Effective leaders have a high degree of self-awareness

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Assignment: Application: Taking a Stand

Effective leaders have a high degree of self-awareness and know how to leverage their strengths in the workplace. Assessments are a valuable tool that professionals can use to learn more about themselves and consider how their temperament and preferences influence their interactions with others.

As you engage in this learning process, it is important to remember that everyone—regardless of temperament type or related preferences—experiences some challenges with regard to leadership. The key to success is being able to recognize and leverage your own strengths while honoring differences among your colleagues.

At some point in your leadership career, you will encounter an ethical or moral dilemma that requires you to take a stand and defend your position.

For this Assignment, you evaluate an issue and consider how you could act as a moral agent or advocate, facilitating the resolution of the issue for a positive outcome.

To prepare:

· Consider the examples of leadership demonstrated in this week’s media presentation and the other Learning Resources.

· To further your self-knowledge, you are required to complete the Kiersey Temperament as indicated in this week’s Learning Resources. Consider your leadership style, including your strengths for leading others and include your results from Kiersey Temperament Sorter to describe potential challenges related to your leadership style.

· Mentally survey your work environment, or one with which you are familiar, and identify a timely issue/dilemma that requires you to perform the leadership role of moral agent or advocate to improve a situation (e.g., speaking or acting on behalf of a vulnerable patient, the need for appropriate staffing, a colleague being treated unfairly).

· What ethical, moral, or legal skills, dispositions, and/or strategies would help you resolve this dilemma? Define the differences between ethical, moral, and legal leadership.

· Finally, consider the values and principles that guide the nursing profession; the organization’s mission, vision, and values; the leadership and management competencies addressed in this course; and your own values and reasons for entering the profession. What motivation do you see for taking a stand on an important issue even when it is difficult to do so?

To complete:

Write a 4 to 5 page paper (page count does not include title and reference page) that addresses the following:

· Introduce the conceptual frameworks of the ethical constructs of ethics, moral, or legal standards and the purpose of the paper.

· Consider  an ethical, moral, or legal dilemma that you have encountered in your work environment and describe it.

· Analyze the moral, ethical, and legal implications utilized in this situation. Describe your role as a moral agent or advocate for this specific issue.

· Consider your leadership styles identified by your self-assessment and determine if they act as a barrier or facilitation during this dilemma.

Nursing Health Promotion/Discussion/Wk5/Discussion

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Topic 1: Faith-Based Nursing

Review Healthy People 2020. Identify objectives that are amenable to parish nurse intervention.

  • Describe how faith communities can contribute to the accomplishment of these national health objectives and accomplish the goal of improving the health of the public.
  • How can nurses working in the community form partnerships with parish nurses and faith communities?
  • How would such partnerships be beneficial?

. Explain medical necessity and how it impacts payment.

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Topic – Reimbursement Methodologies:

Coding systems are different and so are payment methodologies. Coding is important in reimbursement.

1. Refer to Chapter 4, focus on Payment Methodologies and discuss the various payment systems. Demonstrate understanding of fee for service, cost based, and prospective payment systems.

2. Explain medical necessity and how it impacts payment.

3. What has been the effect of payment methods on coding?

4. Although not required, feel free to watch and comment on the video.

Provide a statement of your organization’s goals in terms of workplace safety

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Performance management is, ideally, an ongoing quality-assurance-based process to provide an organization, its employees, regulatory agencies, accreditors, and other stakeholders with a structured means to support and accomplish mutually identified strategic goals and objectives.

Assume the role of a newly-hired risk management officer for a hypothetical new allied health organization in your chosen career field. You and your team will need to develop the organization’s policies.

