3 to 5 page paper outlining the integration of cultural competency in nursing practice

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3 to 5 page paper outlining the integration of cultural competency in nursing practice

Question description
1. Provide an overview (introduction) of cultural competence in nursing practice in the first paragraph of the paper. 15
2. Identify how culturally competent care is fundamental to the practice of nursing. 20
3. Identify and discuss the relationship between cultural competency and diversity, as well as patient- and family-centered care. Provide an example from your experiences in nursing. 20
4. Analyze and/or identify a barrier(s) to providing culturally competent care to a diverse population (e.g., health disparities, communication, and environment). page1image1697620
5. Recommendations for providing health promotion activities for a selected population. Include conclusion to the paper. 10
6. Include minimum of three (3) APA formatted in-text citations and references. The course text may only be used as one (1) reference; two (2) additional credible references must also be included. 10
7. Writing skills, grammar, spelling, style, and adherence to APA format in a 3-5 page paper (excluding title and reference page).

Change Initiative in the Operating Room

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Change Initiative in the Operating Room

Question descriptionYou will utilize your change model for this assignment. Review the feedback submitted by your instructor on your previous change model assignment. Make any changes or modifications necessary for the submission of this assignment.
Evaluate the performance of your organization or department. Identify an area that would significantly benefit from initiating a change. Write a paper (1,500-1,750 words) in which you describe the particular area you propose to address through a change initiative. Include the following for your company:

  1. Discuss the issues in this area and the current outcomes as a result of the issues.
  2. Describe the external and/or internal driving forces, contributing issues, and the people affected.
  3. Evaluate the stakeholders involved and discuss how they will be affected by your change initiative.
  4. Clarify your role and responsibility as a change leader. Discuss the leadership theory (or theories) you will use to guide the change process.
  5. Discuss the change agents you need to recruit in order to successfully implement your change. Describe the roles of these change agents.
  6. Utilize your change model to develop strategies: (a) Explain the relevance of this model to your organization; and (b) Present the strategic aspects using your model. Be sure to clearly define the purpose of each aspect, the people involved, and the actions that need to be taken.
  7. Identify, or predict, the potential barriers to change. Discuss possible ways to overcome these obstacles, including methods for dealing with emerging or unforeseen circumstances that could impede implementation.
  8. Describe the evaluation methods you will use to determine the level of success of your change initiative. Discuss what metrics or measureable determinates you will use.
  9. Propose strategies to anchor change or support continuous change.
  10. Establish how your change plan supports the organizational mission/goal, genuinely addresses stakeholder concerns, and will serve as an equitable contribution for the community or society overall.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Program effectiveness of community-based mental health treatment facilities, management assignment help

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Program effectiveness of community-based mental health treatment facilities, management assignment help

Question descriptionFinal Paper Outline
This week you will submit a description of your topic area and an outline for your Final Paper. To begin, select a topic area from the Health and Human Services field. Your topic should correspond to actual research studies that have been performed. You may find it easier to locate peer-reviewed sources as you select your topic area, to ensure that there is research available in the area you choose. Examples of possible topic areas include:

  • Program effectiveness of community-based mental health treatment facilities.
  • Perceptions of ethical competence among human service professionals working in long- term care.
  • Treatment intervention outcomes for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
  • Characteristics of successful job placement programs for special needs adults.
  • Trends in health care legislation and impacts on health and human service delivery.

In the first part of your assignment this week, describe your selected topic area, including the problem or background issues that you would like to address in your Final Paper. To do this, you will need to visit the Ashford University Library and locate at least eight peer-reviewed sources that pertain to your selected topic area. Your sources must present actual research studies that correspond to the problem or background of your selected topic area.
Summarize the components, attributes, and/or various segments of the topic area you have selected.
For example:

  • What is the research problem or issue?
  • Who or what is affected by this problem or issue?
  • What are some specific examples of research studies, evaluations, reports, literature reviews, etc. that address it?
  • What are the findings of these sources, and what are their implications on the health and human services field?

