provide a brief description of your project and describe how your project aligned with The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing

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you created a practicum project that was intended to demonstrate improvement in outcomes for an organization and/or a patient population.  In 300 – 400 words, provide a brief description of your project and describe how your project aligned with The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing.  In your replies, comment on how you think your peer’s project will change the practice of nursing.Results and Recommendation

The practicum project was proposed to determine the childbirth process effects on expectant mothers’ mental health. The period of pregnancy and childbirth is a critical time in the life of a woman. During this time, the body undergoes a series of transformations that affect its emotional state. If the women are not cared for adequately, the process might negatively impact their emotional and psychological health. For instance, they may develop psychological disorders such as elevated anxiety levels, depression, and even psychosis  (O’Connell, 2019). Therefore, the practicum project aims to engage in investigative studies that expand the learning process by enhancing knowledge and skills on how to handle the birthing experience to reduce its impact on maternal psychological state. Subsequently, it deduces the strategies used in applying the research findings into the nursing practice (Reed et al., 2017).

Evaluation Strategies and the Target Audience

Investigative research was carried to deduce the birthing experience of different women. Various data collection strategies were utilized during the study, including surveys using face-to-face interviews and telephone interviews. Additionally, information EHR was also used during the process (Müller-Staub et al., 2016). The factual details compiled from seventeen individuals showed variations in their childbirth experiences and the events’ impacts. The questions posed to the participants included what took place during the childbirth process and if it resonated with their preformed expectations. They were also asked the events that matched their expectations and those they would have preferred to have been done differently. The majority of the respondents indicated that they had satisfactory experiences. However, a few of those interviewed reported that they had traumatic experiences that impacted them negatively (Reed et al., 2017).

Significance of the Findings to the Nursing Practice

The investigations’ findings are significant because they help the professionals conceptualize the issues that lead to patients’ dissatisfaction during childbirth contributing to their developing distorted mental states (World Health Organization [WHO], 2018).  For instance, one respondent mentioned that they required the presence of family members. However, her demands were not possible because of the restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. Seeking patients’ views on their perceptions about the care they received and the aspects that should be improved on is significant because it aids in disseminating holistic care that leaves the new mothers satisfied with the services they receive (Schwab-Reese et al., 2016).

The investigation also highlighted the significance of collaborative engagement between the multidisciplinary team involved in the childbirth process. One of the respondents indicated a disconnect in communication between the nurses tasked with performing the process, which negatively impacted the process’s progress. An MD had to step in and deliver the baby. Inadequate communication between the multidisciplinary team in charge of maternal care interferes with the quality of care that the patients receive (Reed et al., 2017). As a result, it causes maternal stress, which is a significant cause of postnatal psychiatric conditions. Therefore, the study helps to conceptualize the significance of communicating effectively during the birthing process to provide a satisfactory maternal care experience.

The investigative study’s findings also bring to light the significance of involving various medical personnel during the childbirth process. For example, when nurses notice that the expectant mother is not progressing well during the process, they should consult individuals who are more skilled in the process, such as the providers. The professionals can enlighten them on the evidence-based procedures they can implement to make the process easier and faster. They may be asked to use an epidural to reduce their discomfort and lessen the chances of developing mental problems (WHO, 2018). Subsequently, the professionals can incorporate other medical experts who can elicit positive outcomes after the birthing process. For example, the nurses can encapsulate a psychiatrist’s services in the maternal care of the mothers who have undergone excruciating birthing experiences to reduce their mental health deteriorating because of the unpleasant experience. The professionals can counsel them and support their coping mechanisms (Reed et al., 2017).

The factual details compiled during the study will also help expand the scope of my nursing care experience and transform the way I handle maternal and birthing processes. The insights learned during the process will give me the courage to take a leadership role in maternal care. It can help me effectively lead the multidisciplinary team charged with caring for the expectant mothers in using best practices during the birthing process and caring for the infant after it is delivered. I will utilize servant leadership, which entails leading others by showing them how to perform necessary procedures correctly. It will include employing the insights learned from interviewing and debriefing the participants. I will also apply the theoretical underpinnings grasped from analyzing EHR and contextual texts that explore the issue of maternal mental health to ensure that the mothers under my care do not develop psychiatric conditions as a result of their birthing experiences (Rosa, 2016).

The practicum project plays an essential role in transforming the nursing practice by helping aspiring professionals deduce the nursing practice areas that need transformations to improve maternal care and reduce incidences where patients develop mental problems after the process. Some of the recommendations that will help enhance the practice and improve the mothers’ experiences during the process include proper timing of discharges after the birthing process. Providing adequate care during the postnatal period reduces the mothers’ chances of developing mental disruptions (WHO, 2018). The purpose of the period is to monitor the mothers, deduce any psychological disorders they may have, and provide necessary care (Reed et al., 2017). Subsequently, the duration can gauge the mothers’ mental health and the attachments they form with the young ones to ensure that they are functioning optimally. The chance of their deteriorating is minimal.

