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How are your plans for your Practicum Project progressing?

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How are your plans for your Practicum Project progressing? What additional guidance or information would help you to refine your Practicum Project Plan?

Your Practicum Project Plan is due on or before Day 7 of this week. In preparation for completing the Assignment, you may use this forum to post a draft of your plan and receive support from your colleagues. This Discussion forum provides an opportunity for informal collaboration. It is not required, and you will not receive a grade for your participation.

If you choose to participate, you may integrate useful feedback you receive to strengthen your plan prior to submitting it. Just as importantly, reviewing your colleagues’ proposals may help you to deepen your understanding of the plan components and application of scholarly writing.

(Optional) To prepare:

  • Review the information in the Practicum Project Plan (PPP) Overview document, introduced in Week 3. The overview describes the elements that must be included in your plan.
  • Reflect on the development of your Practicum Project Plan thus far. Address any questions you have and/or identify areas in need of further consideration or improvement.
  • Develop any outstanding components of your Practicum Project Plan. For instance, you may need to continue your review of the literature and create your project timeline. You may wish to review the timeline table you completed on the Professional Practicum Experience Plan and update it as necessary.
  • Review the information on scholarly writing in this week’s Learning Resources, and integrate these principles as you develop your Practicum Project Plan.
  • Create a draft of your Practicum Project Plan (a 4- to 6-page scholarly paper) to share with your colleagues in this optional Discussion forum.

•    What are the arguments in support of and in opposition to potential resolutions?

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The student will write a 5-10 page paper on a current issue in healthcare related to a personal interest area or personal view of a healthcare issue or concern. The paper will consist of

1. Pros and Cons of the issue through a literature search with APA guidelines followed.

2. After pros and cons are stated, you will write  an analysis and synthesis of both and write a summary paragraph (s) on your personal views.

Suggested topics to consider  patient safety concerns, end of life issues, access to care, Affordable Care Act, ethical issues, mental health care, drug use, patient education, delivery of care models, scope of practice etc

Be careful of APA style and form.

Please reference the content within Module 4 titled, “Issues Brief Template” to complete this assignment.

Some Rubric (1)
Criteria    Ratings    Pts
Description of criterion: Pros and Cons
Full Marks
5 pts
No Marks
0 pts

APA
Full Marks
5 pts
No Marks
0 pts

Summarization of Pros and Cons
Full Marks
10 pts
No Marks
0 pts
10 pts

Total Points: 20
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Issues Brief Template
When an issue or problem arises that has impacts outside of an individual unit or manager’s control, writing a briefing paper serves several purposes.  The process of writing a paper forces clarity to the issue and the impacts, allows for explanation of competing viewpoints, and provides a basis for raising the issue for decision or discussion.

Following is a general structure to use when raising issues.  While any particular format is necessarily limiting in its rigor, having a consistent presentation is beneficial when there are many issues to deal with.  Each segment of the general structure includes strategic questions to guide the writer through a thought process.  Not all questions will be applicable or appropriate for every situation and there may be additional questions to consider that are not listed below.

The most critical elements of the structure are clarity, conciseness, and the complete description of all sides of the issue.  Constructing an argument to move in any one direction is relatively simple if potential concerns or opposition are glossed over (or not even recognized).  If options are presented, they should provide a balanced (with all other options) description of the impacts.  In other words, a briefing paper should be used only partially to make a particular case; the broader purpose should be to inform a discussion of an issue and its impacts.

Structure

Issue Statement
•    What problem/issue needs to be resolved?
•    If the remainder of the paper is extensive, an Executive Summary should be included

Discussion/Background
•    Why does the issue exist/how did the issue originate?
•    What is the situation that causes it to surface or be elevated now?
•    What are the impacts of the issue?
•    Who is impacted by it?
•    What is the statewide significance?
•    What are the arguments in support of and in opposition to potential resolutions?
•    What work has been undertaken around the issue and what are the results?
•    What constraints exist that limit the range of alternatives to addressing the issue?
•    What are the risks or ramifications of not resolving the issue?
•    What references exist to inform this issue (i.e. Op Notice, policy, manual, etc.)

Options and/or Recommendations (typically, choose one)
•    What are the proposed options?
o    How do the options address the issue?
o    What are the opposing arguments (whether they’ve been made or could be made)
o    Financial implications?
o    Precedent implications?
o    Political implications?
•    What is the proposed approach to developing options or recommendation?
o    Should a sub-team be developed to explore options and/or develop a recommendation for resolution?
o    Should the issue be delegated or elevated to another leadership team?
o    Other method/approach to develop options or a recommendation?
•    What is the proposed recommendation or solution?
o    How does the proposed recommendation resolve the issue?
o    What are the benefits?
o    What are the risks?
o    What are the opposing arguments (whether they’ve been made or could be made)
o    Financial implications?
o    Precedent implications?
o    Political implications?