Then, create a detailed outline of your Final Paper. Your outline should include at least headings and sub-headings, with at least a one- to two-sentence description for each. Indicate within each section which of your sources will apply to that section.
The Final Paper Outline should be two to three pages total (excluding title and reference pages) in APA format. One page will be the topic area description and summary and one to two pages will be the outline. Utilize a minimum of eight peer-reviewed sources that were published within the last 10 years and that are cited according to APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. For assistance with formatting outlines, visit the Ashford Writing Center and the Ashford University Library.

RN Health Assessment

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RN Health Assessment

Question descriptionWeek 4: Milestone 2: Vulnerable Population Assessment (graded)
MILESTONE 2: CARING FOR POPULATIONS VULNERABLE POPULATION ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES
Updated 9/18/2017
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess an aggregate or vulnerable population in your community. You will also describe one community health problem that impacts this group. This problem must be one that a community health nurse could positively impact.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO2: Assess the health needs of individuals, families, aggregates, and communities using demographic and epidemiological data to identify population health risks. (PO 4)
CO6: Utilize a systems-based and collaborative approach to address factors that influence the health of a community and population health problems. (PO 2)
Due Date
Submit the paper by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday by the end of Week 4.
Points: 225 points
Rubric
Click to view and download the NR443 Milestone 2: Caring for Vulnerable Populations Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
Directions
Click to download the customized Milestone 2 Vulnerable Populations APA template (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. to complete your paper. It is already setup with the appropriate running head, page numbers, paragraph formatting, and most of the headings.
Watch the Milestone 2 tutorial at http://www.brainshark.com/devry/Milestone2_2016 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
This APA paper is expected to be no more than four pages in length (not including the title page and reference list). Below are the requirements for successful completion of this paper. Please use the categories described below as the first level headings on your paper (note: the introduction does not carry a heading of “introduction,” instead the title of the paper is repeated and centered at the top of the second page in plain text). APA formatting helps you to format your paper in a professional manner and provides consistent methods for citing your sources within the paper and providing the complete reference on the reference page. See the APA resources for assistance with APA formatting. There is an APA template that you can use to type on and this will help with APA formatting. The SSPRNBSN Student Success Strategies resource has a module on writing scholarly papers and APA formatting. You may access SSPRNBSN by finding its tile in your dashboard, or clicking on the link in your course list.
Based on your community assessment, including your windshield survey and the assessment information from your discussions, identify one aggregate or vulnerable population in your community that faces a community health problem. See units five (5) and six (6) in Nies and McEwen (2015) for examples of vulnerable populations and aggregates. Your community must be the area where you live or work.

