Due to the increased number of veterans returning to the states with injuries related to limb loss, spinal cord injury and many other mobility issues, it has become necessary for Modern Health Medical Center to open a state-of-the-art rehabilitation unit

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Assignment Overview:
Due to the increased number of veterans returning to the states with injuries related to limb loss, spinal cord injury and many other mobility issues, it has become necessary for Modern Health Medical Center to open a state-of-the-art rehabilitation unit.  The unit will have ten inpatient beds. While the veterans have obvious physical injuries, most have deep psychological wounds as well.
Assignment Directions:
You will be the nurse manager and will be an active participant in the planning of this new unit.  The staff will consist of a nurse manager (NM) and the nursing staff will consist of fifteen full-time equivalents (FTE), not including the NM.  You will determine the staff mix (RNs, aides etc.) and provide the rationale for the mix.  The following link is a great resource to support your planning efforts: http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/RuralHealth/Documents/Budget%20Reports%20PowerPoint.pdfand https://cdn.wsna.org/assets/entry-assets/2770/Budgeting-and-Staffing-Terminology.doc
 
Based on your knowledge of nursing management and leadership, please address the following items:
1.       Utilizing the current trends identified in the proposal, discuss the impact and implication these trends have on the organizational structure, function, responsibility, and authority.
2.       Create a comphrensive budget for the development of the new unit based on the analysis of system resource management. Include staff mix, FTE allocations, equipment, materials, and training.  Manage allocated resources, show ability to analyze unit needs.
3.       Discuss the impact and implication these trends have on the organizational structure, function, responsibility, and authority.
4.       Identify at least 5 current trends in health care
~Trends in nursing informatics were effectively related to implications for patient outcomes, population health, and health policy.
5.       Examine the risk management interface with health care safety and quality & performance improvement.
6.       Relate trends in nursing informatics to implications for patient outcomes, population health, and health policy.
7.       Differentiate between organizational structure, organizational function, organizational responsibility, and organizational authority.
8.       Identify the process you plan to implement to resolve potential ethical issues you may encounter relating to this population.

Interview a nurse manager who has the responsibility of managing a minimum of ten employees, responsible for evaluations, approving time and responsible for day to day operations of a department

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Please use a fictitious nurse manager
Assignment Directions:
Interview a nurse manager who has the responsibility of managing a minimum of ten employees, responsible for evaluations, approving time and responsible for day to day operations of a department.
From your interaction with the selected nurse manager, determine the following and include in your presentation:
Manager’s location and span of control • Type of institution in which the manager is employed (private, public, teaching, magnet status, etc.) • Description of the unit/department under this manager’s control • Description of the number and type of employees (staff mix) • Discussion of the manager’s responsibilities
Description of Manager and Style • Preparation for leadership (education, training, certifications, years and types of experiences) • Leadership style, methods of delegation and effectiveness • Communication style and conflict management methods • Major challenges faced by the manager and plan of correction • Manager’s overall vision for the unit
Analysis of the Effectiveness • Analyze of the manager’s effectiveness in the position • Discuss strengths of this manager • Discuss growth opportunities that might benefit the manager • Analyze the policy decision making process utilized by manager
o   Incorporate the policy-making process to affect change
o   Demonstrate knowledge of ways to affect change using appropriate policy pathways
o   Provide comprehensive evidence of all 7 main components of the analysis and effectiveness criteria
• Outline strategies for building an evidence-based practice culture in an organization
o  Discuss importance of using EBP interventions to improve patient outcomes
• Comprehensive examination of risk management interface with health care safety and quality & performance improvement
•Discuss significance of risk management
•Recognize health care safety and performance indicators
•Comprehensive discussion of the impact and implication identified trends have on the organizational structure, function, responsibility and authority
•Cite appropriate references to support the analysis

Review the "General Appraisal Overview for All Studies," available in Appendix B in the textbook. You should save this tool and use it throughout the development of the PICOT question, problem description, and literature review

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Review the “General Appraisal Overview for All Studies,” available in Appendix B in the textbook. You should save this tool and use it throughout the development of the PICOT question, problem description, and literature review.
Begin the development of your PICOT question, using the following resources:

  1. \\\”Appendix A: Template for Asking Clinical Questions,\\\” available in the textbook appendix
  2. Text readings

Formulate your PICOT question and post it to the main forum. Respond to at least four other statements, providing feedback. Review the statements to see if the clinical issue is clearly defined and that all aspects are identified. Also refer to the \\\”PICOT: Components of an Answerable, Searchable Question\\\” table, located in chapter 2 of the text. If one PICOT statement has at least three feedback posts, move to another statement.
You will be using the feedback to make revisions to your PICOT question before using it in your \\\”Section B: Problem Description\\\” assignment.

As a future nurse educator, your understanding of the National League of Nursing (NLN) will be very important as you are nearing the end of your program at Grand Canyon University (GCU)

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As a future nurse educator, your understanding of the National League of Nursing (NLN) will be very important as you are nearing the end of your program at Grand Canyon University (GCU). As a result, please go to the NLN website listed below and read the eight NLN Core Competencies that all nurse educators should possess:
http://www.nln.org/professional-development-programs/competencies-for-nursing-education/nurse-educator-core-competency.
Read Chapter 2 in Nurse Educator Competencies: Creating an Evidence-Based Practice for Nurse Educators. Then, reflect on Competency 1: Facilitate Learning and the associated behaviors as they relate to your practicum experience. Lastly, describe the ways in which you are either meeting, have met, or will meet Competency 1 in your practicum. What are there facilitative behaviors that you have not thought about, but need to include in your teaching repertoire?