The first item you will create will be a performance management plan. Using the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

(https://hrsa.gov/quality/toolbox/methodology/performancemanagement/index.html)or other qualified framework, craft a proposal (1,250-1,500 words) for a performance management plan for your new organization that includes the following:

  1. Organizational Goals. Provide a statement of your organization’s goals in terms of workplace safety, risk management, or quality improvement. Pick one area, and develop five goals for that one area.
  2. Outline of Organizational Objectives. Outline and provide a brief evaluation of specific objectives that support the organizational goals you previously identified.
  3. Summary of Relevant Performance Measures. Summarize the steps and measures your new organization will adopt to measure performance. Consider: (a) How well measures will align with your stated goals? (b) How do these measures demonstrate a relationship to positive health outcomes? (c) Are the measures you select able to be controlled by your organization (i.e., can your organization effect change in this area?)? (d) Which measures meet criteria related to reliability and validity, and which are standardized?
  4. Performance Baseline. Determine a performance baseline for the measures you have selected. This will enable your organization to conduct comparisons of desired goals versus actual results as time moves on.
  5. Performance Evaluation. Select one of three commonly accepted methods to measure provider quality and summarize the features and why it applies best to your organization. Refer to the assigned reading, “The Measurement of Health Care Performance: A Primer From the Council of Medical Specialty Societies,” by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CPSS) (http://www.cmss.org/uploadedFiles/CMSS_Quality_Primer.pdf).
  6. Definition of Success. Define what success means to the organization. Now that you have chosen measures to assess organizational performance, you need to identify what success means to your organization; otherwise, you are chasing a moving target. Be explicit in the level of performance you see as acceptable. This will change as an organization grows, but you need to start somewhere in order to get anywhere.

You are required to use and cite a minimum of three qualified resources from the readings, qualified website

· Describe long-term control and quick relief treatment options for asthma patients

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Assignment:
Asthma and Stepwise Management

Asthma is a respiratory disorder that affects children and adults. Advanced practice nurses often provide treatment to patients with these disorders. Sometimes patients require immediate treatment making it essential that you recognize and distinguish minor asthma symptoms from serious, life-threatening symptoms. Since symptoms and attacks are often induced by a trigger, advanced practice nurses must also help patients identify their triggers and recommend appropriate management options. Like many other disorders, there are various approaches to treating and managing care for asthmatic patients depending on individual patient factors. One method that supports the clinical decision-making of drug therapy plans for asthmatic patients is the stepwise approach, which you explore in this Assignment.

To prepare:

· Consider drugs used to treat asthmatic patients including long-term control and quick relief treatment options for patients. Think about the impact these drugs might have on patients including adults and children.

· Review Chapter 25 of the Arcangelo and Peterson text. Reflect on using the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management.

· Consider how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and maintaining control of the disease.

Write a 2- to 3- page paper that addresses the following:

· Describe long-term control and quick relief treatment options for asthma patients, as well as the impact these drugs might have on patients.

· Explain the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management.

· Explain how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and maintaining control of the disease.

Deliverable 1 – Quality Methods In Healthcare

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Competency

Describe different quality methods within healthcare.

Course Scenario

Chaparral Regional Hospital is a small, urban hospital of approximately 60 beds, and offers the following:

  • Emergency room services
  • Intensive care
  • Surgical care
  • Obstetrics
  • Diagnostic services
  • Some rehabilitation therapies
  • Inpatient pharmacy services
  • Geriatric services
  • Consumer physician referral services

Recently, the CEO has been hearing complaints from both patients and staff, varying from long wait times to rude physicians. You have been hired to design and implement a Quality Improvement Plan to help uncover quality problems and to satisfactorily resolve them.

Instructions

The CEO has received some resistance from the Board on undertaking a QI program. She has asked you to develop a set of talking points on the pros and cons of common measurement techniques used in healthcare that she can use the next time she runs into a Board member.

Talking points are used to quickly explain something by condensing it into a compelling, but easily digestible, list. If the goal is to increase support for a QI program, the talking points must provide the ideas she needs to convey in order to achieve the goal.

Your talking points should be submitted in a Word document minimum 2 pages. Your talking points should include the pros and cons of implementing a QI program.

Upon completion of your talking points, please prepare a PowerPoint presentation 6 slides with narration where you will explain each talking point to the CEO so they clearly understand and can answer questions from the Board.

APA formatting for the talking points, and proper grammar, punctuation, and form are required.

  1. Length of PowerPoint is secondary to the quality of the      presentation as a whole.
  2. Highlight specific pros and cons of QI programs.
  3. Use the Notes area on each slide as needed to expand on      the key points.

