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How can the multidisciplinary team of leaders impact the change project?

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Part I: Observation
 
Attend a multidisciplinary team meeting. Observe the communication skills used by the team leader and the group process. Consider the following questions as you observe the meeting:
Who served as the team leader? What leadership style did you observe?
How well did the team work together?
Was there group conflict? If so, how was it resolved?
Were there any outcomes from the group meeting?
Did you see evidence-based care or decisions during your observation?
How was nursing involved in the multidisciplinary group?
Part II: Interview
Interview a leader at least one level above your current or immediate past position from another clinical discipline (pharmacy, respiratory, case management, social work, medicine—not nursing). Ask the following questions:
How would you describe your leadership style?
What communication skills do you use?
What conflicts have you had to manage in the last 3 months?
What techniques and strategies do you use to work together to promote multidisciplinary teamwork?
Part III: Discussion
Identify ways in which you collaborated with other professionals regarding your activities.
Think about the stakeholders impacted by the change. How can the change theory you have chosen influence the success of a change project?
How can the multidisciplinary team of leaders impact the change project?
What is the best way to communicate the change within the agency?
Reference
 
Course Text: Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing (8th ed.)
Chapter 8, “Thinking Critically, Making Decisions, Solving Problems”

DESCRIBE HOW THE CONCEPT OF NUTRITION PROMOTION RELATES TO YOUR FAMILY.

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DESCRIBE HOW THE CONCEPT OF NUTRITION PROMOTION RELATES TO YOUR FAMILY.

Essay Outline
A written essay on an assigned topic, with a focus on Nutrition promotion and family assessment, worth 15% of final grade.
Objectives of the Essay:
The student will demonstrate their ability to:
Research a selected topic using a variety of reliable resources.
Prepare a professionally written report in APA format, from a nursing perspective on the selected topic.
The students will be able to describe the family they will study by week #3. Students create a family scenario upon which to focus the nutritional topic.
Essay:
Look up your selected nutrition promotion family topic. Be sure you understand what you are researching.
Read the relevant chapter in your text, Potter & Perry. Look in all of your required text resources.
Research your topic using at least one professional nursing journal.
Research your topic using other reputable texts, journals and online resources. Unless they are from a classic source (ex. F. Nightingale “Notes on Nursing”), all articles/texts must be less than 5 years old. The paper must have at least 3 references.
Make notes from your research. Organize what you have learned under main headings. Review your research to answer the following questions: What does the Nurse need to assess about this family and what will she need to include in a teaching plan?
Prepare a 1 page MAX outline of your paper as your starting point for the scholarly writing process. Your final paper should be a three page paper (can be longer), (not including cover page), double spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. font on the selected topic. A short paper means you must include the most important content in a concise manner. Apply APA format. References must be included in the body of the paper and listed at the end on a reference page. APA is a large part of the intended learning for this paper so please pay attention to the details of APA.
Compare your final paper with the marking scheme in the rubric below. Make the necessary changes.
Keep a copy of your work and final submission. Submit a title page, the essay, and reference page through Dropbox.
Some Recommended Nutrition Topics
Students may write their nutrition paper passed on one of the following topics or any on the topic approved by the professor

Describe the teaching required by the nurse in order to promote and/or maintain healthy nutrition.

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1. The Introduction. This section will be one paragraph.
Opening statement:
 
Define/Describe your topic: (you will need a reference here)
 
Introduce your paper:
 
2. Discussion about Health Promotion.
Describe how the concept of nutrition promotion relates to your family. (Use statistics Canada or RNAO BPG’s for references)
 
3. Discussion about Patient Assessment.
Describe how the Nurse would assess the family.
 
What would you look for? What would you need to ask them about? How would you gather this information? Include your questions and probable answers.
 
4. Discussion about Patient Teaching.
Describe the teaching required by the nurse in order to promote and/or maintain healthy nutrition.
a.    What would the patient need to know?
b.    How would you teach this?
 
5. Conclusion. This section will be 1 paragraph.
Wrap up your paper by referring back to the intro and restate 1 main idea from each section 2, 3 & 4. No new information.
 Reference List (APA format) This is an important part of this paper please pay attention to the details of APA.

Nutrition promotion and family assessment

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NUTRITION PROMOTION AND FAMILY ASSESSMENT

A written essay on an assigned topic, with a focus on Nutrition promotion and family assessment, worth 15% of final grade.
Objectives of the Essay:
The student will demonstrate their ability to:

  1. Research a selected topic using a variety of reliable resources.
  2. Prepare a professionally written report in APA format, from a nursing perspective on the selected topic.

The students will be able to describe the family they will study by week #3.  Students create a family scenario upon which to focus the nutritional topic.
Essay:

  1. Look up your selected nutrition promotion family topic. Be sure you understand what you are researching.
  2. Read the relevant chapter in your text, Potter & Perry. Look in all of your required text resources.
  3. Research your topic using at least one professional nursing journal.
  4. Research your topic using other reputable texts, journals and online resources. Unless they are from a classic source (ex. F. Nightingale “Notes on Nursing”), all articles/texts must be less than 5 years old. The paper must have at least 3 references.
  5. Make notes from your research. Organize what you have learned under main headings. Review your research to answer the following questions: What does the Nurse need to assess about this family and what will she need to include in a teaching plan?
  6. Prepare a 1 page MAX outline of your paper as your starting point for the scholarly writing process.Your final paper should be a three page paper (can be longer),  (not including cover page), double spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. font on the selected topic.  A short paper means you must include the most important content in a concise manner. Apply APA format. References must be included in the body of the paper and listed at the end on a reference page. APA is a large part of the intended learning for this paper so please pay attention to the details of APA.
  7. Compare your final paper with the marking scheme in the rubric below. Make the necessary changes.
  8. Keep a copy of your work and final submission. Submit a title page, the essay, and reference page through Dropbox.

Penalty for lateness and Plagiarism, please see Durham College policy.