Conclusion

The practicum project is significant to the nursing practice. The study conducted and its findings are essential in comprehending the interrelation between the birthing experience and maternal health. It helps detect the negative experiences that may occur during childbirth and the events that preceded or follow the process that may distort mothers’ mental health. The study’s findings are significant because they help determine nursing practice areas that should be transformed to increase patients’ satisfaction with the care they receive. Subsequently, they help deduce their significance in expanding the nurses’ competency in maternal care and taking a leadership role that improves the practices used in maternal care to incorporate evidence-based practices that prevent disruption of mothers’ mental health. The study also helps make recommendations of the areas that should be altered to enhance future practice (Rosa, 2016).

 

 

 

References

Müller-Staub, M., de Graaf-Waar, H., & Paans, W. (2016). An internationally consented standard for nursing process-clinical decision support systems in electronic health records. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 34(11), 493–502. https://doi.org/10.1097/cin.0000000000000277

O’Connell, M. (2019). Preventing, recognising, and responding to fear of childbirth and birth trauma. BMJ, l2279. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l2279

Reed, R., Sharman, R., & Inglis, C. (2017). Women’s descriptions of childbirth trauma relating to care provider actions and interactions. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-016-1197-0

Rosa, W. (2016). Nurses as leaders [Kindle]. A journey of privilege

Schwab-Reese, L. M., Schafer, E. J., & Ashida, S. (2016). Associations of social support and stress with postpartum maternal mental health symptoms: Main effects, moderation, and mediation. Women & Health, 57(6), 723–740. https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2016.1181140

World Health Organization. (2018, January 1). Who recommendations: Intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience. WHO. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241550215

Policies the facility has implemented that address how to manage emergency triage in high‐risk areas

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The purpose of this assignment is to gain real-world insight into how risk management programs operate within health care organizations.

Select a local health care organization where you can conduct an interview with an employee who is involved in risk management processes. This organization can be your current employer or a different health care facility in your community. Acute care, urgent care, large multi‐provider private medical clinics, assisted living facilities, and community/public health clinical facilities are all ideal options to complete the requirements of this assignment. Select an individual who can provide sufficient information regarding how their organization manages risk within its facility to answer the questions below.

In your interview, address the following:

  1. Risk management strategies used in the organization’s risk control program, along with specific examples.
  2. How the facility’s educational risk management program addresses key professional, legal, and ethical issues, such as prevention of negligence, malpractice litigation, and vicarious liability.
  3. Policies the facility has implemented that address how to manage emergency triage in high‐risk areas of health care service delivery (e.g., narcotics inventories, declared pregnancy policies, blood-borne disease sector, etc.).
  4. Challenges the organization faces in managing and controlling high-risk health care (e.g., infectious diseases, nuclear medicine, abortion, class 4 narcotics/opioids, etc.).
  5. Strategies the facility utilizes to monitor, evaluate, and maintain compliance within its risk management program.

After conducting the interview, compose a 750‐1,000 word summary analysis of the interview that includes the questions above, in conjunction with the interviewee’s responses. In addition, include the following elements in your response:

  1. An assessment of the organization’s risk management program, including how it attends to high-risk health care and legal concerns.
  2. Action steps you would take to improve one area of the organization’s risk management program, along with your rationale for doing so.

Cite appropriate references as needed to support your statements and rationale.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

How do those concepts apply to your clinical practice

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Week 2 Discussion

  • Choose two concepts in the theory you choose last week and describe:
    • How are the concepts defined in general (from other references)?
    • How does the theorist define each of the concepts you have chosen?
    • How do those concepts apply to your clinical practice? Give concrete examples. To support your work, use the textbooks from your course and also use the South University Online Library, citing your sources in your work and providing references for the citations in APA format.

Remember to list two concepts – and remember that theories are derived from conceptual models and are comprised of concepts and propositions. The only concepts that are common to all nursing theories, in some shape or form, are patient, nurse, health, and environment – which we discussed last week.

This week, select two concepts that are unique to your selected theory from last week – but they CANNOT be one of the four metaparadigm concepts – person, nurse, health or environment.

please do it on Florence nightingales environmental theory and make sure to use two concepts my teacher is deducting points if the two concepts aren’t mentioned in the discussio. Thanks

Detail three measures that your health care organization

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), and the Joint Commission (JC) require that health care organizations maintain risk management programs to address infection control. Detail three measures that your health care organization (or any health care organization) could implement, beyond what is currently in practice, to support the delivery of safe health care services and avoid the spread of infection (e.g., placing hand washing devices at all of the public entrances of the health care facility). Support your response with a minimum of two peer-reviewed references.

