environment
III. Leadership
IV. Professionalism
V. Business skills
While all nursing leaders share these competency
domains, the emphasis on particular competencies
will be different depending on the leader’s specific
position in the organization.
Communication and relationship-building
competencies include:
• Effective communication
• Relationship management
• Influence of behaviors
• Ability to work with diversity
• Shared decision-making
• Community involvement
• Medical staff relationships
• Academic relationships
Knowledge of the health care
environment includes:
• Clinical practice knowledge
• Patient care delivery models and work
design knowledge
• Health care economics knowledge
• Health care policy knowledge
• Understanding of governance
• Understanding of evidence-based practice
9. materials
to address nursing, health care and organizational
issues appropriate to the audience
• Resolve and manage conflict
b. Relationship Management
• Build trusting, collaborative relationships with:
Staff
Peers
Other disciplines and ancillary services
Physicians
Vendors
Community leaders
Legislators
Nursing and other educational programs
• Deliver “bad news” in such a way as to
maintain credibility
• Follow through on promises and concerns
• Provide service recovery to dissatisfied
customers
• Care about people as individuals and
demonstrate
empathy and concern while ensuring that
organizational goals and objectives are met
• Accomplish objectives through persuasion,
celebrate successes and accomplishments and
communicate a shared vision
• Assert views in non-threatening,
non-judgmental ways
10. c. Influencing Behaviors
• Create and communicate a shared vision
• Reward appropriate behaviors and confront and
manage inappropriate behaviors
• Develop, communicate and monitor
behavior expectations
d. Diversity
• Create an environment which recognizes
and
values differences in staff, physicians, patients
and communities
• Assess current environment and establish
indicators
of progress toward cultural competency
• Define diversity in terms of gender, race,
religion,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, etc.
• Analyze population data to identify cultural
clusters
• Define cultural competency and permeate
principles
throughout the organization
• Confront inappropriate behaviors and attitudes
toward diverse groups
• Develop processes to incorporate cultural beliefs
11. into care
e. Shared Decision-Making
• Engage staff and others in decision-making
• Promote decisions that are patient-centered
• Provide an environment conducive to
opinion-sharing
f. Community Involvement
• Represent the organization to non-health
care
constituents within the community
• Provide consultation to community and
business
leaders regarding nursing and health care
• Be an effective board member for community
and/or professional organizations
g. Medical / Staff Relationships
• Build credibility with physicians as a
champion for
patient care, quality and nursing professionalism
• Confront and address inappropriate behavior
towards patients and staff
• Represent nursing at medical executive
committee
12. and other medical staff committees
• Collaborate with medical staff leaders in
determining needed patient care services
• Collaborate with physicians to develop patient
care
protocols, policies and procedures
• Collaborate with physicians to determine patient
care equipment and facility needs
• Utilize medical / staff mechanisms to address
physician clinical performance issues
• Facilitate disputes involving physicians and nurses
or other disciplines
h. Academic Relationships
• Determine current and future supply and
demand
for nursing care
• Identify educational needs of existing and
potential
nursing staff
• Collaborate with nursing programs to provide
required resources
• Collaborate with nursing programs in evaluating
13. quality of graduating clinicians and develop
mechanisms to enhance this quality
• Serve on academic advisory councils
• Collaborate with nursing faculty in nursing
research
and incorporate nursing research into practice
2. Knowledge of the Health Care Environment
a. Clinical Practice Knowledge
• Maintain knowledge of current nursing
practice
and the roles and functions of patient care team
members
• Articulate patient care standards as published by
the Joint Commission, CMS, and professional
nursing literature
• Understand, articulate and ensure compliance
with the StateNurse Practice Act, StateBoard of
Nursing regulations, regulatory agency standards
and policies of the organization
• Ensure that written organization clinical policies
and
procedures are reviewed and updated in accordance
with evidence-based practice
• Role model lifelong learning, including
14. clinical subjects such as disease processes,
pharmaceuticals and clinical technology
b. Delivery Models/Work Design
• Maintain current knowledge of patient care
delivery
systems and innovations
• Articulate various delivery systems and patient
care
models and the advantages/disadvantages of each
• Serve as change agent when patient
care work/
workflow is redesigned
• Determine when new delivery models are
appropriate, and then envision and develop them
c. Health Care Economics
• Articulate federal and state payment systems
and
regulations, as well as private insurance issues
which affect organization’s finances
• Understand and articulate individual organization’s
payer mix, CMI and benchmark database
d. Health Care Policy
• Articulate federal and state laws and regulations
that affect the provision of patient care, e.g., tort
reform, malpractice/negligence, reimbursement
15. • Participate in the legislative process
concerning
health care through membership in professional
organization and personal contact with public
officials
• Educate patient care team members on the
legislative and regulatory processes and methods
for influencing both
• Interpret impact of state and federal legislation
on
nursing and health care organizations
e. Governance
• Articulate the role of the governing body of
the
organization in the following areas:
Fiduciaryresponsibilities
Credentialing
Performance management
• Represent patient care issues to the
governing body
• Participate in strategic planning and quality
initiatives
with the governing body
• Interact with and educate the organization’s board
members regarding health care and the value of
nursing care
• Represent nursing at the organization’s board
16. meetings
f. Evidence-Based Practice/Outcome
Measurement
• Interpret information from research
• Utilize research findings for the establishment of
standards, practices and patient care models in
the organization
• Disseminate research findings to patient care
team members
• Participate in studies that provide
outcome measurements
• Allocate nursing resources based on measurement
of patient acuity/care needed
g. Patient Safety
• Support the development and implementation of
an
organization-wide patient safety program
• Design safe clinical systems, processes,policies
and procedures
• Monitor clinical activities to identify both
expected
and unexpected risks
17. • Support a non-punitive reporting environment
and a
reward system for reporting unsafe practices
• Support safety surveys, responding and acting
on
safety recommendations
• Ensure staff is clinically competentand trained on
their role in patient safety
• Articulate and take action to support the
Joint
Commission National Patient Safety Goals
h. Utilization/Case Management
• Articulate organization decision-making for
the
criteria model adopted by the organization
• Communicate key points of the model to a
variety
of audiences (nursing, financial, medical staff)
• Involve physicians in on-going utilization
management practices
• Design continuum of care options for
managing
patient throughput (long term care units, urgent
care centers, admission/discharge units, etc.)
i. Quality Improvement/Metrics
• Articulate the organization’s QI program and
18. goals
• Determine patient care quality improvement
goals
and objectives
• Define metrics as related to process
improvement
• Explain and utilize metrics as a unit of
measure
for any process
• Articulate the link between metrics and goals
• Articulate the link between organization metrics
and
national quality initiatives/metrics
• Target outcomes that are evidence-based
(comparison data benchmarking)
• Define quality metrics by:
Identifying the problem/process
Measuring success at improvingspecific
areasof
patient care
Analyzing the root causes or variation from
quality standards
Improving the process with the evidence
Controlling solutions and sustaining success
20. review
of the evidence
• Maintain curiosity and an eagerness to explore
new
knowledge and ideas
• Promote nursing leadershipas both a science
and
an art
• Demonstrate reflective leadershipand an
understanding that all leadership begins from within
• Provide visionary thinking on issues that impact
the
health care organization
b. Personal Journey Disciplines
• Value and act on feedback that is provided
about
one’s own strengths and weaknesses
• Demonstrate the value of lifelong learning
through
one’s own example
• Learn from setbacks and failures as well as
successes
• Assess one’s personal, professional and career
goals and undertake career planning
• Seek mentorship from respected colleagues
21. c. Systems Thinking
• Promote systems thinking as a value in
the
nursing organization
• Consider the impact of nursing decisions on
the
health care organization as a whole
• Provide leadershipin building loyalty and
commitment throughout the organization
• Synthesize and integrate divergent viewpoints
for
the good of the organization
d. Succession Planning
• Promote nursing management as a desirable
specialty
• Conduct periodic organizational assessments to
identify succession planning issues and establish
action plans
• Serve as a professional role model and
mentor to
future nursing leaders
• Establish mechanisms that provide for early
identification and mentoring of staff with
leadership potential
• Develop a succession plan for one’s own
22. position
e. Change Management
• Utilize change theory to plan for the
implementation
of organizational changes
• Serve as a change agent, assisting others
in
understanding the importance, necessity, impact
and process of change