Implementation
•    How will the solution be implemented?
•    Who will implement?
•    What are the key steps or deliverables involved?
•    What are the timeframes for implementation?
•    What does “success” look like?
•    How will the recommendation be documented? (i.e. Op Notice, manual changes, policy changes, etc.)

Communication
•    Who needs to approve?
•    Who needs to know?
•    How will the recommendation be communicated?  Is a communication plan needed?

. Identify and provide background information on your topic on population health issue.

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Report Issue

The purpose for writing this paper is to encourage you to research and examine current issues in today’s health care environment. Issues may deal with practice, education, research, funding, licensure/credentialing, management delivery systems, and access to health care

1. Write a 3 – 4 page paper, not including title and reference pages:
a. Identify and provide background information on your topic on population health issue. Use at least 2 peer reviewed sources (within the last 5 years) from the literature when describing the issue.
b. Conduct a literature review on the impact of your topic of interest on population health, finding at least 4 peer-reviewed sources (within the last 5 years). Look for literature that details how the topic of interest is affecting our overall population health (not just individual health) and supports the topic. These should be different sources than were used in direction 1a. A written literature review is a synthesis of all the information you can find on a specific topic. It begins with a physical review of the articles you find in the library. The NSU librarian is available to assist students in accessing databases and the required steps when conducting a literature review.
c. Now that you have reviewed the literature and selected relevant articles you must write the actual review. Summarize your findings from your literature review regarding the impact of the topic of interest on population health. Synthesize (blend) the 4 articles into a written presentation of all the information you found. Remember to give proper credit and cite the information found in each article using APA format.

-Identifies known stressors and anticipated challenges  as well as plans for managing each of them within the  first year and at five years.

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Report Issue

This assignment  provides the student with the opportunity to demonstrate a commitment to ongoing personal and  professional development through the creation of:
>YEAR ONE (1).
>YEAR FIVE (5)
>YEAR TEN (10)
professional career plan  in nursing.

Format:

1) INTRODUCTION

2)Transition into  the Professional  Nursing Role:

-Identifies the state in which the student is seeking  employment.   -Details a minimum of three (3) criteria set forth by the Board of Nursing for obtaining an RN licensed in that state.
-Conducts a new BSN graduate job search in a 30  mile radius of where the student lives or plans to  relocate.
-Provides the details of what is required to submit  an application for hire for the top two choices of  employment.

3)HOLISTIC LIFE BALANCE:
-Provides a description of the ways in which the student  intends to maintain holistic balance in their personal  life as well as in the role of professional nurse within  the first year and at five years.

4) STRESSORS AND CHALLENGES:

-Identifies known stressors and anticipated challenges  as well as plans for managing each of them within the  first year and at five years.

5)LIFELONG LEARNING:

-Determine a plan for lifelong learning and educational  development anticipated within the first year and at  five years. This plan can include, but is not limited to,  specialty certification, advanced nursing education,  and the pursuit of formal education outside of the  nursing discipline.

6)PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

-Summarize plans for contributing to at least one  professional nursing community as well as the  student’s general community, in the healthcare  professional role:

A) WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR
B) IN FIVE (5) YEARS
C) IN TEN (10) YEARS

7) SCHOLARLY RESOURCES:
Resources
-A minimum of three (3) peer‐reviewed scholarly sources are required in support of this assignment.
 -A minimum of one (1) professional nursing organization website or Board of Nursing website is required in support of this assignment.
NB: See attachment for details.

REQUIREMENTS:

In this assignment, the student will be producing a 4‐5 page essay that includes the following  components:
-Transition into the Professional Nursing Role:  Identify actions to be considered in the transition from student to BSN graduate nurse including:
-Identify the state in which the student is seeking employment.  -Detail a minimum of three(3)criteriaset forth by the Board of Nursing forobtaining an RN license in that state.
-Conduct a new BSN graduate job
search in a 30 mile radius of where the student (Zip code is 20706)lives or plans to relocate.
 -Provide the details of what is
required to submit an application
for hire for the top two choices of
employment.
• HOLISTIC LIFE BALANCE
-Provide a description of the ways in which the student intends to  maintain holistic balance in their
personal life as well as in the role of professional nurse within the
first year, at five (5) years, and at ten (10) years.

STRESSORS AND CHALLENGES:
-Identify known stressors and
anticipated challenges as well as
plans for managing each of them
within the first year (1), at five (5) years, and at ten (10)years.

LIFELONG LEARNING:
-Determine a plan for lifelong
learning and educational development anticipated within the first year
at five years, and at ten years.   -This plan can include, but is not
limited to, specialty certification, advanced nursing education, and the
pursuit of formal education outside
of the nursing discipline.

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTION:
• -Summarize plans for contributing to at least one professional nursing
community as well as the student’s
general community in the healthcare
professional role within the first
AT FIVE YEARS, and at TEN YEARS.

SCHOLARLY RESOURCES:
-A minimum of three (3) peer‐reviewed scholarly sources are required in support of  this assignment.   o A minimum of one (1) professional nursing organization website or Board of Nursing  website is required in support of this assignment.