Find one high quality research article that is related to your working diagnosis

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1. Find one high quality research article that is related to your working diagnosis.

2. Introduce your article: title, author(s), type of study, where completed, where published, when published.

3. Evaluate your article using the appropriate EIP checklist(available on our course website) and explain why it met your standard for high quality.

4. Briefly explain why your study is relevant and important.

5. What were some problems with the study you found?

Personal Philosophy and Theoretical Concepts

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Week 3 Project

Your “Personal Philosophy and Theoretical Concepts” Paper is due this week. Your paper should contain the following sections:

  • Nursing Autobiography: A brief (1 page) discussion of your background in nursing. This does not include future goals.
  • The Four Metaparadigms: Describe what the literature says about the basic four metaparadigms/concepts of patient, nurse, health, and environment. Do not relate the metaparadigms to the theory you have chosen.
  • Briefly describe the theory you have chosen.
  • Two Practice-Specific Concepts: in separate subsections discuss each of your two concepts:
    • What is the definition of the concept (outside of the theory)?
    • How does your theorist define your concept?
    • How does this concept apply to your clinical setting? Give an example of how nurses in your area provide care that correlates with the theorist’s definition of the concept.

You MUST use the attached template here to complete your paper.

The paper is to be thoroughly researched and well documented, with relevant material from the nursing theorists presented incorporated into the paper. Use the current edition of the APA Manual throughout the paper. Sources should focus on references from nursing theory but may also include conceptual and theoretical material from other professional domains. The paper, excluding references or appendices, is to be limited to 3-5 pages. Writing should be succinct and well organized, as it is impossible for the facilitator to evaluate form and content separately.

Choose a middle-range theory or grand theory

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Week 3 Discussion

A phenomenon is the term used to describe a perception or responses to an event. Examples of phenomena in nursing include caring and responses to stress. Assumptions are the ideas that we take for granted. They explain the nature of the concepts in the theory, giving it structure.

Choose a middle-range theory or grand theory that, in your opinion, can be applied to research.

  • What is the phenomenon of concern in this theory?
  • What are the assumptions underpinning this theory?

describe the type and risks of the executable programs and adware to the user

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It is essential to determine how unintended software is installed on user systems with only marginal adherence to policies. By understanding the process, a security professional can better ensure that only software built to acceptable standards is installed and maintained on systems under their purview.
Using an Internet search engine, identify three sources of unintended software that could be installed on a user’s machine.
In a 500- to 750-word essay, describe the type and risks of the executable programs and adware to the user. Explain why this is legal. Then, share your personal experience related to what happens when software has negative, unintended side effects from unanticipated installation.
Who is to blame, the software developer or user? It might be perfectly okay legally when there is no malice aforethought, but how would you explain this when humans are considered as God’s image bearer? How would you relate it to human value and dignity?
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide

research the country you are assigned to represent on the Security Council

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For this assignment, you will want to research the country you are assigned to represent on the Security Council and write a position paper from that government’s point of view on the issues assigned. The position paper is 1-2 pages long, single spaced, and includes two topics about which the Security Council will hold a debate.
In the first section of each topic discussion, you should outline the background of the issue as it affects the state in question. Include facts, figures, and other information of historical relevance here. In the second part of the paper, you should identify some sort of solution that you wish governments to get on board with, and you will argue from that position in the simulation.
The topics that will be under discussion for the Security Council simulation are the Syrian crisis and the Rohingya Muslim genocide in Myanmar.

What policies did Rome enact after the Punic Wars to govern their new territories

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The Punic Wars are over, but Rome now faces a crisis due to internal strife in the aftermath of the wars. Certain people are calling for reforms while others remain adamantly opposed to any type of reform or change. Which will you be? Will you oppose reform or propose reform?
Use the following sources to gather information and to complete this assignment. Links to the readings can be found in the Rome Lessons Module. You may also use the Lessons Modules, the textbook, and any links related to Rome.
Rome at the End of the Punic Wars, Polybius
Tiberius Gracchus, Plutarch
The Civil Wars (On the Gracchi), Apian
Choose a role from the characters listed below. DO NOT SWITCH ROLES! CHOOSE ONE CHARACTER AND STAY WITH THAT CHARACTER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION. You will write a two-three paragraph in character individual statement. You will then respond to two different students’ posts with two different responses. As usual, one of your student responses must be to a character whose viewpoint is opposite of yours, but do not switch roles!
Tiberius Gracchus
An owner of a latifunida
A Roman Senator
A territorial governor
An unemployed farmer living in the city of Rome
A non-Roman citizen living in the conquered territories
Answer and address each of the following questions in your individual statements and student responses. Make sure that you give specific examples from the readings and that you use a lot of historical facts and details to answer the questions.
1. What policies did Rome enact after the Punic Wars to govern their new territories? How did these policies affect the people living in the conquered territories?
2. Discuss the problems