  1. Introduction (one paragraph): The introduction should be interesting and capture the reader’s attention.
    • Provide a brief description of your community including the city name and state and key features.
    • Briefly introduce one aggregate or vulnerable population that you identified in your assessment.
    • Discuss the purpose of your paper. The purpose statement of the paper should relate to assessing this vulnerable population in your community.
    • Note: the introduction does not carry a heading of “introduction,” instead; the title of the paper is repeated and centered at the top of the second page in plain text.
  2. Vulnerable Population Overview (one to two paragraphs):
    • Describe one aggregate or vulnerable group in your community in greater detail.
    • Include your observations about this group from the windshield survey.
    • Discuss events or trends that have affected this vulnerable group such as economic conditions, trends in health related behaviors or disease rates, etc.
  3. Strengths, Risk Factors, and/or Barriers (two to three paragraphs):
    • Discuss the strengths, risk factors, and/or barriers that impact this vulnerable population’s health.
    • Include support from at least one scholarly peer-reviewed journal article in this discussion. Go to the Chamberlain library at http:/library.chamberlain.edu (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Search peer reviewed journals to find a scholarly article that discuss the strengths, risk factors, and/or barriers faced by this vulnerable group. Summarize what you learned from this article and cite the source in the text and reference page (Author, year). For this section, you must choose at least one scholarly article from a peer-reviewed journal. The article must be less than 10 years old (less than 5 years is best). You may include and cite your textbook or other scholarly sources as well, but they do not count as the scholarly journal article.
    • Please do not include more than two short quotations, at the most. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words.
  4. Community Resources (one to two paragraphs):
    • Search your local public health department website, the internet, the local newspaper and/or telephone book for health resources available in your community for this vulnerable group.
    • Briefly describe the resources in your community that are available for this group.
    • Are these resources adequate? If so, why? If not, discuss gaps in services that you identified.
  5. Community Health Problem Diagnosis (one to two paragraphs):
    • Based on your assessment and the Healthy People 2020 objectives, identify and discuss one priority community health problem that a community health nurse could positively impact. Examples include an increase in teen pregnancies, prevalence of cancer, high incidence of tobacco use, above average infant mortality etc. The problem must relate to the aggregate or vulnerable population you identified.
    • Go to the Healthy People topic areas at http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Find a topic area that relates to your aggregate or vulnerable population. Click on the topic area and then click on the green “Objectives” tab. Find and state the Healthy People 2020 specific numbered objective (not just a goal) that describes your problem (ex. for teen pregnancy, the topic area Family Planning is relevant, click the green objectives tab and you might choose FP-8.1 “Reduce pregnancies among adolescent females aged 15 to 17 years” (US Department of Health and Human Services: Healthy People 2020, 2016, Objectives: Family Planning, para 8).
  6. Summary (one paragraph):
    • Summarize important points from the body of your paper including the aggregate or vulnerable group you identified and key factors that you discussed above that affect the health of this group.
    • Include a statement about the priority problem you identified.
    • End with a concluding statement.
  7. Reference Page:
    • The Reference Page should start on a new page (insert a page break). All references should be cited within the body of the paper as (Author, year) and the full reference should be included in APA format on the reference page. A URL link alone is not an adequate reference. See the APA Guidelines in Course Resources for examples of properly formatted references.

Guidelines

  • Application: Use Microsoft Word 2010™ or later to create this assignment.
  • Scholarly Writing: APA format is required. Review the APA resources and take advantage of the free tutorial resources.
  • Use the categories above as APA headings for the sections of your paper.
  • Length: This paper is expected to be no more than 4 pages in length (not including the title page and reference list).
  • Quotations should be minimal – please paraphrase your sources. A maximum of two short quotations should be used for this paper.
  • Submission: Submit your paper by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday of Week 4.
  • Save your paper with your last name in the document title (e.g., Smith Vulnerable Population Assessment).
  • Late Submission: See the Policies on late submissions.

Best Practices in Preparing the Paper
The following are best practices in preparing this project.

  • Use the assessment information that you collected in your windshield survey and weekly discussions to identify the aggregate or vulnerable group of interest.
  • Choose one nursing problem specific to your community that this aggregate or vulnerable group faces.
  • Find one article about this vulnerable group from the Chamberlain library from a peer reviewed journal.
  • Visit the SSPRNBSN Student Success Strategies resource for help with writing a scholarly paper, APA formatting, and library navigation. You may access SSPRNBSN by finding its tile in your dashboard, or clicking on the link in your course list.
  • Make sure all elements of the paper are addressed and headings for each category are included.
  • Review directions thoroughly.
  • Cite all sources within the paper as well as on the Reference page.
  • Proofread prior to final submission.
  • Check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.
  • Use the first column of the rubric below to ensure that you have included all the needed elements.

**Academic Integrity Reminder**
Chamberlain College of Nursing values honesty and integrity. All students should be aware of the Academic Integrity policy and follow it in all discussions and assignments.
By submitting this assignment, I pledge on my honor that all content contained is my own original work except as quoted and cited appropriately. I have not received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment.