To Prepare: Review resources about nursing profession issues in the United States. Look specifically at the NLN and ANA website resources. Review the global issues explored by the International Council of Nurses. Consider a nursing issue that may impact you. Consider what might be done about this issue. By Day 3 of Week 8 Select…
THIS IS A POWERPOINT ASSIGNMENT Screenshot of directions and rubric attached in files Instructions: In a 5- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation, address the following. Your title and references slides do not count toward the 5- to 10-slide limit. Provide an overview of the article you selected. What population (individual, group, or family) is under consideration?…
Review the Resources and reflect on the various strategies presented throughout the course that may be helpful in disseminating effective and widely cited EBP. This may include: unit-level or organizational-level presentations, poster presentations, and podium presentations at organizational, local, regional, state, and national levels, as well as publication in peer-reviewed journals. Reflect on which…
This week, you will reflect on the feedback you received on your proposal from Week One. You will refine your research question from Week One and share how you have narrowed the scope of your research question based on your research so far as well as feedback from your instructor and peers. You will also…
This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment. Technology in health care has taken many forms over the years. In 1796, Edward Jenner developed the first smallpox vaccination method. A hundred years later, Wilhelm Rontgen discovered how to use x-rays for medical imaging. And in 2013, Japanese researchers grew the first human liver from stem…
Select a current or emerging trend in the delivery of health care or in professional practice from the allied health perspective in one of the following areas: (1) health care reform, (2) provider shortages, (3) leadership challenges, or (4) ethics surrounding professional practice. Provide a summary analysis of the trend, expected impacts on health care…
Explain telemedicine, and describe how it is typically being used in either a rural or an urban setting at the present time. For the setting you chose, what are telemedicine's overall strengths? What are its overall weaknesses? Select an allied health profession and describe how telemedicine is now or could affect patient care in that…
Health care professionals make decisions that can either improve or hinder a patient's care and are based on principles of organizational behavior and development.
Organizational behavior is important in health care, as it helps you as the leader learn what motivates employees, what makes them feel supported, and what causes them to be unhappy. Describe how knowing this can help you make organizational improvements and changes, while positively impacting employee satisfaction and organizational growth.
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) supports research that improves the quality of health care and performance improvement. Select and describe one of the data sources available from AHRQ. Include in your discussion the role of the health care leader in promoting safe, effective evidence-based patient care.