• Support staff during times of difficult
transitions
• Recognize one’s own reaction to change
and strive
to remain open to new ideas and approaches
• Adapt leadershipstyle to situational needs
a. Personal and Professional
Accountability
• Create an environment that facilitates the team to
initiate actions that produce results
• Hold self and others accountable for actions
and outcomes
• Create an environment in which others
are setting
expectations and holding each other accountable
23. • Answer for the results of one’s own
behaviors
and actions
b. Career Planning
• Develop own career plan and measure progress
according to that plan
• Coach others in developing their own career
plans
• Create an environment in which professional
and
personal growth is an expectation
c. Ethics
• Articulate the application of ethical
principles
to operations
• Integrate high ethical standards and core values
into
everyday work activities
• Create an environment that has a reputation
for
high ethical standards
d. Evidence-Based Clinical and
Management Practice
• Advocate use of documented best practices
25. a. Financial Management
• Articulate business models for health care
organizations and fundamental concepts of
economics
• Describe general accounting principles and define
basic accounting terms
• Analyze financial statements
• Manage financial resources by developing
business plans
• Establish procedures to assure accurate
charging mechanisms
• Educate patient care team members on financial
implications of patient care decisions
b. Human Resource Management
• Participate in workforce planning and
employment decisions
• Champion a diverse workforce
• Use corrective discipline to mitigate workplace
behavior problems
• Interpret and evaluate employee satisfaction/quality
of work surveys
• Create opportunities for employees to be
26. involved
in decision-making
• Reward and recognize exemplary performance
• Formulate programs to enhance work-life balance
• Interpret legal and regulatoryguidelines
• Manage collective bargaining environments or
implement programs to avoid the need
• Identify and eliminate sexual harassment,
workplace
violence, and verbal and physical abuse
• Implement ergonomically sound work
environments
to prevent worker injury and fatigue
• Develop and implement bioterrorism, biohazard
and
disaster readiness plans
• Identify clinical and leadershipskills necessary
for
performing job-related tasks
• Select top talent, matching organizational needs
with appropriate skill sets (assess job candidate
skills sets)
• Manage performance through rewards, recognition,
counseling and disciplinary action
27. • Provide mentorship and career counseling to
aspiring clinicians and leaders so they may develop
required skill sets (succession planning)
• Identify future skill sets needed to remain
competitive
• Analyze market data in relation to supply
and
demand and manage resources to ensure
appropriate compensation
• Develop and implement recruitment and
retention strategies
c. Strategic Management
• Analyze the situation and identify strategic
direction
• Conduct SWOT and gap analyses
• Formulate objectives, goals and specific
strategies
related to mission and vision
• Understand what organizations should measure in
order to “balance” the financial perspective
• Measure and analyze performance from the
learning
and growth, business process, customer and
financial perspectives
d. Marketing
28. • Analyze marketing opportunities
• Develop marketing strategies
• Integrate marketing and communications strategies
• Use public relations and media outlets to
promote
your organization
e. Information Management and
Technology
• Demonstrate basiccompetency in e-mail,
common word processing, spreadsheet and
Internet programs
• Recognize the relevance of nursing data for
improving practice
• Recognize limitations of computer applications
• Use telecommunication devices
• Utilize hospital database management, decision
support, and expert system programs to access
information and analyze data from disparate sources
for use in planning for patient care processes
and systems
• Participate in system change processes and
utility analysis
• Participate in the evaluation of information
systems
in practice settings
29. • Evaluate and revise patient care processes
and systems
• Use computerized management systems to record
administrative data (billing data, quality assurance
data, workload data, etc.)
• Use applications for structured data entry
(classification systems, acuity level, etc.)
• Recognize the utility of nursing involvement
in the
planning, design, choice and implementation of
information systems in the practice environment
• Demonstrate awareness of societal and
technological trends, issues and new developments
as they apply to nursing
• Demonstrate proficient awareness of legal and
ethical issues related to client data, information
and confidentiality
• Read and interpret benchmarking, financial and
occupancy data
This document is not intended
to be an exhaustive list of all areas
of expertise for individual nurses
in executive practice. It does,
however, illustrate how complex
and important their roles
have become.