Explain how the core functions of community/public health nursing and the standards of practice are met with that specific role.

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Using Chapter 2 in the course textbook, your assigned reading on the role of the nurse in a specific public health setting, and this week’s media presentation, address the following in a 2- to 3-page paper: IN APA format
Trace the history of the public health nurse including the contributions made by Lillian Wald and the Henry Street Settlement. Also, summarize the role of the nurse in the practice setting assigned. Include the following in your summary:
o Explain how the core functions of community/public health nursing and the standards of practice are met with that specific role.
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o Describe the population served by the nurse in this role.
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o Which interventions might the nurse in this role utilize?
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o Explain the level of practice used in this practice setting (primary/secondary/tertiary).
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o Describe an ethical dilemma that might be encountered in this nursing role.

What is reflection in nursing and what impact can it have on the care we provide our patients?

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You are a nurse preceptor for a new nurse to you unit. Create a scenario from your work experience and develop three questions reflecting the CTHOM that will help you to assess how your mentee is doing

Module 6 Overview
Introduction
How do we know someone is thinking critically? What measures or tools are available to determine effectiveness of critical thinking? What is reflection in nursing and what impact can it have on the care we provide our patients? This week we will be looking at reflection and other tools that can be utilized to help develop critical thinking skills as well as creating a tool in which the actions or cognitive habits relative to critical thinking can be measured.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • o Summarize individual actions used during critical thinking and reflection.
  • o Design a tool (survey, questionnaire) to measure actions or cognitive habits relative to critical thinking.

Reading & Resources 
 
All journal articles can be found in the American Sentinel Library.
Read Chapter 10 In Rubenfeld, M. G., & Scheffer, B.K. (2010). Critical thinking TACTICS for nurses: Achieving the IOM competencies (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Read Finn, P. (2011). Critical thinking: Knowledge and skills for evidence-based practice, Language, speech, and hearing services in schools, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (42),69–72.
Learning Activities

  • o Discussions: Participate in Discussion 6.
  • o Assignment: Complete & Submit Assignment 3. Click on the Assignment 3 link in this module for more details.

Discussion 6
You are a nurse preceptor for a new nurse to you unit. Create a scenario from your work experience and develop three questions reflecting the CTHOM that will help you to assess how your mentee is doing. Respond to two classmates by completing their questions, evaluating the scenario, and identifying what you learned from their scenario.
Please refer to the Course Syllabus for Discussion Participation Guidelines & Grading Criteria.

Describe some possible interpretations of the data related to the patient fall rate on the telemetry unit.

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Describe some possible interpretations of the data related to the patient fall rate on the telemetry unit.
Application: The Role of the Leader in Evaluating Data to Improve Quality and Safety Paper
The nurse’s position in between the patient and the health care agency provides a unique platform for viewing and addressing quality-care issues. Nurses can gain personal feedback from their patients, who may trust them more and speak with greater openness. They can also work collaboratively with their colleagues to create strategies to improve patient care.
Recall how nurses can use data to improve patient safety and quality-care delivery. In NURS 4005, you analyzed a Dashboard to determine nursing practice improvements. This week, you reviewed the importance of and focus on patient quality and safety.
The following data are shared by the unit manager with her staff at a recent staff meeting. There has been a higher than acceptable level of patient falls on the telemetry unit in the last 4 months. The distribution of falls is found in the excel data base located under the application assignment tab. Information about the unit also includes the following:
The average age of the patients is 72.4 years old, and every patient has a cardiac diagnosis.
The majority (68%) of the patients are women.
Recently, 1 FTE of nursing assistants were moved from the night shift (11P–7A) to the evening shift (3P–11P).
The rooms on this unit are all private.
94% of the patients are on diuretics.
12% of the patients have secondary diagnoses of confusion or disorientation.
In a 3–5 page paper, respond to the following:
Describe some possible interpretations of the data related to the patient fall rate on the telemetry unit.
Discuss the quality management process you would follow to improve patient fall rates on the unit.
What change management strategies would you incorporate in your quality improvement plan?
What leadership characteristics are needed to assist in improving the patient fall rates?
Review the table and chart presented below for additional information:

How can the issue of Enterovirus D 68 and Ebola impact our current healthcare policies?

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1-How do environmental issues and population growth interconnect? What influences do these two social problems have on one another?
(100 words)
2-What have you done personally to contribute to a sustainable environment? Do you feel that you are doing enough? Are environmental issues a concern for you as an individual? Is it something that you think about?
(250 words)
3-With the polar caps melting, will your home be under water? Describe your findings in at least 250 words. Check out this interactive map here to find out. Scientific evidence asserts that sea rise in now guaranteed. Read more about this new evidence here.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/rising-seas/if-ice-melted-map
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/10-feet-of-global-sea-level-rise-now-inevitable
(250 words)
4-Many jobs are designed so that employees are rewarded not only for their individual contribution but also for their work in groups in teams. Do you think that rewarding team effort is just as motivational as when an employee is rewarded for his or her own contribution? Explain your case on this matter.
(100 words)
5-Reflect back to the material covered in the chapters. Job analysis provides a description of how one job differs from another in terms of demands, activities, and skills required.
You are the operations manager of a fortune 500 company responsible for a department of 200 employees. You have been given the task of developing a complete job analysis for your department. In at least 250 words describe what actions and methods you would use and take to ensure an effective job analysis in your department.
(250 words)
6-How can the issue of Enterovirus D 68 and Ebola impact our current healthcare policies?
(50 words)
Are the current health and public preparedness policies sufficient to address the issue of Ebola and Enterovirus D 68 ?
(50 words)
7-Which alternative redesign strategies should be considered? For example, job rotation and job enlargement are possible alternatives. What are the relevant considerations for these and other designs in the context of this company?
(130 words)
What would be your decision in this case? What should management be willing to pay for employees’ satisfaction? Defend your answer
(130 words)