Synthesis-Level Evaluation

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We are seeing rapid change in primary care as stakeholders are demanding higher quality healthcare at reduced costs. After reading the Cuenca (2017) and Shi, et al. (2017) articles, provide a synthesis-level evaluation of how you believe the patient-centered medical home and value-based payment models will (1) impact your personal practice as a nurse practitioner, and (2) transform the way primary care is delivered in the United States.

Discussion Post / Activism

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Describe the key concepts underlying community activism and give examples of how each of these concepts applies to a specific context. Examine how advanced practice nurses can engage in community activism to limit further negative health impacts from Big Tobacco in their respective health communities.

Attached below is an additional resource, an article, that details various ways by which nursing professionals can engage in community activism.

Patient Advocacy and in the Community and Legislative Arena: http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-17-2012/No1-Jan-2012/Advocacy-in-Community-and-Legislative-Arena.html?css=print

Interprofessional Collaboration And Teamwork

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Write a 3–4-page article that addresses the topic of interprofessional collaboration and teamwork in health care organizations.

The majority of health care leaders today state that  interprofessional collaboration is essential for effective and efficient  health care delivery. But this type of collaboration rarely occurs  (Bankston & Glazer, 2013). In this assessment you will consider what  it takes to develop truly effective interprofessional collaborative  teams.

When six Navy pilots step into their F/A-18 fighter jets, they become  the Blue Angels, and the world sees a synchronized display of precision  flight formation. During their aerial acrobatics, the 28-ton jets form a  diamond shape with a mere 18 inches between the wing of one jet and the  canopy of another, travelling at more than 300 miles per hour. How do  the pilots achieve such precision? In addition to hours of practice,  intense focus, clear communication, and mutual trust, “at the door, each  [pilot] checks his or her ego, exchanging it for a soul-deep commitment  to ‘The Team'” (Scott, 2005, para.1).

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Teams and collaborative groups are at the heart of many great  achievements and are common in health care and familiar to nurses. But  what defines a team, and how do teams achieve great outcomes? There are a  number of elements that must come together in order to build effective  teams. Many teams are in a state of constant flux as they build and  dissolve, based on the needs of the organization. Nurses are often  involved in several teams at the same time, and many of these teams are  multidisciplinary in nature.

So, what factors determine the effectiveness of a  multidisciplinary team? Do the same factors affect different teams  working within different areas of health care?

Reference

Scott, W. (2005). Blue angels. Aviation Week & Space Technology, 162(12), 50–57.

Preparation

Search the Capella library and Internet to locate scholarly and  professional journal articles on the elements of an effective  interprofessional health care team to use as support in this assessment.

Requirements

You have been asked to submit an article to be published in your  organization’s newsletter. After careful deliberation, you have decided  to address the topic of interprofessional collaboration and teamwork in  health care organizations, and how teams can be successful. Your article  should be 3–4 pages in length, not including the title page and  references page. Format this assessment following APA guidelines.

Complete the following in your article:

  • Explain what is meant by the term interprofessional collaboration from a nursing perspective. (Do not simply copy a definition from a dictionary or other resource!)
  • Describe the characteristics and qualities of effective interprofessional teams in terms of patient care and safety.
  • Describe the benefits and limitations of interprofessional teams for health care organizations, members of a team, and patients.
  • Explain the challenges of working in an interprofessional team.
  • Describe strategies to help people come together to function effectively as a collaborative team.
  • Explain how interprofessional teams define success. Consider how  the definition might change based on the types of situations the team  was formed to handle.

Additional Requirements

  • Include a separate title page and references page.
  • Reference at least three current scholarly or professional resources.
  • Use APA format.
  • Use Times New Roman font, 12 point.
  • Double space.

Discuss the recommendations you would give the mother.

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A mother comes in with 9-month-old girl. The infant is 68.5cm in length (25th percentile per CDC growth chart), weighs 6.75kg (5th percentile per CDC growth chart), and has a head circumference of 43cm (25th percentile per CDC growth chart).

Describe the developmental markers a nurse should assess for a 9-month-old female infant. Discuss the recommendations you would give the mother. Explain why these recommendations are based on evidence-based practice.